In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, [and] fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, in which is their seed, on the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, in which is their seed, after their kind: and God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so. And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night and the stars. And God set them in the firmament of heaven 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. And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after 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 birds multiply on the earth. And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so. And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. And God created the man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created 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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moves on the earth. And God said, Look, I have given you{+} every herb yielding seed, which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you{+} it will be for food: and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, [I have given] every green herb for food: and it was so. And God saw everything that he had made, and, look, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made. These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and heaven. And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth: and the man was not [there] to till the ground; but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. And Yahweh God formed the man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living soul. And Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads. The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which circles the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that circles the whole land of Cush. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it, which goes in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. And Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you will not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die. And Yahweh God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a matching helper for him. And out of the ground Yahweh God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them to the man to see what he would call them: and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there wasn't found a matching helper for him. And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead of it: and the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, he made a woman, and brought her to the man. And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she will be called a woman, because she was taken out of a man. Therefore will a man leave his father and his mother, and will stick to his wife: and they will be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Yahweh God had made. And he said to the woman, has God really said, You{+} will not eat of any tree of the garden? And the woman said to 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 has said, You{+} will not eat of it, neither will you{+} touch it, or else you{+} will die. And the serpent said to the woman, You{+} will not surely die: for God knows that in the day you{+} eat of it, then your{+} eyes will be opened, and you{+} will be as God, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden. And Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, Where are you? And he said, I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you that you should not eat? And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate. And Yahweh God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I ate. And Yahweh God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; on your belly you will go, and dust you will eat all the days of your life: and I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed: he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel. To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your pain and your conception; in pain you will bring forth sons; and your desire will be to your husband, and he will rule over you. And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You will not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you will eat of it all the days of your life; thorns also and thistles it will bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of your face you will eat bread, until you return to the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and to dust you will return. And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. And Yahweh God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them. And Yahweh God said, Look, the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, so that he doesn't put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever-- therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he caused the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to stay at the east of the garden of Eden to keep the way of the tree of life. And the man had sex with his wife Eve; and she became pregnant, and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with [the help of] Yahweh. And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to Yahweh. And Abel, he also brought of the firstborns of his flock and of its fat. And Yahweh had respect to Abel and to his offering: but to Cain and to his offering he did not have respect. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. And Yahweh said to Cain, Why are you angry? And why is your countenance fallen? If you do well, will it not be lifted up? And if you do not well, sin is crouching at the door: and to you will be its desire, but you will rule over it. And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And Yahweh said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I don't know: am I my brother's keeper? And he said, What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground. And now cursed are you from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand; from now on when you till the ground, it will not yield its strength to you; you will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth. And Cain said to Yahweh, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Look, you have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from your face I will be hid; and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whoever finds me will slay me. And Yahweh said to him, Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold. And Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest anyone finding him should strike him. And Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. And Cain had sex with his wife; and she became pregnant, and gave birth to Enoch: and he built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. And to Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begot Mehujael: and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech. And Lamech took to him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and [have] cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe. And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. And Lamech said to his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; You{+} wives of Lamech, listen to my speech: For I have slain a man for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me: If Cain will be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. And Adam had sex with his wife; and she bore a son, and named him Seth. For, [she said], God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him. And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he named him Enosh. Then it was begun to call on the name of Yahweh. This is the Book of the Generations of Adam. In the day that God created Adam, in the likeness of God he made him; male and female he created them, and blessed them, and called their name Man, in the day when they were created. And Adam lived 130 years, and begot [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and named him Seth: and the days of Adam after he begot Seth were 800 years: and he begot sons and daughters. And all the days that Adam lived were 930 years: and he died. And Seth lived 105 years, and begot Enosh: and Seth lived after he begot Enosh 807 years, and begot sons and daughters: and all the days of Seth were 912 years: and he died. And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan. And Enosh lived after he begot Kenan 815 years, and begot sons and daughters: and all the days of Enosh were 905 years: and he died. And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel: and Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel 840 years, and begot sons and daughters: and all the days of Kenan were 910 years: and he died. And Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared: And Mahalalel lived after he begot Jared 830 years, and begot sons and daughters: and all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years: and he died. And Jared lived 162 years, and begot Enoch: and Jared lived after he begot Enoch 800 years, and begot sons and daughters: And all the days of Jared were 962 years: and he died. And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah: and Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah 300 years, and begot sons and daughters: and all the days of Enoch were 365 years: and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. And Methuselah lived 187 years, and begot Lamech: and Methuselah lived after he begot Lamech 782 years, and begot sons and daughters. And all the days of Methuselah were 969 years: and he died. And Lamech lived 182 years, and begot a son: and he named him Noah, saying, This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, [which comes] because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed. And Lamech lived after he begot Noah 595 years, and begot sons and daughters: And all the days of Lamech were 777 years: and he died. And Noah was 500 years old: And Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And it came to pass, when man began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of man that they were fair; and they took for themselves wives of all who they chose. And Yahweh said, My spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh: and his days will be 120 years. The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man, and they bore [children] to them: the same were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. And Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented Yahweh that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And Yahweh said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repents me that I have made them. But Noah found favor in the eyes of Yahweh. These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, [and] perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God. And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God saw the earth, and, look, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, look, I will destroy them from the earth. Make an ark of gopher wood. You will make the ark with a series of compartments, and will pitch it inside and outside with pitch. And this is how you will make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the width of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. You will make a light to the ark, and to a cubit you will finish it upward; and the door of the ark you will set in its side; with lower, second, and third stories you will make it. And I, look, I do bring the flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh, in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth will die. But I will establish my covenant with you; and you will come into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons' wives with you. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort you will bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they will be male and female. Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort will come to you, to keep them alive. And you take to yourself of all food that is eaten, and gather it to you; and it will be for food for you, and for them. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so he did. And Yahweh said to Noah, Come you and all your house into the ark; for you I have seen righteous before me in this generation. Of every clean beast you will take to you seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female: of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth. For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made I will destroy from off the face of the ground. And Noah did according to all that Yahweh commanded him. And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood was on the earth. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground, there went in two and two to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah. And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were on the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights. In the very same day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. And they went in to Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the breath of life. And those that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Yahweh shut him in. And the flood was forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark went on the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that moved on the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and all of man: all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died. And every living thing was destroyed that was on the face of the ground, from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and those that were with him in the ark. And the waters prevailed on the earth a hundred and fifty days. And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was kept back; and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in to him into the ark. And he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; and the dove came in to him at evening; and, look, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. And he waited yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she did not return again to him anymore. And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and noticed that the face of the ground was dried. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry. And God spoke to Noah, saying, Go forth from the ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you. Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark. And Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. And Yahweh smelled the sweet savor; and Yahweh said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground anymore for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again strike anymore everything living, as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease. And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth. And the fear of you{+} and the dread of you{+} will be on every beast of the earth, and on every bird of the heavens; With all by which the ground teems, and all the fish of the sea, into your{+} hand they are delivered. Every moving thing that lives will be food for you{+}, as I have given you{+} everything of the green herb. But flesh with its life, [which is] its blood, you{+} will not eat. And surely your{+} blood, [the blood] of your{+} lives, I will require; At the hand of every beast I will require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man. Whoever sheds man's blood, by man will his blood be shed: For in the image of God he made man. And you{+}, be fruitful and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it. And God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, look, I establish my covenant with you{+}, and with your{+} seed after you{+}; and with every living creature that is with you{+}, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you{+}, from all those coming out of the ark to all the beasts of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you{+}; neither will all flesh be cut off anymore by the waters of the flood; neither will there anymore be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you{+} and every living creature that is with you{+}, for perpetual generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it will be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it will come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud, and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you{+} and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow will be in the cloud; and I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth. And God said to Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth. And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth spread over. And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard: and he drank of the wine, and was drunk. And he was uncovered inside his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A slave of slaves he will be to his brothers. And he said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his slave. God enlarge Japheth, And let him stay in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his slave. And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: And he died. Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, [namely], of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and to them were sons born after the flood. The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan. And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh: therefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Yahweh. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, and Accad--all of them in the land of Shinar. Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city). And Mizraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from where went forth the Philistines), and Caphtorim. And Canaan begot Sidon 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 afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad. And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, to Lasha. These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations. And to Shem, the father of all the sons of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were sons 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. And Arpachshad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber. And to Eber were born two sons: The name of the one was Peleg. For in his days was the earth divided. And his brother's name was Joktan. And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. And their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had slime for mortar. And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top [may reach] to heaven, and let us make us a name; or else we will be scattered abroad on the face of the whole earth. And Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of man built. And Yahweh said, Look, they are one people, and they all have one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withheld from them, which they purpose to do. Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city. Therefore the name of it was called Babel; because there Yahweh confounded the language of all the earth: and from there Yahweh scattered them abroad on the face of all the earth. These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood. And Shem lived after he begot Arpachshad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah. And Arpachshad lived after he begot Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters. And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber: and Shelah lived after he begot Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters. And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg: and Eber lived after he begot Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters. And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu: and Peleg lived after he begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters. And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug: and Reu lived after he begot Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters. And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor: and Serug lived after he begot Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah: and Nahor lived after he begot Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters. And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begot Lot. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor took them wives: The name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. And Sarai was barren; She had no child. And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and he had them go out from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and dwelt there. And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. Now Yahweh said to Abram, Get out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you: and I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you will be a blessing; and I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse: and in you will all the families of the earth be blessed. So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls who they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said, To your seed I will give this land: and there he built an altar to Yahweh, who appeared to him. And he removed from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he built an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh. And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was intense in the land. And it came to pass, when he came near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Now see, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at: and it will come to pass, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save you alive. Say, I pray you, you are my sister; that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you. And it came to pass, that, when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman that she was very beautiful. And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-donkeys, and male slaves, and female slaves, and she-donkeys, and camels. And Yahweh plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife? Why did you say, She's my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore here is your wife, take her, and go your way. And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had. And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South. And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai, to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Yahweh. And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. And the land wasn't able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land. And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brothers. Isn't the whole land before you? Separate yourself, I pray you, from me. If [you will take] the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if [you take] the right hand, then I will go to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar. So Lot chose for himself all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Yahweh exceedingly. And Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward: for all the land which you see, to you I will give it, and to your seed forever. And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth: So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may your seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the width of it; for to you I will give it. And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are 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 Goiim, that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar). All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea). Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, and the Horites in their mountain, Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness. And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar. And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim; against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five. Now the valley of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the mountain. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: now he stayed by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram. And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he mobilized 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 slaves, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (the same is the King's Valley). And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him a tenth of all. And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to yourself. And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich: except only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion. After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, Don't be afraid, Abram: I am your shield, [and] your exceedingly great reward. And Abram said, O Sovereign Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the son of the inheritance of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? And Abram said, Look, to me you have given no seed: and, see, one born in my house is my heir. And, look, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, This man will not be your heir; But he who will come forth out of inside you will be your heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So will your seed be. And he believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness. And he said to him, I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it. And he said, O Sovereign Yahweh, by what shall I know that I will inherit it? And he said to him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half opposite the other: but he did not divide the birds. And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and, look, a dread, dark and enormous, fell on him. And he said to Abram, Know for certain that your seed will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them; and they will afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they will serve, I will judge: and afterward they will come out with great substance. But you will go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried in a good old age. And in the fourth generation they will come here again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full. And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, look, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces. In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: 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. Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no [children]: and she had a female slave, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said to Abram, Now seeing that Yahweh has restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray you, to my slave; it may be that I will obtain [children] by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her slave, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. And he went in to Hagar, and she became pregnant: and when she saw that she had become pregnant, her mistress was despised in her eyes. And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be on you: I gave my slave into your bosom; and when she saw that she had become pregnant, I was despised in her eyes: Yahweh judge between me and you. But Abram said to Sarai, Look, your slave is in your hand; do to her that which is good in your eyes. And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face. And the angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. And he said, Hagar, Sarai's slave, where did you come from? And where are you going? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai. And the angel of Yahweh said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands. And the angel of Yahweh said to her, I will greatly multiply your seed, it will be too many to count. And the angel of Yahweh said to her, Look, you are pregnant, and will give birth to a son; and you will name him Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction. And he will be [as] a wild donkey among man; his hand [will be] against everyone, and everyone's hand against him; and he will stay across from all his brothers. And she named Yahweh who spoke to her, El-Roi,: for she said, Do I still see now [even] after my vision? Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; look, it is between Kadesh and Bered. And Hagar bore Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, As for me, look, my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of a multitude of nations. Neither will your name anymore be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations I have made you. And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come out of you. And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you. And I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. And God said to Abraham, And as for you, you will keep my covenant, you, and your seed after you throughout their generations. This is my covenant, which you{+} will keep, between me and you{+} and your seed after you: every male among you{+} will be circumcised. And you{+} will be circumcised in the flesh of your{+} foreskin; and it will be a token of a covenant between me and you{+}. And he who is eight days old will be circumcised among you{+}, every male throughout your{+} generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner who is not of your seed. He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must surely be circumcised: and my covenant will be in your{+} flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant. And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you will not call her name Sarai, but Sarah will be her name. And I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son of her: yes, I will bless her, and she will be [a mother of] nations; kings of peoples will be of her. Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Will a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear? And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before you! And God said, No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son; and you will call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: look, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes he will beget, and I will make him a great nation. But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time in the next year. And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the very same day, as God had said to him. And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, 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. In the very same day, Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son. And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him. And Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and noticed three men stood across from him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth, and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, don't pass away, I pray you, from your slave: let now a little water be fetched, and wash your{+} feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen your{+} heart; after that you{+} will pass on: since you{+} have come to your{+} slave. And they said, Do so, as you have said. And Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, Quickly make ready three seahs of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes. And Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the attendant; and he hurried to dress it. And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate. And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, Look, in the tent. And he said, I will certainly return to you when the season comes around; and, see, Sarah your wife will have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, [and] well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. And Sarah laughed inside herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? And Yahweh said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I certainly bear a child, who am old? Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes around, and Sarah will have a son. Then Sarah denied [it], saying, I didn't laugh; for she was afraid. And he said, No; but you did laugh. And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. And Yahweh said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do; seeing that Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him? For I have known him, to the end that he may command his sons and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him. And Yahweh said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to its [Sodom's] cry, which has come to me; and if not, I will know. And the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh. And Abraham drew near, and said, Will you consume the righteous with the wicked? Perhaps there are fifty righteous inside the city: will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it? Far be that from you to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be that from you: will not the Judge of all the earth do right? And Yahweh said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous inside the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake. And Abraham answered and said, Seeing now that I have taken on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes: perhaps there will lack five of the fifty righteous: will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five. And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Perhaps there will be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake. And he said, Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak: perhaps there will be thirty found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. And he said, Seeing now that I have taken on myself to speak to the Lord: perhaps there will be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake. And he said, Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: perhaps ten will be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake. And Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place. And the two angels came to Sodom at evening; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth; and he said, Look now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you{+}, into your{+} slave's house, and spend the night, and wash your{+} feet, and you{+} will rise up early, and go on your{+} way. And they said, No; but we will spend the night in the street. And he urged them greatly; and they turned in to him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter; and they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them. And Lot went out the door to them, and shut the door after him. And he said, I pray you{+}, my brothers, don't act so wickedly. Look now, I have two daughters that haven't had any sex with a man; let me, I pray you{+}, bring them out to you{+}, and do to them as is good in your{+} eyes: only to these men do nothing, since they have come under the shadow of my roof. And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn and always judges: now we will deal worse with you, than with them. And they pressed intensely on the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door. But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door. And they struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door. And the men said to Lot, Whomever belongs to you here, a son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place: for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Yahweh: and Yahweh has sent us to destroy it. And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Get up, go out of this place; for Yahweh will destroy the city. But he seemed to his sons-in-law as one who mocked. And when the morning arose, the angels then hurried Lot, saying, Arise, take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, or else you will be consumed in the iniquity of the city. But he lingered; and the men laid hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they brought him forth, and set him outside the city. And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for your life; don't look behind you, neither stop in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, or else you will be consumed. And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my lord: now see that your slave has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving-kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life; and I can't escape to the mountain, or else evil will stick to me, and I will die: now see this city that is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there--isn't it a little one?--and my soul will live. And he said to him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. Hurry, escape there; for I can't do anything until you have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. The sun was risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh out of heaven; and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahweh: and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and over the whole surface of the land (of the [Jordan] valley), and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace. And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot 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: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. And the firstborn said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth: come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he didn't know when she lay down, nor when she arose. And it came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, Look, I lay last night with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and you go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he didn't know when she lay down, nor when she arose. Thus were both the daughters of Lot pregnant by their father. And the firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day. And the younger, she also bore a son, and named him Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day. And Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She's my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, Look, you are but a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man's wife. Now Abimelech had not had any sex with her. And he said, Lord, will you slay even a righteous nation? Didn't he say to me, She's my sister? And she, even she herself said, He's my brother. In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this. And God said to him in the dream, Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to have any sex with her. Now therefore restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. And if you don't restore her, know that you will surely die, you, and all who are yours. And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his slaves, and told all these things in their ears. And the men were very afraid. Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have you done to us? And in what have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done. And Abimelech said to Abraham, What did you see, that you have done this thing? And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place. And they will slay me for my wife's sake. And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife: and it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, This is your kindness which you will show to me. At every place where we will come, say of me, He is my brother. And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male slaves and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife to him. And Abimelech said, Look, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you. And to Sarah he said, See, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Look, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all who are with you. And in respect of all you are righted. And Abraham prayed to God. And God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female slaves. And they gave birth. For Yahweh had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. And Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken. And Sarah became pregnant, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born to him. And Sarah said, God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me. And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah should nurse sons? For I have borne him a son in his old age. And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking. Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this slave and her son. For the son of this slave will not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son. And God said to Abraham, Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the lad, and because of your slave. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For in Isaac will your seed be called. And also of the son of the slave I will make into a nation, because he is your seed. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and [gave her] the boy, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. And she went, and she sat down across from him a good way off, as it were a bowshot. For she said, Don't let me see the child's death. And she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. And God heard the voice of the lad. And the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, What ails you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. And God was with the lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer. And he dwelt in the wilderness 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 and Phicol the captain of his host spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do. Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me, and to the land in which you have sojourned. And Abraham said, I will swear. And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's slaves had violently taken away. And Abimelech said, I don't know who has done this thing. You did not tell me, and I had not heard of it yet, but today. And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech. And the two made a covenant. And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. And Abimelech said to Abraham, What do these seven ewe lambs mean which you have set by themselves? And he said, These seven ewe lambs you will take of my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well. Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they swore both of them. So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there called on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God. And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days. And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said to him, Abraham. And he said, Here I am. And he said, Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of. And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. And he split the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off. And Abraham said to his young men, You{+} remain here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you{+}. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. And they went both of them together. And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, My father. And he said, Here I am, my son. And he said, Look, the fire and the wood. But where is the lamb for a burnt-offering? And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son. So they went both of them together. And they came to the place which God had told him of. And Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of Yahweh called to him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here I am. And he said, Don't lay your hand on the lad, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you haven't withheld your son, your only son, from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and noticed a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. And Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh-jireh. As it is said to this day, On the mount of Yahweh it will be provided. And the angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, and said, By myself I have sworn, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and haven't withheld your son, your only son, that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your seed will possess the gate of his enemies. And in your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed. Because you have obeyed my voice. So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Look, Milcah, she also has borne sons to your brother Nahor. Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram. And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. And Bethuel begot Rebekah. These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah. And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years. And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, I am a stranger and a sojourner with you{+}. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you{+}, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying, Please hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. In the choice of our tombs bury your dead. None of us will withhold from you his tomb that you may bury your dead. And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the sons of Heth. And he communed with them, saying, If it is your{+} mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you{+} for a possession of a burying-place. Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the sons of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying, Please, my lord, hear me. The field I give you, and the cave that is in it, I give it you. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead. And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land. And he spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if you will, I pray you, hear me. I will give the price of the field. Take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. And Ephron answered Abraham, saying, Please my lord, listen to me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? Bury therefore your dead. And Abraham listened to Ephron. And Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant. So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all its border round about, were made sure to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city. And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. And the field, and the cave that is in it, were made sure to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the sons of Heth. And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age. And Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham said to his slave, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh. And I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell. But you will go to my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac. And the slave said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I bring your son again to the land from where you came? And Abraham said to him, You be careful not to bring my son there again. Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land. He will send his angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there. And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this my oath. Only you will not bring my son there again. And the slave put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter. And the slave took ten camels, of the camels of his master, having all good things of his master's in his hand. And he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor. And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water. And he said, O Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray you, success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. Look, I am standing by the fountain of water. And the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I will say, Let down your pitcher, I pray you, that I may drink. And she will say, Drink, and I will give your camels to drink also. Let the same be she who you have appointed for your slave Isaac. And by this will I know that you have shown kindness to my master. And it came to pass, before he had finished speaking, that, look, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder. And the damsel was very fair to look at, a virgin, neither had any man had any sex with her. And she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up. And the slave ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray you, a little water from your pitcher. And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him to drink. And when she was done giving him to drink, she said, I will draw for your camels also, until they are done drinking. And she hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels. And the man looked steadfastly on her, holding his peace, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not. And it came to pass, as the camels were done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold, and said, Whose daughter are you? Tell me, I pray you. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in? And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor. She said moreover to him, We have both straw and fodder enough, and room to lodge in. And the man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh. And he said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving-kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me in the way to the house of my master's brothers. And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words. And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out to the man, to the fountain. And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man to me. That he came to the man. And, look, he was standing by the camels at the fountain. And he said, Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels. And he gave straw and fodder for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. And there was set food before him to eat. But he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on. And he said, I am Abraham's slave. And Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. And he has become great. And he has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and male slaves and female slaves, and camels and donkeys. And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old. And to him he has given all that he has. And my master made me swear, saying, You will not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell. But you will go to my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son. And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me. And he said to me, Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. And you will take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house. Then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my kindred. And if they don't give her to you, you will be free from my oath. And I came this day to the fountain, and said, O Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go. Look, I am standing by the fountain of water. And let it come to pass, that the young woman that comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, Give me, I pray you, a little water from your pitcher to drink. And she will say to me, Both drink you, and I will also draw for your camels. Let the same be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my master's son. And before I had finished speaking in my heart, look, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder. And she went down to the fountain, and drew. And I said to her, Let me drink, I pray you. And she hurried, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give your camels to drink also. So I drank, and she made the camels to drink also. And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him. And I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands. And I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son. And now if you{+} will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. And if not, tell me. That I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can't speak to you bad or good. Look, Rebekah is before you, take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken. And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's slave heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh. And the slave brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother. And they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and tarried all night. And they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away to my master. And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel remain with us [a few] days, at the least ten. After that she will go. And he said to them, Don't hinder me, seeing Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master. And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. And they called Rebekah, and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go. And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's slave, and his men. And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister, be [the mother] of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them. And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode on the camels, and followed the man. And the slave took Rebekah, and went his way. And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi. For he dwelt in the land of the South. And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at evening. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and noticed that there were camels coming. And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel. And she said to the slave, What man is this that walks in the field to meet us? And the slave said, It is my master. And she took her veil, and covered herself. And the slave told Isaac all the things that he had done. And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. And he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And Jokshan begot 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, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. And he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country. And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, 175 years. And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, old and satisfied, and was gathered to his people. And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre. The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth. There was Abraham buried, and 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, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's slave, bore to Abraham. And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments. Twelve princes according to their nations. And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years. And he gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered to his people. And they stayed from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He settled across from all his brothers. And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife. And Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. And Yahweh was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife became pregnant. And the sons struggled together inside her. And she said, If it is so, why is this happening to me? And she went to inquire of Yahweh. And Yahweh said to her, Two nations are in your womb, And two peoples will be separated from inside you. And the one people will be stronger than the other people. And the elder will serve the younger. And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, look, there were twins in her womb. And the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment. And they named him Esau. And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had a hold on Esau's heel. And his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. And the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. And Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his venison. And Rebekah loved Jacob. And Jacob boiled pottage. And Esau came in from the field, and he was faint. And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray you, with that same red [pottage]. For I am faint. Therefore his name was called Edom. And Jacob said, First sell me your birthright. And Esau said, Look, I am about to die. And what profit will the birthright be to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me first. And he swore to him. And he sold his birthright to Jacob. And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils. And he ate and drank, and rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright. And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar. And Yahweh appeared to him, and said, Don't go down into Egypt. Stay in the land which I will tell you of. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. And I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and will give to your seed all these lands. And in your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. And the men of the place asked him of his wife. And he said, She's my sister. For he feared to say, My wife, because the men of the place would kill me for Rebekah since she was fair to look at. And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, look, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Look, certainly she's your wife. And how have you said, She's my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said if I didn't I would die because of her. And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us. And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death. And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold. And Yahweh blessed him. And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great. And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household. And the Philistines envied him. Now all the wells which his father's slaves had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth. And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us. For you are much mightier than we. And Isaac departed there, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. And he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. And Isaac's slaves dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. And they dug another well, and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah. And he removed from there, and dug another well. And for that they didn't strive. And he called the name of it Rehoboth. And he said, For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land. And he went up from there to Beer-sheba. And Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my slave Abraham's sake. And he built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's slaves dug a well. Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host. And Isaac said to them, Why have you{+} come to me, seeing you{+} hate me, and have sent me away from you{+}? And they said, We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. And we said, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you, that you will do us no hurt, as we haven't touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of Yahweh. And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. And they rose up early in the morning, and swore one to another. And Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's slaves came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, We have found water. And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day. And when Esau was forty years old he took as wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebekah. And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, My son. And he said to him, Here I am. And he said, Look now, I am old, I don't know the day of my death. Now therefore take, I pray you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt venison for me. And make savory food for me, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat. That my soul may bless you before I die. And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Look, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying, Bring venison to me, and make savory food for me, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you. Go now to the flock, and fetch me from there two good young goats. And I will make savory food from them for your father, such as he loves. And you will bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. Perhaps my father will feel me, and I will seem to him as a deceiver. And I will bring a curse on me, and not a blessing. And his mother said to him, Your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother. And his mother made savory food, such as his father loved. And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son. And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck. And she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. And he came to his father, and said, My father. And he said, Here I am. Who are you, my son? And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your firstborn; I have done according to as you bade me: arise, I pray you, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me. And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Yahweh your God sent me success. And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray you, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are my very son Esau or not. And Jacob went near to Isaac his father. And he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands. So he blessed him. And he said, Are you my very son Esau? And he said, I am. And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless you. And he brought it near to him, and he ate. And he brought him wine, and he drank. And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed. And God give you of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine. Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, And let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, And blessed be everyone who blesses you. And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. And he also made savory food, and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me. And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn, Esau. And Isaac trembled very greatly, and said, Who then is he that has hunted venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, [and] he will be blessed. When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a very great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. And he said, Your brother came with guile, and has taken away your blessing. And he said, Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. And, look, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me? And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Look, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for slaves. And with grain and new wine I have sustained him. And what then shall I do for you, my son? And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Look, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above. And by your sword you will live, and you will serve your brother. And it will come to pass, when you will break loose, That you will shake his yoke from off your neck. And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will slay my brother Jacob. And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Look, your brother Esau, as concerning you, comforts himself, [purposing] to kill you. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. And arise, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran. And tarry with him a few days, until your brother's fury turn away. Until your brother's anger turns away from you, and he forgets that which you have done to him. Then I will send, and fetch you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you{+} both in one day? And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me? And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, You will not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father. And take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother. And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples. And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you. That you may inherit the land of your sojournings, which God gave to Abraham. And Isaac sent away Jacob. And he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from there. And that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, You will not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and had gone to Paddan-aram. And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac his father. And Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife. And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. And he came upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set. And he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed. And look, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And look, the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And, look, Yahweh stood above it, and said, I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie, to you I will give it, and to your seed. And your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed. And, look, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken to you of. And Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Yahweh is in this place. And I didn't know it. And he was afraid, and said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it. And he called the name of that place Beth-el. But the name of the city was Luz at first. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God, then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. And of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you. Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the sons of the east. And he looked, and noticed a well in the field, and saw three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. And the stone on the well's mouth was great. And there were all the flocks gathered. And they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on the well's mouth in its place. And Jacob said to them, My brothers, where are you{+} from? And they said, We are of Haran. And he said to them, Do you{+} know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. And he said to them, Is it well with him? And they said, It is well. And, look, Rachel his daughter comes with the sheep. And he said, Look, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them. And they said, We can't, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep. While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep. For she shepherded them. And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son. And she ran and told her father. And it came to pass, when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. And Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And he remained with him the space of a month. And Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be? And Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. And Leah's eyes were tender. But Rachel had a beautiful body and face. And Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter. And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you, than I should give her to another man. Remain with me. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel. And they were like a few days in his eyes, for the love he had to her. And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her. And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. And he went in to her. And Laban gave Zilpah his female slave to his daughter Leah for a slave. And it came to pass in the morning that, look, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you beguiled me? And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn. Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet another seven years. And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. And he gave him Rachel his daughter as wife. And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his female slave to be her slave. And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet another seven years. And Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb. But Rachel was barren. And Leah became pregnant, and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, Because Yahweh has looked on my affliction. For now my husband will love me. And she became pregnant again, and gave birth to a son: and said, Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this [son] also. And she named him Simeon. And she became pregnant again, and gave birth to a son. And said, Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons. Therefore he named him Levi. And she became pregnant again, and gave birth to a son. And she said, This time I will praise Yahweh. Therefore she named him Judah. And she left off bearing. And when Rachel saw that she did not bear for Jacob, Rachel envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, Give me sons, otherwise I will die. And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb? And she said, Look, my slave Bilhah, go in to her; that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain [children] by her. And she gave him Bilhah her slave as wife: and Jacob went in to her. And Bilhah became pregnant, and bore Jacob a son. And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son: therefore she called his name Dan. And Bilhah Rachel's slave became pregnant again, and bore Jacob a second son. And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she named him Naphtali. When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her slave, and gave her to Jacob as wife. And Zilpah Leah's slave bore Jacob a son. And Leah said, Fortunate! And she named him Gad. And Zilpah Leah's slave bore Jacob a second son. And Leah said, I am happy! For the daughters will call me happy: and she named him Asher. And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray you, of your son's mandrakes. And she said to her, Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? And would you take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes. And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. And God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant, and bore Jacob a fifth son. And Leah said, God has given me my wages, because I gave my slave to my husband: and she named him Issachar. And Leah became pregnant again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob. And Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she named him Zebulun. And afterward she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah. And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb. And she became pregnant, and gave birth to a son: and said, God has taken away my reproach: and she named him Joseph, saying, Yahweh add to me another son. And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country. Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go: for you know my service with which I have served you. And Laban said to him, If now I have found favor in your eyes, [tarry]: [for] I have used magic and [found that] Yahweh has blessed me for your sake. And he said, Appoint me your wages, and I will give it. And he said to him, You know how I have served you, and how your cattle have fared with me. For you had little before I came, and it has increased to a multitude; and Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned: and now when shall I provide for my own house also? And he said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You will not give me anything: if you will do this thing for me, I will again shepherd your flock and keep it. I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of such] will be my wages. So will my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when you will come concerning my wages that are before you: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that [if found] with me, will be counted stolen. And Laban said, Agreed, let it be according to your word. And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons; and he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob shepherded the rest of Laban's flocks. And Jacob took for himself rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree. And peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. And he set the rods which he had peeled across from the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink. And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted. And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and didn't put them to Laban's flock. And it came to pass, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods; but when the flock was feeble, he didn't put them in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and female slaves and male slaves, and camels and donkeys. And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's he has gotten all this glory. And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and, look, it was not toward him as formerly. And Yahweh said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you. And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock, and said to them, I see your{+} father's countenance, that it is not toward me as formerly; but the God of my father has been with me. And you{+} know that with all my power I have served your{+} father. And your{+} father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God didn't allow him to hurt me. If he said thus, The speckled will be your wages; then all the flock bore speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked will be your wages; then bore all the flock ringstreaked. Thus God has taken away the cattle of your{+} father, and given them to me. And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, look, the he-goats which leaped on the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled. And the angel of God said to me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here I am. And he said, Lift up now your eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap on the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban does to you. I am the God of Beth-el, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me: now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your nativity. And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? Aren't we accounted by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also quite devoured our money. For all the riches which God has taken away from our father, that is ours and our son's: now then, whatever God has said to you, do. Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels; and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father to the land of Canaan. Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the talismans that were her father's. And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he didn't tell him that he fled. So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead. And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled. And he took his brothers with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and he stuck [closely] in the mountain of Gilead. And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, You be careful not to speak to Jacob either good or bad. And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain: and Laban with his brothers encamped in the mountain of Gilead. And Laban said to Jacob, What have you done, that you have stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword? Why did you flee secretly, and steal away from me, and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp; and did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly. It is in the power of my hand to do you{+} harm: but the God of your{+} father spoke to me last night, saying, You be careful that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad. And now, [though] you would surely be gone, because you intensely longed after your father's house, [yet] why have you stolen my gods? And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said if I don't, you will take your daughters from me by force. With whomever you find your gods, he will not live: before our brothers discern for yourself what is yours with me, and take it with you. For Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen them. And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two female slaves; but he didn't find them. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. Now Rachel had taken the talismans, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat on them. And Laban felt all about the tent, but didn't find them. And she said to her father, Don't let my lord be angry that I can't rise up before you; for the manner of women is on me. And he searched, but didn't find the talismans. And Jacob was angry, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me? Whereas you have felt all about my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my brothers and your brothers, that they may judge between us two. These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your she-goats haven't cast their young, and the rams of your flocks I have not eaten. That which was torn of beasts I didn't bring to you; I bore the loss of it; of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes. These twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock: and you have changed my wages ten times. Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night. And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their sons whom they have borne? And now come, let us make a covenant, I and you; and let it be for a witness between me and you. And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. And Jacob said to his brothers, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they ate there by the heap. And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and you this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed: and Mizpah, for he said, Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another. If you will afflict my daughters, and if you will take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and you. And Laban said to Jacob, Look at this heap, and look at the pillar, which I have set between me and you. This heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm. May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor judge between us. And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brothers to eat bread: and they ate bread, and tarried all night in the mountain. And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed and returned to his place. And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, the field of Edom. And he commanded them, saying, Thus you{+} will say to my lord Esau: Thus says your slave Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and remained until now: and I have oxen, and donkeys, [and] flocks, and male slaves, and female slaves: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight. And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and moreover he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him. Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies; and he said, If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape. And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Yahweh, who said to me, Return to your country, and to your kindred, and I will do you good: I am not worthy of the least of all the loving-kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your slave; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies. Deliver me, I pray you, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him. Or else, he will come and strike me, from mother to sons. And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which will be too many to count. And he lodged there that night, and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother: two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-donkeys and ten foals. And he delivered them into the hand of his slaves, every drove by itself, and said to his slaves, Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove. And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, saying, Whose are you? And where do you go? And whose are these before you? Then you will say [They are] your slave Jacob's; it is a present sent to my lord Esau: and, look, he also is behind us. And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all who followed the droves, saying, In this manner you{+} will speak to Esau, when you{+} find him; and you{+} will say, Moreover, look, your slave Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me. So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company. And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two female slaves, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok. And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let you go, except you bless me. And he said to him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Your name will not be Jacob anymore, but Israel: for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray you, your name. And he said, Why is it that you ask for my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, [he said], I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. And the sun rose on him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped on his thigh. Therefore the sons of Israel don't eat the sinew of the hip which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip. And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and noticed that Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two female slaves. And he put the female slaves and their children first, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph last. And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God has graciously given your slave. Then the female slaves came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and afterward came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. And he said, What do you mean by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord. And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours. And Jacob said, No, I pray you, if now I have found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand; since I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me. Take, I pray you, my gift that is brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you. And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die. Let my lord, I pray you, pass over before his slave: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord, to Seir. And Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are with me. And he said, Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord. So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city. And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money. And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-israel. And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. And his soul stuck to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel. And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel as wife. Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came. And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him. And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your{+} daughter: I pray you{+}, give her to him as wife. And make{+} marriages with us; give your{+} daughters to us, and take our daughters to you{+}. And you{+} will dwell with us: and the land will be before you{+}; dwell and trade in it, and get possessions in it. And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find favor in your{+} eyes, and what you{+} will say to me, I will give. Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to as you{+} will say to me: but give me the damsel as wife. And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister, and said to them, We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that would be a reproach to us. Only on this condition we will consent to you{+}: if you{+} will be as we are, that every male of you{+} is circumcised; then we will give our daughters to you{+}, and we will take your{+} daughters to us, and we will dwell with you{+}, and we will become one people. But if you{+} will not listen to us, to be circumcised; then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone. And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. And the young man didn't defer to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father. And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, These men are peaceful with us; so let them dwell in the land, and trade in it; for, look, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. Will not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us. And to Hamor and to Shechem his son listened all who went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males. And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth. The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field; and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, they captured and plundered, as well as all that was in the houses. And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You{+} have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and strike me; and I will be destroyed, I and my house. And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute? And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother. Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you{+}, and purify yourselves, and change your{+} garments: and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. And they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. And they journeyed: and a terror of God was on the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. So Jacob came to Luz, which is 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 was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother. And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth. And God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. And God said to him, Your name is Jacob: your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel will be your name: and he named him Israel. And God said to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations will be of you, and kings will come out of your loins; and the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, to you I will give it, and to your seed after you I will give the land. And God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him. And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink-offering on it, and poured oil on it. And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Beth-el. And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, Don't be afraid; for now you will have another son. And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem). And Jacob set up a pillar on her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave to this day. And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder. And it came to pass, while Israel stayed in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard of it, and it was evil in his eyes. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun; the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin; and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's slave: Dan and Naphtali; and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's slave: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram. And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. And the days of Isaac were 180 years. And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of 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: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth. And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bore Reuel; and Oholibamah bore Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan. And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob. For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle. And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: these are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek: these are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bore to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah. And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. And these are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs: the same is Edom. These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah, and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman. And Lotan's sister was Timna. And these are the sons of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam. And these are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father. And these are the sons of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the 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 that came of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir. And these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the sons of Israel. And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead. And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab. And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: chief Timna, 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 Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites. And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them to their father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors. And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers: and they hated him all the more. And he said to them, Hear, I pray you{+}, this dream which I have dreamed: for, look, we were binding sheaves in the field, and see, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and see, your{+} sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. And his brothers said to him, Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, Look, I have dreamed yet a dream: and see, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he told it to his father, and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow down ourselves to you to the earth? And his brothers envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind. And his brothers went to shepherd their father's flock in Shechem. And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers shepherding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here I am. And he said to him, Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. And a certain man found him, and, look, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What do you seek? And he said, I am seeking my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they are shepherding [the flock]. And the man said, They have departed from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan. And they saw him far off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to slay him. And they said one to another, Look, this dreamer comes. Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him: and we will see what will become of his dreams. And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life. And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him: that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father. And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him; and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and noticed a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and don't let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers listened to him. And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up 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 to the pit; and, look, Joseph wasn't in the pit; and he rent his clothes. And he returned to his brothers, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go? And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood; and they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This we have found: know now whether it is your son's coat or not. And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat: an evil beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces. And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him. And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard. And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and turned in to 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 to her. And she became pregnant, and gave birth to a son; and he named him Er. And she became pregnant again, and gave birth to a son; and she named him Onan. And she yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him. And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh. And Yahweh slew him. And Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother. And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass, whenever he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh: and he slew him also. Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelah my son is grown up; for he said, Or else he will also die, like his brothers. And Tamar went and remained in her father's house. And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his companion Hirah the Adullamite. And it was told Tamar, saying, Look, your father-in-law goes up to Timnah to shear his sheep. And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as wife. When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a prostitute; for she had covered her face. And he turned to her by the way, and said, Come, I pray you, let me come in to you: for he didn't know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me, that you may come in to me? And he said, I will send you a young goat from the flock. And she said, Will you give me a security deposit, until you send it? And he said, What security deposit shall I give you? And she said, Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand. And he gave them to her, and had sex with her, and she became pregnant by him. And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. And Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his companion the Adullamite, to receive the security deposit from the woman's hand: but he didn't find her. Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There has been no prostitute here. And he returned to Judah, and said, I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, There has been no prostitute here. And Judah said, Let her take it to her, or else we will be put to shame: look, I sent this young goat, and you haven't found her. And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar your daughter-in-law has prostituted; and moreover, look, she's pregnant by prostitution. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, I am pregnant: and she said, Discern, I pray you, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff. And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She's more righteous than I; since I didn't give her to Shelah my son. And he didn't have any sex with her again. And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, look, twins were in her womb. And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and bound on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, look, his brother came out: and she said, Why have you made a breach for yourself? Therefore his name was called Perez. And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread on his hand: and his name was called Zerah. And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down there. And Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. And his master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made all that he did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph found favor in his eyes, and he ministered to him: and he made him Overseer of the House, and all that he had he put 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 Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the field. And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he didn't know anything [that was] with him, except the bread which he ate. And Joseph had a handsome body and face. And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Look, my master doesn't know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand: he is not greater in this house than I; neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he didn't listen to her to lie by her, to have any sex with her. And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there wasn't any man of the men of the house there inside. And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got out. And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us: he came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: and it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got out. And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew slave, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me: and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out. And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, After this manner did your slave to me; that his wrath was kindled. And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison; and whatever they did there, he was the one who did it. The keeper of the prison didn't look to anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it to prosper. And it came to pass after these things, that the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt. And Pharaoh was angry against his two officers, against the chief of the cupbearers, and against the chief of the bakers. And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he ministered to them: and they continued a season in ward. And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison. And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and, look, they were sad. And he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Why do you{+} look so sad today? And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none who can interpret it. And Joseph said to them, Don't interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, I pray you{+}. And the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, look, a vine was before me; and in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, [and] its blossoms shot forth; [and] its clusters brought forth ripe grapes: and Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days; within yet three days will Pharaoh lift up your head, and restore you to your office: and you will give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when you were his cupbearer. But have me in your remembrance when it will be well with you, and show kindness, I pray you, to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, look, three baskets of white bread were on my head: and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head. And Joseph answered and said, This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days; within yet three days will Pharaoh lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you. And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast to all his slaves: and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his slaves. And he restored the chief cupbearer to be his cupbearer again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: but he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. Yet the chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph, but forgot him. And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, look, he stood by the river. And, look, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they pastured in the reed-grass. And, look, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine on the brink of the river. And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine ate up the seven well-favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, look, seven ears of grain came up on one stalk, rank and good. And, look, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, look, it was a dream. And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the sacred scholars of Egypt, and all its wise men: and Pharaoh told them the things he dreamt; but there was none who could interpret them to Pharaoh. Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I remember my faults this day: Pharaoh was angry with his slaves, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker: and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, slave to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored to my office, and him he hanged. Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in to Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none who can interpret it: and I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace. And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, In my dream, look, I stood on the brink of the river: and see, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass: and see, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: and the lean and ill-favored kine ate up the first seven fat kine: and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke. And I saw in my dream, and see, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good: and see, seven ears, withered, thin, [and] blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it to the sacred scholars; but there was none who could declare it to me. And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh. The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. And the seven lean and ill-favored kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven thin ears blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine. That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh: what God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh. Look, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: and there will arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine will consume the land; and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous. And the reason the dream was doubled to Pharaoh is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. Now therefore let Pharaoh seek out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. And the food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine. And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his slaves. And Pharaoh said to his slaves, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the spirit of God? And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you: you will be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled: I will be greater than you only in the throne. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without you will no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him as wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt. And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number. And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him. And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For, [he said], God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. And the name of the second he called Ephraim: For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction. And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end. And the seven years of famine began to come, according to as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph; what he says to you{+}, do. And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all [the storehouses] among them, and sold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine was intense in the land of Egypt. And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was intense in all the earth. Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do you{+} look one on another? And he said, Look, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: you{+} get down there, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die. And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob didn't send with his brothers; for he said, If I do perhaps harm will befall him. And the sons of Israel came to buy among those who came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. And Joseph was the governor over the land; it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth. And Joseph saw his brothers, and he knew them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly with them; and he said to them. From where do you{+} come? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. And Joseph knew his brothers, but they didn't know him. And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, You{+} are spies; to see the nakedness of the land you{+} have come. And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food have your slaves come. We are all sons of one man; we are true men, your slaves are no spies. And he said to them, No, but to see the nakedness of the land you{+} have come. And they said, We your slaves are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, look, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. And Joseph said to them, That is it that I spoke to you{+}, saying, You{+} are spies: hereby you{+} will be proved: by the life of Pharaoh you{+} will not go forth from here, except your{+} youngest brother come here. Send one of you{+}, and let him fetch your{+} brother, and you{+} will be bound, that your{+} words may be proved, whether there is truth in you{+}: otherwise by the life of Pharaoh surely you{+} are spies. And he put them all together into ward three days. And Joseph said to them the third day, Do this, and live: for I fear God: if you{+} are true men, let one of your{+} brothers be bound in your{+} prison-house; but you{+} go, carry grain for the famine of your{+} houses: and bring your{+} youngest brother to me; so will your{+} words be verified, and you{+} will not die. And they did so. And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he pled with us for mercy, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. And Reuben answered them, saying, Didn't I speak to you{+}, saying, Don't sin against the child; and you{+} would not hear? Therefore also, look, his blood is required. And they didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them. And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes. Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provisions for the way: and thus was it done to them. And they loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed there. And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder in the lodging-place, he noticed his money; and, look, it was in the mouth of his sack. And he said to his brothers, My money is restored; and, look, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, What is this that God has done to us? And they came to Jacob their father to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying, The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country. And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies: we are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Hereby will I know that you{+} are true men: leave one of your{+} brothers with me, and take [grain for] the famine of your{+} houses, and go your{+} way; and bring your{+} youngest brother to me: then I will know that you{+} are no spies, but that you{+} are true men: so I will deliver you{+} your{+} brother, and you{+} will traffic in the land. And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, look, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid. And Jacob their father said to them, You{+} have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you{+} will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I don't bring him to you: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to you again. And he said, My son will not go down with you{+}; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which you{+} go, then you{+} will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol. And the famine was intense in the land. And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food. And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man did solemnly protest to us, saying, You{+} will not see my face, except your{+} brother be with you{+}. If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food: but if you will not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, You{+} will not see my face, except your{+} brother be with you{+}. And Israel said, Why did you{+} deal so ill with me, as to tell the man whether you{+} had yet a brother? And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your{+} father yet alive? Have you{+} [another] brother? And we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we in any wise know that he would say, Bring your{+} brother down? And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones. I will be surety for him; of my hand you will require him: if I don't bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever: for except we had lingered, surely we would have now returned a second time. And their father Israel said to them, If it is so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your{+} vessels, and carry down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and myrrh, nuts, and almonds; and take double money in your{+} hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your{+} sacks carry again in your{+} hand; perhaps it was an oversight: take also your{+} brother, and arise, go again to the man: and God Almighty give you{+} mercy before the man, that he may release to you{+} your{+} other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Bring the men into the house, and slay, and make ready; for the men will dine with me at noon. And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men to Joseph's house. And the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time, we are brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall on us, and take us for slaves, and our donkeys. And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house, and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: and it came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, look, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. And other money we have brought down in our hand to buy food: we don't know who put our money in our sacks. And he said, Peace be to you{+}, don't be afraid: your{+} God, and the God of your{+} father, has given you{+} treasure in your{+} sacks: I had your{+} money. And he brought Simeon out to them. And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. And he gave their donkeys fodder. And they made ready the present against Joseph's coming at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth. And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your{+} father well, the old man of whom you{+} spoke? Is he yet alive? And they said, Your slave our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and said, Is this your{+} youngest brother, of whom you{+} spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to you, my son. And Joseph hurried; for his heart yearned over his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is disgusting to the Egyptians. And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marveled one with another. And he took [and sent] messes to them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his grain money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys. [And] when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, Get up, follow after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you{+} rewarded evil for good? Isn't this that in which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed uses it for magic? You{+} have done evil in so doing. And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these words. And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your slaves that they should do such a thing. Look, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of your lord's house silver or gold? With whomever of your slaves it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves. And he said, Now also let it be according to your{+} words: he with whom it is found will be my slave; and you{+} will be innocent. Then they hurried, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. And he searched, [and] began at the eldest, and left off at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. Then they rent their clothes, and loaded every man his donkey, and returned to the city. And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; and he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that you{+} have done? Don't you{+} know that a man such as I can indeed use magic [to find out]? And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your slaves: look, we are my lord's slaves, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found. And he said, Far be it from me that I should do so: the man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my slave but as for you{+}, you{+} get up in peace to your{+} father. Then Judah came near to him, and said, Oh, my lord, let your slave, I pray you, speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your slave; for you are even as Pharaoh. My lord asked his slaves, saying, Have you{+} a father, or a brother? And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him. And you said to your slaves, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him. And we said to my lord, The lad can't leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. And you said to your slaves, Except your{+} youngest brother come down with you{+}, you{+} will see my face no more. And it came to pass when we came up to your slave my father, we told him the words of my lord. And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food. And we said, We can't go down: if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother is with us. And your slave my father said to us, You{+} know that my wife bore me two sons: and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I haven't seen him since: and if you{+} take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you{+} will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol. Now therefore when I come to your slave my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; it will come to pass, when he sees that the lad is not there, that he will die: and your slaves will bring down the gray hairs of your slave our father with sorrow to Sheol. For your slave became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I don't bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever. Now therefore, let your slave, I pray you, remain instead of the lad a slave to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers. For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad is not with me? Or else, I will see the evil that will come upon my father. Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all those who stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. And he wept aloud: and Egypt heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph; does my father yet live? And his brothers could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you{+}. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your{+} brother, whom you{+} sold into Egypt. And now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you{+} sold me here: for God sent me before you{+} to preserve life. For these two years has the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. And God sent me before you{+} to preserve you{+} a remnant in the earth, and to save you{+} alive by a great deliverance. So now it wasn't you{+} who sent me here, but God: and he has made me Father of Pharaoh, and Lord of All His House, and Ruler Over All The Land of Egypt. You{+} hurry, and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt: come down to me, don't tarry; and you will dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, and your sons, and the sons of your sons, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have: and there I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; or else you will come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have. And, look, your{+} eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you{+}. And you{+} will tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you{+} have seen: and you{+} will hurry and bring down my father here. And he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept on his neck. And he kissed all his brothers, and wept on them: and after that his brothers talked with him. And its report was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brothers have come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his slaves. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, You{+} do this: lade your{+} beasts, and go, you{+} get to the land of Canaan; and take your{+} father and your{+} households, and come to me: and I will give you{+} the good of the land of Egypt, and you{+} will eat the fat of the land. Now you are commanded, this you{+} do: you{+} take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your{+} little ones, and for your{+} wives, and bring your{+} father, and come. Also don't regard your{+} stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours{+}. And the sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. And to his father he sent after this manner: ten donkeys laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-donkeys laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way. So he sent his brothers away, and they departed: and he said to them, See that you{+} don't fall out by the way. And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob their father. And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he didn't believe them. And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here I am. And he said, I am God, the God of your father: don't be afraid to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of you a great nation: I will go down with you into Egypt; and I will also surely bring you up again: and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes. And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed he brought with him into Egypt. And these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt. Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 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 the son of a Canaanitish woman. 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 Jashub, and Shimron. And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. These are the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, as well as his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three. And the sons of Gad: Zephon, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and their sister Serah; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel. These are the sons of Zilpah whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; and she bore to Jacob these sixteen souls. The sons of Jacob's wife, Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bore to him. And the sons of Manasseh: his wife bore Asriel, and his Aramean concubine bore Machir. And Machir begot Gilead. And the sons of Manasseh's brother, Ephraim: Shuthelah and Tahan. And the sons of Shuthelah: Eran. And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel; and the sons of Bela were: Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, and Muppim; and Gera begot Ard. These are the sons of Rachel she bore to Jacob: nineteen souls in all. 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, and these she bore to Jacob: seven souls in all. All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, excluding Jacob's daughters-in-law, were sixty-six souls in all. And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in the land of Egypt, were nine souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came with Jacob into Egypt, were seventy-five souls. Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph, to show Joseph the way to [them in] Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are yet alive. And Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say to him, My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me; and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. And it will come to pass, when Pharaoh will call you{+}, and will say, What is your{+} occupation? Then you{+} will say, Your slaves have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers: that you{+} may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is disgusting to the Egyptians. Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and, look, they are in the land of Goshen. And from among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your{+} occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your slaves are shepherds, both we, and our fathers. And they said to Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land we have come; for there is no pasture for your slaves' flocks; for the famine is intense in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray you, let your slaves dwell in the land of Goshen. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know that there are among them capable men, put them in charge of my herds. And Jacob and his sons came to Egypt to Joseph, and Pharaoh the king of Egypt heard it. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Your father and your brothers have come to you. Look, the land of Egypt is before you. You may settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land. And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the days of the years of your life? And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they haven't attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. And Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very intense, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in your presence? For [our] money fails. And Joseph said, Give your{+} cattle; and I will give it to you{+} for your{+} cattle, if you{+} are out of money. And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year. And when that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land not be desolate. So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was intense on them: and the land became Pharaoh's. And as for the people, he made them slaves from one end of the border of Egypt even to its other end. Only the land of the priests he didn't buy: for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they didn't sell their land. Then Joseph said to the people, Look, I have bought you{+} this day and your{+} land for Pharaoh: look, here is seed for you{+}, and you{+} will sow the land. And it will come to pass at the ingatherings, that you{+} will give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your{+} own, for seed of the field, and for your{+} food, and for them of your{+} households, and for food for your{+} little ones. And they said, You have saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's slaves. And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone didn't become Pharaoh's. And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got possessions in it, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly. And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years. And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: don't bury me, I pray you, in Egypt; but when I sleep with my fathers, you will carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do as you have said. And he said, Swear to me: and he swore to him. And Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed. And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Look, your father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. And one told Jacob, and said, Look, your son Joseph comes to you: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed. And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, and said to me, Look, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession. And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine. And your issue, that you beget after them, will be yours; they will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance. And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died to my sorrow in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem). And Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray you, to me, and I will bless them. Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see your face: and, look, God has let me see your seed also. And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him. And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day, the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it was evil in his eyes: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head. And his father refused, and said, I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great: nevertheless his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations. And he blessed them that day, saying, In you [Joseph] will Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. And Israel said to Joseph, Look, I die: but God will be with you{+}, and bring you{+} again to the land of your{+} fathers. Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. And Jacob called to his sons, and said: gather yourselves together, that I may tell you{+} that which will befall you{+} in the latter days. Assemble yourselves, and hear, you{+} sons of Jacob; And listen to Israel your{+} father. Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The preeminence of dignity, and the preeminence of power. Boiling over as water, you will not have the preeminence; Because you went up to your father's bed; Then you defiled it: he went up to my couch. Simeon and Levi are brothers; They determined to destroy violently. O my soul, don't come into their council; To their assembly, my glory, don't be united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel. Judah, you will your brothers praise: Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; Your father's sons will bow down before you. Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who will rouse him up? The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes: And to him will the obedience of the peoples be. Binding his foal to the vine, And his donkey's colt to the choice vine; He has washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes: His eyes will be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk. Zebulun will stay at the haven of the sea; And he will be for a haven of ships; And his border will be on Sidon. Issachar is a strong donkey, Couching down between the sheepfolds: And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became slave labor. Dan will judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel. Dan will be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, So that his rider falls backward. I have waited for your salvation, O Yahweh. Gad, a troop will press on him; But he will press on their heel. Out of Asher his bread will be fat, And he will yield royal dainties. Naphtali is a hind let loose: He gives goodly words. Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall. The archers have intensely grieved him because they shot at him, and persecuted him: But his bow remained firm, and the arms of his hands were agile, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, Israel's shepherd and rock, Even by the God of your father, who will help you, And by the Almighty, who will bless you, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. The blessings of your father Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors To the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: They will be on the head of Joseph, And on the top of the head of him who was separate from his brothers. Benjamin is a wolf that ravens: In the morning he will devour the prey, And at evening he will divide the spoil. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spoke to them and blessed them; each one, according to the blessing suitable to him, he blessed them. And he charged them, and said to them, I am to be gathered to my relatives: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah: the field and the cave that is in it, which was purchased from the sons of Heth. And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered to his people. And Joseph fell on his father's face, and wept on him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his slaves the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him 70 days. And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your{+} eyes, speak, I pray you{+}, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, My father made me swear, saying, Look, I die: in my grave which I have dug for me in the land of Canaan, there you will bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again. And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury your father, according to as he made you swear. And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the slaves of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, and all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and intense lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: therefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. And his sons did to him according to as he commanded them: for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brothers, and all who went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. And when Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did to him. And they told Joseph the following order, Your father commanded before he died, saying, So you{+} will say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray you now, the transgression of your brothers, and their sin, because they did to you evil. And now, we pray you, forgive the transgression of the slaves of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. And his brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Look, we are your slaves. And Joseph said to them, Don't be afraid: for am I in the place of God? And as for you{+}, you{+} meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive. Now therefore don't be{+} afraid: I will nourish you{+}, and your{+} little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them. And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. And Joseph saw Ephraim's sons of the third generation: the sons also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born on Joseph's knees. And Joseph said to his brothers, I die; but God will surely visit you{+}, and bring you{+} up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you{+}, and you{+} will carry up my bones from here. So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob): Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. And Joseph was in Egypt. And all the souls who came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy-five souls. And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation. And the sons of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them. Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn't know Joseph. And he said to his people, Look, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we: come, let us deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply, and it will come to pass, that, when war breaks out, they will also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and get up out of the land. Therefore they set over them slave masters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the sons of Israel. And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel to serve with rigor: and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in bricks, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, in which they made them serve with rigor. And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: and he said, When you{+} do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth-stool; if it is a son, then you{+} will kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she will live. But the midwives feared God, and didn't do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive. And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have you{+} done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive? And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered before the midwife comes to them. And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households. And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son who is born you{+} will cast into the river, and every daughter you{+} will save alive. And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took as wife the daughter of Levi. And the woman became pregnant, and gave birth to a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child in it, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And his sister stood far off, to know what would be done to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the riverside; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her female slave to fetch it. And she opened it, and saw the child: and, look, the baby wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call you a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the young woman went and called the child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water. And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he struck the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. And he went out the second day, and, look, two men of the Hebrews were striving together: and he said to him who did the wrong, Why do you strike your fellow man? And he said, Who made you as a man, a prince and a judge over us? Do you think to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and he settled in the land of Midian after having moved to the land of Midian. And [one day] he sat down by a well. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you{+} have come so soon today? And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock. And he said to his daughters, And where is he? Why is it that you{+} have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread. And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. And she bore a son, and he named him Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land. And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the slavery, and they cried, and their cry came up to God by reason of the slavery. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God saw the sons of Israel, and God took knowledge [of them]. Now Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. And the angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and noticed that the bush burned with fire, and the bush wasn't consumed. And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here I am. And he said, Don't come any closer: take off your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God. And Yahweh said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a land good and large, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. And now, look, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to me: moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people the sons of Israel out of Egypt. And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the sons of Israel out of Egypt? And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you{+} will serve God on this mountain. And Moses said to God, Look, when I come to the sons of Israel, and will say to them, The God of your{+} fathers has sent me to you{+}; and they will say to me, What is his name? What shall I say to them? And God said to Moses, I AM WHO ALWAYS IS: and he said, Thus you will say to the sons of Israel, I AM has sent me to you{+}. And God said moreover to Moses, Thus you will say to the sons of Israel, Yahweh, the God of your{+} fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you{+}: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations. Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, Yahweh, the God of your{+} fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you{+}, and [seen] that which is done to you{+} in Egypt: and I have said, I will bring you{+} up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey. And they will listen to your voice: and you will come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you{+} will say to him, Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us: and now let us go, we pray you, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God. And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you{+} leave to go, not even with a mighty hand [of God]. And I will put forth my hand, and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst of it: and after that he will let you{+} go. And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and it will come to pass, that, when you{+} go, you{+} will not go empty. But every woman will ask of her neighbor, and of her who sojourns in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and you{+} will put them on your{+} sons, and on your{+} daughters; and you{+} will despoil the Egyptians. And Moses answered and said, But, look, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, Yahweh has not appeared to you. And Yahweh said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod. And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. And Yahweh said to Moses, Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail: (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand:) That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you. And Yahweh said furthermore to him, Put now your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, look, his hand was leprous, as [white as] snow. And he said, Put your hand into your bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, look, it was turned again as his [other] flesh.) And it will come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. And it will come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you will take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land: and the water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land. And Moses said to Yahweh, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before, nor since you have spoken to your slave; for I am slow of mouth, and slow of tongue. And Yahweh said to him, Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes [man] mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Yahweh? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you will speak. And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray you, by the hand of him whom you will send. And the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron your brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, look, he comes forth to meet you: and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. And you will speak to him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you{+} what you{+} will do. And he will be your spokesman to the people; and it will come to pass, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God. And you will take in your hand this rod, with which you will do the signs. And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray you, and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. And Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought your life. And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. And Yahweh said to Moses, When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand: but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go. And you will say to Pharaoh, Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn: and I have said to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and you have refused to let him go: look, I will slay your son, your firstborn. And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Yahweh met him, and sought to kill him. Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood you are to me. So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood [you are], because of the circumcision. And Yahweh said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him. And Moses told Aaron all the words of Yahweh with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had charged him. And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the sons of Israel: and Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. And the people believed: and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the sons of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped. And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness. And Pharaoh said, Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go. And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray you, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, or else he will fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword. And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you{+}, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their works? You{+} get to your{+} burdens. And Pharaoh said, Look, the people of the land are now many, and you{+} make them rest from their burdens. And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, You{+} will no more give the people straw to make bricks, as before: let them go and gather straw for themselves. And the number of the bricks, which they made before, you{+} will lay on them; you{+} will not diminish anything of it: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor at it; and don't let them regard lying words. And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you{+} straw. Go yourselves, you{+} get straw where you{+} can find it: for nothing of your{+} work will be diminished. So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfill your{+} works, [your{+}] daily tasks, as when there was straw. And the officers of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Why have you{+} not fulfilled your{+} task both yesterday and today, in making bricks as before? Then the officers of the sons of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why do you deal thus with your slaves? There is no straw given to your slaves, and they say to us, Make bricks: and, look, your slaves are beaten; and your people will be guilty. But he said, You{+} are idle, you{+} are idle: therefore you{+} say, Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh. Go therefore now, and work; for there will no straw be given you{+}, yet you{+} will deliver the number of bricks. And the officers of the sons of Israel saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, You{+} will not diminish anything from your{+} bricks, [your{+}] daily tasks. And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: and they said to them, Yahweh look at you{+}, and judge: because you{+} have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his slaves, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. And Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, Lord, why have you dealt ill with this people? Why is it that you have sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has dealt ill with this people; neither have you delivered your people at all. And Yahweh said to Moses, Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand [of God] he will let them go, and with a strong hand [of God] he will drive them out of his land. And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am Yahweh: and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, in which they sojourned. And moreover I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in slavery; and I have remembered my covenant. Therefore say to the sons of Israel, I am Yahweh, and I will bring you{+} out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you{+} out of their slavery, and I will redeem you{+} with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments: and I will take you{+} to be my people, and I will be your{+} God; and you{+} will know that I am Yahweh your{+} God, who brings you{+} out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring you{+} in to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you{+} for a heritage: I am Yahweh. And Moses so spoke to the sons of Israel: but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel slavery. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land. And Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, Look, the sons of Israel haven't listened to me; how then will Pharaoh hear me, I who am of uncircumcised lips? And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the sons of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt. These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman; these are the families of Simeon. And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years. The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to 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 thirty and three years. And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. And Amram took himself Jochebed his father's sister as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years. And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. And Aaron took to himself Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. And Eleazar Aaron's son took himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites according to their families. These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said, Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts. These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. And it came to pass on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, I am Yahweh: speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you. And Moses said before Yahweh, Look, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how will Pharaoh listen to me? And Yahweh said to Moses, See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother will be your prophet. You will speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother will speak to Pharaoh, that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land. And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh will not listen to you{+}, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the sons of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. And Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the sons of Israel from among them. And Moses and Aaron did so; as Yahweh commanded them, so they did. And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh. And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, When Pharaoh will speak to you{+}, saying, Show a wonder for yourselves; then you will say to Aaron, Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it becomes a serpent. And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his slaves, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers: and the sacred scholars of Egypt also did in like manner with their witchcraft. For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken. And Yahweh said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuses to let the people go. Go to Pharaoh in the morning; see, he goes out to the water; and you will stand by the river's brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you will take in your hand. And you will say to him, Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, look, so far you haven't listened. Thus says Yahweh, In this you will know that I am Yahweh: look, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they will be turned to blood. And the fish that are in the river will die, and the river will become foul; and the Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the river. And Yahweh said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood throughout 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 up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his slaves; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. And the fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. And the sacred scholars of Egypt did in like manner with their magic: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken. And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart. And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. And seven days were fulfilled, after that Yahweh had struck the river. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says Yahweh, Let my people go, that they may serve me. And if you refuse to let them go, look, I will strike all your borders with frogs: and the river will swarm with frogs, which will go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and on your bed, and into the house of your slaves, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading-troughs: and the frogs will come up both on you, and on your people, and on all your slaves. And Yahweh said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt. And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. And the sacred scholars did in like manner with their magic, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat Yahweh, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh. And Moses said to Pharaoh, You have this glory over me: for what time shall I entreat for you, and for your slaves, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only? And he said, For tomorrow. And he said, Let it be according to your word; that you may know that there is none like Yahweh our God. And the frogs will depart from you, and from your houses, and from your slaves, and from your people; they will remain in the river only. And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried to Yahweh concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh. And Yahweh did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields. And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank. But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken. And Yahweh said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on man and on beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And the sacred scholars did so with their magic to bring forth lice, but they could not: and there were lice on man and on beast. Then the sacred scholars said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken. And Yahweh said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; look, he comes forth to the water; and say to him, Thus says Yahweh, Let my people go, that they may serve me. For if you will not let my people go, look, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your slaves, and on your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they are. And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies will be there; to the end you may know that I am Yahweh in the midst of the earth. And I will put redemption between my people and your people: by tomorrow will this sign be. And Yahweh did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his slaves' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies. And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go{+}, sacrifice to your{+} God in the land. And Moses said, It is not right to do so; for we will sacrifice something disgusting of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God: look, if we will sacrifice something disgusting of the Egyptians before their eyes, then will they not stone us? We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as he will command us. And Pharaoh said, I will let you{+} go, that you{+} may sacrifice to Yahweh your{+} God in the wilderness; only you{+} will not go very far away: entreat for me. And Moses said, Look, I go out from you, and I will entreat Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his slaves, and from his people, tomorrow: only don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully anymore in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh. And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Yahweh. And Yahweh did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his slaves, and from his people; not one remained. And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go. Then Yahweh said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. For if you refuse to let them go, and will still hold them, look, the hand of Yahweh is on your cattle which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks: [there will be] a very grievous pestilence. And Yahweh will make a distinction between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel. And Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, Tomorrow Yahweh will do this thing in the land. And Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the sons of Israel not one died. And Pharaoh sent and saw that there wasn't so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go. And Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, Take to yourselves handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. And it will become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and will be a boil breaking forth with sores on man and on beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with sores on man and on beast. And the sacred scholars could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the sacred scholars, and on all the Egyptians. And Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses. And Yahweh said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. For this time I will send all my plagues on your heart, and on your slaves, and on your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. For now I have put forth my hand, and have struck you and your people with pestilence, and you have been cut off from the earth: but in deed for this very cause I have made you to stand, to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. You still exalt yourself against my people, that you will not let them go. Look, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. Now therefore send, hurry in your cattle and all that you have in the field; [for] all of man and beast that will be found in the field, and will not be brought home, the hail will come down on them, and they will die. He who feared the word of Yahweh among the slaves of Pharaoh made his slaves and his cattle flee into the houses. And he who didn't regard the word of Yahweh left his slaves and his cattle in the field. And Yahweh said to Moses, Stretch forth your hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Yahweh sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth; and Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. And the hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, from man to beast; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field. Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, there was no hail. And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. Entreat Yahweh; for there has been enough of [these] mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you{+} go, and you{+} will wait no longer. And Moses said to him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh; the thunders will cease, neither will there be anymore hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh's. But as for you and your slaves, I know that you{+} will not yet fear Yahweh God. And the flax and the barley were struck: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. But the wheat and the spelt were not struck: for they were not grown up. And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to Yahweh: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth. And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders had ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his slaves. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, as Yahweh had spoken by Moses. And Yahweh said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his slaves, that I may show these signs of mine in his midst, and that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have wrought on Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you{+} may know that I am Yahweh. And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. For if you refuse to let my people go, look, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your border: and they will cover the face of the earth, so that one will not be able to see the earth: and they will eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you{+} from the hail, and will eat every tree which grows for you{+} out of the field: and your houses will be filled, and the houses of all your slaves, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh. And Pharaoh's slaves said to him, How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh their God: Don't you know yet that Egypt is destroyed? And Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh: and he said to them, Go, serve Yahweh your{+} God; but who are those who will go? And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds we will go; for we must hold a feast to Yahweh. And he said to them, So be Yahweh with you{+}, as I will let you{+} go, and your{+} little ones: look to it; for evil is before you{+}. Not so: now go, you{+} who are [prominent] men, and serve Yahweh; for that is what you{+} desire. And he had them driven out from Pharaoh's presence. And Yahweh said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left. And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and Yahweh brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; they were very grievous; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them will be such. For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and no green thing remained, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in a hurry; and he said, I have sinned against Yahweh your{+} God, and against you{+}. Now therefore forgive, I pray you, my sin only this once, and entreat Yahweh your{+} God, that he may take away from me this death only. And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Yahweh. And Yahweh turned an exceedingly strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; not one locust remained in all the border of Egypt. But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go. And Yahweh said to Moses, Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days; they didn't see one another, neither rose anyone from his place for three days: but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings. And Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, You{+} go, serve Yahweh; only let your{+} flocks and your{+} herds be left behind: let your{+} little ones also go with you{+}. And Moses said, You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God. Our cattle also will go with us; there will not be a hoof left behind: for we must take of them to serve Yahweh our God; and we don't know with what we must serve Yahweh, until we come there. But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. And Pharaoh said to him, You get away from me, take heed to yourself, see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you will die. And Moses said, You have spoken well. I will see your face again no more. And Yahweh said to Moses, Yet one plague more I will bring on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterward he will let you{+} go from here: when he will let you{+} go, he will surely thrust you{+} out from here altogether. Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his fellow man, and every woman of her fellow woman, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. And Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's slaves, and in the sight of the people. And Moses said, Thus says Yahweh, About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt: and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female slave who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of cattle. And there will be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor will be anymore. But against any of the sons of Israel will not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that you{+} may know how that Yahweh does make a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel. And all these slaves of yours will come down to me, and bow themselves down to me, saying, You get out, and all the people who follow you: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. And Yahweh said to Moses, Pharaoh will not listen to you{+}; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land. And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month will be to you{+} the beginning of months: it will be the first month of the year to you{+}. You{+} speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth [day] of this month they will take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household: and if the household be too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house will take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man's eating you{+} will make your{+} count for the lamb. Your{+} lamb will be without blemish, a male a year old: you{+} will take it from the sheep, or from the goats: and you{+} will keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will kill it at evening. And they will take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they will eat it. And they will eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they will eat it. Don't eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs and with its insides. And you{+} will let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remains of it until the morning you{+} will burn with fire. And thus you{+} will eat it: with your{+} loins girded, your{+} sandals on your{+} feet, and your{+} staff in your{+} hand; and you{+} will eat it in a hurry: it is Yahweh's Passover. For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from man to beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Yahweh. And the blood will be to you{+} for a token on the houses where you{+} are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you{+}, and there will be no plague on you{+} to destroy you{+}, when I strike the land of Egypt. And this day will be to you{+} for a memorial, and you{+} will keep it [as] a feast to Yahweh: throughout your{+} generations you{+} will keep it [as] a feast by an ordinance forever. Seven days you{+} will eat unleavened bread; even the first day you{+} will put away leaven out of your{+} houses: for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul will be cut off from Israel. And in the first day there will be to you{+} a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work will be done in them, except that which every man must eat, only that may be done by you{+}. And you{+} will observe the [feast of] unleavened bread; for in this very same day I have brought your{+} hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore you{+} will observe this day throughout your{+} generations by an ordinance forever. In the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you{+} will eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at evening. Seven days there will be no leaven found in your{+} houses: for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul will be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a sojourner, or one who is born in the land. You{+} will eat nothing leavened; in all your{+} habitations you{+} will eat unleavened bread. Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Draw out, and you{+} take lambs according to your{+} families, and kill the Passover. And you{+} will take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you{+} will go out of the door of his house until the morning. For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your{+} houses to strike you{+}. And you{+} will observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever. And it will come to pass, when you{+} come to the land which Yahweh will give you{+}, according as he has promised, that you{+} will keep this service. And it will come to pass, when your{+} sons will say to you{+}, What do you{+} mean by this service? Then you{+} will say, It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshiped. And the sons of Israel went and did so; as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. And it came to pass at midnight, that Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his slaves, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead. And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, you{+} get forth from among my people, both you{+} and the sons of Israel; and go, serve Yahweh, as you{+} have said. Take both your{+} flocks and your{+} herds, as you{+} have said, and be gone; and bless me also. And the Egyptians were urgent on the people, to send them out of the land in a hurry; for they said, We are all dead men. And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. And the sons of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment. And Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they despoiled the Egyptians. And the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were [able-bodied] men, besides children. And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very many cattle. And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt; for it wasn't leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victuals. Now the time that 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, even the very same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of Yahweh went out from the land of Egypt. It is a night to be much observed to Yahweh for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Yahweh, to be much observed of all the sons of Israel throughout their generations. And Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner will eat of it; but every man's slave who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then he will eat of it. A sojourner and a hired worker will not eat of it. In one house it will be eaten; you will not carry forth anything of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither will you{+} break a bone of it. All the congregation of Israel will keep it. And when a stranger will sojourn with you, and will keep the Passover to Yahweh, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he will be as one who is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person will eat of it. One law will be to him who is home-born, and to the stranger who sojourns among you{+}. Thus did all the sons of Israel; as Yahweh commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. And it came to pass the very same day, that Yahweh brought the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the sons of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which you{+} came out from Egypt, out of the house of slaves; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought you{+} out from this place: there will be no leavened bread eaten. This day you{+} go forth in the month Abib. And it will be, when Yahweh will bring you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you will keep this service in this month. Seven days you will eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day will be a feast to Yahweh. Unleavened bread will be eaten throughout the seven days; and there will be no leavened bread seen with you, neither will there be leaven seen with you, in all your borders. And you will tell your son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came forth out of Egypt. And it will be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt. You will therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year. And it will be, when Yahweh will bring you into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and will give it you, that you will set apart to Yahweh all that opens the womb, and every firstborn which you have that comes of a beast; the males will be Yahweh's. And every firstborn of a donkey you will redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you will break its neck: and all the firstborn of man among your sons you will redeem. And it will be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? Then you will say to him, By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of slaves: and it came to pass, when Pharaoh hardened against letting us go, that Yahweh slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man to the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem. And it will be for a sign on your hand, and for frontlets between your eyes: for by strength of hand Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt. And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Or else perhaps the people will repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: but God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by 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 straitly sworn the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you{+}; and you{+} will carry up my bones away from here with you{+}. And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. And Yahweh went before them by 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 go by day and by night: the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, did not depart from before the people. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon: across from it you{+} will encamp by the sea. And Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in. And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get myself honor on Pharaoh, and on all his host: and the Egyptians will 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 of his slaves was changed toward the people, and they said, What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us? And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them. And Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the sons of Israel: for the sons of Israel went out with a high hand. And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses [and] chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal-zephon. And when Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, saw that the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid: and the sons of Israel cried out to Yahweh. And they said to Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt thus with us, to bring us forth out of Egypt? Isn't this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than we should die in the wilderness. And Moses said to the people, Don't be{+} afraid, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you{+} today: for the Egyptians whom you{+} have seen today, you{+} will see them again no more forever. Yahweh will fight for you{+}, and you{+} will hold your{+} peace. And Yahweh said to Moses, Why do you cry to me? Speak to the sons of Israel, that they go forward. And you lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the sons of Israel will go into the midst of the sea on dry ground. And I, look, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will go in after them: and I will get myself honor on Pharaoh, and on all his host, on his chariots, and on his horsemen. And the Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh, when I have gotten myself honor on Pharaoh, on his chariots, and on his horsemen. And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them: and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. And there was the cloud and the darkness. And it lit up the night. And the one didn't come near the other all night. And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Yahweh caused the sea to go [back] by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the sons of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground: and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Yahweh looked forth on the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians. And he locked their chariot wheels, and they were hard to drive; so the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians. And Yahweh said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen of the whole host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; not so much as one of them remained. But the sons of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left. Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. And Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did on the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh: and they believed in Yahweh, and in his slave Moses. Then sang Moses and the sons of Israel this song to Yahweh, and spoke, saying, I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. Yah is my strength and song, And he has become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him. Yahweh is a man of war: Yahweh is his name. Pharaoh's chariots and his host he has cast into the sea; And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone. Your right hand, O Yahweh, is glorious in power, Your right hand, O Yahweh, dashes in pieces the enemy. And in the greatness of your excellency you overthrow those who rise up against you: You send forth your wrath, it consumes them as stubble. And with the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire will be satisfied on them; I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them. You blew with your wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters. Who is like you, O Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, awesome in praises, doing wonders? You stretched out your right hand, The earth swallowed them. You in your loving-kindness have led the people that you have redeemed: You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation. The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. Then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling takes hold on them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away. Terror and dread falls on them; By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone; Until your people pass over, O Yahweh, Until the people pass over that you have purchased. You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, The place, O Yahweh, which you have made for you to dwell in, The sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established. Yahweh will reign forever and ever. For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the sons of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea. And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing{+} to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously; The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. And Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore it was named Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? And he cried to Yahweh; And Yahweh showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them; and he said, If you will diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians: for I am Yahweh who heals you. And they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm-trees: and they encamped there by the waters. And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. And the whole congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness: and the sons of Israel said to them, Oh that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots, when we ate bread to the full; for you{+} have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. Then Yahweh said to Moses, Look, I will rain bread from heaven for you{+}; and the people will go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not. And it will come to pass on the sixth day, that they will prepare that which they bring in, and it will be twice as much as they gather daily. And Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, At evening, then you{+} will know that Yahweh has brought you{+} out from the land of Egypt; and in the morning, then you{+} will see the glory of Yahweh; because he hears your{+} murmurings against Yahweh: and what are we, that you{+} murmur against us? And Moses said, [This will be], when Yahweh will give you{+} in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; because Yahweh hears your{+} murmurings which you{+} murmur against him: and what are we? Your{+} murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh. And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, Come near before Yahweh; for he has heard your{+} murmurings. And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and saw that the glory of Yahweh appeared in the cloud. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel: speak to them, saying, At evening you{+} will eat flesh, and in the morning you{+} will be filled with bread: and you{+} will know that I am Yahweh your{+} God. And it came to pass at evening, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp. And when the dew that lay was gone up, look, on the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground. And when the sons of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is it? For they didn't know what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which Yahweh has given you{+} to eat. This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, Gather{+} of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your{+} persons, you{+} will take it, every man for those who are in his tent. And the sons of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less. And when they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. And Moses said to them, Let no man leave of it until the morning. Notwithstanding they didn't listen to Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was angry with them. And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. And he said to them, This is that which Yahweh has spoken, Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh: bake that which you{+} will bake, and boil that which you{+} will boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning. And they laid it up until the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not become foul, neither was there any worm in it. And Moses said, Eat that today; for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh: today you{+} will not find it in the field. Six days you{+} will gather it; but on the seventh day is the Sabbath, in it there will be none. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that some of the people went out to gather, and they found none. And Yahweh said to Moses, How long do you{+} refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? See, since Yahweh has given you{+} the Sabbath, therefore he gives you{+} on the sixth day the bread of two days; remain{+} every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. So the people rested on the seventh day. And the house of Israel called its name Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers [made] with honey. And Moses said, This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, Let a full omer of it be kept throughout your{+} generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you{+} in the wilderness, when I brought you{+} forth from the land of Egypt. And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna in it, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept throughout your{+} generations. As Yahweh commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. And the sons of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they ate the manna, until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan. Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. And all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of Yahweh, and encamped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. Therefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you{+} strive with me? Why do you{+} try Yahweh? And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our sons and our cattle with thirst? And Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, What shall I do to this people? They are almost ready to stone me. And Yahweh said to Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with you of the elders of Israel; and your rod, with which you struck the river, take in your hand, and go. Look, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you will strike the rock, and there will come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the sons of Israel, and because they tried Yahweh, saying, Is Yahweh among us, or not? Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Moses said to Joshua, Choose men for us to go out and fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand. So Joshua did as Moses told him to fight with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. And Yahweh said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will completely blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Yahweh-nissi; And he said, Since a hand was raised to Yah's throne, Yahweh will be at war with Amalek from generation to generation. Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt. And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away, and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land: and the name of the other was Eliezer; for [he said], The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God: and he said to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you, and your wife, and her two sons with her. And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him: and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent. And Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how Yahweh delivered them. And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. And Jethro said, Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you{+} out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh. Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods; indeed, in the very thing through which they dealt proudly against them. And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God. And it came to pass on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood about Moses from the morning to the evening. And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that you do to the people? Why do you sit yourself alone, and all the people stand about you from morning to evening? And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God: when they have a matter, it comes to me; and I judge between a man and his fellow man, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that you do is not good. You will surely wear away, both you, and this people with you: for the thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it yourself alone. Now listen to my voice, I will give you counsel, and God be with you: be for the people toward God, and you bring the causes to God: and you will teach them the statutes and the laws, and will show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do. Moreover you will provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: and let them judge the people at all seasons: and it will be, that every great matter they will bring to you, but every small matter they will judge themselves: so it will be easier for yourself, and they will bear [the burden] with you. If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in peace. So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land. In the third month after the sons of Israel had gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. And when they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mount. And Moses went up to God, and Yahweh called to him out of the mountain, saying, Thus you will say to the house of Jacob, and tell the sons of Israel: You{+} have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you{+} on eagles' wings, and brought you{+} to myself. Now therefore, if you{+} will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you{+} will be my own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: and you{+} will be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you will speak to the sons of Israel. And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Yahweh commanded him. And all the people answered together, and said, All that Yahweh has spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people to Yahweh. And Yahweh said to Moses, Look, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever. And Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh. And Yahweh said to Moses, Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments, and be ready against the third day; for the third day Yahweh will come down in the sight of all the people on mount Sinai. And you will set bounds to the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that you{+} don't go up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whoever touches the mount will be surely put to death: no hand will touch him, but he will surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it is beast or man, he will not live: when the trumpet sounds long, they will come up to the mount. And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments. And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: don't come near a woman. And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceedingly loud; and all the people who were in the camp trembled. And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice. And Yahweh came down on mount Sinai, to the top of the mount: and Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. And Yahweh said to Moses, Go down, charge the people, or else they will break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them will perish. And let the priests also, that come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, or else Yahweh will break forth on them. And Moses said to Yahweh, The people can't come up to mount Sinai: for you charged us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. And Yahweh said to him, Go, get down; and you will come up, you, and Aaron with you: but don't let the priests and the people break through to come up to Yahweh, or else he will break forth on them. So Moses went down to the people, and told them. And God spoke all these words, saying, I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves. You will have no other gods before me. You will not make for yourself a graven image, nor any likeness [of any thing] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You will not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I Yahweh your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me, and showing loving-kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. You will not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain; for Yahweh will not hold him innocent that takes his name in vain. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you will labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God: you will not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male slave, nor your female slave, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is inside your gates: for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day: therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. You will not kill. You will not commit adultery. You will not steal. You will not bear false witness against your fellow man. You will not covet your fellow man's house, you will not covet your fellow man's wife, nor his male slave, nor his female slave, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your fellow man's. And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood far off. And they said to Moses, You speak with us, and we will hear; but don't let God speak with us, or else we will die. And Moses said to the people, Don't be afraid: for God has come to prove you{+}, and that his fear may be before you{+}, that you{+} don't sin. And the people stood far off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. And Yahweh said to Moses, Thus you will say to the sons of Israel, You{+} yourselves have seen that I have talked with you{+} from heaven. You{+} will not make me [into anything]. Gods of silver or gods of gold you{+} will not make for yourselves. An altar of earth you will make to me, and will sacrifice on it your burnt-offerings, and your peace-offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you. And if you make me an altar of stone, you will not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it. Neither will you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness will not be uncovered on it. Now these are the ordinances which you will set before them. If you buy a Hebrew slave, six years he will serve: and in the seventh he will go out free for nothing. If he comes in by himself, he will go out by himself: if he is married, then his wife will go out with him. If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters; the wife and her children will be her master's, and he will go out by himself. But if the slave will plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my sons; I will not go out free: then his master will bring him to the gods, and will bring him to the door, or to the door-post; and his master will bore his ear through with an awl; and he will serve him forever. And if a man sells his daughter to be a slave, she will not go out as the male slaves do. If she doesn't please her master, who has espoused her to himself, then he will let her be redeemed: to sell her to a foreign people he will have no power, seeing he has betrayed her. And if he espouses her to his son, he will deal with her after the manner of daughters. If he takes him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, he will not diminish. And if he does not do these three things to her, then she will go out for nothing, without money. He who strikes a man, so that he dies, will surely be put to death. And if a man lies not in wait, but God delivers [him] into his hand; then I will appoint you a place where he will flee. And if a man comes presumptuously on his fellow man, to slay him with guile; you will take him from my altar, that he may die. And he who strikes his father, or his mother, will be surely put to death. And he who steals a man, and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he will surely be put to death. And he who curses his father or his mother, will surely be put to death. And if men contend, and a man strikes his fellow man with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn't die, but keeps his bed; if he rises again, and walks abroad on his staff, then he who struck him will be innocent: he will only pay for the loss of his time, and will cause him to be thoroughly healed. And if a man strikes his male slave, or his female slave, with a rod, and he dies under his hand; he will surely be punished. Notwithstanding, if he continues a day or two, he will not be punished: for he is his money. And if men strive together, and hurt a pregnant woman so that her children are born prematurely and no harm follows; he will be surely fined, according to as the woman's husband will lay on him; and he will pay as the judges determine. But if any harm follows, then you will give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. And if a man strikes the eye of his male slave, or the eye of his female slave, and destroys it; he will let him go free for his eye's sake. And if he strikes out his male slave's tooth, or his female slave's tooth, he will let him go free for his tooth's sake. And if an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox will be surely stoned, and its flesh will not be eaten; but the owner of the ox will be innocent. But if the ox was in the habit to gore in time past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the ox will be stoned, and its owner also will be put to death. If there be laid on him a ransom, then he will give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him. Whether it has gored a son, or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it will be done to him. If the ox gores a male slave or a female slave, there will be given to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox will be stoned. And if a man will open a pit, or if a man will dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey fall in it, the owner of the pit will make it good; he will give money to its owner, and the dead [beast] will be his. And if a man's ox hurts his fellow man's ox, so that it dies, then they will sell the live ox, and divide the price of it: and the dead they will also divide. Or if it is known that the ox was in the habit to gore in time past, and its owner has not kept it in, he will surely pay ox for ox, and the dead [beast] will be his own. If a man will steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he will pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness for him. If the sun is risen on him, there will be bloodguiltiness for him; he will make restitution: if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft. If the theft is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, or donkey, or sheep, he will pay double. If a man will cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and will let his beast loose, and it feeds in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, he will make restitution. If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns, so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire will surely make restitution. If a man will deliver to his fellow man money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he will pay double. If the thief is not found, then the master of the house will come near to the gods, [to see] whether he has not put his hand to his fellow man's goods. For every matter of trespass, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, of which one says, This is it, the cause of both parties will come before the gods; he whom the gods will condemn will pay double to his fellow man. If a man delivers to his fellow man a donkey, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it dies, or is hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: the oath of Yahweh will be between them both, whether he has not put his hand to his fellow man's goods; and its owner will accept it, and he will not make restitution. But if it is stolen from him, he will make restitution to its owner. If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness: he will not make good that which was torn. And if a man borrows anything of his fellow man, and it is hurt, or dies, its owner not being with it, he will surely make restitution. If its owner is with it, he will not make it good: if it is rented, it is included in its rental payment. And if a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he will surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. If her father completely refuses to give her to him, he will pay money according to the dowry of virgins. You will not allow a witch to live. Whoever lies with a beast will surely be put to death. Whoever sacrifices to the gods will be completely destroyed. And a sojourner you will not wrong, neither will you oppress him: for you{+} were sojourners in the land of Egypt. You{+} will not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If you afflict him at all, and he cries at all to me, I will surely hear his cry; and my wrath will wax hot, and I will kill you{+} with the sword; and your{+} wives will be widows, and your{+} sons fatherless. If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you will not be to him as a creditor; neither will you{+} lay on him interest. If you at all take your fellow man's garment to pledge, you will restore it to him before the sun goes down: for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: in what will he sleep? And it will come to pass, when he cries to me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. You will not revile the gods, nor curse a ruler of your people. You will not delay to offer of your harvest, and of the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons you will give to me. Likewise you will do with your oxen, [and] with your sheep: seven days it will be with its dam; on the eighth day you will give it to me. And you{+} will be holy men to me: therefore you{+} will not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; you{+} will cast it to the dogs. You will not take up a false report: don't put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. You will not follow a multitude to do evil; neither will you speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to pervert [justice]: neither will you favor a poor man in his cause. If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you will surely bring it back to him again. If you see the donkey of him who hates you lying under his burden, you will forbear to leave him, you will strengthen [it] with him. You will not pervert the justice [due] to your poor in his cause. Keep far from a false matter; and don't slay the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked. And you will take no bribe: for a bribe blinds those who have sight, and perverts the words of the righteous. And a sojourner you will not oppress: for you{+} know the heart of a sojourner, seeing you{+} were sojourners in the land of Egypt. And six years you will sow your land, and will gather in its increase: but the seventh year you will let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of your people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field will eat. In like manner you will deal with your vineyard, [and] with your oliveyard. Six days you will do your work, and on the seventh day you will rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your female slave, and the sojourner, may be refreshed. And in all things that I have said to you{+} you{+} take heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth. Three times you will keep a feast to me in the year. The feast of unleavened bread you will keep: seven days you will eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt); and no one will appear before me empty: and the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field. Three times in the year all your males will appear before the Sovereign Yahweh. You will not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither will the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning. The first of the first fruits of your ground you will bring into the house of Yahweh your God. You will not boil a young goat in it mother's milk. Look, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. You{+} take heed before him, and listen to his voice; don't provoke him; for he will not pardon your{+} transgression: for my name is in him. But if you will indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries. For my angel will go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off. You will not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but you will completely overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars. And you{+} will serve Yahweh your{+} God, and he will bless your bread, and your water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of you. There will be none that cast her young, nor that will be barren, in your land: the number of your days I will fulfill. I will send my terror before you, and will discomfit all the people to whom you will come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. And I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you. I will not drive them out from before you in one year, or else the land will become desolate, and the beasts of the field will multiply against you. By little and little I will drive them out from before you, until you are increased, and inherit the land. And I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your{+} hand: and you will drive them out before you. You will make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. They will not dwell in your land, or else they will make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you. And he said to Moses, Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and you{+} worship far off: and Moses alone will come near to Yahweh; but they will not come near; neither will the people go up with him. And Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Yahweh has spoken we will do. And Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen to Yahweh. And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the Book of the Covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that Yahweh has spoken we will do, and be obedient. And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Here is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you{+} concerning 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 there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness. And on the nobles of the sons of Israel he didn't lay his hand: and they saw God, and ate and drank. And Yahweh said to Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give you the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that you may teach them. And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into the mount of God. And he said to the elders, You{+} tarry here for us, until we come again to you{+}: and, look, Aaron and Hur are with you{+}: whoever has a cause, let him come near to them. And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount. And the glory of Yahweh stayed on mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. And the appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the sons of Israel. And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart makes him willing you{+} will take my offering. And this is the offering which you{+} will take of them: gold, and silver, and bronze, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair], and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood, oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate. And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may stay among them. According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furniture, even so you{+} will make it. And they will make an ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half will be its length, and a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height. And you will overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside you will overlay it, and will make on it a crown of gold round about. And you will cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet of it; and two rings will be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. And you will make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. And you will put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, with which to bear the ark. The poles will be in the rings of the ark: they will not be taken from it. And you will put into the ark the testimony which I will give you. And you will make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half [will be] its length, and a cubit and a half its width. And you will make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work you will make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat. And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat you{+} will make the cherubim on the two ends of it. And the cherubim will spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat will the faces of the cherubim be. And you will put the mercy-seat above on the ark; and in the ark you will put the testimony that I will give you. And there I will meet with you, and I will commune with you from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give you in commandment to the sons of Israel. And you will make a table of acacia wood: two cubits [will be] its length, and a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height. And you will overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. And you will make to it a border of a handbreadth round about; and you will make a golden crown to its border round about. And you will make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet of it. Close by the border will the rings be, for places for the poles to bear the table. And you will make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. And you will make its dishes, and its spoons, and its flagons, and its bowls, with which to pour out: of pure gold you will make them. And you will set on the table showbread before me always. And you will make a lampstand of pure gold: of beaten work will the lampstand be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, will be of one piece with it. And there will be six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand out of the one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it: three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the lampstand: and in the lampstand four cups made like almond-blossoms, its knops, and its flowers; and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lampstand. Their knops and their branches will be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold. And you will make its lamps, seven: and the lamps will be set up and it will give light in front of it. And its snuffers, and its snuffdishes, will be of pure gold. Of a talent of pure gold it will be made, with all these vessels. And see that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you in the mount. Moreover you will make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skillful workman you will make them. The length of each curtain will be eight and twenty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains will have one measure. Five curtains will be coupled together one to another; and [the other] five curtains will be coupled one to another. And you will make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise you will make in the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second coupling. Fifty loops you will make in the one curtain, and fifty loops you will make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling; the loops will be opposite one to another. And you will make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle will be one [whole]. And you will make curtains of goats' [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains you will make them. The length of each curtain will be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains will have one measure. And you will couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and will double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent. And you will make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outermost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is joined in a second coupling. And you will make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. And the overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, will hang over the back of the tabernacle. And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, will hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. And you will make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above. And you will make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up. Ten cubits will be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board. Two tenons there will be in each board, joined one to another: thus you will make for all the boards of the tabernacle. And you will make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward. And you will make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards, and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward you will make six boards. And two boards you will make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part. And they will be a pair at the bottom, but joined together at its top to one ring: thus it will be for them both; they will be for the two corners. And there will be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. And you will make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the hinder part westward. And the middle bar in the midst of the boards will pass through from end to end. And you will overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and you will overlay the bars with gold. And you will rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion of it which has been shown to you in the mount. And you will make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the skillful workman it will be made. And you will hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks [will be] of gold, on four sockets of silver. And you will hang up the veil under the clasps, and will bring in there inside the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil will separate to you{+} between the holy place and the most holy. And you will put the mercy-seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. And you will set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand across from the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and you will put the table on the north side. And you will make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer. And you will make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks will be of gold: and you will cast five sockets of bronze for them. And you will make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar will be foursquare: and its height will be three cubits. And you will make its horns on the four corners of it; its horns will be of one piece with it: and you will overlay it with bronze. And you will make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its firepans. As for all its vessels, you will make them of bronze. And you will make for it a grating of network of bronze: and on the net you will make four bronze rings in the four corners of it. And you will put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. And you will make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. And its poles will be put into the rings, and the poles will be on the two sides of the altar, in bearing it. Hollow with planks you will make it: as it has been shown to you in the mount, so they will make it. And you will make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there will be hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side: and its pillars will be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [will be] of silver. And likewise for the north side in length there will be hangings a hundred cubits long, and its pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. And for the width of the court on the west side will be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. And the width of the court on the east side eastward will be fifty cubits. The hangings for the one side [of the gate] will be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. And for the other side will be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. And for the gate of the court will be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four. All the pillars of the court round about will be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of bronze. The length of the court will be a hundred cubits, and the width fifty at both ends, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of bronze. As for all the instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, they will be of bronze. And you will command the sons of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons will keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh: it will be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the sons of Israel. And you bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, that he may serve me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. And you will make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. And you will speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may serve me in the priest's office. And these are the garments which they will make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a turban, and a belt: and they will make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may serve me in the priest's office. And they will take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen. And they will make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman. It will have two shoulder-pieces joined to it. On its two ends it will be joined together. And the skillfully woven band, which is on it, with which to gird it on, will be like its work [and] of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. And you will take two onyx stones, and engrave on 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 other stone, according to their birth. With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you will engrave the two stones, according to the names of the sons of Israel: you will make them to be enclosed in settings of gold. And you will put the two stones on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the sons of Israel: and Aaron will bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial. And you will make settings of gold, and two chains of pure gold; like cords you will make them, of wreathed work: and you will put the wreathed chains on the settings. And you will make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skillful workman; like the work of an ephod you will make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, you will make it. Foursquare it will be [and] double; a span will be its length, and a span its width. And you will set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle will be the first row; and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they will be enclosed in gold in their settings. And the stones will be according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, they will be for the twelve tribes. And you will make on the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathed work of pure gold. And you will make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and will put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. And you will put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. And the [other] two ends of the two wreathed chains you will put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in its forepart. And you will make two rings of gold, and you will put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward the side of the ephod inward. And you will make two rings of gold, and will put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in its forepart, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. And they will bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not be loosed from the ephod. And Aaron will bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually. And you will put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they will be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before Yahweh: and Aaron will bear the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before Yahweh continually. And you will make the robe of the ephod all of blue. And it will have a hole for the head in the midst of it: it will have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it is not rent. And on the skirts of it you will make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about its skirts; and bells of gold between them round about: a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, on the skirts of the robe round about. And it will be on Aaron to minister: and its sound will be heard when he goes in to the holy place before Yahweh, and when he comes out, that he will not die. And you will make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO YAHWEH. And you will put it on a lace of blue, and it will be on the turban; on the forefront of the turban it will be. And it will be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron will bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the sons of Israel will hallow in all their holy gifts; and it will be always on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yahweh. And you will weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you will make a turban of fine linen, and you will make a belt, the work of the embroiderer. And for Aaron's sons you will make coats, and you will make for them belts, and head-tires you will make for them, for glory and for beauty. And you will put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and will anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may serve me in the priest's office. And you will make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even to the thighs they will reach: And they will be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they will not bear iniquity, and die: it will be a statute forever to him and to his seed after him. And this is the thing that you will do to them to hallow them, to serve me in the priest's office: take one young bull and two rams without blemish, and unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil: of fine wheat flour you will make them. And you will put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams. And Aaron and his sons you will bring to the door of the tent of meeting, and will wash them with water. And you will take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod; and you will set the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban. Then you will take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him. And you will bring his sons, and put coats on them. And you will gird them with belts and bind head-tires on them: and they will have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you will consecrate Aaron and his sons. And you will bring the bull before the tent of meeting: and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of the bull. And you will kill the bull before Yahweh, at the door of the tent of meeting. And you will take of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you will pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. And you will take all the fat that covers the insides, and the caul on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar. But the flesh of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, you will burn with fire outside the camp: it is a sin-offering. You will also take the one ram; and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of the ram. And you will slay the ram, and you will take its blood, and sprinkle it round about on the altar. And you will cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its insides, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head. And you will burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt-offering to Yahweh; it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. And you will take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of the ram. Then you will kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron's and his sons' right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood on the altar round about. And you will take of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him: and he will be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. Also you will take of the ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the insides, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration), and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before Yahweh. And you will put the whole on the hands of Aaron, and on the hands of his sons, and will wave them for a wave-offering before Yahweh. And you will take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt-offering, for a sweet savor before Yahweh: it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh. And you will take the breast of Aaron's ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before Yahweh: and it will be your portion. And you will sanctify the breast of the wave-offering, and the thigh of the heave-offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: and it will be for Aaron and his sons as [their] portion forever from the sons of Israel; for it is a heave-offering: and it will be a heave-offering from the sons of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, even their heave-offering to Yahweh. And the holy garments of Aaron will be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them. Seven days will the son who is priest in his stead put them on, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place. And you will take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place. And Aaron and his sons will eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting. And they will eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger will not eat, because they are holy. And if anything of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remains to the morning, then you will burn the remainder with fire: it will not be eaten, because it is holy. And thus you will do to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you: seven days you will consecrate them. And every day you will offer the bull of sin-offering for atonement: and you will cleanse the altar, when you make atonement for it; and you will anoint it, to sanctify it. Seven days you will make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar will be most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy. Now this is that which you will offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually. The one lamb you will offer in the morning; and the other lamb you will offer at evening: and with the one lamb a tenth part [of an ephah] of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink-offering. And the other lamb you will offer at evening, and will do thereto according to the meal-offering of the morning, and according to the drink-offering of it, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It will be a continual burnt-offering throughout your{+} generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Yahweh, where I will meet with you{+}, to speak there to you. And there I will meet with the sons of Israel; and [the Tent] will be sanctified by my glory. And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar: Aaron also and his sons I will sanctify, to serve me in the priest's office. And I will stay among the sons of Israel, and will be their God. And they will know that I am Yahweh their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might stay among them: I am Yahweh their God. And you will make an altar to burn incense on: of acacia wood you will make it. A cubit will be its length, and a cubit its width; foursquare it will be; and two cubits will be its height: its horns will be of one piece with it. And you will overlay it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and you will make to it a crown of gold round about. And two golden rings you will make for it under its crown; on the two ribs of it, on the two sides of it you will make them; and they will be for places for poles with which to bear it. And you will make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. And you will put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony where I will meet with you. And Aaron will burn on it incense of sweet spices: every morning, when he dresses the lamps, he will burn it. And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he will burn it, a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout your{+} generations. You{+} will offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt-offering, nor meal-offering; and you{+} will pour no drink-offering on it. And Aaron will make atonement on the horns of it once in the year; with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement once in the year he will make atonement for it throughout your{+} generations: it is most holy to Yahweh. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, When you take the sum of the sons of Israel, according to those who are numbered of them, then they will give every man a ransom for himself to Yahweh, when you number them; that there will be no plague among them, because you number them. This they will give, everyone who passes over to those who are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; (the shekel is twenty gerahs;) half a shekel for an offering to Yahweh. Everyone who passes over to those who are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, will give the offering of Yahweh. The rich will not give more, and the poor will not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Yahweh, to make atonement for your{+} souls. And you will take the atonement money from the sons of Israel, and will appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting; that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your{+} souls. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, You will also make a basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, whereat to wash. And you will put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you will put water in it. And Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and their feet from it: when they go into the tent of meeting, they will wash with water, that they will not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh. So they will wash their hands and their feet, that they will not die: and it will be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, You also take to you the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty, and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. And you will make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it will be a holy anointing oil. And you will anoint with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the table and all its vessels, and the lampstand and its vessels, and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the basin and its base. And you will sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatever touches them will be holy. And you will anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may serve me in the priest's office. And you will speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This will be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your{+} generations. On the flesh of man it will not be poured, neither will you{+} make any like it, according to its composition: it is holy, [and] it will be holy to you{+}. Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, he will be cut off from his people. And Yahweh said to Moses, Take to you sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each there will be a like weight; and you will make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure [and] holy: and you will beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you: it will be to you{+} most holy. And the incense which you will make, according to its composition you{+} will not make for yourselves: it will be to you holy for Yahweh. Whoever will make like that, to smell of it, he will be cut off from his people. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship. And I, look, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you: the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the Tent, and the table and its vessels, and the pure lampstand with all its vessels, and the altar of incense, and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the basin and its base, and the finely wrought garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to serve in the priest's office, and the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded you, they will do. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, You speak also to the sons of Israel, saying, Truly you{+} will keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you{+} throughout your{+} generations; that you{+} may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you{+}. You{+} will keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you{+}: everyone who profanes it will surely be put to death; for whoever does any work in it, that soul will be cut off from among his people. Six days will work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh: whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he will surely be put to death. Therefore the sons of Israel will keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the sons of Israel forever: for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. And he gave to Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him on 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 from the mount, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, Get up, make us gods, which will go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him. And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your{+} wives, of your{+} sons, and of your{+} daughters, and bring them to me. And all the people broke off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it [into] a molten calf: and they said, These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw [this], he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, Tomorrow will be a feast to Yahweh. And they rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go, get down; for your people, that you 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 themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt. And Yahweh said to Moses, I have seen this people, and, look, it is a stiff-necked people: now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of you a great nation. And Moses implored Yahweh his God, and said, Yahweh, why does your wrath wax hot against your people, that you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your slaves, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, I will multiply your{+} seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your{+} seed, and they will inherit it forever. And Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people. And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other they were written. And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tables. And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. And he said, It is not the voice of those who shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing, I am hearing. And it came to pass, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount. And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it on the water, and made the sons of Israel drink of it. And Moses said to Aaron, What did this people to you, that you have brought a great sin on them? And Aaron said, Don't let the anger of my lord wax hot: you know the people, that they are [set] on evil. For they said to me, Make us gods, which will go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him. And I said to them, Whoever has any gold, let them break it off: so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. And when Moses saw that the people were going wild, (for Aaron had let them go wild for a derision among their enemies,) then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoever is on Yahweh's side, [let him come] to me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him. And he said to them, This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, You{+} put every man his sword on his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man those near to him. And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. And Moses said, You{+} have been consecrated today to Yahweh, yes, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow on you{+} a blessing this day. And it came to pass on the next day, that Moses said to the people, You{+} have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up to Yahweh; perhaps I will make atonement for your{+} sin. And Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold. Yet now, if you will forgive their sin-; and if not, blot me, I pray you, out of your book which you have written. And Yahweh said to Moses, Whoever has sinned against me, him I will blot out of my book. And now go, lead the people to [the place] of which I have spoken to you: look, my angel will go before you; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin on them. And Yahweh struck the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, Depart, go up from here, you and the people who you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To your seed I will give it: and I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: [go up] to a land flowing with milk and honey. For I will not go up in the midst of you. For you are a stiff-necked people. If I did, I would consume you in the way. And when the people heard this evil news, they mourned: and no man put on himself his ornaments. And Yahweh said to Moses, Say to the sons of Israel, You{+} are a stiff-necked people; if I go up into the midst of you for one moment, I will consume you: therefore now put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do to you. And the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward. Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp; and he called it, The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that everyone who sought Yahweh went out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp. And it came to pass, when Moses went out to the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the Tent. And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent: and [Yahweh] spoke with Moses. And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent: and all the people rose up and worshiped, every man at his tent door. And Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his companion. And he turned again into the camp: but his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn't depart out of the Tent. And Moses said to Yahweh, See, you say to me, Bring up this people: and you haven't let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight. Now therefore, I pray you, if I have found favor in your sight, show me now your ways, that I may know you, to the end that I may find favor in your sight: and consider that this nation is your people. And he said, My presence will go [with you], and I will give you rest. And he said to him, If your presence doesn't go [with me], don't carry us up from here. For in what now will it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in that you go with us, so that we are distinguished, I and your people, from all the people who are on the face of the earth? And Yahweh said to Moses, I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name. And he said, Show me, I pray you, your glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. And he said, You can not see my face; for man will not see me and live. And Yahweh said, Look, there is a place by me, and you will stand on the rock: and it will come to pass, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by: and I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face will not be seen. And Yahweh said to Moses, Cut for yourself two tables of stone like the first ones: and I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables, which you broke. And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mount. And no man will come up with you; neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. And he cut two tables of stone like the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up to mount Sinai, as Yahweh had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone. And Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Yahweh. And Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, Yahweh, Yahweh God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness and truth, keeping loving-kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means leave unpunished [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons, and on the sons of the sons, on the third and on the fourth generation. And Moses hurried, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped. And he said, If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray you, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance. And he said, Look, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as haven't been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which you are will see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do with you. You observe that which I command you this day: look, I drive out before you the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. You be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you go, or else it will be for a snare in the midst of you. But you{+} will break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you{+} will cut down their Asherim. For you will worship no other god. For Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. Or else, if you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, who prostitute after their gods and sacrifice to their gods, they will call you. And you will eat of their sacrifice. And when you take of their daughters--who prostitute after their gods--to your sons, then their daughters will make your sons prostitute after their gods. You will make yourself no molten gods. The feast of unleavened bread you will keep. Seven days you will eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt. All that opens the womb is mine; and you will separate the males of all your cattle, the firstborns of cow and sheep. And the firstborn of a donkey you will redeem with a lamb: and if you will not redeem, then you will break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you will redeem. And none will appear before me empty. Six days you will work, but on the seventh day you will rest: in plowing time and in harvest you will rest. And you will observe the feast of weeks, [even] of the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. Three times in the year will all your males appear before the Sovereign Yahweh, the God of Israel. For I will cast out nations before you, and enlarge your borders: neither will any man desire your land, when you go up to see the face of Yahweh your God three times in the year. You will not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither will the sacrifice of the feast of the Passover be left to the morning. The first of the first fruits of your ground you will bring to the house of Yahweh your God. You will not boil a young goat in its mother's milk. And Yahweh said to Moses, You write these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel. And he was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. And he wrote on the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses didn't know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him. And when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, look, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him. And Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him: and Moses spoke to them. And afterward all the sons of Israel came near: and he gave them in commandment all that Yahweh had spoken with him in mount Sinai. And when Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. But when Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spoke to the sons of Israel that which he was commanded. And the sons of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him. And Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, These are the words which Yahweh has commanded, that you{+} should do them. Six days will work be done; but on the seventh day there will be to you{+} a holy day, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it will be put to death. You{+} will kindle no fire throughout your{+} habitations on the Sabbath day. And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Yahweh commanded, saying, You{+} take from among you{+} an offering to Yahweh; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Yahweh's offering: gold, and silver, and bronze, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair], and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood, and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate. And let every wise-hearted man among you{+} come, and make all that Yahweh has commanded: the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; the ark, and its poles, the mercy-seat, and the veil of the screen; the table, and its poles, and all its vessels, and the showbread; the lampstand also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light; and the altar of incense, and its poles, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle; the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its base; the hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court; the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords; the finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to serve in the priest's office. And all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. And everyone [of the wise-hearted] whose heart stirred him up came; and everyone whom his spirit made willing brought Yahweh's offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. And the men as well as the women, as many as were willing-hearted, brought brooches, and earrings, and signet-rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an offering of gold to Yahweh. And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair], and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them. Everyone who offered an offering of silver and bronze brought Yahweh's offering; and every man, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it. And all the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen. And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' [hair]. And the rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; and the spice, and the oil; for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. The sons of Israel brought a freewill-offering to Yahweh; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses. And Moses said to the sons of Israel, See, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. And he has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; and to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skillful workmanship. And he has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, and of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who devise skillful works. And Bezalel and Oholiab will work, and every wise-hearted man, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh has commanded. And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it: and they received of Moses all the offering which the sons of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. And they brought yet to him freewill-offerings every morning. And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they wrought. And they spoke to Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Yahweh commanded to make. And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make anymore work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were kept back from bringing. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. And all the wise-hearted men among them who wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, [Bezalel] made them. The length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains had one measure. And he coupled five curtains one to another: and [the other] five curtains he coupled one to another. And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second coupling. Fifty loops he made in the one curtain, and fifty loops he made in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling: the loops were opposite one to another. And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps: so the tabernacle was one. And he made curtains of goats' [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure. And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the coupling, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain which was [outermost in] the second coupling. And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together, that it might be one. And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above. And he made the boards for the tabernacle, of acacia wood, standing up. Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board. Each board had two tenons, joined one to another: thus he made for all the boards of the tabernacle. And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward. And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards, and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. And two boards he made for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part. And they were a pair at the bottom, but they were joined together at its top to one ring: thus he did to both of them in the two corners. And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets. And he made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward. And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other. And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, he made it. And he made thereto four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; And he cast for them four sockets of silver. And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; and the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of bronze. And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the width of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a crown of gold to it round about. And he cast for it four rings of gold, in the four feet of it; even two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half [was] its length, and a cubit and a half its width. And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work he made them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat; one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat he made the cherubim at the two ends of it. And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim. And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits [was] its length, and a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height: and he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about. And he made to it a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to its border round about. And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that were on the four feet of it. Close by the border were the rings, the places for the poles to bear the table. And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. And he made the vessels which were on the table, its dishes, and its spoons, and its bowls, and its flagons, with which to pour out, of pure gold. And he made the lampstand of pure gold: of beaten work he made the lampstand, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, it knops, and its flowers, were of one piece with it: and there were six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand out of the one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it: three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower, and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. And in the lampstand were four cups made like almond-blossoms, its knops, and its flowers; and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it. Their knops and their branches were of one piece with it: the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold. And he made its lamps, seven, and its snuffers, and its snuffdishes, of pure gold. Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its vessels. And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was its length, and a cubit its width, foursquare; and two cubits was its height; its horns were of one piece with it. And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and the horns of it: and he made to it a crown of gold round about. And he made for it two golden rings under its crown, on the two ribs of it, on the two sides of it, for places for poles with which to bear it. And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer. And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was its length, and five cubits its width, foursquare; and three cubits its height. And he made its horns on the four corners of it; its horns were of one piece with it: and he overlaid it with bronze. And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the firepans: all its vessels he made of bronze. And he made for the altar a grating of network of bronze, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up. And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of bronze, to be places for the poles. And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze. And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to bear it; he made it hollow with planks. And he made the basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, of the mirrors of the serving women who served at the door of the tent of meeting. And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. And for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. The hangings for the one side [of the gate] were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three; and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 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 fillets, of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the width was five cubits, answerable to the hangings 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 fillets, of silver. And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of bronze. This is the sum of [the things for] the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. And Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh commanded Moses. And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in fine linen. All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. And the silver of those who were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: a beka a head, [that is], half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. And the hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five [shekels] he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them. And the bronze of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. And with it he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar, and the bronze grating for it, and all the vessels of the altar, and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. And they beat the gold into thin plates so that they could cut out wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman. They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends it was joined together. And the skillfully woven band, that was on it, with which to gird it on, was of the same piece [and] like the work of it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And they wrought the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel. And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the sons of Israel; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he made the breastplate, the work of the skillful workman, like the work of an ephod; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was its length, and a span its width, being double. And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row; and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jaspar: they were enclosed in enclosings of gold in their settings. And the stones were according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes. And they made on the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathed work of pure gold. And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. And they put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. And the [other] two ends of the two wreathed chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in its forepart. And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which was toward the side of the ephod inward. And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in its forepart, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. And they bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. And the hole of the robe in the midst of it, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent. And they made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and of scarlet. And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates on the skirts of the robe round about, between the pomegranates; a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, on the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, and the turban of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, and the belt of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it a writing, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO YAHWEH. And they tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above; as Yahweh commanded Moses. Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting: and the sons of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses; so they did. And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, it bars, and its pillars, and it sockets; and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen; the ark of the testimony, and its poles, and the mercy-seat; the table, all its vessels, and the showbread; the pure lampstand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, and all its vessels, and the oil for the light; and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door of the Tent; the bronze altar, and its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its base; 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 instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to serve in the priest's office. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did all the work. And Moses saw all the work, and, look, they had done it; as Yahweh had commanded, even so they had done it: and Moses blessed them. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, On the first day of the first month you will rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. And you will put in it the ark of the testimony, and you will screen the ark with the veil. And you will bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it; and you will bring in the lampstand, and light its lamps. And you will set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. And you will set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. And you will set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and will put water in it. And you will set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court. And you will take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is in it, and will hallow it, and all its furniture: and it will be holy. And you will anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar will be most holy. And you will anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it. And you will bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting, and will wash them with water. And you will put on Aaron the holy garments; and you will anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may serve me in the priest's office. And you will bring his sons, and put coats on them; and you will anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me in the priest's office: and their anointing will be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. Thus did Moses: according to all that Yahweh commanded him, so he did. And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and reared up its pillars. And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above on it; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above on the ark: and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, outside the veil. And he set the bread in order on it before Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, across from the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. And he lit the lamps before Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil: and he burnt on it incense of sweet spices; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. And he set the altar of burnt-offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt-offering and the meal-offering; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it, with which to wash. And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat; when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle. And Moses wasn't able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle. And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys: but if the cloud wasn't taken up, then they didn't journey until the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

And Yahweh called to Moses, and spoke to him out of the tent of meeting, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, If man among you{+} offers an oblation to Yahweh, you{+} will offer your{+} oblation of the cattle, [even] of the herd and of the flock. If his oblation is a burnt-offering of the herd, he will offer it a male without blemish: he will offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh. And he will lay his hand on the head of the burnt-offering; and it will be accepted for him to make atonement for him. And he will kill the bull before Yahweh: and Aaron's sons, the priests, will present the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about on the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting. And he will flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces. And the sons of Aaron the priest will put fire on the altar, and lay wood in order on the fire; and Aaron's sons, the priests, will lay the pieces, the head, and the fat, in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar: but its insides and its legs he will wash with water: and the priest will burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh. And if his oblation is of the flock, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt-offering; he will offer it a male without blemish. And he will kill it on the side of the altar northward before Yahweh: and Aaron's sons, the priests, will sprinkle its blood on the altar round about. And he will cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat; and the priest will lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar: but the insides and the legs he will wash with water; and the priest will offer the whole, and burn it on the altar: it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh. And if his oblation to Yahweh is a burnt-offering of birds, then he will offer his oblation of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. And the priest will bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood will be drained out on the side of the altar; and he will take away its crop with its filth, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes: and he will rend it by its wings, [but] will not divide it apart; and the priest will burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire: it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh. And when anyone offers an oblation of a meal-offering to Yahweh, his oblation will be of fine flour; and he will pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it: and he will bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he will take thereout his handful of the fine flour of it, and of its oil, with all its frankincense; and the priest will burn [it as] its memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh: and that which is left of the meal-offering will be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. And when you offer an oblation of a meal-offering baked in the oven, it will be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. And if your oblation is a meal-offering of the baking-pan, it will be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. You will part it in pieces, and pour oil on it: it is a meal-offering. And if your oblation is a meal-offering of the frying-pan, it will be made of fine flour with oil. And you will bring the meal-offering that is made of these things to Yahweh: and it will be presented to the priest, and he will bring it to the altar. And the priest will take up from the meal-offering its memorial, and will burn it on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh. And that which is left of the meal-offering will be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. No meal-offering, which you{+} will offer to Yahweh, will be made with leaven; for you{+} will burn no leaven, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire to Yahweh. As an oblation of first [fruits] you{+} will offer them to Yahweh: but they will not come up for a sweet savor on the altar. And every oblation of your meal-offering you will season with salt; neither will you allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal-offering: with all your oblations you will offer salt. And if you offer a meal-offering of first fruits to Yahweh, you will offer for the meal-offering of your first fruits grain in the ear parched with fire, bruised grain of the fresh ear. And you will put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it: it is a meal-offering. And the priest will burn the memorial of it, part of the bruised grain of it, and part of its oil, with all its frankincense: it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh. And if his oblation is a sacrifice of peace-offerings; if he offers of the herd, whether male or female, he will offer it without blemish before Yahweh. And he will lay his hand on the head of his oblation, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons the priests will sprinkle the blood on the altar round about. And he will offer of the sacrifice of peace-offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the insides, and all the fat that is on the insides, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul on the liver, with the kidneys, he will take away. And Aaron's sons will burn it on the altar on the burnt-offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh. And if his oblation for a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Yahweh is of the flock; male or female, he will offer it without blemish. If he offers a lamb for his oblation, then he will offer it before Yahweh; and he will lay his hand on the head of his oblation, and kill it before the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons will sprinkle its blood on the altar round about. And he will offer of the sacrifice of peace-offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh; its fat, the entire fat tail, he will take away close by the backbone; and the fat that covers the insides, and all the fat that is on the insides, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul on the liver, with the kidneys, he will take away. And the priest will burn it on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire to Yahweh. And if his oblation is a goat, then he will offer it before Yahweh: and he will lay his hand on the head of it, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron will sprinkle its blood on the altar round about. And he will offer of it his oblation, [even] an offering made by fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the insides, and all the fat that is on the insides, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul on the liver, with the kidneys, he will take away. And the priest will burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor; all the fat is Yahweh's. It will be a perpetual statute throughout your{+} generations in all your{+} dwellings, that you{+} will eat neither fat nor blood. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, If anyone will sin unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and will do any one of them: if the anointed priest will sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bull without blemish to Yahweh for a sin-offering. And he will bring the bull to the door of the tent of meeting before Yahweh; and he will lay his hand on the head of the bull, and kill the bull before Yahweh. And the anointed priest will take of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the tent of meeting: and the priest will dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil of the sanctuary. And the priest will put of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Yahweh, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bull he will pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting. And all the fat of the bull of the sin-offering he will take off from it; the fat that covers the insides, and all the fat that is on the insides, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul on the liver, with the kidneys, he will take away, as it is taken off from the ox of the sacrifice of peace-offerings: and the priest will burn them on the altar of burnt-offering. And the skin of the bull, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its insides, and its dung, even the whole bull he will carry forth outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out it will be burnt. And if the whole congregation of Israel should err, and the thing has been hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and are guilty; when the sin in which they have sinned is known, then the assembly will offer a young bull for a sin-offering, and bring it before the tent of meeting. And the elders of the congregation will lay their hands on the head of the bull before Yahweh; and the bull will be killed before Yahweh. And the anointed priest will bring of the blood of the bull to the tent of meeting: and the priest will dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil. And he will put of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before Yahweh in the tent of meeting; and all the blood he will pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting. And all its fat he will take off from it, and burn it on the altar. Thus he will do with the bull; as he did with the bull of the sin-offering, so he will do with this; and the priest will make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven. And he will carry forth the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull: it is the sin-offering for the assembly. When a ruler sins, and does unintentionally any one of all the things which Yahweh his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty; if his sin, in which he has sinned, is made known to him, he will bring for his oblation a goat, a male without blemish. And he will lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where the burnt-offering will be killed before Yahweh: it is a sin-offering. And the priest will take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and its blood he will pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering. And all its fat he will burn on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest will make atonement for him as concerning his sin, and he will be forgiven. And if anyone of the common people sins unintentionally, in doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and will be guilty; if his sin, which he has sinned, is made known to him, then he will bring for his oblation a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has sinned. And he will lay his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and kill the sin-offering in the place of burnt-offering. And the priest will take of its blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and all its blood he will pour out at the base of the altar. And all its fat he will take away, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest will burn it on the altar for a sweet savor to Yahweh; and the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven. And if he brings a lamb as his oblation for a sin-offering, he will bring it a female without blemish. And he will lay his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and kill it for a sin-offering in the place where the burnt-offering will be killed. And the priest will take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and all its blood he will pour out at the base of the altar: and all its fat he will take away, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest will burn them on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire; and the priest will make atonement for him as concerning his sin that he has sinned, and he will be forgiven. And if anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he does not utter [it], then he will bear his iniquity. Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it was hidden from him, he became unclean, and he will be guilty. Or if he touches the uncleanness of man, whatever his uncleanness is with which he is unclean, and it is hid from him; when he knows of it, then he will be guilty. Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever man utters rashly with an oath, and it is hid from him; when he knows of it, then he will be guilty in one of these [things]. And it will be, when he will be guilty in one of these [things], that he will confess that in which he has sinned: and he will bring his trespass-offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin-offering; and the priest will make atonement for him as concerning his sin. And if his means are not sufficient for a lamb, then he will bring his trespass-offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to Yahweh; one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering. And he will bring them to the priest, who will offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and wring off its head from its neck, but will not divide it apart: and he will sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering on the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood will be drained out at the base of the altar: it is a sin-offering. And he will offer the second for a burnt-offering, according to the ordinance; and the priest will make atonement for him as concerning his sin which he has sinned, and he will be forgiven. But if his means are not sufficient for two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he will bring his oblation for that in which he has sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering: he will put no oil on it, neither will he put any frankincense on it; for it is a sin-offering. And he will bring it to the priest, and the priest will take his handful of it as its memorial, and burn it on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire: it is a sin-offering. And the priest will make atonement for him as concerning his sin that he has sinned in any of these things, and he will be forgiven: and it will be the priest's, as the meal-offering. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unintentionally, in the holy things of Yahweh; then he will bring his trespass-offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass-offering: and he will make restitution for that which he has done amiss in the holy thing, and will add the fifth part thereto, and give it to the priest; and the priest will make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering, and he will be forgiven. And if anyone sins, and does any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done; though he didn't know it, yet he is guilty, and will bear his iniquity. And he will bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass-offering, to the priest; and the priest will make atonement for him concerning the thing in which he erred unintentionally and didn't know it, and he will be forgiven. It is a trespass-offering: he is certainly guilty before Yahweh. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his associate in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his associate, or has found that which was lost, and deals falsely in it, and swears to a lie; in any of all these things that man does, sinning in it; then it will be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, that he will restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found, or any thing about which he has sworn falsely; he will even restore it in full, and will add the fifth part more thereto: to him to whom it pertains he will give it, in the day of his being found guilty. And he will bring his trespass-offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass-offering: and the priest will make atonement for him before Yahweh; and he will be forgiven concerning whatever he does so as to be guilty by it. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt-offering: the burnt-offering will be on the hearth on the altar all night to the morning; and the fire of the altar will be kept burning on it. And the priest will put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches he will put on his flesh; and he will take up the ashes whereto the fire has consumed the burnt-offering on the altar, and he will put them beside the altar. And he will put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. And the fire on the altar will be kept burning on it, it will not go out; and the priest will burn wood on it every morning: and he will lay the burnt-offering in order on it, and will burn on it the fat of the peace-offerings. Fire will be kept burning on the altar continually; it will not go out. And this is the law of the meal-offering: the sons of Aaron will offer it before Yahweh, before the altar. And he will take up therefrom his handful, of the fine flour of the meal-offering, and of its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the meal-offering, and will burn it on the altar for a sweet savor, as its memorial, to Yahweh. And that which is left of it will Aaron and his sons eat: it will be eaten without leaven in a holy place; in the court of the tent of meeting they will eat it. It will not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as the sin-offering, and as the trespass-offering. Every male among the sons of Aaron will eat of it, as [his] portion forever throughout your{+} generations, from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire: whoever touches them will be holy. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, This is the oblation of Aaron and of his sons, which they will offer to Yahweh in the day when he is anointed: the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering perpetually, half of it in the morning, and half of it in the evening. On a baking-pan it will be made with oil; when it is soaked, you will bring it in: in baked pieces you will offer the meal-offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh. And the anointed priest who will be in his stead from among his sons will offer it: by a statute forever it will be wholly burnt to Yahweh. And every meal-offering of the priest will be wholly burnt: it will not be eaten. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin-offering: in the place where the burnt-offering is killed will the sin-offering be killed before Yahweh: it is most holy. The priest who offers it for sin will eat it: in a holy place it will be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting. Whatever will touch its flesh will be holy; and when there is sprinkled of its blood on any garment, it will be washed that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place. But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled will be broken; and if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it will be scoured, and rinsed in water. Every male among the priests will eat of it: it is most holy. And no sin-offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, will be eaten: it will be burnt with fire. And this is the law of the trespass-offering: it is most holy. In the place where they kill the burnt-offering they will kill the trespass-offering; and its blood he will sprinkle on the altar round about. And he will offer of it all its fat: the fat tail, and the fat that covers the insides, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul on the liver, with the kidneys, he will take away; and the priest will burn them on the altar for an offering made by fire to Yahweh: it is a trespass-offering. Every male among the priests will eat of it: it will be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy. As is the sin-offering, so is the trespass-offering; there is one law for them: the priest who makes atonement with it, he will have it. And the priest who offers any man's burnt-offering, even the priest will have to himself the skin of the burnt-offering which he has offered. And every meal-offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying-pan, and on the baking-pan, will be the priest's that offers it. And every meal-offering, mingled with oil, or dry, will all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another. And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which one will offer to Yahweh. If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he will offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour soaked. With cakes of leavened bread he will offer his oblation with the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving. And of it he will offer one out of each oblation for a heave-offering to Yahweh; it will be the priest's that sprinkles the blood of the peace-offerings. And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving will be eaten on the day of his oblation; he will not leave any of it until the morning. But if the sacrifice of his oblation is a vow, or a freewill-offering, it will be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice; and on the next day that which remains of it will be eaten: but that which remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day will be burnt with fire. And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted, neither will it be imputed to him who offers it: it will be contaminated, and the soul who eats of it will bear his iniquity. And the flesh that touches any unclean thing will not be eaten; it will be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, everyone who is clean will eat of it: but the soul who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, that pertain to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul will be cut off from his people. And when anyone will touch any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or unclean beast, or any unclean reptile, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain to Yahweh, that soul will be cut off from his people. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, You{+} will eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat. And the fat of that which dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of beasts, may be used for any other service; but you{+} will in no way eat of it. For whoever eats the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh, even the soul who eats it will be cut off from his people. And you{+} will eat no manner of blood, whether it is of bird or of beast, in any of your{+} dwellings. Whoever it is that eats any blood, that soul will be cut off from his people. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, He who offers the sacrifice of his peace-offerings to Yahweh will bring his oblation to Yahweh out of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings: his own hands will bring the offerings of Yahweh made by fire; the fat with the breast he will bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave-offering before Yahweh. And the priest will burn the fat on the altar; but the breast will be Aaron's and his sons'. And the right thigh you{+} will give to the priest for a heave-offering out of the sacrifices of your{+} peace-offerings. He among the sons of Aaron that offers the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat, will have the right thigh for a portion. For the wave-breast and the heave-thigh I have taken of the sons of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as [their] portion forever from the sons of Israel. This is the anointing-portion of Aaron, and the anointing-portion of his sons, out of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, in the day when he presented them to serve Yahweh in the priest's office; which Yahweh commanded to be given to them of the sons of Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is [their] portion forever throughout their generations. This is the law of the burnt-offering, of the meal-offering, and of the sin-offering, and of the trespass-offering, and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace-offerings; which Yahweh commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the sons of Israel to offer their oblations to Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread; and assemble all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting. And Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the tent of meeting. And Moses said to the congregation, This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded to be done. And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. And he put on him the coat, and girded him with the belt, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him, and he girded him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it to him with it. And he placed the breastplate on him: and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim. And he set the turban on his head; and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them. And he sprinkled of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them. And he poured of the anointing oil on Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats, and girded them with belts, and bound head-tires on them; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he brought the bull of the sin-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin-offering. And he slew it; and Moses took blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it. And he took all the fat that was on the insides, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it on the altar. But the bull, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he burnt with fire outside the camp; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he presented the ram of the burnt-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about. And he cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. And he washed the insides and the legs with water; and Moses burnt the whole ram on the altar: it was a burnt-offering for a sweet savor: it was an offering made by fire to Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And he presented the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. And he slew it; and Moses took of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. And he brought Aaron's sons; and Moses put of the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot: and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about. And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the insides, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh: and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Yahweh, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and on the right thigh: and he put the whole on the hands of Aaron, and on the hands of his sons, and waved them for a wave-offering before Yahweh. And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar on the burnt-offering: they were a consecration for a sweet savor: it was an offering made by fire to Yahweh. And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before Yahweh: it was Moses' portion of the ram of consecration; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting: and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons will eat it. And that which remains of the flesh and of the bread you{+} will burn with fire. And you{+} will not go out from the door of the tent of meeting seven days, until the days of your{+} consecration are fulfilled: for he will consecrate you{+} seven days. As has been done this day, so Yahweh has commanded [you{+}] to do, to make atonement for you{+}. And at the door of the tent of meeting you{+} will remain day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Yahweh, that you{+} will not die: for so I am commanded. And Aaron and his sons did all the things which Yahweh commanded by Moses. And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; and he said to Aaron, Take yourself a calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blemish, and offer them before Yahweh. And to the sons of Israel you will speak, saying, Take{+} a he-goat for a sin-offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt-offering; and an ox and a ram for peace-offerings, to sacrifice before Yahweh; and a meal-offering mingled with oil: for today Yahweh appears to you{+}. And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before Yahweh. And Moses said, This is the thing which Yahweh commanded that you{+} should do: and the glory of Yahweh will appear to you{+}. And Moses said to Aaron, Draw near to the altar, and offer your sin-offering, and your burnt-offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people; and offer the oblation of the people, and make atonement for them; as Yahweh commanded. So Aaron drew near to the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself. And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar: but the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul from the liver of the sin-offering, he burnt on the altar; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And the flesh and the skin he burnt with fire outside the camp. And he slew the burnt-offering; and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, and he sprinkled it on the altar round about. And they delivered the burnt-offering to him, piece by piece, and the head: and he burnt them on the altar. And he washed the insides and the legs, and burnt them on the burnt-offering on the altar. And he presented the people's oblation, and took the goat of the sin-offering which was for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, like the first. And he presented the burnt-offering, and offered it according to the ordinance. And he presented the meal-offering, and filled his hand therefrom, and burnt it on the altar, besides the burnt-offering of the morning. He slew also the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, which he sprinkled on the altar round about, and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that [fat] which covers [the entrails], and the kidneys, and the caul of the liver: and they put the fat on the breasts, and he burnt the fat on the altar: and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offering before Yahweh; as Moses commanded. And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings. And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the people. And there came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed on the altar the burnt-offering and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces. And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each of them took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them. And there came forth fire from before Yahweh, and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh. Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that Yahweh spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, Draw near, carry your{+} brothers from before the sanctuary out of the camp. So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said. And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, Don't let the hair of your{+} heads go loose, neither rend your{+} clothes; that you{+} will not die, and that he is not angry with all the congregation: but let your{+} brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Yahweh has kindled. And you{+} will not go out from the door of the tent of meeting, or else you{+} will die; for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on you{+}. And they did according to the word of Moses. And Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying, Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you{+} go into the tent of meeting, that you{+} will not die: it will be a statute forever throughout your{+} generations: and that you{+} may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean; and that you{+} may teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses. And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, Take the meal-offering that remains of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy; and you{+} will eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion, and your sons' portion, of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire: for so I am commanded. And the wave-breast and the heave-thigh you{+} will eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you: for they are given as your portion, and your sons' portion, out of the sacrifices of the peace-offerings of the sons of Israel. The heave-thigh and the wave-breast they will bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave-offering before Yahweh: and it will be yours, and your sons' with you, as a portion forever; as Yahweh has commanded. And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, and noticed that it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying, Why haven't you{+} eaten the sin-offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he has given it you{+} to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Yahweh? Look, the blood of it wasn't brought into the sanctuary inside: you{+} should have certainly eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded. And Aaron spoke to Moses, Look, this day they have offered their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before Yahweh; and there have befallen me such things as these: and if I had eaten the sin-offering today, would it have been good in the eyes of Yahweh? And when Moses heard [that], it was good in his eyes. And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, These are the living things which you{+} may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. Whatever parts the hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] chews the cud, among the beasts, that may you{+} eat. Nevertheless these you{+} will not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those that part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but doesn't part the hoof, he is unclean to you{+}. And the coney, because he chews the cud but doesn't part the hoof, he is unclean to you{+}. And the hare, because she chews the cud but doesn't part the hoof, she is unclean to you{+}. And the swine, because he parts the hoof, and is clovenfooted, but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you{+}. Of their flesh you{+} will not eat, and their carcasses you{+} will not touch; they are unclean to you{+}. These you{+} may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you{+} may eat. And all that don't have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are detestable to you{+}, and they will be detestable to you{+}; you{+} will not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you{+} will detest. Whatever doesn't have fins and scales in the waters, that is detestable to you{+}. And these you{+} will detest among the birds; they will not be eaten, they are detestable: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray, and the kite, and the falcon after its kind, every raven after its kind, and the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind, and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture, and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. All winged creeping things that go on all fours are detestable to you{+}. Yet these you{+} may eat of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to leap on the earth. Even these of those you{+} may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are detestable to you{+}. And by these you{+} will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening; And whoever bears [anything] of their carcass will wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. Every beast which parts the hoof, if it is either not clovenfooted, or does not chew the cud, is unclean to you{+}: everyone who touches them will be unclean. And whatever goes on its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean to you{+}: whoever touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening. And he who bears the carcass of them will wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: they are unclean to you{+}. And these are unclean to you{+} among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind, and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon. These are unclean to you{+} among all that creep: whoever touches them when they are dead, will be unclean until the evening. And whatever any of them falls on when they are dead, it will be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it will be unclean until the evening; then it will be clean. And every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, whatever is in it will be unclean, and it you{+} will break. All food [in it] which may be eaten, that on which water comes, will be unclean; and all drink that may be drank in every [such] vessel will be unclean. And every thing on which [any part] of their carcass falls will be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it will be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and will be unclean to you{+}. Nevertheless a fountain or a pit in which is a gathering of water will be clean: but that which touches their carcass will be unclean. And if [anything] of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. But if water is put on the seed, and [anything] of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you{+}. And if any beast, of which you{+} may eat, dies; he who touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening. And he who eats of the carcass of it will wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: he also that bears the carcass of it will wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is detestable; it will not be eaten. Whatever goes on the belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, you{+} will not eat them; for they are detestable. You{+} will not make yourselves detestable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither will you{+} make yourselves unclean with them, that you{+} should be defiled by them. For I am Yahweh your{+} God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be{+} holy; for I am holy: neither will you{+} defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moves on the earth. For I am Yahweh who brought you{+} up out of the land of Egypt, to be your{+} God: you{+} will therefore be holy, for I am holy. This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth; to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, If a woman conceives seed, and bears a man-child, then she will be unclean seven days; as in the days of her menstrual impurity she will be unclean. And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin will be circumcised. And she will continue in the blood of [her] purifying three and thirty days; she will touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are fulfilled. But if she bears a female child, then she will be unclean two weeks, as in her impurity; and she will continue in the blood of [her] purifying threescore and six days. And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she will bring a lamb a year old for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin-offering, to the door of the tent of meeting, to the priest: and he will offer it before Yahweh, and make atonement for her; and she will be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. This is the law for her who bears, whether a male or a female. And if her means are not sufficient for a lamb, then she will take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering: and the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean. And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, When man will have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he will be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests: and the priest will look at the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest will look at him, and pronounce him unclean. And if the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest will shut up [him who has] the plague seven days: and the priest will look at him the seventh day: and see if, in his eyes, the plague has stopped, the plague has not spread in the skin, then the priest will shut him up seven days more: and the priest will look at him again the seventh day; and see if the plague is dim, and the plague has not spread in the skin, then the priest will pronounce him clean: it is a scab: and he will wash his clothes, and be clean. But if the scab spreads abroad in the skin, after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he will show himself to the priest again: and the priest will look; and see if the scab has spread in the skin, then the priest will pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy. When the plague of leprosy is in man, then he will be brought to the priest; and the priest will look; and see if there is a white rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the rising, it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest will pronounce him unclean: he will not shut him up, for he is unclean. And if the leprosy breaks out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of [him who has] the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appears to the priest; then the priest will look; and see if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he will pronounce [him] clean [who has] the plague: it has all turned white: he is clean. But whenever raw flesh appears in him, he will be unclean. And the priest will look at the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy. Or if the raw flesh turns again, and has changed to white, then he will come to the priest; and the priest will look at him; and see if the plague has turned into white, then the priest will pronounce [him] clean [who has] the plague: he is clean. And when the flesh has a boil on it, and it is healed, and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it will be shown to the priest; and the priest will look; and see if its appearance is lower than the skin, and its hair has turned white, then the priest will pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy, it has broken out in the boil. But if the priest looks at it and sees there are no white hairs in it, and it is not lower than the skin, but is dim; then the priest will shut him up seven days: And if it spreads abroad in the skin, then the priest will pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. But if the bright spot remains in its place, and has not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest will pronounce him clean. Or when the flesh has in its skin a burning by fire, and the quick [flesh] of the burning becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white; then the priest will look at it; and see if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and its appearance is deeper than the skin; it is leprosy, it has broken out in the burning: and the priest will pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. But if the priest looks at it, and sees there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it is no lower than the skin, but is dim; then the priest will shut him up seven days: and the priest will look at him the seventh day: if it spreads abroad in the skin, then the priest will pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. And if the bright spot remains in its place, and has not spread in the skin, but is dim; it is the rising of the burning, and the priest will pronounce him clean: for it is the scar of the burning. And when a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard, then the priest will look at the plague; and see if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and there is in it yellow thin hair, then the priest will pronounce him unclean: it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard. And if the priest looks at the plague of the scall, and sees its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest will shut up [him who has] the plague of the scall seven days: And in the seventh day the priest will look at the plague; and see if the scall has not spread, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall is not deeper than the skin, then he will be shaven, but the scall he will not shave; and the priest will shut up [him who has] the scall seven days more: and in the seventh day the priest will look at the scall; and see if the scall has not spread in the skin, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin; then the priest will pronounce him clean: and he will wash his clothes, and be clean. But if the scall spreads abroad in the skin after his cleansing, then the priest will look at him; and see if the scall has spread in the skin, the priest will not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean. But if in his eyes the scall has stopped, and black hair has grown up in it; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest will pronounce him clean. And when a man or a woman has in the skin of the flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; then the priest will look; and see if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh are of a dull white, it is a tetter, it has broken out in the skin; he is clean. And if a man's hair falls off his head, he is bald; [yet] he is clean. And if his hair falls off from the front part of his head, he is bald [on the] forehead; [yet] he is clean. But if there is in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead. Then the priest will look at him; and see if the rising of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh; he is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest will surely pronounce him unclean; his plague is in his head. And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes will be rent, and the hair of his head will go loose, and he will cover his upper lip, and will cry, Unclean, unclean. All the days in which the plague is in him he will be unclean; he is unclean: he will dwell alone; outside the camp will be his dwelling. The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it is a wool garment, or a linen garment; whether it is in warp, or woof; of linen, or of wool; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin; if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and will be shown to the priest. And the priest will look at the plague, and shut up [that which has] the plague seven days: and he will look at the plague on the seventh day: if the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever service skin is used for; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. And he will burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or anything of skin, in which the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it will be burnt in the fire. And if the priest will look, and see that the plague has not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; then the priest will command that they wash the thing in which the plague is, and he will shut it up seven days more: and the priest will look, after the plague is washed; and see if the plague has not changed its color, and the plague has not spread, it is unclean; you will burn it in the fire: it is a fret, whether the bareness be inside or outside. And if the priest looks and sees that the plague is dim after the washing of it, then he will rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: and if it still appears in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is breaking out: you will burn that in which the plague is with fire. And the garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing of skin it is, which you will wash, if the plague departs from them, then it will be washed the second time, and will be clean. This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, This will be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he will be brought to the priest: and the priest will go forth out of the camp; and the priest will look; and see if the plague of leprosy has healed in the leper, then will the priest command to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: And the priest will command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. As for the living bird, he will take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and will dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: And he will sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and will pronounce him clean, and will let the living bird go into the open field. And he who is to be cleansed will wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he will be clean: and after that he will come into the camp, but will dwell outside his tent seven days. And it will be on the seventh day, that he will shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he will shave off: and he will wash his clothes, and he will bathe his flesh in water, and he will be clean. And on the eighth day he will take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. And the priest who cleanses him will set the man who is to be cleansed, and those things, before Yahweh, at the door of the tent of meeting. And the priest will take one of the he-lambs, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering before Yahweh: and he will kill the he-lamb in the place where the sin-offering is killed and the burnt-offering, in the place of the sanctuary: for as the sin-offering is the priest's, so is the trespass-offering: it is most holy: and the priest will take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest will put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. And the priest will take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand; and the priest will dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and will sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh: and of the rest of the oil that is in his hand will the priest put on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the blood of the trespass-offering: and the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he will put on the head of him who is to be cleansed: and the priest will make atonement for him before Yahweh. And the priest will offer the sin-offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness: and afterward he will kill the burnt-offering; and the priest will offer the burnt-offering and the meal-offering on the altar: and the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be clean. And if he is poor, and can't get so much, then he will take one he-lamb for a trespass-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part [of an ephah] of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil; and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one will be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering. And on the eighth day he will bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting, before Yahweh: and the priest will take the lamb of the trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest will wave them for a wave-offering before Yahweh. And he will kill the lamb of the trespass-offering; and the priest will take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. And the priest will pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand; and the priest will sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Yahweh: and the priest will put of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass-offering: and the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he will put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Yahweh. And he will offer one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get, even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meal-offering: and the priest will make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before Yahweh. This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get [that which pertains] to his cleansing. And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, When you{+} come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you{+} for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your{+} possession; then he who owns the house will come and tell the priest, saying, There seems to me to be as it were a plague in the house. And the priest will command that they empty the house, before the priest goes in to see the plague, that all that is in the house is not made unclean: and afterward the priest will go in to see the house: and he will look at the plague; and see if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and its appearance is lower than the wall; then the priest will go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days. And the priest will come again the seventh day, and will look; and see if the plague has spread in the walls of the house; then the priest will command that they take out the stones in which the plague is, and cast them into an unclean place outside the city: and he will cause the house to be scraped inside round about, and they will pour out the mortar, that they scrape off, outside the city into an unclean place: and they will take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he will take other mortar, and will plaster the house. And if the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house, after that he has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after it is plastered; then the priest will come in and look; and see if the plague has spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean. And he will break down the house, the stones of it, and its timber, and all the mortar of the house; and he will carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place. Moreover he who goes into the house all the while that it is shut up will be unclean until the evening. And he who lies in the house will wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house will wash his clothes. And if the priest will come in, and look, and see that the plague has not spread in the house, after the house was plastered; then the priest will pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. And he will take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: and he will kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: and he will take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: and he will cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: but he will let go the living bird out of the city into the open field: so he will make atonement for the house; and it will be clean. This is the law for every manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall, and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house, and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot; to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When any man has discharging out of his flesh a [genital] discharge, he is unclean. And this will be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his flesh runs his discharge, or his flesh be stopped from his discharge, he is unclean. All the days that his flesh runs his discharge or that his flesh withholds his discharge, it is his uncleanness. Every bed on which he who has the discharge lies will be unclean; and everything on which he sits will be unclean. And whoever touches his bed will wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. And he who sits on anything on which he who has the discharge sat will wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. And he who touches the flesh of him who has the discharge will wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. And if he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, then he will wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. And whatever saddle he who has the discharge rides on will be unclean. And whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until the evening: and he who bears those things will wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. And whomever he who has the discharge touches, without having rinsed his hands in water, he will wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. And the earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches, will be broken; and every vessel of wood will be rinsed in water. And when he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he will number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he will bathe his flesh in running water, and will be clean. And on the eighth day he will take to himself two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before Yahweh to the door of the tent of meeting, and give them to the priest: and the priest will offer them, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest will make atonement for him before Yahweh for his discharge. And if any man's semen goes out from him, then he will bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening. And every garment, and every skin, on which is the semen, will be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening. And if a woman will lie with a man, with an emission of semen, they will both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening. And if a woman has a [genital] discharge, [and] her discharge in her flesh is blood, she will be in her impurity seven days: and whoever touches her will be unclean until the evening. And everything that she lies on in her impurity will be unclean: everything also that she sits on will be unclean. And whoever touches her bed will wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. And whoever touches anything that she sits on will wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. And if it is on the bed, or on anything on which she sits, when he touches it, he will be unclean until the evening. And if any man lies with her, and her impurity is on him, he will be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies will be unclean. And if a woman has a discharge of her blood many days not in the time of her impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her impurity; all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness she will be as in the days of her impurity: she is unclean. Every bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge will be to her as the bed of her impurity: and everything on which she sits will be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity. And whoever touches those things will be unclean, and will wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she will number to herself seven days, and after that she will be clean. And on the eighth day she will take to herself two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting. And the priest will offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering; and the priest will make atonement for her before Yahweh for the discharge of her uncleanness. Thus you{+} will separate the sons of Israel from their uncleanness, that they will not die in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is in the midst of them. This is the law of him who has a discharge, and of him whose semen goes from him, so that he is unclean by it; and of her in her menstrual impurity, and of him who has a discharge, of the man, and of the woman, and of him who lies with her who is unclean. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Yahweh, and died; and Yahweh said to Moses, Speak to Aaron your brother, that he does not come at all times into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy-seat which is on the ark; that he will not die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy-seat. Herewith will Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bull for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering. He will put on the holy linen coat, and he will have the linen breeches on his flesh, and will be girded with the linen belt, and with the linen turban he will be attired: they are the holy garments; and he will bathe his flesh in water, and put them on. And he will take of the congregation of the sons of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering. And Aaron will present the bull of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself, and for his house. And he will take the two goats, and set them before Yahweh at the door of the tent of meeting. And Aaron will cast lots on the two goats; one lot for Yahweh, and the other lot for Azazel. And Aaron will present the goat on which the lot fell for Yahweh, and offer him for a sin-offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, will be set alive before Yahweh, to make atonement for him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness. And Aaron will present the bull of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and will make atonement for himself, and for his house, and will kill the bull of the sin-offering which is for himself: and he will take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it inside the veil: and he will put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is on the testimony, that he will not die: and he will take of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy-seat on the east; and before the mercy-seat he will sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. Then he will kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood inside the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat: and he will make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins: and so he will do for the tent of meeting, that stays with them in the midst of their uncleannesses. And there will not be any of man in the tent of meeting when he goes in to make atonement in the holy place, until he comes out, and makes atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel. And he will go out to the altar that is before Yahweh, and make atonement for it, and will take of the blood of the bull, and of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar round about. And he will sprinkle of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel. And when he has made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he will present the live goat: and Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he will put them on the head of the goat, and will send him away by the hand of a man who is in readiness into the wilderness: and the goat will bear on him all their iniquities to a solitary land: and he will let the goat go into the wilderness. And Aaron will come into the tent of meeting, and will put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and will leave them there: and he will bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt-offering and the burnt-offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people. And the fat of the sin-offering he will burn on the altar. And he who lets the goat go for Azazel will wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he will come into the camp. And the bull of the sin-offering, and the goat of the sin-offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, will be carried forth outside the camp; and they will burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. And he who burns them will wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he will come into the camp. And it will be a statute forever to you{+}: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you{+} will afflict your{+} souls, and will do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger who sojourns among you{+}: for on this day atonement will be made for you{+}, to cleanse you{+}; from all your{+} sins you{+} will be clean before Yahweh. It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you{+}, and you{+} will afflict your{+} souls; it is a statute forever. And the priest, who will be anointed and who will be consecrated to be priest in his father's stead, will make the atonement, and will put on the linen garments, even the holy garments: and he will make atonement for the holy sanctuary; and he will make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar; and he will make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. And this will be an everlasting statute to you{+}, to make atonement for the sons of Israel because of all their sins once in the year. And he did as Yahweh commanded Moses. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them: This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, saying, Any man of the house of Israel, that kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that kills it outside the camp, and has not brought it to the door of the tent of meeting to make it a burnt-offering or peace-offerings for Yahweh, so as to be accepted, as a pleasing odor, but kills it outside, and does not bring it to the door of the tent of meeting to offer it as an offering for Yahweh before the tabernacle of Yahweh: blood will be imputed to that man; he has shed blood; and that man will be cut off from among his people: To the end that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them to Yahweh, to the door of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace-offerings to Yahweh. And the priest will sprinkle the blood on the altar of Yahweh at the door of the tent of meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet savor to Yahweh. And they will no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the he-goats, which they prostitute after. This will be a statute forever to them throughout their generations. And you will say to them, Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt-offering or sacrifice, and does not bring it to the door of the tent of meeting, to sacrifice it to Yahweh; that man will be cut off from his people. And any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who eats any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people. For the soul of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you{+} on the altar to make atonement for your{+} souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the soul. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, No soul of you{+} will eat blood, neither will any stranger who sojourns among you{+} eat blood. And any man of the sons of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he will pour out its blood, and cover it with dust. For the soul of all flesh is its blood, which is in its living body. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, You{+} will eat the blood of no manner of flesh; for the soul of all flesh is its blood: whoever eats it will be cut off. And every soul that eats that which dies of itself, or that which is torn of beasts, whether he is home-born or a sojourner, he will wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then he will be clean. But if he doesn't wash them, nor bathe his flesh, then he will bear his iniquity. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, I am Yahweh your{+} God. After the doings of the land of Egypt, in which you{+} dwelt, you{+} will not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, where I bring you{+}, you{+} will not do; neither will you{+} walk in their statutes. My ordinances you{+} will do, and my statutes you{+} will keep, to walk in them: I am Yahweh your{+} God. You{+} will therefore keep my statutes, and my ordinances; which if man does, he will live in them: I am Yahweh. Any man will not have any sex with anyone who is near of kin to him: I am Yahweh. The nakedness of your father, even the nakedness of your mother, you will not uncover. She is your mother, you will not have any sex with her. You will not have any sex with your father's wife, it is your father's nakedness. With your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, you will not have any sex with them. You will not have any sex with your son's daughter, or with your daughter's daughter: for theirs is your own nakedness. You will not have any sex with your father's wife's daughter, begotten of your father, she is your sister. You will not have any sex with your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman. You will not have any sex with your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman. You will not have any sex with your father's brother, you will not have any sex with his wife: she is your aunt. You will not have any sex with your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife. You will not have any sex with her. You will not have any sex with your brother's wife. You will not have any sex with a woman and her daughter; you will not have any sex with her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter; they are her flesh: it is wickedness. And you will not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival [to her], to have any sex with her, besides the other in her lifetime. And you will not have sex with a woman, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness. And you will not have any sex with your associate's wife, to defile yourself with her. And you will not give any of your seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech; neither will you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh. You will not have any sex with a man: it is disgusting. And you will not have any sex with any animal and defile yourself with it; neither will any woman have any sex with an animal: it is perverted. Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations have been defiled which I am casting out from before you{+}; And the land is defiled: therefore I visit its iniquity on it, and the land vomits out her inhabitants. You{+} therefore will keep my statutes and my ordinances, and will not do any of these disgusting things; neither the home-born, nor the stranger who sojourns among you{+}; for the men who were before you{+} in the land have done all these disgusting things, and the land is defiled; that the land does not vomit you{+} out also, when you{+} defile it, as it is vomiting out the nation that was before you{+}. For whoever will do any of these disgusting things, even the souls who do them will be cut off from among their people. Therefore you{+} will keep my charge, that you{+} don't do any of these disgusting customs, which were done before you{+}, and that you{+} don't defile yourselves in them: I am Yahweh your{+} God. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and say to them, You{+} will be holy; for I, Yahweh your{+} God, am holy. You{+} will fear every man his mother, and his father; and you{+} will keep my Sabbaths: I am Yahweh your{+} God. Don't turn yourselves to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Yahweh your{+} God. And when you{+} offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Yahweh, you{+} will offer it that you{+} may be accepted. It will be eaten the same day you{+} offer it, and on the next day: and if anything remains until the third day, it will be burnt with fire. And if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is contaminated; it will not be accepted: but everyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of Yahweh: and that soul will be cut off from his people. And when you{+} reap the harvest of your{+} land, you will not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither will you gather the gleaning of your harvest. And you will not glean your vineyard, neither will you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you will leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am Yahweh your{+} God. You{+} will not steal; neither will you{+} deal falsely; nor lie; a man to his associate. And you{+} will not swear by my name falsely, and [thus] you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh. You will not oppress your fellow man, nor rob him: the wages of a hired worker will not remain with you all night until the morning. You will not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you will fear your God: I am Yahweh. You{+} will do no unrighteousness in judgment: you will not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness you will judge your associate. You will not go up and down as a talebearer among your relatives: you will not stand against the blood of your fellow man: I am Yahweh. You will not hate your brother in your heart: you will surely rebuke your associate, and not bear sin because of him. You will not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people; but you will love your fellow man as yourself: I am Yahweh. You{+} will keep my statutes. You will not let your cattle gender with a diverse kind: you will not sow your field with two kinds of seed: neither will there come upon you a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together. And whoever has any sex with a woman, who is a female slave, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; they will be punished; they will not be put to death, because she was not free. And he will bring his trespass-offering to Yahweh, to the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a trespass-offering. And the priest will make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering before Yahweh for his sin which he has sinned: and the sin which he has sinned will be forgiven him. And when you{+} will come into the land, and will have planted all manner of trees for food, then you{+} will count its fruit as their uncircumcision: three years they will be as uncircumcised to you{+}; it will not be eaten. But in the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, for inauguration to Yahweh. And in the fifth year you{+} will eat of its fruit, that it may yield to you{+} its increase: I am Yahweh your{+} God. You{+} will not eat anything with the blood: neither will you{+} use magic, nor interpret omens. You{+} will not round the corners of your{+} heads, neither will you mar the corners of your beard. You{+} will not make any cuttings in your{+} flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you{+}: I am Yahweh. Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness. You{+} will keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh. Do{+} not turn to the spiritists or to the wizards; do not seek them out, to be defiled by them: I am Yahweh your{+} God. You will rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of the old man, and you will fear your God: I am Yahweh. And if a stranger sojourns with you in your{+} land, you{+} will not do him wrong. The stranger who sojourns with you{+} will be to you{+} as the home-born among you{+}, and you will love him as yourself; for you{+} were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Yahweh your{+} God. You{+} will do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, you{+} will have: I am Yahweh your{+} God, who brought you{+} out of the land of Egypt. And you{+} will observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them: I am Yahweh. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Moreover, you will say to the sons of Israel, Any man of the sons of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, that gives of his seed to Molech; he will surely be put to death: the people of the land will stone him with stones. I also will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. And if the people at the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and do not put him to death; then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all those prostituting after him, to prostitute with Molech, from among their people. And the soul who turns to the spiritists or the wizards, to prostitute after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be{+} holy; for I am Yahweh your{+} God. And you{+} will keep my statutes, and do them: I am Yahweh who sanctifies you{+}. For any man who curses his father or his mother will surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood will be on him. And the man who commits adultery with another man's wife--who commits adultery with his fellow man's wife--the adulterer and the adulteress will surely be put to death. And the man who has any sex with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them will surely be put to death; their blood will be on them. And if a man has any sex with his daughter-in-law, both of them will surely be put to death: they did something perverted; their blood will be on them. And if a man has any sex with a man, both of them have done something disgusting: they will surely be put to death; their blood will be on them. And if a man has any sex with his wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they will be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there will be no wickedness among you{+}. And if a man has any sex with an animal, he will surely be put to death: and you{+} will slay the beast. And if a woman has any sex with an animal, you will kill the woman, and the animal: they will surely be put to death; their blood will be on them. And if a man will have any sex with his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, it is a shameful thing; and they will be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people: he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he will bear his iniquity. And if a man will have sex with a menstruating woman; he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them will be cut off from among their people. And you will not have any sex with your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister; for he has made naked his near kin: they will bear their iniquity. And if a man will have any sex with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they will bear their sin; they will die childless. And if a man will have any sex with his brother's wife, it is impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they will be childless. You{+} will therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you{+} to dwell in it, does not vomit you{+} out. And you{+} will not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you{+}: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. But I have said to you{+}, You{+} will inherit their land, and I will give it to you{+} to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Yahweh your{+} God, who has separated you{+} from the peoples. You{+} will therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and you{+} will not make your{+} souls detestable by beast, or by bird, or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have separated from you{+} as unclean. And you{+} will be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you{+} apart from the peoples, that you{+} should be mine. And a man or a woman among them, who is a spiritist or a wizard, will surely be put to death: they will stone them with stones; their blood will be on them. And Yahweh said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, None will defile himself for the dead among his relatives; except for his kin, who is near to him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, and for his sister a virgin, who is near to him, that has had no husband; for her he may defile himself. He will not defile himself suddenly among his relatives, to profane himself. They will not make baldness on their head, neither will they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. They will be [in a state of] holiness to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread of their God, they offer: therefore they will be holy. They will not take a woman who is a prostitute, or profane; neither will they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy to his God. You will sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he will be holy to you: for I Yahweh, who sanctify you{+}, am holy. And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by prostituting, she profanes her father: she will be burnt with fire. And he who is the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, will not let the hair of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes; neither will he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; neither will he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am Yahweh. And he will take a wife in her virginity. A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a prostitute, these he will not take: but a virgin of his own relatives he will take as wife. And he will not profane his seed among his relatives: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron, saying, Whoever he is of your seed throughout their generations that has a blemish, do not let him approach to offer the bread of his God. For whatever man he is that has a blemish, he will not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or anything superfluous, or a man who is broken-footed, or broken-handed, or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that has a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or has his stones broken; no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that has a blemish, will come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire: he has a blemish; he will not come near to offer the bread of his God. He will eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy: only he will not go in to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he does not profane my sanctuaries: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them. So Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they hallow to me, and that they don't profane my holy name: I am Yahweh. Say to them, Whoever he is of all your{+} seed throughout your{+} generations, that approaches to the holy things, which the sons of Israel hallow to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul will be cut off from before me: I am Yahweh. Any man of the seed of Aaron who is a leper, or has a discharge; he will not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has an emission of semen go out from him; or whoever touches any creeping thing, by which he may be made unclean, or man who is unclean to him, whatever uncleanness he has; the soul who touches any such will be unclean until the evening, and will not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water. And when the sun has gone down, he will be clean; and afterward he will eat of the holy things, because it is his bread. That which dies of itself, or is torn of beasts, he will not eat, to defile himself with it: I am Yahweh. They will therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die in it, if they profane it: I am Yahweh who sanctifies them. And no stranger will eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest's, or a hired worker, will not eat of the holy thing. But if a priest buys any soul, the purchase of his money, he will eat of it, and one who is born in his house, they will eat of his bread. And if a priest's daughter is married to a stranger, she will not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things. But if a priest's daughter is a widow, or divorced, and has no child, and is returned to her father's house, as in her youth, she will eat of her father's bread: but no stranger will eat of it. And if a man eats of the holy thing unintentionally, then he will put the fifth part of it to it, and will give to the priest the holy thing. And they will not profane the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh, and [so] cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them, Any man of the house of Israel, and from every sojourner who sojourns in Israel, who offers his oblation, whether it is any of their vows, or any of their freewill-offerings, which they offer to Yahweh for a burnt-offering; that you{+} may be accepted, [you{+} will offer] a male without blemish, of the bullocks, of the sheep, or of the goats. But whatever has a blemish, that you{+} will not offer: for it will not be acceptable for you{+}. And whoever offers a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Yahweh to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it will be perfect to be accepted; there will be no blemish in it. Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, you{+} will not offer these to Yahweh, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Yahweh. Either a bull or a lamb that has anything superfluous or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it will not be accepted. That which is castrated by bruising, or crushing, or breaking, or cutting, you{+} will not offer to Yahweh; neither will you{+} do [thus] in your{+} land. Neither from the hand of a foreigner will you{+} offer the bread of your{+} God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them: they will not be accepted for you{+}. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, When a bull, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it will be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and from then on it will be accepted for the oblation of an offering made by fire to Yahweh. And whether it is cow or ewe, you{+} will not kill it and its young both in one day. And when you{+} sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you{+} will sacrifice it that you{+} may be accepted. On the same day it will be eaten; you{+} will leave none of it until the morning: I am Yahweh. Therefore you{+} will keep my commandments, and do them: I am Yahweh. And you{+} will not profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the sons of Israel: I am Yahweh who hallows you{+}, who brought you{+} out of the land of Egypt, to be your{+} God: I am Yahweh. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, The set feasts of Yahweh, which you{+} will proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts. Six days will work be done: but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you{+} will do no manner of work: it is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your{+} dwellings. These are the set feasts of Yahweh, even holy convocations, which you{+} will proclaim in their appointed season. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, is Yahweh's Passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to Yahweh: seven days you{+} will eat unleavened bread. In the first day you{+} will have a holy convocation: you{+} will do no servile work. But you{+} will offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation; you{+} will do no servile work. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When you{+} come into the land which I give to you{+}, and will reap its harvest, then you{+} will bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your{+} harvest to the priest: and he will wave the sheaf before Yahweh, to be accepted for you{+}: on the next day after the Sabbath the priest will wave it. And in the day when you{+} wave the sheaf, you{+} will offer a he-lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt-offering to Yahweh. And the meal-offering of it will be two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire to Yahweh for a sweet savor; and the drink-offering of it will be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. And you{+} will eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears, until this very same day, until you{+} have brought the oblation of your{+} God: it is a statute forever throughout your{+} generations in all your{+} dwellings. And you{+} will count to yourselves from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you{+} brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; there will be seven complete Sabbaths: even to the next day after the seventh Sabbath you{+} will number fifty days; and you{+} will offer a new meal-offering to Yahweh. From your{+} habitations you{+} will bring bread as a wave offering: two [loaves] of two tenth parts [of an ephah]: they will be of fine flour, they will be baked with leaven, for first fruits to Yahweh. And you{+} will present with the bread seven lambs without blemish a year old, and one young bull, and two rams: they will be a burnt-offering to Yahweh, with their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh. And you{+} will offer one he-goat for a sin-offering, and two he-lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace-offerings. And the priest will wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave-offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs: they will be holy to Yahweh for the priest. And you{+} will make proclamation on the very same day; there will be a holy convocation to you{+}; you{+} will do no servile work: it is a statute forever in all your{+} dwellings throughout your{+} generations. And when you{+} reap the harvest of your{+} land, you will not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither will you gather the gleaning of your harvest: you will leave them for the poor, and for the sojourner: I am Yahweh your{+} God. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, will be a solemn rest to you{+}, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You{+} will do no servile work; and you{+} will offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Nevertheless on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it will be a holy convocation to you{+}, and you{+} will afflict your{+} souls; and you{+} will offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. And you{+} will do no manner of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you{+} before Yahweh your{+} God. For whatever soul it is that will not be afflicted in that same day; he will be cut off from his relatives. And whatever soul it is that does any manner of work in that same day, that soul I will destroy from among his people. You{+} will do no manner of work: it is a statute forever throughout your{+} generations in all your{+} dwellings. It will be to you{+} a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you{+} will afflict your{+} souls: in the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you{+} will keep your{+} Sabbath. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days to Yahweh. On the first day will be a holy convocation: you{+} will do no servile work. Seven days you{+} will offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh: on the eighth day will be a holy convocation to you{+}; and you{+} will offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh: it is a solemn assembly; you{+} will do no servile work. These are the set feasts of Yahweh, which you{+} will proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh, a burnt-offering, and a meal-offering, a sacrifice, and drink-offerings, each on its own day; besides the Sabbaths of Yahweh, and besides your{+} gifts, and besides all your{+} vows, and besides all your{+} freewill-offerings, which you{+} give to Yahweh. Nevertheless on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you{+} have gathered in the fruits of the land, you{+} will keep the feast of Yahweh seven days: on the first day will be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day will be a solemn rest. And you{+} will take to yourselves on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you{+} will rejoice before Yahweh your{+} God seven days. And you{+} will keep it a feast to Yahweh seven days in the year: it is a statute forever throughout your{+} generations; you{+} will keep it in the seventh month. You{+} will dwell in booths seven days; all who are home-born in Israel will dwell in booths; that your{+} generations may know that I made the sons of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Yahweh your{+} God. And Moses declared to the sons of Israel the set feasts of Yahweh. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Command the sons of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, Aaron will keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh continually: it will be a statute forever throughout your{+} generations. He will keep in order the lamps on the pure lampstand before Yahweh continually. And you will take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenth parts [of an ephah] will be in one cake. And you will set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure table before Yahweh. And you will put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to Yahweh. Every Sabbath day he will set it in order before Yahweh continually; it is on the behalf of the sons of Israel, an everlasting covenant. And it will be for Aaron and his sons; and they will eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire by a perpetual statute. And a son of a woman of Israel, who was also a son of a man of Egypt, went out among the sons of Israel; and the son of the Israeli woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp: and the son of the Israeli woman blasphemed the name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. And they put him in ward, that it might be declared to them at the mouth of Yahweh. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Bring forth him who has cursed outside the camp; and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him. And you will speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Any man who curses his God will bear his sin. And he who blasphemes the name of Yahweh, he will surely be put to death; all the congregation will certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemes the name [of Yahweh], will be put to death. And a man who strikes any life of man, will surely be put to death. And he who strikes a beast mortally will make it good, life for life. And if a man causes a blemish in his associate; as he has done, so it will be done to him: breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has caused a blemish in man, so it will be rendered to him. And he who kills a beast will make it good: and he who kills man will be put to death. You{+} will have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Yahweh your{+} God. And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel; and they brought forth him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the sons of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses. And Yahweh spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When you{+} come into the land which I give you{+}, then the land will keep a Sabbath to Yahweh. Six years you will sow your field, and six years you will prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits; but in the seventh year will be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to Yahweh: you will neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard. That which grows of itself of your harvest you will not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you will not gather: it will be a year of solemn rest for the land. And the Sabbath of the land will be for food for you{+}; for you, and for your male slave and for your female slave, and for your hired worker and for your stranger, who sojourn with you. And for your cattle, and for the beasts that are in your land, will all its increase be for food. And you will number seven Sabbaths of years to yourself, seven times seven years; and there will be to you the days of seven Sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years. Then you will send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement you{+} will send abroad the trumpet throughout all your{+} land. And you{+} will hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants: it will be a jubilee to you{+}; and you{+} will return every man to his possession, and you{+} will return every man to his family. A jubilee will that fiftieth year be to you{+}: you{+} will not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself in it, nor gather [the grapes] in it of the undressed vines. For it is a jubilee; it will be holy to you{+}: you{+} will eat its increase out of the field. In this year of jubilee you{+} will return every man to his possession. And if you{+} sell anything to your associate, or buy from your associate, you{+} will not wrong one another. According to the number of years after the jubilee you will buy of your associate, [and] according to the number of years of the crops he will sell to you. According to the multitude of the years you will increase its price, and according to the fewness of the years you will diminish the price of it; for the number of the crops he sells to you. And you{+} will not wrong, a man and his associate; but you will fear your God: for I am Yahweh your{+} God. Therefore you{+} will do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you{+} will dwell in the land in safety. And the land will yield its fruit, and you{+} will eat your{+} fill, and dwell in it in safety. And if you{+} will say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Look, we will not sow, nor gather in our increase; then I will command my blessing on you{+} in the sixth year, and it will bring forth fruit for the three years. And you{+} will sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, you{+} will eat the old store. And the land will not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for you{+} are strangers and sojourners with me. And in all the land of your{+} possession you{+} will grant a redemption for the land. If your brother is waxed poor, and sells some of his possession, then his kinsman who is next to him will come, and will redeem that which his brother has sold. And if a man has no one to redeem it, and he is waxed rich and finds enough to redeem it; then let him reckon the years of its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he will return to his possession. But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then that which he has sold will remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it will go out, and he will return to his possession. And if a man sells a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year he will have the right of redemption. And if it is not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city will be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations: it will not go out in the jubilee. But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them will be reckoned with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they will go out in the jubilee. Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time. And when one of the Levites redeems, the house that was sold, in the the city of his possession, will go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel. But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. And if your brother is waxed poor, and his hand fails with you; then you will uphold him: [as] a stranger [who is a] sojourner he will live with you. Take no interest of him or increase, but fear your God; that your brother may live with you. You will not give him your money on interest, nor give him your victuals for increase. I am Yahweh your{+} God, who brought you{+} forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you{+} the land of Canaan, [and] to be your{+} God. And if your brother is waxed poor with you, and sells himself to you; you will not make him to serve as a slave. As a hired worker, and as a sojourner, he will be with you; he will serve with you to the year of jubilee: and then he will go out from you, he and his sons with him, and then will return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers he will return. For they are my slaves, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they will not be sold as a slave. You will not rule over him with rigor, but will fear your God. And as for your male slave, and your female slave, whom you will have; of the nations that are round about you{+}, of them you{+} will buy a male slave and a female slave. Moreover of the sons of the strangers who sojourn among you{+}, of them you{+} will buy, and of their families who are with you{+}, which they have begotten in your{+} land: and they will be your{+} possession. And you{+} will make them an inheritance for your{+} sons after you{+}, to hold for a possession; of them you{+} will take your{+} slaves forever: but over your{+} brothers the sons of Israel you{+} will not rule, one over another, with rigor. And if a stranger [who is a] sojourner with you is waxed rich, and your brother is waxed poor beside him, and sells himself to a stranger [who is a] sojourner with you, or to the stock of the stranger's family; after he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brothers may redeem him; or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any who is near of kin to him of his family may redeem him; or if he is waxed rich, he may redeem himself. And he will reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale will be according to the number of years; according to the time of a hired worker he will be with him. If there are yet many years, according to them he will give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. And if there remain but few years to the year of jubilee, then he will reckon with him; according to his years he will give back the price of his redemption. As a worker hired year by year he will be with him: he will not rule with rigor over him in your sight. And if he is not redeemed by these [means], then he will go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his sons with him. For to me the sons of Israel are slaves; they are my slaves whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am Yahweh your{+} God. You{+} will not make yourselves idols, neither will you{+} rear yourselves up a graven image, or a pillar, neither will you{+} place any figured stone in your{+} land, to bow down to it: for I am Yahweh your{+} God. You{+} will keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Yahweh. If you{+} walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; then I will give your{+} rains in their season, and the land will yield its increase, and the trees of the field will yield their fruit. And your{+} threshing will reach to the vintage, and the vintage will reach to the sowing time; and you{+} will eat your{+} bread to the full, and dwell in your{+} land safely. And I will give peace in the land, and you{+} will lie down, and none will make you{+} afraid: and I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, neither will the sword go through your{+} land. And you{+} will chase your{+} enemies, and they will fall before you{+} by the sword. And five of you{+} will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you{+} will chase ten thousand; and your{+} enemies will fall before you{+} by the sword. And I will have respect to you{+}, and make you{+} fruitful, and multiply you{+}, and will establish my covenant with you{+}. And you{+} will eat old store long kept, and you{+} will bring forth the old because of the new. And I will set my tabernacle among you{+}: and my soul will not abhor you{+}. And I will walk among you{+}, and will be your{+} God, and you{+} will be my people. I am Yahweh your{+} God, who brought you{+} forth out of the land of Egypt, that you{+} should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bars of your{+} yoke, and made you{+} go upright. But if you{+} will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments; and if you{+} will reject my statutes, and if your{+} soul abhors my ordinances, so that you{+} will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant; I also will do this to you{+}: I will appoint terror over you{+}, even consumption and fever, that will consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and you{+} will sow your{+} seed in vain, for your{+} enemies will eat it. And I will set my face against you{+}, and you{+} will be struck before your{+} enemies: those who hate you{+} will rule over you{+}; and you{+} will flee when none pursues you{+}. And if you{+} will not yet for these things listen to me, then I will chastise you{+} seven times more for your{+} sins. And I will break the pride of your{+} power: and I will make your{+} heaven as iron, and your{+} earth as bronze; and your{+} strength will be spent in vain; for your{+} land will not yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit. And if you{+} walk contrary to me, and will not listen to me, I will bring seven times more plagues on you{+} according to your{+} sins. And I will send the beast of the field among you{+}, which will rob you{+} of your{+} children, and destroy your{+} cattle, and make you{+} few in number; and your{+} ways will become desolate. And if by these things you{+} will not be reformed to me, but will walk contrary to me; then I will also walk contrary to you{+}; and I will strike you{+}, even I, seven times for your{+} sins. And I will bring a sword on you{+}, that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; and you{+} will be gathered together inside your{+} cities: and I will send the pestilence among you{+}; and you{+} will be delivered into the hand of the enemy. When I break your{+} staff of bread, ten women will bake your{+} bread in one oven, and they will deliver your{+} bread again by weight: and you{+} will eat, and not be satisfied. And if you{+} will not for all this listen to me, but walk contrary to me; then I will walk contrary to you{+} in wrath; and I also will chastise you{+} seven times for your{+} sins. And you{+} will eat the flesh of your{+} sons, and the flesh of your{+} daughters you{+} will eat. And I will destroy your{+} high places, and cut down your{+} sun-images, and cast your{+} dead bodies on the bodies of your{+} idols; and my soul will abhor you{+}. And I will make your{+} cities a waste, and will bring your{+} sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your{+} sweet odors. And I will bring the land into desolation; and your{+} enemies that dwell in it will be astonished at it. And you{+} I will scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you{+}: and your{+} land will be a desolation, and your{+} cities will be a waste. Then will the land enjoy its Sabbaths, as long as it lies desolate, and you{+} are in your{+} enemies' land; even then will the land rest, and enjoy its Sabbaths. As long as it lies desolate it will have rest, even the rest which it did not have in your{+} Sabbaths, when you{+} dwelt on it. And as for those who are left of you{+}, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf will chase them; and they will flee, as one flees from the sword; and they will fall when none pursues. And they will stumble one on another, as it were before the sword, when none pursues: and you{+} will have no power to stand before your{+} enemies. And you{+} will perish among the nations, and the land of your{+} enemies will eat you{+} up. And those who are left of you{+} will pine away in their iniquity in your{+} enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers they will pine away with them. And they will confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary to me, I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity; then I will remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham I will remember; and I will remember the land. The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its Sabbaths, while it lies desolate without them: and they will accept of the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes. And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them completely, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Yahweh their God; but I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am Yahweh. These are the statutes and ordinances and laws, which Yahweh made between him and the sons of Israel in mount Sinai by Moses. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When a man will accomplish a vow, the persons will be for Yahweh by your estimation. And your estimation will be of the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even your estimation will be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. And if it is a female, then your estimation will be thirty shekels. And if it is from five years old even to twenty years old, then your estimation will be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. And if it is from a month old even to five years old, then your estimation will be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female your estimation will be three shekels of silver. And if it is from sixty years old and upward; if it is a male, then your estimation will be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. But if he is poorer than your estimation, then he will be set before the priest, and the priest will value him; according to the ability of him who vowed will the priest value him. And if it is a beast, of which men offer an oblation to Yahweh, all that any man gives of such to Yahweh will be holy. He will not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he will at all change beast for beast, then both it and that for which it is changed will be holy. And if it is any unclean beast, of which they do not offer an oblation to Yahweh, then he will set the beast before the priest; and the priest will value it, whether it is good or bad: as you the priest value it, so it will be. But if he will indeed redeem it, then he will add the fifth part of it to your estimation. And when a man will sanctify his house to be holy to Yahweh, then the priest will estimate it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest will estimate it, so it will stand. And if he who sanctified it will redeem his house, then he will add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it will be his. And if a man will sanctify to Yahweh part of the field of his possession, then your estimation will be according to its sowing: the sowing of a homer of barley [will be valued] at fifty shekels of silver. If he sanctifies his field from the year of jubilee, according to your estimation it will stand. But if he sanctifies his field after the jubilee, then the priest will reckon to him the money according to the years that remain to the year of jubilee; and an abatement will be made from your estimation. And if he who sanctified the field will indeed redeem it, then he will add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it will be assured to him. And if he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it will not be redeemed anymore: but the field, when it goes out in the jubilee, will be holy to Yahweh, as a field devoted; its possession will be the priest's. And if he sanctifies to Yahweh a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession; then the priest will reckon to him the worth of your estimation to the year of jubilee: and he will give your estimation in that day, as a holy thing to Yahweh. In the year of jubilee the field will return to him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongs. And all your estimations will be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs will be the shekel. Only the firstborn among beasts, which is made a firstborn to Yahweh, no man will sanctify it; whether it is ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's. And if it is of an unclean beast, then he will ransom it according to your estimation, and will add to it the fifth part of it: or if it is not redeemed, then it will be sold according to your estimation. Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man will devote to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, will be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to Yahweh. No one devoted, that will be devoted from among man, will be ransomed; he will surely be put to death. And all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, of the fruit of the tree, is Yahweh's: it is holy to Yahweh. And if a man will redeem anything of his tithe, he will add to it the fifth part of it. And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth will be holy to Yahweh. He will not search whether it is good or bad, neither will he change it: and if he changes it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed will be holy; it will not be redeemed. These are the commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses for the sons of Israel in mount Sinai.

And Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, Take{+} the sum of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls; from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel, you and Aaron will number them by their hosts. And with you{+} there will be a man of each tribe; [each] man head of his fathers' house. And these are the names of the men who will stand with you{+}. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur. Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab. Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar. Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon. Of the sons of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni. Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran. Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel. Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan. These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel. And Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name: And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. And the sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. Of the sons of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, those who were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. Of the sons of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. Of the sons of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. Of the sons of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. Of the sons of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. Of the sons of Joseph, [namely], of the sons of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. Of the sons of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. Of the sons of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. Of the sons of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. Of the sons of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. Of the sons of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. These were those numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: there was one man [each] for his fathers' house. So all those who were numbered of the sons of Israel by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war in Israel; even all those who were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Only the tribe of Levi you will not number, neither will you take the sum of them among the sons of Israel; but you appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furniture, and over all that belongs to it: they will bear the tabernacle, and all its furniture; and they will minister to it, and will encamp round about the tabernacle. And when the tabernacle sets forward, the Levites will take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites will set it up: and the stranger who comes near will be put to death. And the sons of Israel will pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts. But the Levites will encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel: and the Levites will keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony. Thus did the sons of Israel; according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they did. And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, The sons of Israel will encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses: across from the tent of meeting they will encamp round about. And those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrising will be those of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts: and the prince of the sons of Judah will be Nahshon the son of Amminadab. And his host, and those who were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. And those who encamp next to him will be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the sons of Issachar will be Nethanel the son of Zuar. And his host, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. [And] the tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the sons of Zebulun will be Eliab the son of Helon. And his host, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were 186,400 according to their hosts. They will set forth first. On the south side will be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their hosts: and the prince of the sons of Reuben will be Elizur the son of Shedeur. And his host, and those who were numbered of it, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. And those who encamp next to him will be the tribe of Simeon: and the prince of the sons of Simeon will be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. And his host, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. And the tribe of Gad: and the prince of the sons of Gad will be Eliasaph the son of Deuel. And his host, and those who were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they will set forth second. Then the tent of meeting will set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps: as they encamp, so they will set forward, every man in his place, by their standards. On the west side will be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts: and the prince of the sons of Ephraim will be Elishama the son of Ammihud. And his host, and those who were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. And next to him will be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the sons of Manasseh will be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. And his host, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. And the tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the sons of Benjamin will be Abidan the son of Gideoni. And his host, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred thousand and eight thousand and a hundred, according to their hosts. And they will set forth third. On the north side will be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their hosts: and the prince of the sons of Dan will be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. And his host, and those who were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. And those who encamp next to him will be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the sons of Asher will be Pagiel the son of Ochran. And his host, and those who were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. And the tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the sons of Naphtali will be Ahira the son of Enan. And his host, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. All who were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They will set forth hindmost by their standards. These are those who were numbered of the sons of Israel by their fathers' houses: all who were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. But the Levites were not numbered among the sons of Israel; as Yahweh commanded Moses. Thus did the sons of Israel; according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set forward, every one by their families, according to their fathers' houses. Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in mount Sinai. And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to serve in the priest's office. And Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons; and Eleazar and Ithamar served in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. And they will keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. And they will keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. And you will give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him on the behalf of the sons of Israel. And you will appoint Aaron and his sons, and they will keep their priesthood: and the stranger who comes near will be put to death. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, And I, look, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of all the firstborn that opens the womb among the sons of Israel; and the Levites will be mine: for all the firstborn are mine; on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed to me all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast; they will be mine: I am Yahweh. And Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward, you will number them. And Moses numbered them according to the word of Yahweh, as it was commanded. And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And these are 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 the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses. Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites. Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. The families of the Gershonites will encamp behind the tabernacle westward. And the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites will be Eliasaph the son of Lael. And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting will be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all its service. And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and three hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. The families of the sons of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward. And the prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites will be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. And their charge will be the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen and its service. And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest will be prince of the princes of the Levites, [and have] the oversight of those who keep the charge of the sanctuary. Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. And those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. And the prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they will encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward. And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari will be the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its instruments, and its [the tabernacle's] service, and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. And those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, will be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel; and the stranger who comes near will be put to death. All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. And Yahweh said to Moses, Number all the firstborn males of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. And you will take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh) instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborns among the cattle of the sons of Israel: and Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel. And all the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. And Yahweh spoke to 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; and the Levites will be mine: I am Yahweh. And for the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, who are over and above [the number of] the Levites, you will take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary you will take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs): and you will give the money, with which the odd number of them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons. And Moses took the redemption-money from those who were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites; from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the money, a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary: and Moses gave the redemption-money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses. And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses, from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter on the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, [about] the most holy things: when the camp sets forward, Aaron will go in, and his sons, and they will take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it, and will put on it a covering of sealskin, and will spread over it a cloth of all blue, and will put in its poles. And on the table of showbread they will spread a cloth of blue, and put on it the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread will be on it: and they will spread on them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and will put in its poles. And they will take a cloth of blue, and cover the lampstand of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels of it, with which they minister to it: and they will put it and all its vessels inside a covering of sealskin, and will put it on the frame. And on the golden altar they will spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and will put in its poles: and they will take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and will put them on the frame. And they will take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it: and they will put on it all its vessels, with which they minister about it, the firepans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they will spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles. And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath will come to bear it: but they will not touch the sanctuary, or they will die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting. And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest will be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the continual meal-offering, and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furniture. And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, Don't cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites; but do this to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons will go in, and appoint them each man to his service and to his burden; but they will not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, or they will die. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families; from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old, you will number them; all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens: they will bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above on it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever will be done with them: in them they will serve. At the commandment of Aaron and his sons will be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and you{+} will appoint to them in charge all their burden. This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting: and their charge will be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. As for the sons of Merari, you will number them by their families, by their fathers' houses; from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, you will number them, everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting. And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you{+} will appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden. This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses, from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered on the service, for work in the tent of meeting: and those who were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. These are those who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses. And those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families, and by their fathers' houses, from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered on the service, for work in the tent of meeting, even those who were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh. And those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses, from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered on the service, for work in the tent of meeting, even those who were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two hundred. These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses. All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting, even those who were numbered of them, were 8,580. According to the commandment of Yahweh they were numbered by the hand of Moses, each man according to his service, and according to his burden: thus the numbering of each one, as Yahweh commanded Moses. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Command the sons of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is unclean by the dead: both male and female you{+} will put out, outside the camp you{+} will put them; that they do not defile their camp, where I stay in their midst. And the sons of Israel did so, and put them out outside the camp; as Yahweh spoke to Moses, so the sons of Israel did. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, When a man or woman will commit any sin that man commits, so as to trespass against Yahweh, and that soul will be guilty; then he will confess his sin which he has done: and he will make restitution for his guilt in full, and add to it the fifth part of it, and give it to him in respect of whom he has been guilty. But if the man has no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made to Yahweh will be the priest's; besides the ram of the atonement, by which atonement will be made for him. And every heave-offering of all the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they present to the priest, will be his. And every man's hallowed things will be his: whatever any man gives the priest, it will be his. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, If any man's wife goes aside, and commits a trespass against him, and a man has any sex with her, and it is hid from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act; and the spirit of jealousy passed over him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy passed over him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is not defiled: then the man will bring his wife to the priest, and will bring her oblation for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he will pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it; for it is a meal-offering of jealousy, a meal-offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. And the priest will bring her near, and set her before Yahweh: and the priest will take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest will take, and put it into the water. And the priest will set the woman before Yahweh, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy: and the priest will have in his hand the water of bitterness that causes the curse. And the priest will cause her to swear, and will say to the woman, If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband, [then] be innocent from this water of bitterness that causes the curse. But if you have gone aside, being under your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband: then the priest will cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest will say to the woman, Yahweh will make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Yahweh makes your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell; and this water that causes the curse will go into your insides, and make your body to swell, and your thigh to fall away. And the woman will say, Amen, Amen. And the priest will write these curses in a book, and he will blot them out into the water of bitterness: and he will make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse; and the water that causes the curse will enter into her [and become] bitter. And the priest will take the meal-offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and will wave the meal-offering before Yahweh, and bring it to the altar: and the priest will take a handful of the meal-offering, as its memorial, and burn it on the altar, and afterward will make the woman drink the water. And when he has made her drink the water, then it will come to pass, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her [and become] bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away: and the woman will be a curse among her people. And if the woman is not defiled, but is clean; then she will be innocent, and will conceive seed. This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goes aside, and is defiled; or when the spirit of jealousy passes over a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then he will set the woman before Yahweh, and the priest will execute on her all this law. And the man will be innocent from iniquity, and that woman will bear her iniquity. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When either man or woman will make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh, he will separate himself from wine and strong drink; he will drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither will he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. All the days of his separation he will eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the kernels even to the husk. All the days of his vow of separation no razor will come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in which he separates himself to Yahweh, he will be holy; he will let the locks of the hair of his head grow long. All the days that he separates himself to Yahweh he will not come near to a dead body. He will not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation to God is on his head. All the days of his separation he is holy to Yahweh. And if any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head of his separation; then he will shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day he will shave it. And on the eighth day he will bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting: and the priest will offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make atonement for him, for that he sinned by reason of the dead, and will hallow his head that same day. And he will separate to Yahweh the days of his separation, and will bring a he-lamb a year old for a trespass-offering; but the former days will be void, because his separation was defiled. And this is the law of the Nazirite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he will be brought to the door of the tent of meeting: and he will offer his oblation to Yahweh, one he-lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt-offering, and one ewe-lamb a year old without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for peace-offerings, and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings. And the priest will present them before Yahweh, and will offer his sin-offering, and his burnt-offering: and he will offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Yahweh, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest will offer also the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it. And the Nazirite will shave the head of his separation at the door of the tent of meeting, and will take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace-offerings. And the priest will take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and will put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaven [the head of] his separation; and the priest will wave them for a wave-offering before Yahweh; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave-breast and heave-thigh: and after that the Nazirite may drink wine. This is the law of the Nazirite who vows, [and of] his oblation to Yahweh for his separation, besides that which he is able to get: according to his vow which he vows, so he must do after the law of his separation. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, On this wise you{+} will bless the sons of Israel: you{+} will say to them, Yahweh bless you, and keep you: Yahweh make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you: Yahweh lift up his countenance on you, and give you peace. So they will put my name on the sons of Israel; and I will bless them. And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all its furniture, and the altar and all its vessels, and had anointed them and sanctified them; that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes, these are the ones who were over those who were numbered: and they brought their oblation before Yahweh, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Take it of them, that they may be [used] in doing the service of the tent of meeting; and you will give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service. And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites. Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service: and four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they bore it on their shoulders. And the princes offered for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their oblation before the altar. And Yahweh said to Moses, They will offer their oblation, each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar. And he who offered his oblation the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: and his oblation was one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense; one young bull, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; one male of the goats for a sin-offering; and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, offered: he offered for his oblation one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense; one young bull, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; one male of the goats for a sin-offering; and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Nethanel the son of Zuar. On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the sons of Zebulun.: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense; one young bull, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; one male of the goats for a sin-offering; and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Eliab the son of Helon. On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the sons of Reuben: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense; one young bull, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; one male of the goats for a sin-offering; and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Elizur the son of Shedeur. On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the sons of Simeon: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense; one young bull, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; one male of the goats for a sin-offering; and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the sons of Gad: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense; one young bull, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; one male of the goats for a sin-offering; and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the sons of Ephraim: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense; one young bull, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; one male of the goats for a sin-offering; and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Elishama the son of Ammihud. On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the sons of Manasseh: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense; one young bull, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; one male of the goats for a sin-offering; and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the sons of Benjamin: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense; one young bull, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; one male of the goats for a sin-offering; and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Abidan the son of Gideoni. On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the sons of Dan: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense; one young bull, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; one male of the goats for a sin-offering; and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the sons of Asher: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense; one young bull, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; one male of the goats for a sin-offering; and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Pagiel the son of Ochran. On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the sons of Naphtali: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred a thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense; one young bull, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; one male of the goats for a sin-offering; and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Ahira the son of Enan. This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden spoons; each silver platter [weighing] a hundred and thirty [shekels], and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand and four hundred [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary; the twelve golden spoons, full of incense, [weighing] ten [shekels] apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the spoons a hundred and twenty [shekels]; all the oxen for the burnt-offering twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the he-lambs a year old twelve, and their meal-offering; and the males of the goats for a sin-offering twelve; and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace-offerings twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with him, then he heard the Voice speaking to him from above the mercy-seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to him. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in front of the lampstand. And Aaron did so; he lit its lamps [so as to give light] in front of the lampstand, as Yahweh commanded Moses. And this was the work of the lampstand, [a] beaten work of gold; to its base, up to its flower, it was [a] beaten work: according to the pattern which Yahweh had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and cleanse them. And thus you will do to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation on them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves. Then let them take a young bull, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bull you will take for a sin-offering. And you will present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and you will assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel: and you will present the Levites before Yahweh. And the sons of Israel will lay their hands on the Levites: and Aaron will offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave-offering, on the behalf of the sons of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh. And the Levites will lay their hands on the heads of the bullocks: and he [Aaron] will make of one of them a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites. And you will set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering to Yahweh. Thus you will separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel; and the Levites will be mine. And after that the Levites will go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and you will cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering. For they are wholly given to me from among the sons of Israel; instead of all that opens the womb, even the firstborn of all the sons of Israel, I have taken them to me. For all the firstborn among the sons of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel. And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to do the service of the sons of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the sons of Israel; that there will be no plague among the sons of Israel, when the sons of Israel come near to the sanctuary. Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the Levites: according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the sons of Israel to them. And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them for a wave-offering before Yahweh; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, This is that which belongs to the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they will go in to wait on the service in the work of the tent of meeting: and from the age of fifty years they will cease waiting on the work, and will serve no more, but will minister with their brothers in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and will do no service. Thus you will do to the Levites concerning their charges. And Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, Moreover let the sons of Israel keep the Passover in its appointed season. In the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you{+} will keep it in its appointed season: according to all the statutes of it, and according to all its ordinances, you{+} will keep it. And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, that they should keep the Passover. And they kept the Passover in the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so did the sons of Israel. And there were certain men, who were unclean by reason of the dead body of man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: and those men said to him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of man: why are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Yahweh in its appointed season among the sons of Israel? And Moses said to them, Wait{+}, that I may hear what Yahweh will command concerning you{+}. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, If any man of you{+} or of your{+} generations will be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey far off, yet he will keep the Passover to Yahweh. In the second month on the fourteenth day at evening they will keep it; they will eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs: they will leave none of it to the morning, nor break a bone of it: according to all the statute of the Passover they will keep it. But the man who is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbears to keep the Passover, that soul will be cut off from his people; because he didn't offer the oblation of Yahweh in its appointed season, that man will bear his sin. And if a stranger will sojourn among you{+}, and will keep the Passover to Yahweh; according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its ordinance, so he will do: you{+} will have one statute, both for the sojourner, and for him who is born in the land. And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony: and at evening it was on the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning. So it always was: the cloud covered it and by night [had] the appearance of fire. And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the sons of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud stayed, there the sons of Israel encamped. At the commandment of Yahweh the sons of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of Yahweh they encamped: as long as the cloud stayed on the tabernacle they remained encamped. And when the cloud tarried on the tabernacle many days, then the sons of Israel kept the charge of Yahweh, and didn't journey. And sometimes the cloud was a few days on the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Yahweh they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Yahweh they journeyed. And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed: or [if it continued] by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried on the tabernacle, staying on it, the sons of Israel remained encamped, and didn't journey; but when it was taken up, they journeyed. At the commandment of Yahweh they encamped, and at the commandment of Yahweh they journeyed: they kept the charge of Yahweh, at the commandment of Yahweh by Moses. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Make two trumpets of silver; of beaten work you will make them: and you will use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they will blow them, all the congregation will gather themselves to you at the door of the tent of meeting. And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, will gather themselves to you. And when you{+} blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side will take their journey. And when you{+} blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side will take their journey: they will blow an alarm for their journeys. But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you{+} will blow, but you{+} will not sound an alarm. And the sons of Aaron, the priests, will blow the trumpets; and they will be to you{+} for a statute forever throughout your{+} generations. And when you{+} go to war in your{+} land against the adversary that oppresses you{+}, then you{+} will sound an alarm with the trumpets; and you{+} will be remembered before Yahweh your{+} God, and you{+} will be saved from your{+} enemies. Also in the day of your{+} gladness, and in your{+} set feasts, and in the beginnings of your{+} months, you{+} will blow the trumpets over your{+} burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your{+} peace-offerings; and they will be to you{+} for a memorial before your{+} God: I am Yahweh your{+} God. And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony. And the sons of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stayed in the wilderness of Paran. And they first took their journey according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses. And in the first [place] the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, set forward. And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and [the others] had set up the tabernacle against their coming. And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. And the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. Thus were the journeyings of the sons of Israel according to their hosts; and they set forward. And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said, I will give it to you{+}: come with us, and we will do you good; for Yahweh has spoken good concerning Israel. And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred. And he said, Don't leave us, I pray you; since you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you will be to us instead of eyes. And it will be, if you go with us, yes, it will be, that whatever good Yahweh will do to us, the same we will do to you. And they set forward from the mount of Yahweh three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them. And the cloud of Yahweh was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp. And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, O Yahweh, and let your enemies be scattered; and let those who hate you flee before you. And when it rested, he said, Return, O Yahweh, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel. And the people were as murmurers, [speaking] evil in the ears of Yahweh: and when Yahweh heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Yahweh burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp. And the people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire abated. And the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of Yahweh burnt among them. And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the sons of Israel also wept again, and said, Who will give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic: but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all but this manna to look at. And the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance as the appearance of bdellium. The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. And when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it. And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of Yahweh was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased. And Moses said to Yahweh, Why have you dealt ill with your slave? And why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? Have I become pregnant with all this people? Have I given birth to them, that you should say to me, Carry them in your bosom, as a foster-father carries the nursing child, to the land which you swore to their fathers? From where should I have flesh to give to all this people? For they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. And if you deal thus with me, kill me, I pray you, out of hand, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me see my wretchedness. And Yahweh said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you. And I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they will bear the burden of the people with you, that you yourself don't bear it alone. And you say to the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and you{+} will eat flesh; for you{+} have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, Who will give us flesh to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Yahweh will give you{+} flesh, and you{+} will eat. You{+} will not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days, but a whole month, until it comes out at your{+} nostrils, and it is loathsome to you{+}; because you{+} have rejected Yahweh who is among you{+}, and have wept before him, saying, Why did we come forth out of Egypt? And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and you have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. Will flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? Or will all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? And Yahweh said to Moses, Is Yahweh's hand waxed short? Now you will see whether my word will come to pass to you or not. And Moses went out, and told the people the words of Yahweh: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent. And Yahweh came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more. But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested on them; and they were of those who were written, but had not gone out to the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp. And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp. And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. And Moses said to him, Are you jealous for my sake? Oh that all Yahweh's people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them! And Moses got himself into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. And a wind went forth from Yahweh, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth. And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he who gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague. And the name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted. From Kibrothhattaavah the people journeyed to Hazeroth; and they remained at Hazeroth. And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. And they said, Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses? Has he not spoken also with us? And Yahweh heard it. Now the man Moses was very meek, above all among man who were on the face of the earth. And Yahweh spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, You{+} three come out to the tent of meeting. And the three of them came out. And Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth. And he said, Now hear my words: if there is a prophet among you{+}, I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream. My slave Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house: with him I will speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Yahweh he will see: why then were you{+} not afraid to speak against my slave, against Moses? And the anger of Yahweh was kindled against them; and he departed. And the cloud removed from over the Tent; and, look, Miriam was leprous, as [white as] snow: and Aaron looked on Miriam, and saw that she was leprous. And Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, don't lay, I pray you, sin on us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned. Don't let her, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb. And Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, Heal her, O God, I urge you. And Yahweh said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut up outside the camp seven days, and after that she will be brought in again. And Miriam was shut up outside the camp seven days: and the people didn't journey until Miriam was brought in again. And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Send men for you, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the sons of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers you{+} will send a man, every one a prince among them. And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Yahweh: all of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel. And these were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun. Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. Of the tribe of Joseph, [namely], of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua. And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, You{+} go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country: and see the land, what it is; and the people who dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many; and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds; and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood in it, or not. And be{+} of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes. So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath. And they went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) And they came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two; [they brought] also of the pomegranates, and of the figs. That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut down from there. And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days. And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. And they told him, and said, We came to the land where you sent us; and surely it flows with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the sons of Anak there. Amalek dwells in the land of the South: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan. And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. But the men who went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people who we saw in it are men of great stature. And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. And all the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Oh that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or that we had died in this wilderness! And why does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: Isn't it better for us to return into Egypt? And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel. And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, rent their clothes: and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land. If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey. Only don't rebel against Yahweh, neither be{+} afraid of the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us: don't fear them. But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of Yahweh appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel. And Yahweh said to Moses, How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them? I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they. And Moses said to Yahweh, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them; and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are in the midst of this people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night. Now if you will kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying, Because Yahweh wasn't able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness. And now, I pray you, let the power of the Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying, Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means leave unpunished [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons, on the third and on the fourth generation. Pardon, I pray you, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving-kindness, and as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. And Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to your word: but in very deed, as I live, and as the glory of Yahweh will fill all the earth; because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tried me these ten times, and haven't listened to my voice; surely they will not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither will any of those who despised me see it: but my slave Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went; and his seed will possess it. Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: tomorrow you{+} turn, and you{+} get into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea. And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, How long [shall I bear] with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they murmur against me. Say to them, As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you{+} have spoken in my ears, so I will do to you{+}: your{+} dead bodies will fall in this wilderness; and all who were numbered of you{+}, according to your{+} whole number, from twenty years old and upward, that have murmured against me, surely you{+} will not come into the land, concerning which I swore that I would make it so that you{+} stay in it, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. But your{+} little ones, that you{+} said should be a prey, them I will bring in, and they will know the land which you{+} have rejected. But as for you{+}, your{+} dead bodies will fall in this wilderness. And your{+} sons will be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and will bear your{+} prostitutions, until your{+} dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness. After the number of the days in which you{+} spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, you{+} will bear your{+} iniquities, even forty years, and you{+} will know my alienation. I, Yahweh, have spoken, surely this I will do to all this evil congregation, who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they will be consumed, and there they will die. And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land, even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Yahweh. But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land. And Moses told these words to all the sons of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. And they rose up early in the morning, and got up to the top of the mountain, saying, Look, we are here, and will go up to the place which Yahweh has promised: for we have sinned. And Moses said, Why now do you{+} transgress the commandment of Yahweh, seeing it will not prosper? Don't go up, for Yahweh is not among you{+}; that you{+} are not struck down before your{+} enemies. For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you{+}, and you{+} will fall by the sword: because you{+} have turned back from following Yahweh, therefore Yahweh will not be with you{+}. But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and Moses, didn't depart out of the camp. Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down, even to Hormah. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When you{+} come into the land of your{+} habitations, which I give to you{+}, and will make an offering by fire to Yahweh, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill-offering, or in your{+} set feasts, to make a sweet savor to Yahweh, of the herd, or of the flock; then he who offers his oblation will offer to Yahweh a meal-offering of a tenth part [of an ephah] of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil: and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, you will prepare with the burnt-offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. Or for a ram, you will prepare for a meal-offering two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour mingled with the third part of a hin of oil: and for the drink-offering you will offer the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savor to Yahweh. And when you prepare a bull for a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace-offerings to Yahweh; then it will be offered with the bull a meal-offering of three tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil: and you will offer for the drink-offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh. Thus it will be done for each bull, or for each ram, or for each of the he-lambs, or of the young goats. According to the number that you{+} will prepare, so you{+} will do to every one according to their number. All who are home-born will do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh. And if a stranger sojourns with you{+}, or whoever may be among you{+} throughout your{+} generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh; as you{+} do, so he will do. For the assembly, there will be one statute for you{+}, and for the stranger who sojourns [with you{+}], a statute forever throughout your{+} generations: as you{+} are, so will the sojourner be before Yahweh. One law and one ordinance will be for you{+}, and for the stranger who sojourns with you{+}. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When you{+} come into the land where I bring you{+}, then it will be, that, when you{+} eat of the bread of the land, you{+} will offer up a heave-offering to Yahweh. Of the first of your{+} dough you{+} will offer up a cake for a heave-offering: as the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so you{+} will heave it. Of the first of your{+} dough you{+} will give to Yahweh a heave-offering throughout your{+} generations. And when you{+} will err, and not observe all these commandments, which Yahweh has spoken to Moses, even all that Yahweh has commanded you{+} by Moses, from the day that Yahweh gave commandment, and onward throughout your{+} generations; then it will be, if it is done unintentionally, unknowingly of the congregation, that all the congregation will offer one young bull for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor to Yahweh, with the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it, according to the ordinance, and one he-goat for a sin-offering. And the priest will make atonement for all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and they will be forgiven; for it was unintentional, and they have brought their oblation, an offering made by fire to Yahweh, and their sin-offering before Yahweh, for their unintentional [error]: and all the congregation of the sons of Israel will be forgiven, and the stranger who sojourns among them; for in respect of all the people it was done unintentionally. And if one person sins unintentionally, then he will offer a she-goat a year old for a sin-offering. And the priest will make atonement for the soul who errs, when he sins unintentionally, before Yahweh, to make atonement for him; and he will be forgiven. You{+} will have one law for him who does anything unintentionally, for him who is home-born among the sons of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them. But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is home-born or a sojourner, the same blasphemes Yahweh; and that soul will be cut off from among his people. Because he has despised the word of Yahweh, and has broken his commandment, that soul will completely be cut off; his iniquity will be on him. And while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him. And Yahweh said to Moses, The man will surely be put to death: all the congregation will stone him with stones outside the camp. And all the congregation brought him outside the camp, and stoned him to death with stones; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and bid them that they make themselves fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue: and it will be to you{+} for a fringe, that you{+} may look at it, and remember all the commandments of Yahweh, and do them; and that you{+} don't follow after your{+} own heart and your{+} own eyes, which you{+} prostitute after; that you{+} may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your{+} God. I am Yahweh your{+} God, who brought you{+} out of the land of Egypt, to be your{+} God: I am Yahweh your{+} God. Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took [men]: and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You{+} take too much on yourselves, for everyone in the entire congregation is holy and Yahweh is among them: why then do you{+} lift up yourselves above the assembly of Yahweh? And when Moses heard it, he fell on his face: and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the morning Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he will choose he will cause to come near to him. Do this: you{+} take censers, Korah, and all his company; and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow: and it will be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he [will be] holy: you{+} take too much on yourselves, you{+} sons of Levi. And Moses said to Korah, Hear now, you{+} sons of Levi: [does it seem but] a small thing to you{+}, that the God of Israel has separated you{+} from the congregation of Israel, to bring you{+} near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Yahweh, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them; and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? And you{+} seek the priesthood also? Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against Yahweh: and Aaron, what is he that you{+} murmur against him? And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not come up: is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but must you surely make yourself also a prince over us? Moreover you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up. And Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, Don't respect their offering: I haven't taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them. And Moses said to Korah, You and all your company are to be before Yahweh, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow: and you{+} take every man his censer, and put incense on them, and you{+} bring before Yahweh every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer. And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense on them, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. And Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the tent of meeting: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the congregation. And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell on their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, will one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation? And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the congregation, saying, You{+} get up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you{+}, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, or else you{+} will be consumed in all their sins. So they got up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones. And Moses said, Hereby you{+} will know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of my own mind. If these die the common death of all of man, or if they be visited after the visitation of all of man; then Yahweh has not sent me. But if Yahweh makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then you{+} will understand that these men have despised Yahweh. And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split apart that was under them; and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all of man who belonged to Korah, and all their goods. So they, and all that belonged to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly. And all Israel who were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, If we don't, the earth will swallow us up. And fire came forth from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men who offered the incense. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he takes up the censers out of the burning, and you scatter the fire yonder; for they are holy, even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made into beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Yahweh; therefore they are holy; and they will be a sign to the sons of Israel. And Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, to be a memorial to the sons of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, comes near to burn incense before Yahweh; that he will not be as Korah, and as his company: as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses. But on the next day all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You{+} have killed the people of Yahweh. And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting: and saw that the cloud covered it, and the glory of Yahweh appeared. And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, You{+} get up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell on their faces. And Moses said to Aaron, Take your censer, and put fire in it from off the altar, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them: for wrath has gone out from Yahweh; the plague has begun. And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and saw that the plague had begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stopped. Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah. And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was stopped. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and take from them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: you will write every man's name on his rod. And you will write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there will be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses. And you will lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you{+}. And it will come to pass, that the rod of the man whom I will choose will bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they murmur against you{+}. And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. And Moses laid up the rods before Yahweh in the tent of the testimony. And it came to pass on the next day, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and saw that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds. And Moses brought out all the rods from before Yahweh to all the sons of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. And Yahweh said to Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the sons of rebellion; that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they will not die. Thus did Moses: as Yahweh commanded him, so he did. And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Look, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of Yahweh, dies: shall we perish all of us? And Yahweh said to Aaron, You and your sons and your fathers' house with you will bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you will bear the iniquity of your{+} priesthood. And your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, you bring near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you: but you and your sons with you will be before the tent of the testimony. And they will keep your charge, and the charge of all the Tent: only they will not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they will not die, neither they, nor you{+}. And they will be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger will not come near to you{+}. And you{+} will keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there will be no more wrath on the sons of Israel. And I, look, I have taken your{+} brothers the Levites from among the sons of Israel: to you{+} they are a gift, given to Yahweh, to do the service of the tent of meeting. And you and your sons with you will keep your{+} priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that inside the veil; and you{+} will serve: I give you{+} the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near will be put to death. And Yahweh spoke to Aaron, And I, look, I have given you the charge of my heave-offerings, even all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel; to you I have given them by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever. This will be yours of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire: every oblation of theirs, even every meal-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every trespass-offering of theirs, which they will render to me, will be most holy for you and for your sons. As the most holy things you will eat of it; every male will eat of it: it will be holy to you. And this is yours: the heave-offering of their gift, even all the wave-offerings of the sons of Israel; I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a portion forever; everyone who is clean in your house will eat of it. All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to Yahweh, to you I have given them. The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to Yahweh, will be yours; everyone who is clean in your house will eat of it. Everything devoted in Israel will be yours. Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, both of man and beast will be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man you will surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean beasts you will redeem. And those that are to be redeemed of them from a month old you will redeem, according to your estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs). But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you will not redeem; they are holy: you will sprinkle their blood on the altar, and will burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor to Yahweh. And the flesh of them will be yours, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it will be yours. All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the sons of Israel offer to Yahweh, I have given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your seed with you. And Yahweh said to Aaron, You will have no inheritance in their land, neither will you have any portion among them: I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel. And to the sons of Levi, look, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting. And from now on the sons of Israel will not come near the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. But the Levites will do the service of the tent of meeting, and they will bear their iniquity: it will be a statute forever throughout your{+} generations; and among the sons of Israel they will have no inheritance. For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said to them, Among the sons of Israel they will have no inheritance. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Moreover you will speak to the Levites, and say to them, When you{+} take of the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given you{+} from them for your{+} inheritance, then you{+} will offer up a heave-offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe. And your{+} heave-offering will be reckoned to you{+}, as though it were the grain of the threshing-floor, and as the fullness of the wine press. Thus you{+} also will offer a heave-offering to Yahweh of all your{+} tithes, which you{+} receive of the sons of Israel; and of it you{+} will give Yahweh's heave-offering to Aaron the priest. Out of all your{+} gifts you{+} will offer every heave-offering of Yahweh, of all its best, even its hallowed part out of it. Therefore you will say to them, When you{+} heave its best from it, then it will be reckoned to the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine press. And you{+} will eat it in every place, you{+} and your{+} households: for it is your{+} reward in return for your{+} service in the tent of meeting. And you{+} will bear no sin by reason of it, when you{+} have heaved from it the best of it: and you{+} will not profane the holy things of the sons of Israel, that you{+} will not die. And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no blemish, [and] on which never came a yoke. And you{+} will give her to Eleazar the priest, and he will bring her forth outside the camp, and one will slay her before his face: and Eleazar the priest will take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. And one will burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, he will burn: and the priest will take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. Then the priest will wash his clothes, and he will bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he will come into the camp, and the priest will be unclean until the evening. And he who burns her will wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and will be unclean until the evening. And a man who is clean will gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up outside the camp in a clean place; and it will be kept for the congregation of the sons of Israel for a water for impurity: it is a sin-offering. And he who gathers the ashes of the heifer will wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: and it will be to the sons of Israel, and to the stranger who sojourns among them, for a statute forever. He who touches any dead body of man will be unclean seven days: the same will purify himself with it [the water] on the third day, and on the seventh day, and he will be clean: but if he does not purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he will not be clean. Whoever touches a dead person, the body of man who dies, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of Yahweh; and that soul will be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he will be unclean; his uncleanness is yet on him. This is the law when man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, will be unclean seven days. And every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean. And whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of man, or a grave, will be unclean seven days. And for the unclean they will take of the ashes of the burning of the sin-offering; and running water will be put thereto in a vessel: and a clean person will take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave: and the clean person will sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he will purify him; and he will wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and will be clean at evening. But the man who will be unclean, and will not purify himself, that soul will be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of Yahweh: the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean. And it will be a perpetual statute to them: and he who sprinkles the water for impurity will wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity will be unclean until evening. And whatever the unclean person touches will be unclean; and the soul who touches it will be unclean until evening. And the sons of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people remained in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. And there was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Oh that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh! And why have you{+} brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts? And why have you{+} made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tent of meeting, and fell on their faces: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to them. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and you{+} speak to the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and you will bring forth to them water out of the rock; so you will give the congregation and their cattle to drink. And Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now, you{+} rebels; shall we bring you{+} forth water out of this rock? And Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle. And Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, Because you{+} didn't believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore you{+} will not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them. These are the waters of Meribah; because the sons of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them. And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says your brother Israel, You know all the travail that has befallen us: how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers: and when we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and, look, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of your border. Let us pass, I pray you, through your land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border. And Edom said to him, You will not pass through me, or else I will come out with the sword against you. And the sons of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of your water, I and my cattle, then I will give its price: let me only, without [doing] anything [else], pass through on my feet. And he said, You will not pass through. And Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: therefore Israel turned away from him. And they journeyed from Kadesh: and the sons of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to mount Hor. And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying, Aaron will be gathered to his people; for he will not enter into the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because you{+} rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah. Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to mount Hor; and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son: and Aaron will be gathered [to his people], and will die there. And Moses did as Yahweh commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. And Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will completely destroy their cities. And Yahweh listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they completely destroyed them and their cities: and the name of the place was called Hormah. And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. And the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread. And Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died. And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh, and against you; pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And Yahweh said to Moses, You make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard: and it will come to pass, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, will live. And Moses made a serpent of bronze, and set it on the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of bronze, he lived. And the sons of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth. And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. From there they journeyed, and encamped in the valley of Zered. From there they journeyed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that comes out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of Yahweh, Vaheb in Suphah, And the valleys of the Arnon, And the slope of the valleys that inclines toward the dwelling of Ar, And leans on the border of Moab. And from there [they journeyed] to Beer: that is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. Then Israel sang this song: Spring up, O well; you{+} sing to it: The well, which the princes dug, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the scepter, [and] with their poles. And from the wilderness [they journeyed] to Mattanah; and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth; and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert. And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass through your land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed your border. And Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel. And Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the sons of Ammon; for the border of the sons of Ammon was strong. And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its towns. For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon. Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, You{+} come to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established: For a fire has gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon. Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh: He has given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, To Sihon king of the Amorites. We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even to Dibon, And we have laid waste until the fire is kindled, which [reaches] to Medeba. Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took its towns, and the Amorites who were there were driven out. And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. And Yahweh said to Moses, Don't fear him: for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you will do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon. So they struck him, and his sons and all his people, until there was left him none remaining: and they possessed his land. And the sons of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the sons of Israel. And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now this multitude will lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. And he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the sons of Amav, to call him, saying, Look, there is a people come out from Egypt: see, they cover the face of the earth, and they dwell across from me. Come now therefore, I pray you, curse this people for me; for they are too mighty for me: perhaps I will prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of fortune-telling in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak. And he said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you{+} word again, as Yahweh will speak to me: and the princes of Moab remained with Balaam. And God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you? And Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, [saying], Look, a people has come out of Egypt, which covers the face of the earth: now, come curse them for me; perhaps I will be able to fight against them, and will drive them out. And God said to Balaam, You will not go with them; you will not curse the people; for they are blessed. And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, You{+} get into your{+} land; for Yahweh refuses to give me leave to go with you{+}. And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us. And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they. And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray you, hinder you from coming to me: for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do: come therefore, I pray you, curse this people for me. And Balaam answered and said to the slaves of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more. Now therefore, I pray you{+}, you{+} also tarry here this night, that I may know what Yahweh will speak to me more. And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you will do. And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab. And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Yahweh placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two attendants were with him. And the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the way. Then the angel of Yahweh stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. And the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he struck her again. And the angel of Yahweh went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. And the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff. And Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times? And Balaam said to the donkey, Because you have mocked me, If there were a sword in my hand, I would have killed you by now. And the donkey said to Balaam, Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Was I ever in the habit to do so to you? And he said, No. Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face. And the angel of Yahweh said to him, Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Look, I have come forth for an adversary, because your way is precipitous before me: and the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely I would have even killed you by now, and saved her alive. And Balaam said to the angel of Yahweh, I have sinned; for I didn't know that you stood in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease you, I will get myself back again. And the angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, Go with the men; but only the word that I will speak to you, that you will speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. And when Balak heard that Balaam came, he went out to meet him to Ar of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border. And Balak said to Balaam, Didn't I earnestly send to you to call you? Why didn't you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor? And Balaam said to Balak, Look, I have come to you: do I now have any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that I will speak. And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth. And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him. And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people. And Balaam said to Balak, Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bullocks and seven rams. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram. And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt-offering, and I will go: perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me; and whatever he shows me I will tell you. And he went to a bare height. And God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar. And Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you will speak. And he returned to him, and, look, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse Jacob for me, And come, defy Israel. How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Yahweh has not defied? For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I see him: look, it is a people who stays alone, And will not be reckoned among the nations. Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his! And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, look, you have blessed them altogether. And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth? And Balak said to him, Come, I pray you, with me to another place, from where you may see them; you will see but the utmost part of them, and will not see them all: and curse them for me from there. And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar. And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt-offering, while I meet [Yahweh] yonder. And Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you will speak. And he came to him, and saw that he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has Yahweh spoken? And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Zippor: God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither a son of man, that he should repent: Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? Look, I have received [commandment] to bless: And he has blessed, and I can't reverse it. He has not seen iniquity in Jacob; Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel: Yahweh his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them. God brings them forth out of Egypt; He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox. Surely there is no magic against Jacob; Neither is there any fortune-telling against Israel: Now it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God wrought! Look, a people rises up as a lioness, And as a lion does he lift himself up: He will not lie down until he eats of the prey, And drinks the blood of the slain. And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Didn't I tell you, saying, All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do? And Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there. And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert. And Balaam said to Balak, Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bullocks and seven rams. And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar. And when Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he did not go, as at the other times, to use magic, but he set his face toward the wilderness. And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel staying according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him. And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, And the [special] man whose eye was closed says; He says, who hears the words of God, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open: How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, Your tabernacles, O Israel! As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the riverside, As lign-aloes which Yahweh has planted, As cedar-trees beside the waters. Water will flow from his buckets, And his seed will be in many waters, And his king will be higher than Agag, And his kingdom will be exalted. God brings him forth out of Egypt; He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox: He will eat up the nations his adversaries, And will break their bones in pieces, And strike [them] through with his arrows. He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who will rouse him up? Blessed be everyone who blesses you, And cursed be everyone who curses you. And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies, and, look, you have altogether blessed them these three times. Therefore now you flee to your place: I thought to promote you to great honor; but, look, Yahweh has kept you back from honor. And Balaam said to Balak, Didn't I speak also to your messengers that you sent to me, saying, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh, to do either good or bad of my own mind; what Yahweh speaks, that I will speak? And now, look, I am going to my people: come, [and] I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the latter days. And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, And the [special] man whose eye was closed says; He says, who hears words of God, And knows knowledge of the Most High, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open: I see him, but not now; I look at him, but not near: There will come forth a star out of Jacob, And a scepter will rise out of Israel, And will strike through the corners of Moab, And the crown of the head of all the sons of tumult. And Edom will be a possession, Seir also will be a possession, [who were] his enemies; While Israel does valiantly. And out of Jacob will one have dominion, And will destroy the remnant from the city. And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end will be to perish forever. And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling-place, And your nest is set in the rock. Nevertheless Kain will be wasted, Until Asshur will carry you away captive. And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who will come in bands out of the north? Those who go out from the coast of Kittim, And they will afflict Asshur, and will afflict Eber; And he also will perish forever. And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way. And Israel dwelt in Shittim; and the people began to prostitute with the daughters of Moab: for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself to Baal-peor: and the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel. And Yahweh said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel. And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay every one of his men who have joined themselves to Baal-peor. And, look, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand; and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stopped from the sons of Israel. And those who died by the plague were twenty and four thousand. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the sons of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel in my jealousy. Therefore say, Look, I give to him my covenant of peace: and it will be to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the sons of Israel. Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites. And the name of the Midianitish woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Vex the Midianites, and strike them; for they vex you{+} with their wiles, with which they have beguiled you{+} in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor. And it came to pass after the plague, that Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, Take the sum of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel. And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, [Take the sum of the people], from twenty years old and upward; as Yahweh commanded Moses and the sons of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt. Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: [of] Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. And the sons of Pallu: Eliab. And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against Yahweh, and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign. Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah did not die. The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites; of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites. These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. The sons of Issachar after their families: [of] Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites; of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim. The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. These are the sons of Gilead: [of] Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; and [of] Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and [of] Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; and [of] Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and [of] Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Berites. Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred. The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. These are those who were numbered of the sons of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, To these the land will be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. To the more you will give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you will give the less inheritance: to every one according to those who were numbered of him will his inheritance be given. Notwithstanding, the land will be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they will inherit. According to the lot will their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer. And these are those who were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begot Amram. And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh. And those who were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, every male from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the sons of Israel. These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. For Yahweh had said of them, They will surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of those, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying, Our father died in the wilderness, and he wasn't among the company of those who gathered themselves together against Yahweh in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons. Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father. And Moses brought their cause before Yahweh. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you will surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers; and you will cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them. And you will speak to the sons of Israel, saying, If a man dies, and has no son, then you{+} will cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter. And if he has no daughter, then you{+} will give his inheritance to his brothers. And if he has no brothers, then you{+} will give his inheritance to his father's brothers. And if his father has no brothers, then you{+} will give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he will possess it: and it will be to the sons of Israel a statute [and] ordinance, as Yahweh commanded Moses. And Yahweh said to Moses, Get up into this mountain of Abarim, and look at the land which I have given to the sons of Israel. And when you have seen it, you also will be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered; because you{+} rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) And Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying, Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Yahweh not be as sheep which have no shepherd. And Yahweh said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him; and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. And you will put of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey. And he will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Yahweh: at his word they will go out, and at his word they will come in, both he, and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the congregation. And Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: and he laid his hands on him, and gave him a charge, as Yahweh spoke by Moses. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Command the sons of Israel, and say to them, My oblation, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a sweet savor to me, you{+} will observe to offer to me in their due season. And you will say to them, This is the offering made by fire which you{+} will offer to Yahweh: he-lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt-offering. The one lamb you will offer in the morning, and the other lamb you will offer at evening; and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil. It is a continual burnt-offering, which was made in mount Sinai for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. And the drink-offering of it will be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place you will pour out a drink-offering of strong drink to Yahweh. And the other lamb you will offer at evening: as the meal-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering of it, you will offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh. And on the Sabbath day two he-lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering of it: this is the burnt-offering of every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering of it. And in the beginnings of your{+} months you{+} will offer a burnt-offering to Yahweh: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish; and three tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for each bull; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for the one ram; and a tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering to every lamb; for a burnt-offering of a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. And their drink-offerings will be half a hin of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb: this is the burnt-offering of every month throughout the months of the year. And one he-goat for a sin-offering to Yahweh; it will be offered besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering of it. And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Yahweh's Passover. And on the fifteenth day of this month will be a feast: seven days will unleavened bread be eaten. In the first day will be a holy convocation: you{+} will do no servile work; but you{+} will offer an offering made by fire, a burnt-offering to Yahweh: two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven he-lambs a year old; they will be to you{+} without blemish; and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil: three tenth parts you{+} will offer for a bull, and two tenth parts for the ram; a tenth part you will offer for every lamb of the seven lambs; and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you{+}. You{+} will offer these besides the burnt-offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt-offering. After this manner you{+} will offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh: it will be offered besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering of it. And on the seventh day you{+} will have a holy convocation: you{+} will do no servile work. Also in the day of the first fruits, when you{+} offer a new meal-offering to Yahweh in your{+} [feast of] weeks, you{+} will have a holy convocation; you{+} will do no servile work; but you{+} will offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh: two young bullocks, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old; and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for each bull, two tenth parts for the one ram, a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; one he-goat, to make atonement for you{+}. Besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering of it, you{+} will offer them (they will be to you{+} without blemish), and their drink-offerings. And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you{+} will have a holy convocation; you{+} will do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you{+}. And you{+} will offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh: one young bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish; and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the ram, and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you{+}; besides the burnt-offering of the new moon, and the meal-offering of it, and the continual burnt-offering and the meal-offering of it, and their drink-offerings, according to their ordinance, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. And on the tenth day of this seventh month you{+} will have a holy convocation; and you{+} will afflict your{+} souls: you{+} will do no manner of work; but you{+} will offer a burnt-offering to Yahweh for a sweet savor: one young bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old; they will be to you{+} without blemish; and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the one ram, a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs: one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering of it, and their drink-offerings. And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you{+} will have a holy convocation; you{+} will do no servile work, and you{+} will keep a feast to Yahweh seven days: and you{+} will offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old; they will be without blemish; and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for every bull of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams, and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs; and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it. And on the second day [you{+} will offer] twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering of it, and their drink-offerings. And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it. And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it. And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it. And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offerings of it. And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish; and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it. On the eighth day you{+} will have a solemn assembly: you{+} will do no servile work; but you{+} will offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish; their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, will be according to their number, after the ordinance: and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it. These you{+} will offer to Yahweh in your{+} set feasts, besides your{+} vows, and your{+} freewill-offerings, for your{+} burnt-offerings, and for your{+} meal-offerings, and for your{+} drink-offerings, and for your{+} peace-offerings. And Moses told the sons of Israel according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses. And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded. When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he will not break his word; he will do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth, and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her; then all her vows will stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul will stand. But if her father disallows her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, will stand: and Yahweh will forgive her, because her father disallowed her. And if she is [married] to a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul, and her husband hears it, and holds his peace at her in the day that he hears it; then her vows will stand, and her bonds with which she has bound her soul will stand. But if her husband disallows her in the day that he hears it, then he will make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and Yahweh will forgive her. But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, [even] everything with which she has bound her soul, will stand against her. And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and did not disallow her; then all her vows will stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul will stand. But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, will not stand: her husband has made them void; and Yahweh will forgive her. Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. But if her husband altogether holds his peace at her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her: he has established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. But if he will make them null and void after he has heard them [and held his peace], then he will bear her iniquity. These are the statutes, which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Avenge the sons of Israel of the Midianites: afterward you will be gathered to your people. And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm{+} men from among you{+} for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh's vengeance on Midian. Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, you{+} will send to the war. So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. And they warred against Midian, as Yahweh commanded Moses; and they slew every male. And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. And the sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey. And all their cities in the places in which they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire. And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast. And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho. And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside the camp. And Moses was angry with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war. And Moses said to them, Have you{+} saved all the women alive? Look, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to produce disloyalty against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh. Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that has had any sex with a man. But all the women-children, that haven't had any sex with a man, keep alive for yourselves. And encamp{+} outside the camp seven days: whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you{+} and your{+} captives. And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' [hair], and all things made of wood, you{+} will purify yourselves. And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses: nevertheless the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, everything that may go into fire, you{+} will make to go through the fire, and it will be clean; nevertheless it will be purified with the water for impurity: and all that does not go into fire you{+} will make to go through the water. And you{+} will wash your{+} clothes on the seventh day, and you{+} will be clean; and afterward you{+} will come into the camp. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the congregation; and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation. And levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred of man, and of the oxen, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks: take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh's heave-offering. And of the sons of Israel's half, you will take one drawn out of every fifty, of man, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, [even] of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of Yahweh. And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses. Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, and threescore and twelve thousand oxen, and threescore and one thousand donkeys, and souls of man, of the women that had not had any sex with a man, thirty and two thousand souls in all. And the half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep: and Yahweh's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Yahweh's tribute was threescore and twelve. And the donkeys were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Yahweh's tribute was threescore and one. And the souls of man were sixteen thousand; of whom Yahweh's tribute was thirty and two souls. And Moses gave the tribute, which was Yahweh's heave-offering, to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses. And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men who warred (now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep, and thirty and six thousand oxen, and thirty thousand and five hundred donkeys, and sixteen thousand souls of man), even of the sons of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them to the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses. And the officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses; and they said to Moses, Your slaves have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our charge, and there lacks not one man of us. And we have brought Yahweh's oblation, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, earrings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Yahweh. And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. ([For] the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.) And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the sons of Israel before Yahweh. Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, look, the place was a place for cattle; the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying, Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon, the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and your slaves have cattle. And they said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your slaves for a possession; don't bring us over the Jordan. And Moses said to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Reuben, Will your{+} brothers go to the war, and will you{+} sit here? And why do you{+} discourage the heart of the sons of Israel from going over into the land which Yahweh has given them? Thus did your{+} fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the sons of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Yahweh had given them. And Yahweh's anger was kindled in that day, and he swore, saying, Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, will see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Yahweh. And Yahweh's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Yahweh, was consumed. And, look, you{+} have risen up in your{+} fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Yahweh toward Israel. For if you{+} turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you{+} will destroy all this people. And they came near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: but we ourselves will go armed, hastily before the sons of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones will dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. We will not return to our houses, until the sons of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance has fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward. And Moses said to them, If you{+} will do this thing, if you{+} will arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to the war, and every armed man of you{+} will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh, until he has driven out his enemies from before him, and the land is subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you{+} will return, and be innocent toward Yahweh, and toward Israel; and this land will be to you{+} for a possession before Yahweh. But if you{+} will not do so, look, you{+} have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your{+} sin will find you{+} out. Build yourselves cities for your{+} little ones, and folds for your{+} sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your{+} mouth. And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Your slaves will do as my lord commands. Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, will be there in the cities of Gilead; but your slaves will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before Yahweh to battle, as my lord says. So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the sons of Israel. And Moses said to them, If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben will pass with you{+} over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle, before Yahweh, and the land will be subdued before you{+}; then you{+} will give them the land of Gilead for a possession: but if they will not pass over with you{+} armed, they will have possessions among you{+} in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, As Yahweh has said to your slaves, so we will do. We will pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance [will remain] with us beyond the Jordan. And Moses gave to them, even to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to its cities with [their] borders, even the cities of the land round about. And the sons of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah, and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep. And the sons of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim, and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the cities which they built. And the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and the Amorites who were in it were dispossessed. And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt in it. And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth-jair. And Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name. These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron. And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of Yahweh: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. And they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover the sons of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians, while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom Yahweh had struck among them: on their gods also Yahweh executed judgments. And the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth. And they journeyed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they encamped before Migdol. And they journeyed from Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah. And they journeyed from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm-trees; and they encamped there. And they journeyed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea. And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. And they journeyed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. And they journeyed from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. And they journeyed from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai. And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth-hattaavah. And they journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth. And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah. And they journeyed from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon-perez. And they journeyed from Rimmon-perez, and encamped in Libnah. And they journeyed from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah. And they journeyed from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah. And they journeyed from Kehelathah, and encamped in mount Shepher. And they journeyed from mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah. And they journeyed from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth. And they journeyed from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath. And they journeyed from Tahath, and encamped in Terah. And they journeyed from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah. And they journeyed from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah. And they journeyed from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth. And they journeyed from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene-jaakan. And they journeyed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped in Hor-haggidgad. And they journeyed from Hor-haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah. And they journeyed from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah. And they journeyed from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion-geber. And they journeyed from Ezion-geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh). And they journeyed from Kadesh, and encamped in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month. And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the sons of Israel. And they journeyed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah. And they journeyed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon. And they journeyed from Punon, and encamped in Oboth. And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped in Iye-abarim, in the border of Moab. And they journeyed from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon-gad. And they journeyed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim. And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even to Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. And Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When you{+} pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, then you{+} will drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you{+}, and destroy all their figured [stones], and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places: and you{+} will take possession of the land, and dwell in it; for to you{+} I have given the land to possess it. And you{+} will inherit the land by lot according to your{+} families; to the more you{+} will give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you will give the less inheritance: wherever the lot falls to any man, that will be his; according to the tribes of your{+} fathers you{+} will inherit. But if you{+} will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you{+}, then will those who you{+} let remain of them be as pricks in your{+} eyes, and as thorns in your{+} sides, and they will vex you{+} in the land in which you{+} dwell. And it will come to pass, that, as I thought to do to them, so I will do to you{+}. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Command the sons of Israel, and say to them, When you{+} come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that will fall to you{+} for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders), then your{+} south quarter will be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your{+} south border will be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward; and your{+} border will turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out of it will be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it will go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon; and the border will turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and the goings out of it will be at the sea. And for the western border, you{+} will have the great sea and the neighboring area: this will be your{+} west border. And this will be your{+} north border: from the great sea you{+} will mark out for you{+} mount Hor; from mount Hor you{+} will mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border will be at Zedad; and the border will go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out of it will be at Hazar-enan: this will be your{+} north border. And you{+} will mark out your{+} east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham; and the border will go down from Shepham [to] Harbelah, on the east side of Ain; and the border will go down, and will reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward; and the border will go down to the Jordan, and the goings out of it will be at the Salt Sea. This will be your{+} land according to its borders round about. And Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, This is the land which you{+} will inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe; for the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance: the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, These are the names of the men who will divide the land to you{+} for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. And you{+} will take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance. And these are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. And of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. And of the tribe of the sons of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli. Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod. And of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. And of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. And of the tribe of the sons of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan. And of the tribe of the sons of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. And of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. These are those whom Yahweh commanded to divide the inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan. And Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, Command the sons of Israel, that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them you{+} will give to the Levites. And the cities they will have to dwell in; and their suburbs will be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts. And the suburbs of the cities, which you{+} will give to the Levites, will be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. And you{+} will measure outside the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This will be to them the suburbs of the cities. And the cities which you{+} will give to the Levites, they will be the six cities of refuge, which you{+} will give for the manslayer to flee to: and besides them you{+} will give forty and two cities. All the cities which you{+} will give to the Levites will be forty and eight cities; them [you{+} will give] with their suburbs. And concerning the cities which you{+} will give of the possession of the sons of Israel, from the many you{+} will take many; and from the few you{+} will take few: every one according to his inheritance which he inherits will give of his cities to the Levites. And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When you{+} pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, then you{+} will appoint yourselves cities to be cities of refuge for you{+}, that the manslayer that kills any person unintentionally may flee there. And the cities will be to you{+} for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer will not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment. And the cities which you{+} will give will be for you{+} six cities of refuge. You{+} will give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities you{+} will give in the land of Canaan; they will be cities of refuge. For the sons of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, will these six cities be for refuge; that everyone who kills any person unintentionally may flee there. But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer will surely be put to death. And if he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer will surely be put to death. Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer will surely be put to death. The avenger of blood will himself put the murderer to death: when he meets him, he will put him to death. And if he thrusts him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died, or in enmity struck him with his hand, so that he died; he who struck him will surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood will put the murderer to death, when he meets him. But if he thrusts him suddenly without enmity, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait, or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him, so that he died, and he wasn't his enemy, neither sought his harm; then the congregation will judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances; and the congregation will deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation will restore him to his city of refuge, where he has fled: and he will dwell in it until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. But if the manslayer will at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees, and the avenger of blood finds him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slays the manslayer; he will not be guilty of blood, because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer will return into the land of his possession. And these things will be for a statute [and] ordinance to you{+} throughout your{+} generations in all your{+} dwellings. Whoever kills any person, the murderer will be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness will not testify against any person that he die. Moreover you{+} will take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death; but he will surely be put to death. And you{+} will take no ransom for someone to flee to his city of refuge, to come back to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. So you{+} will not pollute the land in which you{+} are: for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it. And you will not defile the land which you{+} inhabit, in the midst of which I stay: for I, Yahweh, stay in the midst of the sons of Israel. And the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the family of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the sons of Israel: and they said, Yahweh commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the sons of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Yahweh to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. And if they are married to any of the sons of the [other] tribes of the sons of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they will belong: so it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance. And when it will be the jubilee of the sons of Israel, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they will belong: so their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. And Moses commanded the sons of Israel according to the word of Yahweh, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks right. This is the thing which Yahweh commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; they will be married only into the family of the tribe of their father. So no inheritance of the sons of Israel will remove from tribe to tribe; for the sons of Israel will stick every one to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. And every daughter, that possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the sons of Israel, will be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the sons of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers. So no inheritance will remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the sons of Israel will stick every one to his own inheritance. Even as Yahweh commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father's brothers' sons. They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. These are the commandments and the ordinances which Yahweh commanded by Moses to the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah across from Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab. It is eleven days' [journey] from Horeb by the way of mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea. And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, according to all that Yahweh had given him in commandment to them; after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei. Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying, Yahweh our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, You{+} have dwelt long enough in this mountain: turn{+}, and take your{+} journey, and go{+} to the hill-country of the Amorites, and to all its neighboring places, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the seashore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. Look, I have set the land before you{+}: go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your{+} fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them. And I spoke to you{+} at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you{+} myself alone: Yahweh your{+} God has multiplied you{+}, and see, you{+} are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. Yahweh, the God of your{+} fathers, may he make you{+} a thousand times as many as you{+} are, and bless you{+}, as he has promised you{+}! How can I myself alone bear your{+} cumbrance, and your{+} burden, and your{+} strife? Take yourselves wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your{+} tribes, and I will make them heads over you{+}. And you{+} answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken is good [for us] to do. So I took the heads of your{+} tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you{+}, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your{+} tribes. And I charged your{+} judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your{+} brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner who is with him. You{+} will not respect persons in judgment; you{+} will hear the small and the great alike; you{+} will not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you{+}, you{+} will bring to me, and I will hear it. And I commanded you{+} at that time all the things which you{+} should do. And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you{+} saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. And I said to you{+}, You{+} have come to the hill-country of the Amorites, which Yahweh our God gives to us. Look, Yahweh your God has set the land before you: go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed. And you{+} came near to me every one of you{+}, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities to which we will come. And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you{+}, one man for every tribe: and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out. And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down to us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Yahweh our God gives to us. Yet you{+} would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your{+} God: and you{+} murmured in your{+} tents, and said, Because Yahweh hated us, he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and more numerous than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there. Then I said to you{+}, Don't dread, neither be afraid of them. Yahweh your{+} God who goes before you{+}, he will fight for you{+}, according to all that he did for you{+} in Egypt before your{+} eyes, and in the wilderness, where you have seen how that Yahweh your God bore you, as a man does bear his son, in all the way that you{+} went, until you{+} came to this place. Yet in this thing you{+} did not believe Yahweh your{+} God, who went before you{+} in the way, to seek you{+} out a place to pitch your{+} tents in, in fire by night, to show you{+} by what way you{+} should go, and in the cloud by day. And Yahweh heard the voice of your{+} words, and was angry, and swore, saying, Surely not a man of these men of this evil generation will see the good land, which I swore to give to your{+} fathers, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh: he will see it; and to him I will give the land that he has trodden on, and to his sons, because he has wholly followed Yahweh. Also Yahweh was angry with me for your{+} sakes, saying, You also will not go in there: Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he will go in there: encourage him; for he will cause Israel to inherit it. Moreover your{+} little ones, that you{+} said should be a prey, and your{+} sons, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they will go in there, and to them I will give it, and they will possess it. But as for you{+}, you{+} turn, and take your{+} journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea. Then you{+} answered and said to me, We have sinned against Yahweh, we will go up and fight, according to all that Yahweh our God commanded us. And you{+} girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country. And Yahweh said to me, Say to them, Don't go up, neither fight; for I am not among you{+}; lest you{+} be struck before your{+} enemies. So I spoke to you{+}, and you{+} didn't listen; but you{+} rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country. And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you{+}, and chased you{+}, as bees do, and beat you{+} down in Seir, even to Hormah. And you{+} returned and wept before Yahweh; but Yahweh didn't listen to your{+} voice, nor gave ear to you{+}. So you{+} remained in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you{+} remained [there]. Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we compassed mount Seir many days. And Yahweh spoke to me, saying, You{+} have compassed this mountain long enough: you{+} turn northward. And you command the people, saying, You{+} are to pass through the border of your{+} brothers the sons of Esau, that dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you{+}: you{+} take good heed to yourselves therefore; don't contend with them; for I will not give you{+} of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir to Esau for a possession. You{+} will purchase food of them for money, that you{+} may eat; and you{+} will also buy water of them for money, that you{+} may drink. For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; he has known your walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Yahweh your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing. So we passed by from our brothers the sons of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. And Yahweh said to me, Don't vex Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot for a possession. (The Emim dwelt in it previously, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim: these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim. The Horites also dwelt in Seir previously, but the sons of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did to the land of his possession, which Yahweh gave to them.) Now rise up, and get yourselves over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we had come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Yahweh swore to them. Moreover the hand of Yahweh was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed. So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, that Yahweh spoke to me, saying, You are this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab: and when you come near across from the sons of Ammon, don't vex them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you of the land of the sons of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it to the sons of Lot for a possession. (That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt in it previously; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead; as he did for the sons of Esau, that dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even to this day: and the Avvim, that dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, that came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) You{+} rise up, take your{+} journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: see, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. This day I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole heaven, who will hear the report of you, and will tremble, and be in anguish because of you. And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, Let me pass through your land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left. You will sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet, as the sons of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did to me; until I will pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives us. But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as at this day. And Yahweh said to me, Look, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before you: begin to possess, that you may inherit his land. Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz. And Yahweh our God delivered him up before us; and we struck him, and his sons, and all his people. And we took all his cities at that time, and completely destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining: only the cattle we took for a prey to ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken. From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and [from] the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Yahweh our God delivered up all before us: only to the land of the sons of Ammon you did not come near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us. Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. And Yahweh said to me, Don't fear him; for I have delivered him, and all his people, and his land, into your hand; and you will do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon. So Yahweh our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we struck him until none was left to him remaining. And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many. And we completely destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, completely destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to mount Hermon; ([which] Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir;) all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; look, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits the width of it, after the cubit of a man.) And this land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is on the gorge of Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites: and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim. Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, to this day.) And I gave Gilead to Machir. And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border [of it], and to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the sons of Ammon; the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [of it], from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward. And I commanded you{+} at that time, saying, Yahweh your{+} God has given you{+} this land to possess it: you{+} will pass over armed before your{+} brothers the sons of Israel, all the men of valor. But your{+} wives, and your{+} little ones, and your{+} cattle, (I know that you{+} have much cattle,) will remain in your{+} cities which I have given you{+}, until Yahweh gives rest to your{+} brothers, as to you{+}, and they also possess the land which Yahweh your{+} God gives them beyond the Jordan: then you{+} will return every man to his possession, which I have given you{+}. And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your{+} God has done to these two kings: so will Yahweh do to all the kingdoms where you go over. You{+} will not fear them; for Yahweh your{+} God, it is he who fights for you{+}. And I implored Yahweh at that time, saying, O Sovereign Yahweh, you have begun to show your slave your greatness, and your strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to your works, and according to your mighty acts? Let me go over, I pray you, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. But Yahweh was angry with me for your{+} sakes, and didn't listen to me; and Yahweh said to me, Let it suffice you; speak no more to me of this matter. Get up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and look at it with your eyes: for you will not go over this Jordan. But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he will go over before this people, and he will cause them to inherit the land which you will see. So we remained in the valley across from Beth-peor. And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you{+}, to do them; that you{+} may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your{+} fathers, gives you{+}. You{+} will not add to the word which I command you{+}, neither will you{+} diminish from it, that you{+} may keep the commandments of Yahweh your{+} God which I command you{+}. Your{+} eyes have seen what Yahweh did because of Baal-peor; for all the men who followed Baal-peor, Yahweh your God has destroyed them from the midst of you. But you{+} who stuck to Yahweh your{+} God are alive every one of you{+} this day. Look, I have taught you{+} statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you{+} should do so in the midst of the land where you{+} go in to possess it. Keep therefore and do them; for this is your{+} wisdom and your{+} understanding in the sight of the peoples, that will hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him? And what great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you{+} this day? Only you be careful and keep your soul diligently, or else you will forget the things which your eyes saw, and they will depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and the sons of your sons; the day that you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their sons. And you{+} came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. And Yahweh spoke to you{+} out of the midst of the fire: you{+} heard the voice of words, but you{+} saw no form; [you{+} heard] only a voice. And he declared to you{+} his covenant, which he commanded you{+} to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone. And Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you{+} statutes and ordinances, that you{+} might do them in the land where you{+} go over to possess it. Therefore take{+} good heed to yourselves; for you{+} saw no manner of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you{+} in Horeb out of the midst of the fire. Or else you{+} will corrupt yourselves, and make you{+} a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the heavens, the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth. Or else you will lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, you will be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven. But Yahweh has taken you{+}, and brought you{+} forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day. Furthermore Yahweh was angry with me for your{+} sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in to that good land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance: but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but you{+} will go over, and possess that good land. Take heed to yourselves, or else you{+} will forget the covenant of Yahweh your{+} God, which he made with you{+}, and make a graven image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you. For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. When you will beget sons, and sons of sons, and you{+} will have been long in the land, and will corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image in the form of anything, and will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, to provoke him to anger; I call heaven and earth to witness against you{+} this day, that you{+} will soon completely perish from off the land to where you{+} go over the Jordan to possess it; you{+} will not prolong your{+} days on it, but will be completely destroyed. And Yahweh will scatter you{+} among the peoples, and you{+} will be left few in number among the nations, where Yahweh will lead you{+} away. And there you{+} will serve gods, the work of man's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. But from there you{+} will seek Yahweh your God, and you will find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you, in the latter days you will return to Yahweh your God, and listen to his voice: for Yahweh your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them. Ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of heaven to the other, whether there has been [any such thing] as this great thing is, or has been heard like it? Did ever a people hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live? Or has any god assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your{+} God did for you{+} in Egypt before your{+} eyes? To you it was shown, that you might know that Yahweh he is God; there is no other besides him. Out of heaven he made you hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and on earth he made you see his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt; to drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as at this day. Know therefore this day, and lay it to your heart, that Yahweh he is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. And you will keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your sons after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever. Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; that the manslayer might flee there, that slays his fellow man unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live: [namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites. And this is the law which Moses set before the sons of Israel: these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt, beyond the Jordan, in the valley across from Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel struck, when they came forth out of Egypt. And they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to mount Sion (the same is Hermon), and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah. And Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your{+} ears this day, that you{+} may learn them, and observe to do them. Yahweh our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. Yahweh did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. Yahweh spoke with you{+} face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, (I stood between Yahweh and you{+} at that time, to show you{+} the word of Yahweh: for you{+} were afraid because of the fire, and didn't go up into the mount;) saying, I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves. You will have no other gods before me. You will not make to you a graven image, [nor] any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: you will not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them; for I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the sons, and on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me; and showing loving-kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. You will not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him innocent that takes his name in vain. Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you. Six days you will labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God: you will not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male slave, nor your female slave, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is inside your gates; that your male slave and your female slave may rest as well as you. And you will remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. You will not kill. Neither will you commit adultery. Neither will you steal. Neither will you bear false witness against your fellow man. Neither will you covet your fellow man's wife; neither will you desire your fellow man's house, his field, or his male slave, or his female slave, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your fellow man's. These words Yahweh spoke to all your{+} assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me. And it came to pass, when you{+} heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you{+} came near to me, even all the heads of your{+} tribes, and your{+} elders; and you{+} said, Look, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God does speak with man, and yet he [still] lives. Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God anymore, then we will die. For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? You go near, and hear all that Yahweh our God will say: and you speak to us all that Yahweh our God will speak to you; and we will hear it, and do it. And Yahweh heard the voice of your{+} words, when you{+} spoke to me; and Yahweh said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have well said all that they have spoken. Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their sons forever! Go say to them, You{+} return to your{+} tents. But as for you, you stand here by me, and I will speak to you all [of] the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you will teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. You{+} will observe to do therefore as Yahweh your{+} God has commanded you{+}: you{+} will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. You{+} will walk in all the way which Yahweh your{+} God has commanded you{+}, that you{+} may live, and that it may be well with you{+}, and that you{+} may prolong your{+} days in the land which you{+} will possess. Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your{+} God commanded to teach you{+}, that you{+} might do them in the land where you{+} go over to possess it; that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you{+} may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. Hear, O Israel: Yahweh our God, Yahweh is one: and you will love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words, which I command you this day, will be on your heart; and you will teach them diligently to your sons, and will talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you will bind them for a sign on your hand, and they will be for frontlets between your eyes. And you will write them on the door-posts of your house, and on your gates. And it will be, when Yahweh your God will bring you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities, which you didn't build, and houses full of all good things, which you didn't fill, and cisterns cut out, which you didn't cut, vineyards and olive-trees, which you didn't plant, and you will eat and be full; You be careful not to forget Yahweh, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves. You will fear Yahweh your God; and him you will serve, and will swear by his name. You{+} will not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are round about you{+}; for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; if you do, the anger of Yahweh your God will be kindled against you, and he will destroy you from off the face of the earth. You{+} will not try Yahweh your{+} God, as you{+} tried him in Massah. You{+} will diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your{+} God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you. And you will do that which is right and good in the sight of Yahweh; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken. When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What [is the meaning of] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you{+}? Then you will say to your son, We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt: and Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand; and Yahweh showed signs and wonders, great and intense, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes; and he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers. And Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day. And it will be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all [of] this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us. When Yahweh your God will bring you into the land where you go to possess it, and will cast out many nations before you, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you; and when Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and you will strike them; then you will completely destroy them: you will make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them; neither will you make marriages with them; your daughter you will not give to his son, nor his daughter will you take to your son. For he will turn away your son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Yahweh be kindled against you{+}, and he will destroy you quickly. But thus you{+} will deal with them: you{+} will break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and cut down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire. For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God: Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth. Yahweh did not set his love on you{+}, nor choose you{+}, because you{+} were more in number than any people; for you{+} were the fewest of all peoples: but because Yahweh loves you{+}, and because he would keep the oath which he swore to your{+} fathers, has Yahweh brought you{+} out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you{+} out of the house of slaves, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that Yahweh your God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving-kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations, and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him who hates him, he will repay him to his face. You will therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command you this day, to do them. And it will come to pass, because you{+} listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving-kindness which he swore to your fathers: and he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you; he will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you. You will be blessed above all peoples: there will not be male or female barren among you{+}, or among your{+} cattle. And Yahweh will take away from you all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, he will put on you, but will lay them on all those who hate you. And you will consume all the peoples that Yahweh your God will deliver to you; your eye will not pity them: neither will you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you. If you will say in your heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? You will not be afraid of them: you will well remember what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt; the great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which Yahweh your God brought you out: so will Yahweh your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid. Moreover Yahweh your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you. You will not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is in the midst of you, a great and awesome God. And Yahweh your God will cast out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, or else the beasts of the field will increase on you. But Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed. And he will deliver their kings into your hand, and you will make their name to perish from under heaven: no man will be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them. The graven images of their gods you{+} will burn with fire: you will not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it to you, or else you will be snared in it; for it is disgusting to Yahweh your God. And you will not bring something disgusting into your house, and become a devoted thing like it: you will completely detest it, and you will completely be disgusted by it; for it is a devoted thing. All [of] the commandment which I command you this day you{+} will observe to do, that you{+} may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your{+} fathers. And you will remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not. And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live. Your raiment didn't wax old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years. And you will consider in your heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God chastens you. And you will keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey; a land in which you will eat bread without scarceness, you will not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper. And you will eat and be full, and you will bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you. You be careful not to forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day: or else, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and dwelt in them; and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; then your heart will be lifted up, and you will forget Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves; who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, [in which were] fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint; who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn't know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end. And you might say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth. But you will remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day. And it will be, if you will forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you{+} this day that you{+} will surely perish. As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you{+}, so you{+} will perish; because you{+} would not listen to the voice of Yahweh your{+} God. Hear, O Israel: you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven, a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, Who can stand before the sons of Anak? Know therefore this day, that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before you: so you will drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Yahweh has spoken to you. Don't speak in your heart, after that Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, saying, For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh does drive them out from before you. Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. Know therefore, that Yahweh your God doesn't give you this good land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people. Remember, don't you forget, how you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that you went forth out of the land of Egypt, until you{+} came to this place, you{+} have been rebellious against Yahweh. Also in Horeb you{+} provoked Yahweh to wrath, and Yahweh was angry with you{+} to destroy you{+}. When I went up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Yahweh made with you{+}, then I remained in the mount forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water. And Yahweh delivered to me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words, which Yahweh spoke with you{+} in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. And Yahweh said to me, Arise, get down quickly from here; for your people that you have brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made themselves a molten image. Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and, look, it is a stiff-necked people: let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they. So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. And I looked, and saw that you{+} had sinned against Yahweh your{+} God; you{+} had made yourselves a molten calf: you{+} had turned aside quickly out of the way which Yahweh had commanded you{+}. And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your{+} eyes. And I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water; because of all your{+} sin which you{+} sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger. For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which Yahweh was angry against you{+} to destroy you{+}. But Yahweh listened to me that time also. And Yahweh was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time. And I took your{+} sin, the calf which you{+} had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast its dust into the brook that descended out of the mount. And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, you{+} provoked Yahweh to wrath. And when Yahweh sent you{+} from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you{+}; then you{+} rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your{+} God, and you{+} didn't believe him, nor listen to his voice. You{+} have been rebellious against Yahweh from the day that he knew you{+}. So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you{+}. And I prayed to Yahweh, and said, O Sovereign Yahweh, don't destroy your people and your inheritance, that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Remember your slaves, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; don't look to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin, or else the land from where you brought us out will say, Because Yahweh wasn't able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm. At that time Yahweh said to me, Cut out for yourself two tables of stone like the first, and come up to me into the mount, and make you an ark of wood. And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you will 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 into the mount, having the two tables in my hand. And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Yahweh spoke to you{+} in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Yahweh gave them to me. And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Yahweh commanded me. (And the sons of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son served in the priest's office in his stead. From there they journeyed to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water. At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day. Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.) And I remained in the mount, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights: and Yahweh listened to me that time also; Yahweh would not destroy you. And Yahweh said to me, Arise, take your journey before the people; and they will go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give to them. And now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good? Look, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is in it. Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you{+} above all peoples, as at this day. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your{+} heart, and don't be stiff-necked anymore. For Yahweh your{+} God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who does not regard persons, nor takes reward. He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment. Love{+} therefore the sojourner; for you{+} were sojourners in the land of Egypt. You will fear Yahweh your God; him you will serve; and to him you will stick, and by his name you will swear. He is your praise, and he is your God, that has done for you these great and awesome things, which your eyes have seen. Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of heaven for multitude. Therefore you will love Yahweh your God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, always. And know{+} this day: for [I speak] not with your{+} sons who haven't known, and who haven't seen the chastisement of Yahweh your{+} God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm, and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land; and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you{+}, and how Yahweh has destroyed them to this day; and what he did to you{+} in the wilderness, until you{+} came to this place; and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel: but your{+} eyes have seen all the great work of Yahweh which he did. Therefore you{+} will keep all [of] the commandment which I command you this day, that you{+} may be strong, and go in and possess the land, where you{+} go over to possess it; and that you{+} may prolong your{+} days in the land, which Yahweh swore to your{+} fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey. For the land, where you go in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from where you{+} came out, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs; but the land, where you{+} go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, [and] drinks water of the rain of heaven, a land which Yahweh your God cares for: the eyes of Yahweh your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year. And it will come to pass, if you{+} will listen diligently to my commandments which I command you{+} this day, to love Yahweh your{+} God, and to serve him with all your{+} heart and with all your{+} soul, that I will give the rain of your{+} land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, and your new wine, and your oil. And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be full. Take heed to yourselves, or else your{+} heart will be deceived, and you{+} will turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; and then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you{+}, and then he will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain, and the land will not yield its fruit; and then you{+} will quickly perish from off the good land which Yahweh gives you{+}. Therefore you{+} will lay up these words of mine in your{+} heart and in your{+} soul; and you{+} will bind them for a sign on your{+} hand, and they will be for frontlets between your{+} eyes. And you{+} will teach them to your{+} sons, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you will write them on the door-posts of your house, and on your gates; that your{+} days may be multiplied, and the days of your{+} sons, in the land which Yahweh swore to your{+} fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth. For if you{+} will diligently keep all this commandment which I command you{+}, to do it, to love Yahweh your{+} God, to walk in all his ways, and to stick to him; then will Yahweh drive out all these nations from before you{+}, and you{+} will dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves. Every place on which the sole of your{+} foot will tread will be yours{+} from the wilderness. And Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea, will be your{+} border. No man will be able to stand before you{+}: Yahweh your{+} God will lay the fear of you{+} and the dread of you{+} on all the land that you{+} will tread on, as he has spoken to you{+}. Look, I set before you{+} this day a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you{+} will listen to the commandments of Yahweh your{+} God, which I command you{+} this day; and the curse, if you{+} will not listen to the commandments of Yahweh your{+} God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you{+} this day, to go after other gods, which you{+} haven't known. And it will come to pass, when Yahweh your God will bring you into the land where you go to possess it, that you will set the blessing on mount Gerizim, and the curse on mount Ebal. (Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, across from Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?) For you{+} are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Yahweh your{+} God gives you{+}, and you{+} will possess it, and dwell in it. And you{+} will observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you{+} this day. These are the statutes and the ordinances which you{+} will observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you{+} live on the earth. You{+} will surely destroy all the places where the nations that you{+} will dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree: and you{+} will break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and you{+} will cut down the graven images of their gods; and you{+} will destroy their name out of that place. You{+} will not do so to Yahweh your{+} God. But to the place which Yahweh your{+} God will choose out of all your{+} tribes, to put his name there to stay, you{+} will seek, and there you will come; and there you{+} will bring your{+} burnt-offerings, and your{+} sacrifices, and your{+} tithes, and the heave-offering of your{+} hand, and your{+} vows, and your{+} freewill-offerings, and the firstborns of your{+} herd and of your{+} flock: and there you{+} will eat before Yahweh your{+} God, and you{+} will rejoice in all that you{+} put your{+} hand to, you{+} and your{+} households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you. You{+} will not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes; for you{+} have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Yahweh your God gives you. But when you{+} go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Yahweh your{+} God causes you{+} to inherit, and he gives you{+} rest from all your{+} enemies round about, so that you{+} dwell in safety; then it will come to pass that to the place which Yahweh your{+} God will choose to make his name stay there, there you{+} will bring all that I command you{+}: your{+} burnt-offerings, and your{+} sacrifices, your{+} tithes, and the heave-offering of your{+} hand, and all your{+} choice vows which you{+} vow to Yahweh. And you{+} will rejoice before Yahweh your{+} God, you{+}, and your{+} sons, and your{+} daughters, and your{+} male slaves, and your{+} female slaves, and the Levite who is inside your{+} gates, since he has no portion nor inheritance with you{+}. You be careful not to offer your burnt-offerings in every place that you see; but in the place which Yahweh will choose in one of your tribes, there you will offer your burnt-offerings, and there you will do all that I command you. Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh inside all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart. Only you{+} will not eat the blood; you will pour it out on the earth as water. You may not eat inside your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborns of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of your hand; but you will eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God will choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male slave, and your female slave, and the Levite who is inside your gates: and you will rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to. You be careful not to forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land. When Yahweh your God will enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you will say, I will eat flesh, because your soul desires to eat flesh; you may eat flesh, after all the desire of your soul. If the place which Yahweh your God will choose, to put his name there, is too far from you, then you will kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat inside your gates, after all the desire of your soul. Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you will eat of it: the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike. Only be sure that you don't eat the blood: for the blood is the life; and you will not eat the life with the flesh. You will not eat it; you will pour it out on the earth as water. You will not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your sons after you, when you will do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh. Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you will take, and go to the place which Yahweh will choose: and you will offer your burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of Yahweh your God; and the blood of your sacrifices will be poured out on the altar of Yahweh your God; and you will eat the flesh. Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your sons after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of Yahweh your God. When Yahweh your God will cut off the nations from before you, where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them, and dwell in their land; You be careful not to be ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you; or else you will inquire after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? Even so I will do likewise. You will not do so to Yahweh your God: for every disgusting thing to Yahweh, which he hates, they have done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods. Whatever thing I command you{+}, that you{+} will observe to do: you will not add thereto, nor diminish from it. If there arise in the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you haven't known, and let us serve them; you will not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams: for Yahweh your{+} God proves you{+}, to know whether you{+} love Yahweh your{+} God with all your{+} heart and with all your{+} soul. You{+} will walk after Yahweh your{+} God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you{+} will serve him, and stick to him. And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, will be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your{+} God, who brought you{+} out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of slaves, to draw you aside out of the way which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk in. So you will put away the evil from the midst of you. If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your companion, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you haven't known, you, nor your fathers; of the gods of the peoples who are round about you{+}, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; you will not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither will your eye pity him, neither will you spare, neither will you conceal him: but you will surely kill him; your hand will be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. And you will stone him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves. And all Israel will hear, and fear, and will not again do such wickedness as this in the midst of you. If you will hear concerning one of your cities, which Yahweh your God gives you to dwell there, saying, Certain base fellows have gone out from the midst of you, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you{+} haven't known; then you will inquire, and conduct a search, and ask diligently; and see if it is truth, and the thing certain, that such a disgusting thing is wrought in the midst of you, you will surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it completely, and all that is in it and its cattle, with the edge of the sword. And you will gather all the spoil of it into the midst of its street, and will burn with fire the city, and all its spoil every bit, to Yahweh your God: and it will be a heap forever; it will not be built again. And there will stick nothing of the devoted thing to your hand; that Yahweh may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers; when you will listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh your God. You{+} are the sons of Yahweh your{+} God: you{+} will not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your{+} eyes for the dead. For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth. You will not eat any disgusting thing. These are the beasts which you{+} may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois. And every beast that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two, [and] chews the cud, among the beasts, that may you{+} eat. Nevertheless these you{+} will not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those that have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean to you{+}. And the swine, because he parts the hoof but chews not the cud, he is unclean to you{+}: of their flesh you{+} will not eat, and their carcasses you{+} will not touch. These you{+} may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales may you{+} eat; and whatever does not have fins and scales you{+} will not eat; it is unclean to you{+}. Of all clean birds you{+} may eat. But these are those of which you{+} will not eat: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray, and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind, and every raven after its kind, and the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind, the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant, and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. And all winged creeping things are unclean to you{+}: they will not be eaten. Of all clean birds you{+} may eat. You{+} will not eat of anything that dies of itself: you may give it to the sojourner who is inside your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner: for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You will not boil a young goat in its mother's milk. You will surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes forth from the field year by year. And you will eat before Yahweh your God, in the place which he will choose to make his name stay there, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborns of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God always. And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which Yahweh your God will choose, to set his name there, when Yahweh your God will bless you; then you will turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and will go to the place which Yahweh your God will choose: and you will bestow the money for whatever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you will eat there before Yahweh your God, and you will rejoice, you and your household. And the Levite who is inside your gates, you will not forsake him; for he has no portion nor inheritance with you. At the end of every three year period you will bring forth all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and will lay it up inside your gates: and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are inside your gates, will come, and will eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. At the end of every seven year period you will make a release. And this is the manner of the release: every creditor will release that which he has lent to his fellow man; he will not exact it of his fellow man and his brother; because Yahweh's release has been proclaimed. Of a foreigner you may exact it: but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand will release. Nevertheless there will be no poor with you; (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it;) if only you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all [of] this commandment which I command you this day. For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you: and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you. If there is with you a poor man, one of your brothers, inside any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you will not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother; but you will surely open your hand to him, and will surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants. You be careful not to base a thought in your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye is evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries to Yahweh against you, and it is sin to you. You will surely give to him, and your heart will not be grieved when you give to him; because for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to. For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You will surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land. If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, and serves you six years; then in the seventh year you will let him go free from you. And when you let him go free from you, you will not let him go empty: you will furnish him liberally out of your flock, and out of your threshing-floor, and out of your wine press; as Yahweh your God has blessed you you will give to him. And you will remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you: therefore I command you this thing today. And it will be, if he says to you, I will not go out from you; because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you; then you will take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he will be your slave forever. And also to your female slave you will do likewise. It will not seem hard to you, when you let him go free from you; for to the double of the wages of a hired worker he has served you six years: and Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do. All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock you will sanctify to Yahweh your God: you will do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock. You will eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place which Yahweh will choose, you and your household. And if it has any blemish, [as if it is] lame or blind, any ill blemish whatever, you will not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God. You will eat it inside your gates: the unclean and the clean [will eat it] alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart. Only you will not eat its blood; you will pour it out on the ground as water. Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night. And you will sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yahweh will choose to make his name stay there. You will eat no leavened bread with it; seven days you will eat unleavened bread with it, even the bread of affliction; for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in a hurry: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. And there will be no leaven seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither will any of the flesh, which you sacrifice the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning. You may not sacrifice the Passover inside any of your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you; but at the place which Yahweh your God will choose to make his name stay there, you will sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Egypt. And you will roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God will choose: and you will turn in the morning, and go to your tents. Six days you will eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day will be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your God; you will do no work [in it]. Seven weeks you will number to yourself: from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you will begin to number seven weeks. And you will keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a freewill-offering of your hand, which you will give, according as Yahweh your God blesses you: and you will rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male slave, and your female slave, and the Levite who is inside your gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in the midst of you, in the place which Yahweh your God will choose to make his name stay there. And you will remember that you were a slave in Egypt: and you will observe and do these statutes. You will keep the feast of tabernacles seven days, after you have gathered in from your threshing-floor and from your wine press: and you will rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male slave, and your female slave, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are inside your gates. Seven days you will keep a feast to Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh will choose; because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you will be altogether joyful. Three times in a year will all your males appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he will choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles; and they will not appear before Yahweh empty: every man will give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you. Judges and officers you will make for yourself in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they will judge the people with righteous judgment. You will not wrest justice: you will not respect persons; neither will you take a bribe; for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous. That which is altogether just you will follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you. You will not plant for yourself any kind of Asherah pole beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you will make for yourself. Neither will you set up for yourself a pillar; which Yahweh your God hates. You will not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox, or a sheep, in which is a blemish, [or] anything evil; for that is disgusting to Yahweh your God. If there is found in the midst of you, inside any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, man or woman, that does that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, in transgressing his covenant, and has gone and served other gods, and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I haven't commanded; and it is told to you, and you have heard of it, then you will inquire diligently; and see if it is true, and the thing certain, that such a disgusting thing is wrought in Israel, then you will bring forth that man or that woman, who has done this evil thing, to your gates, even the man or the woman; and you will stone them to death with stones. At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, he who is to die will be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he will not be put to death. The hand of the witnesses will be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you will put away the evil from the midst of you. If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy inside your gates; then you will arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God will choose; and you will come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge that will be in those days: and you will inquire; and they will show you the sentence of judgment. And you will do according to the tenor of the sentence which they will show you from that place which Yahweh will choose; and you will observe to do according to all that they will teach you: according to the tenor of the law which they will teach you, and according to the judgment which they will tell you, you will do; you will not turn aside from the sentence which they will show you, to the right hand, nor to the left. And the man who does presumptuously, in not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before Yahweh your God, or to the judge, even that man will die: and you will put away the evil from Israel. And all the people will hear, and fear, and no more do presumptuously. When you have come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and will possess it, and will dwell in it, and will say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me; you will surely set him king over you, whom Yahweh your God will choose: one from among your brothers you will set king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. Only he will not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; since Yahweh has said to you{+}, You{+} will from now on return no more that way. Neither will he multiply wives to himself, that his heart will not turn away: neither will he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. And it will be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he will write himself a copy of this law in a book, out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites: and it will be with him, and he will read in it all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them; that his heart is not lifted up above his brothers, and that he does not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his sons, in the midst of Israel. The priests the Levites, [even] all the tribe of Levi, will have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they will eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and his inheritance. And they will have no inheritance among their brothers: Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them. And this will be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it is ox or sheep, that they will give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you will give to him. For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons forever. And if a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he sojourns, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which Yahweh will choose; then he will minister in the name of Yahweh his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh. They will have like portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his patrimony. When you come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you will not learn to follow the disgusting behaviors of those nations. There will not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one telling the future, one interpreting omens, or one who uses magic, or a sorcerer, or one casting spells, or one requesting a spirit, or a wizard, or one inquiring of the dead. For whoever does these things is disgusting to Yahweh: and because of these disgusting things Yahweh your God drives them out from before you. You will be perfect with Yahweh your God. For these nations that you will dispossess, listen to psychics and fortune-tellers; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you to do so. Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from the midst of you, of your brothers, like me; to him you{+} will listen; according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Don't let me hear again the voice of Yahweh my God, neither let me see this great fire anymore, that I will not die. And Yahweh said to me, They have said well that which they have spoken. I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will speak to them all that I will command him. And it will come to pass, that whoever will not listen to my words which he will speak in my name, I will require it of him. But the prophet, that will speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I haven't commanded him to speak, or that will speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet will die. And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken? When a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if the thing does not follow, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you will not be afraid of him. When Yahweh your God will cut off the nations, whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses; you will set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it. You will prepare for yourself the way, and divide the borders of your land, which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee there. And this is the case of the manslayer, that will flee there and live: whoever kills his fellow man unawares, and did not hate him in time past; as when a man goes into the forest with his fellow man to cut wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and hits his fellow man, so that he dies; he will flee to one of these cities and live: or else if the avenger of blood pursues the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtakes him, because the way is long, and strikes him mortally; whereas he wasn't worthy of death, inasmuch as he did not hate him in time past. Therefore I command you, saying, You will set apart three cities for yourself. And if Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers; if you will keep all [of] this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then you will add three more cities for yourself, besides these three: that innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood will be on you. But if any man hates his fellow man, and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities; then the elders of his city will send and fetch him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. Your eye will not pity him, but you will put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you. You will not remove your fellow man's landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God gives you to possess it. One witness will not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, will a matter be established. If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, then both the men, between whom the controversy is, will stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges that will be in those days; and the judges will make diligent inquisition: and see if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother; then you{+} will do to him, as he had thought to do to his brother: so you will put away the evil from the midst of you. And those who remain will hear, and fear, and will from now on commit no more of any such evil in the midst of you. And your eyes will not pity; life [will go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than you, you will not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. And it will be, when you{+} draw near to the battle, that the priest will approach and speak to the people, and will say to them, Hear, O Israel, you{+} draw near this day to battle against your{+} enemies: don't let your{+} heart faint; don't fear, nor tremble, neither be{+} afraid of them; for Yahweh your{+} God is he who goes with you{+}, to fight for you{+} against your{+} enemies, to save you{+}. And the officers will speak to the people, saying, What man is there that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, or else if he dies in the battle, another will man dedicate it. And what man is there that has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, or else if he dies in the battle, another man will use its fruit. And what man is there that has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, or else if he dies in the battle, another man will take her. And the officers will speak further to the people, and they will say, What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brothers' heart melt as his heart. And it will be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they will appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people. When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it. And it will be, if it answers peace to you, and opens to you, then it will be, that all the people who are found in it will become slave labor to you, and will serve you. And if it will not make peace with you, but will make war against you, then you will besiege it: and when Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you will strike every male of it with the edge of the sword: but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all its spoil, you will take for a prey to yourself; and you will eat the spoil of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you. Thus you will do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations. But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you will save alive nothing that breathes; but you will completely destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Yahweh your God has commanded you; that they don't teach you{+} to follow all their disgusting behaviors, which they have done to their gods; so you{+} would sin against Yahweh your{+} God. When you will besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you will not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; for you may eat of them, and you will not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of you? Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you will destroy and cut them down; and you will build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls. If one is found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it, lying in the field, and it is not known who has struck him; then your elders and your judges will come forth, and they will measure to the cities which are round about him who is slain: and it will be, that the city which is nearest to the slain man, even the elders of that city will take a heifer of the herd, which has not been wrought with, and which has not drawn in the yoke; and the elders of that city will bring down the heifer to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and will break the heifer's neck there in the valley. And the priests, the sons of Levi, will come near; for Yahweh your God has chosen them to minister to him, and to bless in the name of Yahweh; and according to their word will every controversy and every stroke be. And all the elders of that city, who are nearest to the slain man, will wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley; and they will answer and say, Our hands haven't shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. Forgive, O Yahweh, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and don't allow innocent blood [to remain] in the midst of your people Israel. And the blood will be forgiven them. So you will put away the innocent blood from the midst of you, when you will do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh. When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and Yahweh your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive, and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire to her, and would take her to you as wife; then you will bring her home to your house; and she will shave her head, and pare her nails; and she will put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and will remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that you will go in to her, and be her husband, and she will be your wife. And it will be, if you have no delight in her, then you will let her go where she will; but you will not sell her at all for money, you will not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her. If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him sons, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated; then it will be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn: but he will acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his. If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not listen to them; then his father and his mother will lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place; and they will say to the elders of his city, This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city will stone him to death with stones: so you will put away the evil from the midst of you; and all Israel will hear, and fear. And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree; his body will not remain all night on the tree, but you will surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you do not defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance. You will not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them: you will surely bring them again to your brother. And if your brother is not near to you, or if you don't know him, then you will bring it home to your house, and it will be with you until your brother seeks after it, and you will restore it to him. And so you will do with his donkey; and so you will do with his garment; and so you will do with every lost thing of your brother's, which he has lost, and you have found: you may not hide yourself. You will not see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them: you will surely help him to lift them up again. A woman will not wear that which pertains to a man, neither will a man put on a woman's garment; for whoever does these things is disgusting to Yahweh your God. If a bird's nest chance to be before you in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you will not take the dam with the young: you will surely let the dam go, but the young you may take to yourself; that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days. When you build a new house, then you will make a battlement for your roof, that you do not bring blood on your house, if any man falls from there. You will not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, or else the whole fruit will be forfeited, the seed which you have sown, and the increase of the vineyard. You will not plow with an ox and a donkey together. You will not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together. You will make yourself fringes on the four borders of your vesture, with which you cover yourself. If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and hates her, and lays shameful things to her charge, and brings up an evil name on her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity; then will the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity to the elders of the city in the gate; and the damsel's father will say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man as wife, and he hates her; and, look, he has laid shameful things [to her charge], saying, I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they will spread the garment before the elders of the city. And the elders of that city will take the man and chastise him; and they will fine him a hundred [shekels] of silver, and give them to the father of the damsel, because he has brought up an evil name on a virgin of Israel: and she will be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. But if this thing is true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel; then they will bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city will stone her to death with stones, because she has wrought folly in Israel, by prostituting in her father's house: so you will put away the evil from the midst of you. If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they will die, both of them, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so you will put away the evil from Israel. If there is a damsel who is a virgin betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies with her; then you{+} will bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you{+} will stone them to death with stones; the damsel, because she didn't cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his fellow man's wife: so you will put away the evil from the midst of you. But if the man finds the damsel who is betrothed in the field, and the man forces her, and lies with her; then only the man who lays with her will die: but to the damsel you will do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man rises against his fellow man, and slays him, even so is this matter; for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. If a man finds a damsel who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and lays hold on her, and lies with her, and they are found; then the man who lays with her will give to the damsel's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she will be his wife, because he has humbled her; he may not put her away all his days. A man will not take his father's wife, and will not uncover his father's skirt. He who is castrated, or has his penis cut off, will not enter into the assembly of Yahweh. A bastard will not enter into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation will none of his enter into the assembly of Yahweh. An Ammonite or a Moabite will not enter into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation will none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Yahweh forever: because they did not meet you{+} with bread and with water in the way, when you{+} came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. Nevertheless Yahweh your God would not listen to Balaam; but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you. You will not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever. You will not be disgusted by an Edomite; for he is your brother: you will not be disgusted by an Egyptian, because you were a sojourner in his land. The sons of the third generation who are born to them will enter into the assembly of Yahweh. When you go forth in camp against your enemies, then you will keep yourself from every evil thing. If there is among you{+} any man, who is not clean by reason of that which chances him by night, then he will go abroad out of the camp, he will not come inside the camp: but it will be, when evening comes on, he will bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he will come inside the camp. You will have a place also outside the camp, where you will go forth abroad: and you will have a stick among your weapons; and it will be, when you sit down abroad, you will dig with it, and will turn back and cover that which comes from you: for Yahweh your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you; therefore will your camp be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you. You will not deliver to his master a slave who escapes from his master to you: he will dwell with you, in the midst of you, in the place which he will choose inside one of your gates, where it pleases him best: you will not oppress him. There will be no lesbian among the daughters of Israel, neither will there be a homosexual among the sons of Israel. You will not bring the wages of a female prostitute, or the wages of a homosexual prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow: for even both these are disgusting to Yahweh your God. You will not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent on interest: to a foreigner you may lend on interest; but to your brother you will not lend on interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it. When you will vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you will not be slack to pay it: for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you. But if you will forbear to vow, it will be no sin in you. That which has gone out of your lips you will observe and do; according as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, a freewill-offering, which you have promised with your mouth. When you come into your fellow man's vineyard, then you may eat of grapes your fill at your own pleasure; but you will not put any in your vessel. When you come into your fellow man's standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you will not move a sickle to your fellow man's standing grain. When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it will be, if she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he will write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. And when she has departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's [wife]. And if the latter husband hates her, and writes her a bill of divorce, and gives it in her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the latter husband dies, who took her to be his wife; her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she's defiled; for that is disgusting before Yahweh: and you will not cause the land to sin, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance. When a man takes a new wife, he will not go out in the host, neither will he be charged with any business: he will be free at home one year, and will cheer his wife whom he has taken. No man will take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes [a man's] life to pledge. If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him as a slave, or sells him; then that thief will die: so you will put away the evil from the midst of you. Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites will teach you{+}: as I commanded them, so you{+} will observe to do. Remember what Yahweh your God did to Miriam, by the way as you{+} came forth out of Egypt. When you lend your fellow man any manner of loan, you will not go into his house to fetch his pledge. You will stand outside, and the man to whom you lend will bring forth the pledge outside to you. And if he is a poor man, you will not sleep with his pledge; you will surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless you: and it will be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God. You will not oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is of your brothers, or of your sojourners who are in your land inside your gates: in his day you will give him his wages, neither will the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it is sin to you. The fathers will not be put to death for the sons, neither will the sons be put to death for the fathers: every man will be put to death for his own sin. You will not wrest the justice [due] to the fatherless sojourner, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge; but you will remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you from there: therefore I command you to do this thing. When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgot a sheaf in the field, you will not go again to fetch it: it will be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat your olive-tree, you will not go over the boughs again: it will be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. When you gather [the grapes of] your vineyard, you will not glean it after you: it will be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. And you will remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing. If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they will justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked; and it will be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number. Forty stripes he may give him, he will not exceed; or else, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you. You will not muzzle the ox when he treads out [the grain]. If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies, and has no son, the wife of the dead will not be married outside to a stranger: her husband's brother will go in to her, and take her to him as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. And it will be, that the firstborn that she bears will succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name will not be blotted out of Israel. And if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife will go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me. Then the elders of his city will call him, and speak to him: and if he stands, and says, I don't want to take her; then his brother's wife will come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his sandal from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she will answer and say, So it will be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house. And his name will be called in Israel, The house of him who has his sandal loosed. When men strive together, a man and his brother, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the genitals; then you will cut off her hand, your eye will have no pity. You will not have in your bag diverse weights, a great and a small. You will not have in your house diverse measures, a great and a small. A perfect and just weight you will have; a perfect and just measure you will have: that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. For all who do such things, [even] all who do unrighteously, are disgusting to Yahweh your God. Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you{+} came forth out of Egypt; how he met you by the way, and struck the hindmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn't fear God. Therefore it will be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; you will not forget. And it will be, when you come in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, and possess it, and dwell in it, that you will take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you will bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you; and you will put it in a basket, and will go to the place which Yahweh your God will choose to make his name stay there. And you will come to the priest who will be in those days, and say to him, I profess this day to Yahweh your God, that I have come to the land which Yahweh swore to our fathers to give us. And the priest will take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of Yahweh your God. And you will answer and say before Yahweh your God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous. And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid on us hard slavery: and we cried to Yahweh, the God of our fathers, and Yahweh heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression; and Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders; and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. And now, look, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, O Yahweh, have given me. And you will set it down before Yahweh your God, and worship before Yahweh your God: and you will rejoice in all the good which Yahweh your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the sojourner who is in the midst of you. When you have made an end of tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you will give it to the Levite, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat inside your gates, and be filled. And you will say before Yahweh your God, I have put away the hallowed things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, and to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me: I haven't transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them: I haven't eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I put away of it, being unclean, nor given of it for the dead: I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have done according to all that you have commanded me. Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the ground which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. This day Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances: you will therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul. You have declared Yahweh this day to be your God, and that you would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice: and Yahweh has declared you this day to be a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments; and to make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken. And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all [of] the commandment which I command you{+} this day. And it will be on the day when you{+} will pass over the Jordan to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, that you will set yourself up great stones, and plaster them with plaster: and you will write on them all the words of this law, when you pass over; that you may go in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you. And it will be, when you{+} pass over the Jordan, that you{+} will set up these stones, which I command you{+} this day, in mount Ebal, and you will plaster them with plaster. And there you will build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones: you will lift up no iron [tool] on them. You will build the altar of Yahweh your God of uncut stones; and you will offer burnt-offerings on it to Yahweh your God: and you will sacrifice peace-offerings, and will eat there; and you will rejoice before Yahweh your God. And you will write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly. And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Keep silent, and listen, O Israel: this day you have become the people of Yahweh your God. You will therefore obey the voice of Yahweh your God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this day. And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, These will stand on mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you{+} pass over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. And these will stand on mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. And the Levites will answer, and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice, Cursed be the man who makes a graven or molten image, a disgusting thing to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. And all the people will answer and say, Amen. Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people will say, Amen. Cursed be he who removes his fellow man's landmark. And all the people will say, Amen. Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people will say, Amen. Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people will say, Amen. Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people will say, Amen. Cursed be he who lies with any manner of beast. And all the people will say, Amen. Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people will say, Amen. Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people will say, Amen. Cursed be he who strikes his fellow man in secret. And all the people will say, Amen. Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people will say, Amen. Cursed be he who does not confirm the words of this law to do them. And all the people will say, Amen. And it will come to pass, if you will listen diligently to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth: and all these blessings will come upon you, and overtake you, if you will listen to the voice of Yahweh your God. Blessed you will be in the city, and blessed you will be in the field. Blessed will be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your beasts, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock. Blessed will be your basket and your kneading-trough. Blessed you will be when you come in, and blessed you will be when you go out. Yahweh will cause your enemies that rise up against you to be struck before you: they will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways. Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you will keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways. And all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of Yahweh; and they will be afraid of you. And Yahweh will make you plenteous for good, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you. Yahweh will open to you his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow. And Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail; and you will be above only, and you will not be beneath; if you will listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do [them], and will not turn aside from any of the words which I command you{+} this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. But it will come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, that all these curses will come upon you, and overtake you. Cursed you will be in the city, and cursed you will be in the field. Cursed will be your basket and your kneading-trough. Cursed will be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock. Cursed you will be when you come in, and cursed you will be when you go out. Yahweh will send on you cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me. Yahweh will make the pestilence stick to you, until he has consumed you from off the land, where you go in to possess it. Yahweh will strike you with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they will pursue you until you perish. And your heaven that is over your head will be bronze, and the earth that is under you will be iron. Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from heaven it will come down on you, until you are destroyed. Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them: and you will be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth. And your dead body will be food to all birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the earth; and there will be none to frighten them away. Yahweh will strike you with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can't be healed. Yahweh will strike you with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart; and you will grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways: and you will be only oppressed and robbed always, and there will be none to save you. You will betroth a wife, and another man will rape her: you will build a house, and you will not dwell in it: you will plant a vineyard, and will not use its fruit. Your ox will be slain before your eyes, and you will not eat of it: your donkey will be violently taken away from before your face, and will not be restored to you: your sheep will be given to your enemies, and you will have none to save you. Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people; and your eyes will look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there will be nothing in the power of your hand. The fruit of your ground, and all your labors, will a nation which you don't know eat up; and you will be only oppressed and crushed always; so that you will be insane for the sight of your eyes which you will see. Yahweh will strike you in the knees, and in the legs, with an intense boil, of which you can't be healed, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head. Yahweh will bring you, and your king whom you will set over you, to a nation that you haven't known, you nor your fathers; and there you will serve other gods, wood and stone. And you will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh will lead you away. You will carry much seed out into the field, and will gather little in; for the locust will consume it. You will plant vineyards and dress them, but you will neither drink of the wine, nor gather [the grapes]; for the worm will eat them. You will have olive-trees throughout all your borders, but you will not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olive will cast [its fruit]. You will beget sons and daughters, but they will not be yours; for they will go into captivity. All your trees and the fruit of your ground will the locust possess. The sojourner who is in the midst of you will mount up above you higher and higher; and you will come down lower and lower. He will lend to you, and you will not lend to him: he will be the head, and you will be the tail. And all these curses will come upon you, and will pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you didn't harken to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you: and they will be on you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your seed forever. Because you didn't serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; therefore you will serve your enemies that Yahweh will send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck, until he destroys you. Yahweh will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue you will not understand; a nation of fierce countenance, that will not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young, and will eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; that also will not leave you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your cattle, or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish. And they will besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land; and they will besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which Yahweh your God has given you. And you will eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom Yahweh your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies will distress you. The man who is tender among you{+}, and very delicate, his eye will be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his sons whom he has remaining; so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his sons whom he will eat, because he has nothing left for himself, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy will distress you in all your gates. The tender and delicate woman among you{+}, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye will be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, and toward her young one who comes out from between her feet, and toward her sons whom she will bear; for she will eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy will distress you in your gates. If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, YAHWEH YOUR GOD; then Yahweh will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and intense sicknesses, and of long continuance. And he will bring on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they will stick to you. Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, Yahweh will bring them on you, until you are destroyed. And you{+} will be left few in number, whereas you{+} were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because you did not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God. And it will come to pass, that, as Yahweh rejoiced over you{+} to do you{+} good, and to multiply you{+}, so Yahweh will rejoice over you{+} to cause you{+} to perish, and to destroy you{+}; and you{+} will be plucked from off the land where you go in to possess it. And Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; and there you will serve other gods, which you haven't known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone. And among these nations you will find no ease, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot: but Yahweh will give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul; and your life will hang in doubt before you; and you will fear night and day, and will have no assurance of your life. In the morning you will say, Oh that it were evening! And at evening you will say, Oh that it were morning! For the fear of your heart which you will fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you will see. And Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I said to you, You will see it no more again: and there you{+} will sell yourselves to your{+} enemies for male slaves and for female slaves, and no man will buy you{+}. These are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. And Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, You{+} have seen all that Yahweh did before your{+} eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his slaves, and to all his land; the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders: but Yahweh has not given you{+} a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day. And I have led you{+} forty years in the wilderness: your{+} clothes are not waxed old on you{+}, and your sandals have not waxed old on your feet. You{+} have not eaten bread, neither have you{+} drank wine or strong drink; that you{+} may know that I am Yahweh your{+} God. And when you{+} came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle, and we struck them: and we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites. Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that you{+} may prosper in all that you{+} do. You{+} stand this day all of you{+} before Yahweh your{+} God; your{+} heads, your{+} tribes, your{+} elders, and your{+} officers, even all the men of Israel, your{+} little ones, your{+} wives, and your sojourner who is in the midst of your camps, from the cutter of your wood to the drawer of your water; that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you this day; that he may establish you this day to himself for a people, and that he may be to you a God, as he spoke to you, and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. Neither with you{+} only do I make this covenant and this oath, but with him who stands here with us this day before Yahweh our God, and also with him who is not here with us this day (for you{+} know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you{+} passed; and you{+} have seen their detestable things, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them); or else if there should be among you{+} man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; and if there should be among you{+} a root that bears gall and wormwood; and it comes to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, I will have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry. Yahweh will not pardon him, but then the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book will lie on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under heaven. And Yahweh will set him apart to evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law. And the generation to come, your{+} sons who will rise up after you{+}, and the foreigner who will come from a far land, will say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses with which Yahweh has made it sick; [and that] the whole land of it is brimstone, and salt, [and] a burning, [that] it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: even all the nations will say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? What [is the meaning of] the heat of this great anger? Then men will say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods that they did not know, and that he had not given to them: therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against this land, to bring on it all the curse that is written in this book; and Yahweh rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day. The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may do all the words of this law. And it will come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you will call them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you, and will return to Yahweh your God, and will obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your sons, with all your heart, and with all your soul; that then Yahweh your God will turn your captivity, and have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples, where Yahweh your God has scattered you. If [any of] your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there Yahweh your God will gather you, and from there he will fetch you: and Yahweh your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you will possess it; and he will do you good, and multiply you above your fathers. And Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live. And Yahweh your God will put all these curses on your enemies, and on those who hate you, that persecuted you. And you will return and obey the voice of Yahweh, and do all his commandments which I command you this day. And Yahweh your God will make you plenteous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, for good: for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers; if you will obey the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul. For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who will go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who will go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it? But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it. See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil; If you obey the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you this day to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, then you will live and multiply, and Yahweh your God will bless you in the land where you go in to possess it. But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but will be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; I denounce to you{+} this day, that you{+} will surely perish; you{+} will not prolong your{+} days in the land, where you pass over the Jordan to go in to possess it. I call heaven and earth to witness against you{+} this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed; to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to stick to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. And Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. And he said to them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no longer go out and come in: and Yahweh has said to me, You will not go over this Jordan. Yahweh your God, he will go over before you; he will destroy these nations from before you, and you will dispossess them: [and] Joshua, he will go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken. And Yahweh will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land; whom he destroyed. And Yahweh will deliver them up before you{+}, and you{+} will do to them according to all [of] the commandment which I have commanded you{+}. Be strong and of good courage, don't fear, nor be afraid of them: for Yahweh your God, it is he who goes with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you. And Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for you will bring this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you will cause them to inherit it. And Yahweh, it is he who goes before you; he will be with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake you: don't be afraid, neither be dismayed. And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, that bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and to all the elders of Israel. And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] seven year period, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, when all Israel has come to see the face of Yahweh your God in the place which he will choose, you will read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and your sojourner who is inside your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Yahweh your{+} God, and observe to do all the words of this law; and that their sons, who haven't known, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your{+} God, as long as you{+} live in the land where you{+} go over the Jordan to possess it. And Yahweh said to Moses, Look, your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting. And Yahweh appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent. And Yahweh said to Moses, Look, you will sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and prostitute after the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Haven't these evils come upon us because our God is not among us? And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they will have wrought, in that they have turned to other gods. Now therefore you{+} write this song for yourselves, and you teach it to the sons of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the sons of Israel. For when I will have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they will have eaten and filled themselves, and waxed fat; then they will turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant. And it will come to pass, when many evils and troubles come upon them, that this song will testify before them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I swore. So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the sons of Israel. And he [Yahweh] gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of good courage; for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore to them: and I will be with you. And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your{+} God, that it may be there for a witness against you. For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: look, while I am yet alive with you{+} this day, you{+} have been rebellious against Yahweh; and how much more after my death? Assemble to me all the elders of your{+} tribes, and your{+} officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them. For I know that after my death you{+} will completely corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you{+}; and evil will befall you{+} in the latter days; because you{+} will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger through the work of your{+} hands. And Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished. Give ear, you{+} heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth. My doctrine will drop as the rain; My speech will distill as the dew, As the small rain on the tender grass, And as the showers on the herb. For I will proclaim the name of Yahweh: Ascribe{+} greatness to our God. The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he. They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not his sons, [it is] their blemish; [They are] a perverse and crooked generation. Do you{+} thus requite Yahweh, O foolish people and unwise? Isn't he your father who has bought you? He has made you, and established you. Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you. When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of man, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the sons of God. For Yahweh's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He surrounded him, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle that stirs up her nest, That hovers over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bore them on his pinions. Yahweh alone led him, And there was no foreign god with him. He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock; Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And of the blood of the grape you drank wine. Jacob ate and had his fill, Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: You have waxed fat, you have grown thick, you have become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. They moved him to jealousy with strange [gods]; With disgusting things they provoked him to anger. They sacrificed to demons, [which were] not God, To gods that they did not know, To new [gods] that came up of late, Which your{+} fathers did not dread. Of the Rock that begot you you are unmindful, And have forgotten God who gave you birth. And Yahweh saw [it], and abhorred [them] Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters. And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end will be: For they are a very perverse generation, Sons in whom is no faithfulness. They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. For a fire is kindled in my anger, And burns to the lowest Sheol, And devours the earth with its increase, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains. I will heap evils on them; I will spend my arrows on them: [They will be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts I will send on them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust. Outside will the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; [It will destroy] both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs. I said, I would scatter them far, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among common man; Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Or else their adversaries should judge amiss, And they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Yahweh has not done all this. For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them. Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end! How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Yahweh had delivered them up? For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges. For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter: Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of cobras. Isn't this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures? For the day of vengeance and recompense will come in time. Their foot will slide, for the day of their calamity is near. And the things that are to come upon them will hurry. For Yahweh will judge his people, And repent himself for his slaves; When he sees that [their] power is gone, And there is none [remaining], shut up or left at large. And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge; Which ate the fat of their sacrifices, [And] drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you{+} Let them be your{+} protection. See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand. For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live forever, If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand takes hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my adversaries, And will recompense those who hate me. I will make my arrows drunk with blood, And my sword will devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the longhaired heads of the enemy. Rejoice with him, [you{+}] heavens. And bow down before him, all [you{+}] gods. For he will avenge the blood of his sons, And will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will pay back those who hate him, And will make expiation for the land of his people. And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel; And he said to them, Set your{+} heart to all the words which I testify to you{+} this day, which you{+} will command your{+} sons to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law. For it is no vain thing for you{+}; because it is your{+} life, and through this thing you{+} will prolong your{+} days in the land, where you{+} go over the Jordan to possess it. And Yahweh spoke to Moses that very same day, saying, Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is across from Jericho; and look at the land of Canaan, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession; and die in the mount where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered to his people: because you{+} trespassed against me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you{+} did not sanctify me in the midst of the sons of Israel. For you will see the land before you; but you will not go there into the land which I give the sons of Israel. And this is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death. And he said, Yahweh came from Sinai, And rose from Seir to them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And with him [were some] from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them. Yes, he loves the people; All his saints are in your hand: And they sat down at your feet; [Everyone] will receive of your words. Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob. And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together. Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few. And this is [the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah, And bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for him; And you will be a help against his adversaries. And of Levi he said, Bring to Levi your Thummim, and your Urim to your godly one, Whom you proved at Massah, With whom you strove at the waters of Meribah; Who said of his father, and of his mother, I haven't seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor knew he his own sons: For they have observed your word, And keep your covenant. They will teach Jacob your ordinances, And Israel your law: They will put incense before you, And whole burnt-offering on your altar. Bless, Yahweh, his substance, And accept the work of his hands: Strike through the loins of those who rise up against him, And of those who hate him, that they may not rise again. Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of Yahweh will stay in safety. The Most High covers him all the day long, And he stays between his shoulders. And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Yahweh be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that crouches beneath, And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, And for the precious things of the growth of the moons, And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills, And for the precious things of the earth and the fullness of it, And the good will of him who stayed in the bush. Let [the blessing] come upon the head of Joseph, And on the top of the head of him who was separate from his brothers. The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he will push the peoples all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh. And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; And, Issachar, in your tents. They will call the peoples to the mountain; There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness: For they will suck the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand. And of Gad he said, Blessed be he who enlarges Gad: Like a lion he stays, And tears the arm, yes, the top of the head. And he provided the first part for himself, For where the lawgiver's portion was, There the chiefs of the people assembled together; He executed the righteousness of Yahweh, And his ordinances with Israel. And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp, That leaps forth from Bashan. And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, And full with the blessing of Yahweh, Possess the west and the south. And of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher with sons; Let him be acceptable to his brothers, And let him dip his foot in oil. Your bars will be iron and bronze; And as your days, so will your strength be. There is none like God, O Jeshurun, Who rides on the heavens for your help, And in his excellency on the skies. The eternal God is [your] dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrusts out the enemy from before you, And said, Destroy. And Israel stays in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yes, his heavens drop down dew. Happy are you, O Israel: Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, The shield of your help, And the sword of your excellency! And your enemies will submit themselves to you; And you will tread on their high places. And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is across from Jericho. And Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, to the hinder sea, and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, to Zoar. And Yahweh said to him, This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed: I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you will not go over there. So Moses the slave of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Yahweh. And he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab across from Beth-peor: but no man knows of his tomb to this day. And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. And the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses had ended. And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands on him: and the sons of Israel listened to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses. And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom Yahweh knew face to face, in all the signs and the wonders, which Yahweh sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his slaves, and to all his land, and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.

Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the slave of Yahweh, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, Moses my slave is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you, and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them, even to the sons of Israel. Every place that the sole of your{+} foot will tread on, to you{+} I have given it, as I spoke to Moses. From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, will be your{+} border. There will not be any man able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you, nor forsake you. Be strong and of good courage; for you will cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my slave commanded you: don't turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. This book of the law will not depart out of your mouth, but you will meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it: for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; don't be frightened, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare yourselves provisions; for within three days you{+} are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your{+} God gives you{+} to possess it. And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua spoke, saying, Remember the word which Moses the slave of Yahweh commanded you{+}, saying, Yahweh your{+} God gives you{+} rest, and will give you{+} this land. Your{+} wives, your{+} little ones, and your{+} cattle, will remain in the land which Moses gave you{+} beyond the Jordan; but you{+} will pass over before your{+} brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and will help them; until Yahweh gives your{+} brothers rest, as [he has given] you{+}, and they also have possessed the land which Yahweh your{+} God gives them: then you{+} will return to the land of your{+} possession, and possess it, which Moses the slave of Yahweh gave you{+} beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising. And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. According as we listened to Moses in all things, so we will listen to you: only Yahweh your God be with you, as he was with Moses. Whoever he is that will rebel against your commandment, and will not listen to your words in all that you command him, he will be put to death: only be strong and of good courage. And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and lay there. And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Look, there came men in here tonight of the sons of Israel to search out the land. And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men who came to you, that entered into your house; for they came to search out all the land. And the woman took the two men. And she hid it, and she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know from where they were: and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; where the men went I don't know: pursue after them quickly; for you{+} will overtake them. But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof. And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued after them had gone out, they shut the gate. And before they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof; and she said to the men, I know that Yahweh has given you{+} the land, and that the fear of you{+} is fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you{+}. For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea before you{+}, when you{+} came out of Egypt; and what you{+} did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you{+} completely destroyed. And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, neither did there remain anymore spirit in any man, because of you{+}: for Yahweh your{+} God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath. Now therefore, I pray you{+}, swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you{+}, that you{+} also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token; and that you{+} will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all who they have, and will deliver our lives from death. And the men said to her, Our life for yours{+}, if you{+} do not utter this business of ours; then it will be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you. Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the side of the wall, and she dwelt on the wall. And she said to them, Go{+} to the mountain, or else the pursuers will fall on you{+}; then hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers return: and afterward may you{+} go your{+} way. And the men said to her, We will be innocent of this oath of yours which you have made us to swear. Look, when we come into the land, you will bind this line of scarlet thread in the window by which you have let us down: and you will gather to yourself into the house your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household. And it will be, that whoever will go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be innocent: and whoever will be with you in the house, his blood will be on our head, if any hand is on him. But if you utter this business of ours, then we will be innocent of your oath which you have made us to swear. And she said, According to your{+} words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. And then they went, and came to the mountain, and remained there three days, until the pursuers had returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but didn't find them. Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them. And they said to Joshua, Truly Yahweh has delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us. And Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to 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 they commanded the people, saying, When you{+} see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your{+} God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you{+} will remove from your{+} place, and go after it. Yet there will be a space between you{+} and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: don't come near to it, that you{+} may know the way by which you{+} must go; for you{+} haven't passed this way before. And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you{+}. And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people. And Yahweh said to Joshua, This day I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. And you will command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you{+} come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you{+} will stand still in the Jordan. And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your{+} God. And Joshua said, Hereby you{+} will know that the living God is among you{+}, and that he will without fail drive out from before you{+} the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite. Look, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you{+} into the Jordan. Now therefore take for yourselves twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man. And it will come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, will rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they will stand in one heap. And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people; and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest,) that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those who went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed clean over the Jordan. And it came to pass, when all the nation had clean passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, Take for yourselves twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe one man, and command{+} them, saying, Take for yourselves from here out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you{+}, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where you{+} will lodge this night. Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the sons of Israel, out of every tribe a man: and Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your{+} God into the midst of the Jordan, and take{+} up every man of you{+} a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; that this may be a sign among you{+}, that, when your{+} sons ask in time to come, saying, What do you{+} mean by these stones? Then you{+} will say to them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be for a memorial to the sons of Israel forever. And the sons of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day. For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hurried and passed over. And it came to pass, when all the people had clean passed over, that the ark of Yahweh and the priests moved up before the people. And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the sons of Israel, as Moses spoke to them: about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho. On that day Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. And Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan. Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come{+} up out of the Jordan. And it came to pass, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh had come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as previously. And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho. And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal. And he spoke to the sons of Israel, saying, When your{+} sons will ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean? Then you{+} will let your{+} sons know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. For Yahweh your{+} God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you{+}, until you{+} had passed over, as Yahweh your{+} God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over; that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Yahweh, that it is mighty; that you{+} may fear Yahweh your{+} God forever. And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard how that Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the sons of Israel, until we had passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them anymore, because of the sons of Israel. At that time Yahweh said to Joshua, Make for yourself knives of flint, and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time. And Joshua made for himself knives of flint, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. And this is the cause why Joshua circumcised: all the people who came forth out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt. For all the people who came out were circumcised; but all the people who were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, they had not circumcised. For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, was consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh: to whom Yahweh swore that he would not let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. And their sons, whom he raised up in their stead, Joshua circumcised them: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the nation, that they remained in their places in the camp, until they were whole. And Yahweh said to Joshua, This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you{+}. Therefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, to this day. And the sons of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho. And they ate of the produce of the land on the next day after the Passover, unleavened cakes and parched grain, in the very same day. And the manna ceased on the next day, after they had eaten of the produce of the land; neither had the sons of Israel manna anymore; but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that there stood a man across from him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went to him, and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries? And he said, No; but [as] prince of the host of Yahweh I have now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and said to him, What does my lord say to his slave? And the prince of Yahweh's host said to Joshua, Put off your sandal from off your foot; for the place on which you stand is holy. And Joshua did so. Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the sons of Israel: none went out, and none came in. And Yahweh said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hand Jericho and its king, mighty men of valor. And you{+} will circle the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus you will do six days. And seven priests will bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day you{+} will circle the city seven times, and the priests will blow the trumpets. And it will be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you{+} hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people will shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people will go up every man straight before him. And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh. And they said to the people, Pass on, and circle the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Yahweh. And it was so, that, when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Yahweh passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed them. And the armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rearward went after the ark, [the priests] blowing the trumpets as they went. And Joshua commanded the people, saying, You{+} will not shout, nor let your{+} voice be heard, neither will any word proceed out of your{+} mouth, until the day I bid you{+} shout; then you{+} will shout. So he caused the ark of Yahweh to circle the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Yahweh. And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the ark of Yahweh, [the priests] blowing the trumpets as they went. And the second day they circled the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for Yahweh has given you{+} the city. And the city will be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh: only Rahab the prostitute will live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. But as for you{+}, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, or else you{+} will covet and take of the devoted thing; so you{+} would make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it. But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are holy to Yahweh: they will come into the treasury of Yahweh. So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew the trumpets; and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. And they completely destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword. And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out from there the woman, and all who she has, as you{+} swore to her. And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all who she had; all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them outside the camp of Israel. And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was in it; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Yahweh. But Rahab the prostitute, and her father's household, and all who she had, Joshua saved alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Yahweh, that rises up and builds this city Jericho: with the loss of his firstborn he will lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he will set up the gates of it. So Yahweh was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land. But the sons of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing: and the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the sons of Israel. And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai. And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Don't let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai; don't make all the people to toil there; for they are but few. So there went up there of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. And the men of Ai struck of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them [from] before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads. And Joshua said, Alas, O Sovereign Yahweh, why have you at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? Would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan! Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do for your great name? And Yahweh said to Joshua, Get yourself up; why are you thus fallen on your face? Israel has sinned; yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yes, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff. Therefore the sons of Israel can't stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become accursed: I will not be with you{+} anymore, except you{+} destroy the devoted thing from among you{+}. Get up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for this is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, There is a devoted thing in the midst of you, O Israel; you can not stand before your enemies, until you{+} take away the devoted thing from among you{+}. In the morning therefore you{+} will be brought near by your{+} tribes: and it will be, that the tribe which Yahweh takes will come near by families; and the family which Yahweh will take will come near by households; and the household which Yahweh will take will come near man by man. And it will be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing will be burnt with fire, he and all that he has; because he has transgressed the covenant of Yahweh, and because he has wrought folly in Israel. So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: and he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give, I pray you, glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me now what you have done; don't hide it from me. And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and thus and thus I have done: when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, look, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, look, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the sons of Israel; and they laid them down before Yahweh. And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up to the valley of Achor. And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? Yahweh will trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and heaped stones upon them. And they raised over him a great heap of stones, to this day; and Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, to this day. And Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land; And you will do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king: only its spoil, and its cattle, you{+} will take for a prey to yourselves: set yourself 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 valor, and sent them forth by night. And he commanded them, saying, Look, you{+} will lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; don't go very far from the city, but all of you{+} be ready: and I, and all the people who are with me, will approach to the city. And it will come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them; and they will come out after us, until we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them; and you{+} will rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Yahweh your{+} God will deliver it into your{+} hand. And it will be, when you{+} have seized on the city, that you{+} will set the city on fire; according to the word of Yahweh you{+} will do: see, I have commanded you{+}. And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the ambush, and remained between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. And Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. And all the people, [even] the [men of] war who were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between him and Ai. And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city. So they set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their ambushers who were on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, for the encounter toward the Arabah; but he didn't know that there was an ambush against him behind the city. And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. And all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that didn't go out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. And Yahweh said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city. And [those in] the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it; and they hurried and set the city on fire. And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, look, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers. And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. And the others came forth out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they struck them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and struck it with the edge of the sword. And all who fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had completely destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey to themselves, according to the word of Yahweh which he commanded Joshua. So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day. And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised on it a great heap of stones, to this day. Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal, as Moses the slave of Yahweh commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no man had lifted up any iron: and they offered on it burnt-offerings to Yahweh, and sacrificed peace-offerings. And he wrote there on 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, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, as well the sojourner as the homeborn; half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the slave of Yahweh had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel. And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law. There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners who were among them. And it came to pass, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it; that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, they also worked craftily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins, old and rent and bound up, and old and patched sandals on their feet, and old garments on them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and had become moldy. And they went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: now therefore make{+} a covenant with us. And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps you{+} dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you{+}? And they said to Joshua, We are your slaves. And Joshua said to them, Who are you{+}? And from where do you{+} come? And they said to him, From a very far country your slaves have come because of the name of Yahweh your God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth. And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provision in your{+} hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your{+} slaves: and now make{+} a covenant with us. This bread of ours we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go to you{+}; but now, look, it is dry, and has become mouldy: and these wineskins, which we filled, were new; and, look, they are rent: and these garments of ours and our sandals have become old by reason of the very long journey. And the men took of their provision, and didn't ask counsel at the mouth of Yahweh. And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them. And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they lived nearby, and that they dwelt among them; for the sons of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. And the sons of Israel did not strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. But all the princes said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them. And the princes said to them, Let them live and become cutters of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation. So they became cutters of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them. And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you{+} beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you{+}; when you{+} dwell among us? Now therefore you{+} are cursed, and there will never fail to be of you{+} slaves, both cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told your slaves, how that Yahweh your God commanded his slave Moses to give you{+} all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you{+}; therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you{+}, and have done this thing. And now, look, we are in your hand: as it seems good and right to you to do to us, do. And so he did to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the sons of Israel, that they did not slay them. And Joshua made them that day cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place which he should choose. Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had completely destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty. Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, and to Piram king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying, Come up to me, and help me, and let us strike Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the sons of Israel. Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it. And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Do not slack your hand from your slaves; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us. So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor. And Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't fear them: for I have delivered them into your hands; not a man of them will stand before you. Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly; [for] he went up from Gilgal all the night. And Yahweh discomfited them before Israel, and he slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and struck them to Azekah, and to Makkedah. And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that Yahweh cast down great stones from heaven on them to Azekah, and they died: they who died with the hailstones were more than they whom the sons of Israel slew with the sword. Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand still on Gibeon; And, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn't this written in the Book of Jashar? And the sun stopped in the midst of heaven, and didn't hurry to go down about a whole day. And there was no day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man: for Yahweh fought for Israel. And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal. And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah. And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah. And Joshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them: but don't you{+} stop; pursue after your{+} enemies, and strike the hindmost of them; don't allow them to enter into their cities: for Yahweh your{+} God has delivered them into your{+} hand. And it came to pass, when Joshua and the sons of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities, that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the sons of Israel. Then Joshua said, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings to me out of the cave. And they did so, and brought forth those five kings to him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon. And it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war that went with him, Come near, put your{+} feet on the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet on the necks of them. And Joshua said to them, Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus will Yahweh do to all your{+} enemies against whom you{+} fight. And afterward Joshua struck them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging on the trees until the evening. And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, to this very day. And Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king: he completely destroyed them and all the souls who were in it; he left none remaining; and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho. And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah: and Yahweh delivered it also, and its king, into the hand of Israel; and he struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were in it; he left none remaining in it; and he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho. And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: and Yahweh delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel; and he took it on the second day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah. Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. And Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon; and they encamped against it, and fought against it; and they took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls who were in it he completely destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it: and they took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king, and all its cities, and all the souls who were in it; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he completely destroyed it, and all the souls who were in it. And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it: and he took it, and its king, and all its cities; and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and completely destroyed all the souls who were in it; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to its king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to its king. So Joshua struck all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he completely destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded. And Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon. And all these kings and their land Joshua took at one time, because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel. And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal. And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent to Jobab king of Maron, and to the king of Shimeon, and to the king of Achshaph, and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west, to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah. And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. And all these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel. And Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time I will deliver them up all slain before Israel: you will hock their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell on them. And Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth-maim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they struck them, until they left them none remaining. And Joshua did to them as Yahweh bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword: for Hazor formerly was the head of all those kingdoms. And they struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, completely destroying them; there was none left that breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire. And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, Joshua took, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and completely destroyed them; as Moses the slave of Yahweh commanded. But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only; that Joshua burned. And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the sons of Israel took for a prey to themselves; but all of man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither had they left any that breathed. As Yahweh commanded Moses his slave, so did Moses command Joshua: and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that Yahweh commanded Moses. So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same; from mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and struck them, and put them to death. Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. There was not a city that made peace with the sons of Israel, except the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in battle. For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might completely destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses. And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel: Joshua completely destroyed them with their cities. There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain. So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest from war. Now these are the kings of the land, whom the sons of Israel struck, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of the Arnon to mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward: Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and [the city that is in] the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon; and the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah and its border. Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, and ruled in mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and [as far as] half of Gilead which is the territory of Sihon king of Heshbon. Moses the slave of Yahweh and the sons of Israel struck them: and Moses the slave of Yahweh gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even to mount Halak, that goes up to Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 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 Shimeon-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one; the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Galilee, one; the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one. Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and Yahweh said to him, You are old and well stricken in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed. This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites; from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward, [which] is reckoned to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim, on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and from Arah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites; and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath; all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians; I will drive them out from before the sons of Israel: only allot it to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you. Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh; from the Jordan as far as the great sea in the west, you will give it--the great sea and its border. To the two tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh, with it the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the slave of Yahweh gave them: from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon; and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the sons of Ammon; and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah; all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for these Moses struck, and drove them out. Nevertheless the sons of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day. Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of Yahweh, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spoke to him. And Moses gave to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families. And their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba; Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley, and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land. Balaam also the son of Beor, the fortune-teller, the sons of Israel slew with the sword among the rest of their slain. And the border of the sons of Reuben was the Jordan, and the border [of it]. This was the inheritance of the sons of Reuben according to their families, the cities and its villages. And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad, according to their families. And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the sons of Ammon, to Aroer that is before Rabbah; and from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Lidebor; and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border [of it], to the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward. This is the inheritance of the sons of Gad according to their families, the cities and its villages. And Moses gave [inheritance] to the half-tribe of Manasseh: and it was for the half-tribe of the sons of Manasseh according to their families. And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities: and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the sons of Machir according to their families. These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward. But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them. And these are the inheritances which the sons of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the sons of Israel, distributed to them, by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe. For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them. For the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with its suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. As Yahweh commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did; and they divided the land. Then the sons of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh-barnea. I was forty years old when Moses the slave of Yahweh sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart. Nevertheless my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Yahweh my God. And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land on which your foot has trodden will be an inheritance to you and to your sons forever, because you have wholly followed Yahweh my God. And now, look, Yahweh has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty and five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, look, I am this day 85 years old. As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in. Now therefore give me this hill-country, of which Yahweh spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified: it may be that Yahweh will be with me, and I will drive them out, as Yahweh spoke. And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day; because he wholly followed Yahweh, the God of Israel. Now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba, which was great among man of Anakim. And the land had rest from war. And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin to the Negeb, at the uttermost part of the south. And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward; and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka; and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook of Egypt; and the goings out of the border were at the sea: this will be your{+} south border. And the east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan. And the border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan; and the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is across from the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out of it were at En-rogel; and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost part of the valley of Rephaim northward; and the border extended from the top of the mountain to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to Iyyim of mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath-jearim); and the border turned about from Baalah westward to mount Seir, and passed along to the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah; and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. And the west border was to the great sea, and the border [of it]. This is the border of the sons of Judah round about according to their families. And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the sons of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron). And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher. And Caleb said, He who strikes Kiriath-sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. And it came to pass, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she dismounted from off her donkey; and Caleb said, What do you want? And she said, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families. And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the sons of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Aradah, and Kedesh, and Hazor of Ithnan, Ziph, and Telem, 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 Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba and its towns, Baalah, and Iim, 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 and 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 Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, and Cabbon, and Lahmas, and Chitlish, 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 its towns and its villages; from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages. Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border [of it]. 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 Dumah, 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 Jorkeam, 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. Tekoa and Ephrathah (that is, Bethlehem) and Peor and Etam and Culon and Tatam and Shoresh and Cerem and Gallim and Bether and Manocho, eleven cities with their villages. Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages. In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah, and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages. And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the sons of Judah at Jerusalem to this day. And the lot came out for the sons of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el; and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth; and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Beth-horon the nether, even to Gezer; and the goings out of it were at the sea. And the sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. And the border of the sons of Ephraim according to their families was [thus]: the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the upper; and the border went out westward at Michmethath on the north; and the border turned about eastward to Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah; and it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached to Jericho, and went out at the Jordan. From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and the goings out of it were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families; together with the cities which were set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. And they did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and have become slave labor. And [this] was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. So [the lot] was for the rest of the sons of Manasseh according to their families: for the sons of Abiezer, and for the sons of Helek, and for the sons of Asriel, and for the sons of Shechem, and for the sons of Hepher, and for the sons of Shemida: these were the male sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families. But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Yahweh commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers: therefore according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father. And there fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan; because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh. And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, to Jashib-en-tappuah. The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the sons of Ephraim. And the border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook: these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh: and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and the goings out of it were at the sea: southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east. And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, the third height. Yet the sons of Manasseh could not drive out [the inhabitants of] those cities; but the Canaanites determined to dwell in that land. And it came to pass, when the sons of Israel were waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to slave labor, and did not completely drive them out. And the sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, since until now Yahweh has blessed me? And Joshua said to them, If you are a great people, go up for yourself to the forest, and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for you. And the sons of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel. And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, You are a great people, and have great power; you will not have one lot only: but the hill-country will be yours; for though it is a forest, you will cut it down, and the goings out of it will be yours; for you will drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong. And the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and caused the tent of meeting to stay there: and the land was subdued before them. And there remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance. And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long are you{+} slack to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your{+} fathers, has given you{+}? Appoint for yourselves three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they will arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they will come to me. And they will divide it into seven portions: Judah will remain in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph will remain in their border on the north. And you{+} will describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the description] here to me; and I will cast lots for you{+} here before Yahweh our God. For the Levites have no portion among you{+}; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the slave of Yahweh gave them. And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged those who went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots for you{+} here before Yahweh in Shiloh. And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh. And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh: and there Joshua divided the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions. And the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph. And their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out of it were at the wilderness of Beth-aven. And the border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-orech, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth-horon the nether. And the border extended [from there], and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out of it were at Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah: this was the west quarter. And the south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim; and the border went out toward Iyyim, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah; and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel; and it extended northward, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is across from the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; and it passed along to the side across from the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah; and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border. And the Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, by its borders round about, according to their families. Now the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz, and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el, 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 Jebusi, that is Jerusalem, Gibeath, [and] Kiriath-jearim; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families. And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to 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, and Shema, 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: En-rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan: and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families. Out of the part of the sons of Judah was the inheritance of the sons of Simeon; for the portion of the sons of Judah was too much for them: therefore the sons of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance. And the third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was to Sarid; and their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam; and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising to the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia; and from there it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin; and it went out at Rimmonah stretching to Neah; and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the goings out of it were at the valley of Iphtah-el; and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimeon, and Jiralah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the sons of Issachar according to their families. And their border was to Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath, and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez, and Remeth, and Engannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez, and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages. And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families. And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath; and it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand, and Adbon, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Sidon; and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah, and the goings out of it were at the sea; Mahalab, Achzib; Acco also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. The sixth lot came out for the sons of Naphtali, even for the sons of Naphtali according to their families. And their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adaminekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakkum; and the goings out of it were at the Jordan; and the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from there to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Jehuda at the Jordan toward the sunrising. And the fortified cities were 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 according to their families, the cities with their villages. The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families. And the border 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 Azor, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon, and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border across from Joppa. And the border of the sons of Dan went out beyond them; for the sons of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt in it, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by its borders; and the sons of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them: according to the commandment of Yahweh they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt in it. These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the sons of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land. And Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Assign for yourselves the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you{+} by Moses, that the manslayer that kills any person unintentionally [and] unawares may flee there: and they will be to you{+} for a refuge from the avenger of blood. And he will flee to one of those cities, and will stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they will take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. And if the avenger of blood pursues after him, then they will not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his fellow man unawares, and did not hate him formerly. And he will dwell in that city, until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest who will be in those days: then the manslayer will return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from where he fled. And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah. And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. These were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands before the congregation. Then the heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our cattle. And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs. And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. And the rest of the sons of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. And the sons of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. The sons of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. And the sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Yahweh commanded by Moses. And they gave out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, these cities which are [here] mentioned by name: and they were for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the sons of Levi; for theirs was the first lot. And they gave them Kiriath-arba, [Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with its suburbs round about it. But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. And to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs--the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs, and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs, and Ashan with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs, Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities. All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. And the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the sons of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim--the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs, and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities. And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs, Aijalon with its suburbs, and Jibleam with its suburbs; four cities. And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two cities. All the cities of the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath were ten with their suburbs. And to the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan with its suburbs--the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two cities. And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs, Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim with its suburbs; four cities. And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs, Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities. And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs--the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities. All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. And to the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs, Rimmonah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities. And from beyond the Jordan at Jericho, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the desert of the plateau with its suburbs--the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Jazer with its suburbs, Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities. And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs--the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all. All [these were] the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities. All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities. So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt in it. And Yahweh gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore to their fathers: and there didn't stand a man of all their enemies before them; Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand. There did not fail anything of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass. Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them, You{+} have kept all that Moses the slave of Yahweh commanded you{+}, and have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you{+}: you{+} haven't left your{+} brothers these many days to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Yahweh your{+} God. And now Yahweh your{+} God has given rest to your{+} brothers, as he spoke to them: therefore now turn{+}, and you{+} go to your{+} tents, to the land of your{+} possession, which Moses the slave of Yahweh gave you{+} beyond the Jordan. Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the slave of Yahweh commanded you{+}, to love Yahweh your{+} God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to stick to him, and to serve him with all your{+} heart and with all your{+} soul. So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents. Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [inheritance] in Bashan; but to the other half Joshua gave among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward; moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them, and spoke to them, saying, Return with much wealth to your{+} tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with bronze, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your{+} enemies with your{+} brothers. And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the sons of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, of which they acquired possession, according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses. And when they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, a great altar to look at. And the sons of Israel heard it said, Look, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the sons of Israel. And when the sons of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the sons of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war. And the sons of Israel sent to the sons of Reuben, and to the sons of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel. And they came to the sons of Reuben, and to the sons of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying, Thus says the whole congregation of Yahweh, What trespass is this that you{+} have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Yahweh, in that you{+} have built yourselves an altar, to rebel this day against Yahweh? Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we haven't cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of Yahweh, that you{+} must turn away this day from following Yahweh? And it will be, seeing you{+} rebel today against Yahweh, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel. Nevertheless, if the land of your{+} possession is unclean, then you{+} pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh, in which Yahweh's tabernacle stays, and take possession among us: but don't rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building yourselves an altar besides the altar of Yahweh our God. Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? And that man didn't perish alone in his iniquity. Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel, The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel he will know: if it is in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh, don't you save us this day. If we have built ourselves an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer on it burnt-offering or meal-offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings on it, let Yahweh himself require it. And if we have not [rather] out of carefulness done this, [and] of purpose, saying, In time to come your{+} sons might speak to our sons, saying, What do you{+} have to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel? For Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you{+}, you{+} sons of Reuben and sons of Gad; you{+} have no portion in Yahweh: so might your{+} sons make our sons cease from fearing Yahweh. Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice: but it will be a witness between us and you{+}, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your{+} sons may not say to our sons in time to come, You{+} have no portion in Yahweh. Therefore we said, It will be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we will say, Look at the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you{+}. Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh, and turn away this day from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Yahweh our God that is before his tabernacle. And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well. And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the sons of Reuben, and to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Manasseh, This day we know that Yahweh is in the midst of us, because you{+} haven't committed this trespass against Yahweh: now you{+} have delivered the sons of Israel out of the hand of Yahweh. And Phinehas the 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, to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel, and brought word back to them. And the thing pleased the sons of Israel; and the sons of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad dwelt. And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad gave the altar a name: It is a witness between us that Yahweh is God. And it came to pass after many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years; that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and well stricken in years: and you{+} have seen all that Yahweh your{+} God has done to all these nations because of you{+}; for Yahweh your{+} God, it is he who has fought for you{+}. Look, I have allotted to you{+} these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your{+} tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun. And Yahweh your{+} God, he will thrust them out from before you{+}, and drive them from out of your{+} sight; and you{+} will possess their land, as Yahweh your{+} God spoke to you{+}. Therefore be{+} very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, that you{+} don't turn aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; that you{+} don't come among these nations, these that remain among you{+}; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them; but stick to Yahweh your{+} God, as you{+} have done to this day. For Yahweh has driven out from before you{+} great and strong nations: but as for you{+}, no man has stood before you{+} to this day. One man of you{+} will chase a thousand; for Yahweh your{+} God, it is he who fights for you{+}, as he spoke to you{+}. Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you{+} love Yahweh your{+} God. Else if you{+} do at all go back, and stick to the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you{+}, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you{+}; know for a certainty that Yahweh your{+} God will no more drive these nations from out of your{+} sight; but they will be a snare and a trap to you{+}, and a scourge in your{+} sides, and thorns in your{+} eyes, until you{+} perish from off this good land which Yahweh your{+} God has given you{+}. And, look, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you{+} know in all your{+} hearts and in all your{+} souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your{+} God spoke concerning you{+}; all have come to pass to you{+}, not one thing has failed of them. And it will come to pass, that as all the good things have come upon you{+} of which Yahweh your{+} God spoke to you{+}, so will Yahweh bring on you{+} all the evil things, until he destroys you{+} from off this good land which Yahweh your{+} God has given you{+}. When you{+} transgress the covenant of Yahweh your{+} God, which he commanded you{+}, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them; then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you{+}, and you{+} will perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you{+}. And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said to all the people, This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, Your{+} fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods. And I took your{+} father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst of it: and afterward I brought you{+} out. And I brought your{+} fathers out of Egypt: and you{+} came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your{+} fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea. And when they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you{+} and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your{+} eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you{+} dwelt in the wilderness many days. And I brought you{+} into the land of the Amorites, that dwelt beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you{+}; and I gave them into your{+} hand, and you{+} possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you{+}. Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel: and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you{+}; but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you{+} still: so I delivered you{+} out of his hand. And you{+} went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you{+}, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your{+} hand. And I sent the hornet before you{+}, which drove them out from before you{+}, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow. And I gave you{+} a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you{+} did not build, and you{+} dwell in them; of vineyards and oliveyards which you{+} did not plant, you{+} are eating. Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your{+} fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve{+} Yahweh. And if it seems evil to you{+} to serve Yahweh, choose you{+} this day whom you{+} will serve; whether the gods which your{+} fathers served who were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you{+} dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh. And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods; for Yahweh our God, it is he who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed; and Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites that dwelt in the land: therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God. And Joshua said to the people, You{+} can't serve Yahweh; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your{+} transgression nor your{+} sins. If you{+} forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do evil to you{+}, and consume you{+}, after he has done you{+} good. And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Yahweh. And Joshua said to the people, You{+} are witnesses against yourselves that you{+} have chosen for yourselves Yahweh, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. Now therefore put away, [he said], the foreign gods which are among you{+}, and incline your{+} heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel. And the people said to Joshua, Yahweh our God we will serve, and to his voice we will listen. So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh. And Joshua said to all the people, Look, this stone will be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke to us: it will therefore be a witness against you{+}, in case you{+} deny your{+} God. So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance. And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the slave of Yahweh, died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash. And Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had wrought for Israel. And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money: and they became the inheritance of the sons of Joseph. And Eleazar the 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 Joshua, that the sons of Israel asked of Yahweh, saying, Who will go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them? And Yahweh said, Judah will go up: look, I have delivered the land into his hand. And Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot. So Simeon went with him. And Judah went up; and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they struck of them in Bezek ten thousand men. And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites. But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. And Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I have done, so God has repaid me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. And the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. And afterward the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the hill-country, and in the South, and in the lowland. And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher.) And Caleb said, He who strikes Kiriath-sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. And it came to pass, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she dismounted from off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, What do you want? And she said to him, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. And the sons of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the sons of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the Negeb of Arad; and Amalek went and dwelt with them. And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and completely destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah. Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border. And Yahweh was with Judah; and drove out [the inhabitants of] the hill-country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out from there the three sons of Anak. And the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day. And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Yahweh was with them. And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city formerly was Luz.) And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you. And he showed them the entrance into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family. And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day. And Manasseh did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Beth-shean and its towns, nor [of] Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites determined to dwell in that land. And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to slave labor, and did not completely drive them out. And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to slave labor. Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob; but the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out. Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to slave labor. And the Amorites forced the sons of Dan into the hill-country; for they would not allow them to come down to the valley; but the Amorites determined to dwell in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to slave labor. And the border of the Amorites was the Edomites, from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. And the angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you{+} to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you{+} to the land which I swore to your{+} fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you{+}: and you{+} will make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you{+} will break down their altars. But you{+} haven't listened to my voice: why have you{+} done this? Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you{+}; but they will be [as thorns] in your{+} sides, and their gods will be a snare to you{+}. And it came to pass, when the angel of Yahweh spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to Yahweh. Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the sons of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land. And the people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh that he had wrought for Israel. And Joshua the son of Nun, the slave of Yahweh, died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash. And also all that generation were gathered{+} to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, that didn't know Yahweh, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel. And the sons of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baalim; and they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples who were round about them, and bowed themselves down to them: and they provoked Yahweh to anger. And they forsook Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth. And the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies. Wherever they went out, the hand of Yahweh was against them for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had sworn to them: and they were very distressed. And Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who despoiled them. And yet they didn't listen to their judges; for they prostituted after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them: they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Yahweh; [but] they did not so. And when Yahweh raised up judges for them, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and vexed them. But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn't cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way. And the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation transgressed{+} my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and did not listen{+} to my voice; I also will not, from now on, drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died; that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Yahweh to walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or not. So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither did he deliver them into the hand of Joshua. Now these are the nations which Yahweh left, to prove Israel by them, even as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan; only that the generations of the sons of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as formerly knew nothing of it: [namely], the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon to the entrance of Hamath. And they were [left], to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of Yahweh, which he commanded their fathers by Moses. And the sons of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods. And the sons of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and forgot Yahweh their God, and served the Baalim and the Asheroth. Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years. And when the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a savior to the sons of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. And the Spirit of Yahweh came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Yahweh delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand: and his hand prevailed against Cushan-rishathaim. And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. And the sons of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: and Yahweh strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh. And he gathered to him the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees. And the sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. But when the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised them up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. And the sons of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. And Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his raiment on his right thigh. And he offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man. And when he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people who bore the tribute. But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret message to you, O king. And he said, Keep silent. And all who stood by him went out from him. And Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. And Ehud said, I have a message from God to you. And he arose out of his seat. And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body: and the handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind. Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them. Now when he had gone out, his slaves came; and they saw, and noticed that the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is relieving himself in the upper chamber. And they tarried until they were ashamed; and saw that he didn't open the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened [them], and saw that their lord had fallen down dead on the earth. And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirah. And it came to pass, when he came, that he blew a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he [was] before them. And he said to them, Follow after me; for Yahweh has delivered your{+} enemies the Moabites into your{+} hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and didn't allow a man to pass over. And they struck of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every robust man, and every man of valor; and not a man escaped. So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest 80 years. And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox-goad: and he also saved Israel. And the sons of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, when Ehud was dead. And Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. And the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the sons of Israel. Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time. And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment. And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, Has not Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, [saying], Go and draw to mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun? And I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand. And Barak said to her, If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go. And she said, I will surely go with you: notwithstanding, the journey that you take will not be for your honor; for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the sons of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh. And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to mount Tabor. And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles, to the river Kishon. And Deborah said to Barak, Rise up; for this is the day in which Yahweh has delivered Sisera into your hand; has not Yahweh gone out before you? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. And Yahweh discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera dismounted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet. But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, to Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left. Nevertheless Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; don't be afraid. And he turned in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. And he said to her, Give me, I pray you, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. And he said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it will be, when any man comes and inquires of you, and says, Is there any man here? Then you will say, No. Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died. And, look, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek. And he came to her; and saw that Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples. So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the sons of Israel. And the hand of the sons of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying, For the leaders took the lead in Israel, For the people offered themselves willingly, Bless you{+} Yahweh. Hear, O you{+} kings; give ear, O you{+} princes; I, [even] I, will sing to Yahweh; I will sing praise to Yahweh, the God of Israel. Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, When you marched out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yes, the clouds dropped water. The mountains quaked at the presence of Yahweh, this Sinai at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel. In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travelers walked through byways. The villagers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until I Deborah arose, I arose a mother in Israel. They chose new gods; Then there was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? My heart is toward the governors of Israel, That offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless{+} Yahweh. Tell [of it], you{+} who ride on white donkeys, You{+} who sit on rich carpets, And you{+} who walk by the way. Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, There they will rehearse the righteous acts of Yahweh, [Even] the righteous acts of his villagers in Israel. Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates. Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song: Arise, Barak, and capture your captives, you son of Abinoam. Then the survivor went down to the nobles, the people of Yahweh went down for me as warriors. Out of Ephraim their root [is] in Amalek; After you, Benjamin among your peoples; Out of Machir came down governors, And out of Zebulun those who handle the marshal's staff. And the princes in Issachar were with Deborah; As was Issachar, so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben There were great resolves of heart. Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart. Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan: And Dan, why did he remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, And stayed by his creeks. Zebulun was a people who jeopardized their lives to the death, And Naphtali, on the high places of the field. The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money. From heaven fought the stars, From their courses they fought against Sisera. The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength. Then the horsehoofs stamped By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones. Curse{+} Meroz, said the angel of Yahweh. Curse{+} bitterly its inhabitants, Because they didn't come to the help of Yahweh, To the help of Yahweh against the mighty. Blessed above women will Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed she will be above women in the tent. He asked water, [and] she gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish. She put her hand to the tent-pin, And her right hand to the workmen's hammer; And with the hammer she struck Sisera, she struck through his head; Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples. At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; At her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera [cried] through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots tarry? Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself, Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A womb, [even] two wombs for each chief [able-bodied] man. A spoil of dyed garments for Sisera. A spoil of embroidered dyed garments, [even] double embroidered dyed garments for the neck of the queen. So let all your enemies perish, O Yahweh: But let those who love him be as the sun when he goes forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. And the sons of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds. And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the sons of the east; they came up against them; and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey. For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it. And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh. And it came to pass, when the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh because of Midian, that Yahweh sent a prophet to the sons of Israel: and he said to them, This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I brought you{+} up from Egypt, and brought you{+} forth out of the house of slaves; and I delivered you{+} out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all who oppressed you{+}, and drove them out from before you{+}, and gave you{+} their land; and I said to you{+}, I am Yahweh your{+} God; you{+} will not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you{+} dwell. But you{+} haven't listened to my voice. And the angel of Yahweh came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites. And the angel of Yahweh appeared to him, and said to him, Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor. And Gideon said to him, Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, then why does all this befall us? And where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt? But now Yahweh has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian. And Yahweh looked on him, and said, Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian: haven't I sent you? And he said to him, Oh, Lord, with what shall I save Israel? Look, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. And Yahweh said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you will strike the Midianites as one man. And he said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talks with me. Do not depart from here, I pray you, until I come to you, and bring forth my present, and lay it before you. And he said, I will tarry until you come again. And Gideon went in, and made ready a young goat, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it. And the angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. Then the angel of Yahweh put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Yahweh departed out of his sight. And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, Alas, O Sovereign Yahweh! since I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face. And Yahweh said to him, Peace be to you; don't be afraid: you will not die. Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it Yahweh-shalom: to this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. And it came to pass the same night, that Yahweh said to him, Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it; and build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah which you will cut down. Then Gideon took ten men of his slaves, and did as Yahweh had spoken to him: and it came to pass, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, look, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built. And they said one to another, Who has done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing. Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it. And Joash said to all who stood against him, Will you{+} contend for Baal? Or will you{+} save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death while [it is yet] morning: if he is a god, let him contend for himself, because one has broken down his altar. Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar. Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the sons of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel. But the Spirit of Yahweh came upon Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together after him. And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were gathered together after him: and he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. And Gideon said to God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken, look, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if there will be dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I will know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken. And it was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. And Gideon said to God, Don't let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: let me make trial, I pray you, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew. And God did so that night: for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. And Yahweh said to Gideon, The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, or else Israel will vaunt themselves against me, saying, My own hand has saved me. Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart early from Mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. And Yahweh said to Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down to the water, and I will try them for you there: and it will be, that of whom I say to you, This will go with you, the same will go with you; and of whomever I say to you, This will not go with you, the same will not go. So he brought down the people to the water: and Yahweh said to Gideon, Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, him you will set by himself; likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink. And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water. And Yahweh said to Gideon, By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you{+}, and deliver the Midianites into your hand; and let all the people go every man to his place. And they took the provisions of the people in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the men of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men: and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley. And it came to pass the same night, that Yahweh said to him, Arise, go down into the camp; for I have delivered it into your hand. But if you fear to go down, you and Purah your attendant go down to the camp: and you will hear what they say; and afterward your hands will be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his attendant to the outermost part of the armed men who were in the camp. And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude. And when Gideon came, look, there was a man telling a dream to his fellow soldier; and he said, Look, I dreamed a dream; and saw that a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat. And his fellow soldier answered and said, This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God has delivered Midian, and all the host. And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and its interpretation, that he worshiped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Yahweh has delivered into your{+} hand the host of Midian. And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches inside the pitchers. And he said to them, Look at me, and do likewise: and, see, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it will be that, as I do, so you{+} will do. When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then you{+} blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, For Yahweh and for Gideon. So Gideon, and the hundred men who were with him, came to the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands. And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands with which to blow; and they cried, A sword of Yahweh and of Gideon. And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight. And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Yahweh set every man's sword against his fellow soldier, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. And the men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian. And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take the waters before them, as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan. And they took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the wine press of Zeeb, and pursued Midian: and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan. And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you served us thus, that you didn't call us, when you went to fight with Midian? And they chided with him sharply. And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison with you{+}? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? God has delivered into your{+} hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you{+}? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. And Gideon came to the Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing. And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you{+}, loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian. And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army? And Gideon said, Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your{+} flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. And he went up from there to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered. And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the host of the sons of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen. And Gideon went up by the way of those who stayed in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the host; for the host was secure. And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he routed all the host. And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres. And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy and seven men. And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you{+} taunted me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary? And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he flailed the men of Succoth. And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom you{+} slew at Tabor? And they answered, As you are, so they were; each one resembled the sons of a king. And he said, They were my brothers, the sons of my mother: as Yahweh lives, if you{+} had saved them alive, I would not slay you{+}. And he said to Jether his firstborn, Rise up, and slay them. But the youth did not draw his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth. Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, You rise, and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks. Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian. And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you{+}, neither will my son rule over you{+}: Yahweh will rule over you{+}. And Gideon said to them, I would make a request of you{+}, that you{+} would give me every man the earrings of his spoil. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and cast in it every man the earrings of his spoil. And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks. And Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel prostituted after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house. So Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon. And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives. And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech. And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel turned again, and prostituted after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god. And the sons of Israel didn't remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side; neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, [who was] Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel. And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, Speak, I pray you{+}, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether it is better for you{+}, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you{+}, or that one rule over you{+}? Remember also that I am your{+} bone and your{+} flesh. And his mother's brothers spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. And they gave him seventy [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and reckless fellows, who followed him. And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one stone: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem. And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Listen to me, you{+} men of Shechem, that God may listen to you{+}. One time the trees went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign over us. But the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, which by me they honor God and men, and go to wave to and fro over the trees? And the trees said to the fig-tree, You come, and reign over us. But the fig-tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave to and fro over the trees? And the trees said to the vine, You come, and reign over us. And the vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and men, and go to wave to and fro over the trees? Then all the trees said to the bramble, You come, and reign over us. And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth you{+} anoint me king over you{+}, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. Now therefore, if you{+} have dealt truly and uprightly, in that you{+} have made Abimelech king, and if you{+} have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands (for my father fought for you{+}, and adventured his life, and delivered you{+} out of the hand of Midian: and you{+} have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female slave, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your{+} brother); if you{+} then have dealt truly and uprightly with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice{+} in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you{+}: but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years. And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem betrayed Abimelech: that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brothers. And the men of Shechem set ambushers for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech. And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him. And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod [the grapes], and held a festival, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech. And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal? And Zebul his officer? You{+} serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem! But why should we serve him? And if only this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase your army, and come out. And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. And he sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, Look, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers are coming to Shechem; and, see, they are inciting the city against you. Now therefore, rise up by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field: and it will be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you will rise early, and rush on the city; and, look, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you will find occasion. And Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people who were with him, from the ambush. And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. And Gaal spoke again and said, See, people are coming down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the Psychics' Oak. Then Zebul said to him, Where now is your mouth, that you said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? Isn't this the people that you have despised? Go out now, I pray, and fight with them. And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even to the entrance of the gate. And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem. And it came to pass on the next day, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid in wait in the field; and he looked, and saw that the people came forth out of the city; And he rose up against them, and struck them. And Abimelech, and the companies with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two companies rushed on all who were in the field, and struck them. And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people who were in it: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of El-berith. And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. And Abimelech went up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took axes in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said to the people who were with him, What you{+} have seen me do, hurry, and do as I have done. And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire on them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. But there was a strong tower inside the city, and there fled all the men and women, and all those of the city, and shut themselves in, and went up to the roof of the tower. And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire. And a certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull. Then he called hastily to the young man his armorbearer, and said to him, Draw your sword, and kill me. Or else men will say of me, A woman slew him. And his attendant thrust him through, and he died. And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his place. Thus God returned the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brothers; and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God return on their heads: and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. And after Abimelech, there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim. And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty and two years. And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon. And the sons of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baalim, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Yahweh, and didn't serve him. And the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the sons of Ammon. And they vexed and oppressed the sons of Israel that year: eighteen years [they oppressed] all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. And the sons of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was very distressed. And the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh, saying, We have sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baalim. And Yahweh said to the sons of Israel, [Did] not [I save you{+}] from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines? The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, had oppressed you{+}; and you{+} cried to me, and I saved you{+} out of their hand. Yet you{+} have forsaken me, and served other gods: therefore I will save you{+} no more. Go and cry to the gods which you{+} have chosen; let them save you{+} in the time of your{+} distress. And the sons of Israel said to Yahweh, We have sinned: you do to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, we pray you, this day. And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. Then the sons of Ammon had gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the sons of Israel had assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah. And the people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, What man is he who will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? He will be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a prostitute: and Gilead begot Jephthah. And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said to him, You will not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of another woman. Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him. And it came to pass after awhile, that the sons of Ammon made war against Israel. And it was so, that, when the sons of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob; and they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the sons of Ammon. And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Didn't you{+} hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? And why have you{+} come to me now when you{+} are in distress? And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us, and fight with the sons of Ammon; and you will be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you{+} bring me home again to fight with the sons of Ammon, and Yahweh delivers them before me, shall I be your{+} head? And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Yahweh will be witness between us; surely according to your word so we will do. Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh in Mizpah. And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, saying, What do you have to do with me, that you have come to me to fight against my land? And the king of the sons of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan: now therefore restore those [lands] again peaceably. And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the sons of Ammon; and he said to him, Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the sons of Ammon, but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh; then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray you, pass through your land; but the king of Edom didn't listen. And in like manner he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel remained in Kadesh. Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn't come inside the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab. And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray you, through your land to my place. But Sihon didn't trust Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. And Yahweh, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan. So now Yahweh, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them? Will not you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whomever Yahweh our God has dispossessed from before us, them we will possess. And now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them? While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; why didn't you{+} recover them within that time? I therefore haven't sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me: Yahweh, the Judge, will be judge this day between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon. Nevertheless the king of the sons of Ammon didn't listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him. Then the Spirit of Yahweh came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the sons of Ammon. And Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed deliver the sons of Ammon into my hand, then it will be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, it will be Yahweh's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering. So Jephthah passed over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them; and Yahweh delivered them into his hand. And he struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel. And Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and saw that his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only [child]; besides her he had neither son nor daughter. And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back. And she said to him, My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, since Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the sons of Ammon. And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions. And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains. And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she had no sex with a man. And it was a custom in Israel, that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, Why did you pass over to fight against the sons of Ammon, and didn't call us to go with you? We will burn your house on you with fire. And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great strife with the sons of Ammon; and when I called you{+}, you{+} didn't save me out of their hand. And when I saw that you{+} didn't save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the sons of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand: why then have you{+} come up to me this day, to fight against me? Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, You{+} are fugitives of Ephraim, you{+} Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, [and] in the midst of Manasseh. And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when [any of] the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? If he said, No; then they said to him, Now say, Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he did not accomplish correct pronunciation: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand. And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in his city, in Zepheh of Gilead. And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel. And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. And Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth-lehem. And after him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years. And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites. And the sons of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and had not given birth. And the angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, Look now, you are barren, and have not given birth; but you will become pregnant, and give birth to a son. Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing: for, look, you will become pregnant, and give birth to a son; and no razor will come upon his head; for the lad will be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he will begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very awesome; and I did not ask him from where he was, neither did he tell me his name: but he said to me, Look, you will become pregnant, and give birth to a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing; for the lad will be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death. Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, Oh, Lord, I pray you, let the man of God whom you sent come again to us, and teach us what we will do to the lad that will be born. And God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field: but her husband Manoah wasn't with her. And the woman hurried, and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, Look, the man has appeared to me, that came to me the [other] day. And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Are you the man that spoke to the woman? And he said, I am. And Manoah said, Now let your words come to pass: what will be the ordering of the lad, and [how] shall we do to him? And the angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, Of all that I said to the woman let her beware. She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe. And Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, I pray you, let us detain you, that we may make ready a young goat for you. And the angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, Though you detain me, I will not eat of your bread; and if you will make ready a burnt-offering, you must offer it to Yahweh. For Manoah didn't know that he was the angel of Yahweh. And Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, What is your name, that, when your words come to pass, we may honor you? And the angel of Yahweh said to him, Why do you ask after my name, seeing it is wonderful? So Manoah took the young goat with the meal-offering, and offered it on the rock to Yahweh: and [the angel] did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on. For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of Yahweh ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground. But the angel of Yahweh did not appear anymore to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Yahweh. And Manoah said to his wife, We will surely die, because we have seen God. But his wife said to him, If Yahweh desired to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these. And the woman bore a son, and named him Samson: and the lad grew, and Yahweh blessed him. And the Spirit of Yahweh began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me as wife. Then his father and his mother said to him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Get her for me; for she pleases me well. But his father and his mother didn't know that it was of Yahweh; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel. Then Samson went down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and they came to the vineyards of Timnah: and, look, a young lion roared against him. And the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he rent him as he would have rent a young goat; and he had nothing in his hand: but he didn't tell his father or his mother what he had done. And he went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well. And after awhile he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and saw that there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey. And he took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate: but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion. And his father went down to the woman: and Samson made a feast there; for so the young men used to do. And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty friends to be with him. And Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you{+}: if you{+} can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you{+} thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment; but if you{+} can't declare it to me, then you{+} will give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment. And they said to him, Put forth your riddle, that we may hear it. And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, or else we will burn you and your father's house with fire: have you{+} called us to impoverish us? Or not? And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, You only hate me, and don't love me: you have put forth a riddle to the sons of my people, and haven't told it to me. And he said to her, Look, I haven't told it to my father nor my mother, and shall I tell you? And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him intensely; and she told the riddle to the sons of her people. And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you{+} did not plow with my heifer, You{+} did not find out my riddle. And the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes [of raiment] to those who declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. But Samson's wife was [given] to his friend, whom he had used as his best man. But it came to pass after awhile, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a young goat; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not allow him to go in. And her father said, I truly thought that you had completely hated her; therefore I gave her to your friend: isn't her younger sister fairer than she? Take her, I pray you, instead of her. And Samson said to them, This time I will be innocent in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief. And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails. And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the oliveyards. Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to his friend. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. And Samson said to them, If you{+} act after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you{+}, and after that I will cease. And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam. Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. And the men of Judah said, Why have you{+} come up against us? And they said, we have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us. Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Don't you know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so I have done to them. And they said to him, We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, or else you{+} will fall on me yourselves. And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind you fast, and deliver you into their hand: but surely we will not kill you. And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock. When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bindings dropped from off his hands. And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand, and took it, and struck a thousand men with it. And Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, I have thrashed them good, With the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men. And it came to pass, when he had finished speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath-lehi. And he was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh, and said, You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your slave; and now I will die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised. But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he drank, his spirit came again, and he revived: therefore its name was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day. And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. And Samson went to Gaza, and there saw a prostitute, and went in to her. The Gazites [were told], saying, Samson has come here. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, [Wait] until morning light, then we will kill him. And Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron. And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Entice him, and see in what his great strength lies, and how we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will each give you eleven hundred [pieces] of silver. And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray you, in what your great strength lies, and with which you might be bound to afflict you. And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then I will become weak, and be as one of man. Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. Now she had ambushers waiting in the inner chamber. And she said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And he broke the withes, as a string of flax is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength wasn't known. And Delilah said to Samson, Look, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray you, with which you might be bound. And he said to her, If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then I will become weak, and be as one of man. So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And the ambushers were waiting in the inner chamber. And he broke them off his arms like a thread. And Delilah said to Samson, Until now you have mocked me, and told me lies: tell me with which you might be bound. And he said to her, If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web, and fasten them with the pin on the loom, I will become weak as any man. And as he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his head and wove them with the web and she fastened them with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin, the loom, and the web. And she said to him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and haven't told me in what your great strength lies. And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed to death. And he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb: if I were shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like one of man. And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hand. And she made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. And she said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he didn't know that Yahweh had departed from him. And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he ground in the prison-house. Nevertheless the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved. And the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god has delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us. And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may entertain us. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he entertained them. And they set him between the pillars: and Samson said to the lad that held him by the hand, Allow me that I may feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean on them. Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof about three thousand men and women, watching Samson amuse [them]. And Samson called to Yahweh, and said, O Sovereign Yahweh, remember me, I pray you, and strengthen me, I pray you, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and leaned on them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left. And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people who were in it. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than those who he slew in his life. Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, look, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Yahweh. And he restored the eleven hundred [pieces] of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I truly dedicate the silver to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to you. And when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred [pieces] of silver, and gave them to the goldsmith, who made of it a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah. And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and talismans, and consecrated 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 Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there. And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place]. And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten [pieces] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and your victuals. So the Levite went in. And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons. And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. Then Micah said, Now I know that Yahweh will do me good, seeing I have a Levite for my priest. In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for itself an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day [its] inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel. And the sons of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there. When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside there, and said to him, Who brought you here? And what are you doing in this place? And what do you have here? And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I have become his priest. And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go will be prosperous. And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before Yahweh is your{+} way in which you{+} go. Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were in it, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one possessing authority that might put [them] to shame in anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with man. And they came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brothers said to them, What [say] you{+}? And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, look, it is very good: and are you{+} still? Don't be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land. When you{+} go, you{+} will come to a people secure, and the land is large; for God has given it into your{+} hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth. And six hundred men girded with weapons of war set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol. And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah: therefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, to this day; look, it is behind Kiriath-jearim. And they passed from there to the hill-country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah. Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, Do you{+} know that there is in these houses an ephod, and talismans, and a graven image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you{+} have to do. And they turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare. And the six hundred men girded with their weapons of war, who were of the sons of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. And the five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the talismans, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girded with weapons of war. And when these went into Micah's house, and fetched the graven image, the ephod, and the talismans, and the molten image, the priest said to them, What are you{+} doing? And they said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel? And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the talismans, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them. When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near to Micah's house had gathered together, and stuck to the sons of Dan. And they cried to the sons of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said to Micah, What ails you, that you come with such a company? And he said, you{+} have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away, and what more do I have? And how then do you{+} say to me, What ails you? And the sons of Dan said to him, Don't let your voice be heard among us, or else angry fellows will fall on you{+}, and you will lose your life, with the lives of your household. And the sons of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house. And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire. And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with man; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth-rehob. And they built the city, and dwelt in it. And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: nevertheless the name of the city was Laish at the first. And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land. So they set themselves up Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah. And his concubine prostituted against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there the space of four months. And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his attendant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he remained with him three days: so they ate and drank, and lodged there. And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you{+} will go your{+} way. So they sat down, and ate and drank, both of them together: and the damsel's father said to the man, Be pleased, I pray you, to tarry all night, and let your heart be merry. And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again. And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel's father said, Strengthen your heart, I pray you, and tarry{+} until the day declines; and they ate, both of them. And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his attendant, his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said to him, Look, now the day draws toward evening, I pray you{+} tarry all night: see, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow rise{+} early on your{+} way, that you may go home. But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came opposite Jebus (the same is Jerusalem): and there were with him a couple of donkeys saddled; his concubine also was with him. When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the attendant said to his master, Come, I pray you, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. And his master said to him, We will not turn aside into a city of the foreigner, who is not of the sons of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah. And he said to his attendant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah. So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin. And they turned aside there, to go in to lodge in Gibeah: and he went in, and sat down in the street of the city; for there was no man who took them into his house to lodge. And, look, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Where do you go? And where do you come from? And he said to him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah to the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim; I am from there, and I went to Beth-lehem-judah: and I am going to the house of Yahweh; and there is no man who takes me into his house. Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your female slave, and for the attendant who is with your slaves: there is no want of anything. And the old man said, Peace be to you; however let all your wants lie on me; only don't lodge in the street. So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drank. As they were making their hearts merry, look, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man who came into your house, that we may have sex with him. And the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, No, my brothers, I pray you{+}, don't do so wickedly; seeing that this man has come into my house, don't do this folly. Look, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; I will bring them out now, and humble{+} them, and do with them what seems good to you{+}: but to this man don't do any such folly. But the men would not listen to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they had sex with her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. Then the woman came in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, until it was light. And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and saw that the woman his concubine had fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold. And he said to her, Rise up, and let us be going; but there was no answer: then he took her up on the donkey; and the man rose up, and went to his place. And when he came into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel. And it was so, that all who saw [it] said, [Such a thing] has not happened nor been seen like that from the day the sons of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day. And he commanded the men he sent saying, This is what you will say to every man of Israel, Has such [a thing] ever happened from the day the sons of Israel came up from Egypt until this day? Consider it, take counsel, and speak. Then all the sons of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah. And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew a sword. (Now the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the sons of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass? And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; they wanted to kill me, and they raped my concubine to death. And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. Look, you{+} sons of Israel, all of you{+}, give here your{+} advice and counsel. And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn to his house. But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we will go up] against it by lot! And we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victuals for the people, that they may do, when they come to Geba of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, joined together as one man. And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that has come to pass among you{+}? Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers the sons of Israel. And the sons of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the sons of Israel. And the sons of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand swordsmen, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men. Among all this people there were seven hundred left-handed chosen men; every one could sling stones at a hair-width, and not miss. And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand swordsmen: all these were men of war. And the sons of Israel arose, and went up to Beth-el, and asked counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the sons of Benjamin? And Yahweh said, Judah [will go up] first. And the sons of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah. And the sons of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thousand men. And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day. And the sons of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until evening; and they 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. And the sons of Israel came near against the sons of Benjamin the second day. And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the sons of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. Then all the sons of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Beth-el, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Yahweh. And the sons of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the sons of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And Yahweh said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand. And Israel set ambushers against Gibeah round about. And the sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. And the sons of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel. And the sons of Benjamin said, They are being struck down before us, as at the first. But the sons of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways. And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the ambushers of Israel broke forth out of their place, even out from the clearing of Geba. And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was intense; but they didn't know that evil was close on them. And Yahweh struck Benjamin before Israel; and the sons of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men: all these [were] swordsmen. So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the ambushers whom they had set against Gibeah. And the ambushers hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the ambushers drew themselves along, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword. Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city. And the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle. But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and saw that the whole city went up [in smoke] to heaven. And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil came upon them. Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle stuck [close] to them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of them. They enclosed the Benjamites round about, chased them, [and from their] resting-place they trod them down, near Gibeah toward the sunrising. And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were] men of valor. And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and stuck [closely] after them to Gidom, and struck of them two thousand men. So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand swordsmen; all these [were] men of valor. But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and remained in the rock of Rimmon four months. And the men of Israel turned again on the sons of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword in the town: men to cattle, to all they found. Moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire. Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, Not any of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as wife. And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept intensely. And they said, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel? And it came to pass on the next day, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. And the sons of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh? For they had made a great oath concerning him who did not come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, He will surely be put to death. And the sons of Israel repented for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them our daughters as wives? And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah? And, look, none came to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. For when the people were numbered, look, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. And the congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones. And this is the thing that you{+} will do: you{+} will completely destroy every male, and every woman that has had any sex with a man. And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had not had any sex with a man; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. And the whole congregation sent and spoke to the sons of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them. And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet they did not suffice them. And the people repented for Benjamin, because Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. Then the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing the women were destroyed out of Benjamin? And they said, There must be an inheritance for the escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel. Nevertheless we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin. And they said, Look, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards, and see, and watch if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come{+} out of the vineyards, and you{+} catch every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. And it will be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, Grant them graciously to us, because we did not take for each man [of them] his wife in battle, neither did you{+} give them to them, or else you{+} would now be guilty. And the sons of Benjamin did so, and took wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them. And the sons of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his 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 judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem-judah went 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 Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons. And they took themselves 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 Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that Yahweh had visited his people in giving them bread. And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you{+} to her mother's house: Yahweh deal kindly with you{+}, as you{+} have dealt with the dead, and with me. Yahweh grant you{+} that you{+} may find rest, each of you{+} in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept. And they said to her, No, but we will return with you to your people. And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will you{+} go with me? Have I yet sons inside me, that they may be your{+} husbands? Turn again, my daughters, go your{+} way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons; would you{+} therefore tarry until they were grown? Would you{+} therefore refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your{+} sakes, for the hand of Yahweh has gone forth against me. And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth stuck to her. And she said, Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people, and to her god. You return after your sister-in-law! And Ruth said, Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people will be my people, and your God my God; where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried: Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me. And when she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her. So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and [the women] said, Is this Naomi? And she said to them, Don't call me Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty; why do you{+} call me Naomi, seeing Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me? So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose eyes I will find favor. And she said to her, Go, my daughter. And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and by chance she happened on the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. And, look, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, Yahweh be with you{+}. And they answered him, Yahweh bless you. Then Boaz said to his attendant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? And the attendant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabite damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: And she said, Let me glean, I pray you{+}, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and has remained standing from morning until now; her sitting now in the house [has only been] for a moment. Then said Boaz to Ruth, Do you not hear, my daughter? Don't go to glean in another field, neither pass from here, but stick here by my maidens. Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them: have I not charged the young men that they will not touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner? And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been shown to me, all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your nativity, and have come to a people who you didn't know before. Yahweh recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you came to take refuge. Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and you have spoken kindly to your female slave, though I am not as one of your female slaves. And at mealtime Boaz said to her, Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain, and she ate, and was sufficed, and left of it. And when she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don't reproach her. And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and don't rebuke her. So she gleaned in the field until evening; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. And she took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had left after she was sufficed. And her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today? And where have you wrought? Blessed be he who took knowledge of you. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought today is Boaz. And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Yahweh, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said to her, The man is near of kin to us, one of our near kinsmen. And Ruth the Moabitess said, Yes, he said to me, You will stick by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, and that they don't meet you in any other field. So she stuck by the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law. And Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you? And now isn't Boaz our kinsman, whose maidens you were with? Look, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing-floor. Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself, and put your raiment on you, and go down to the threshing-floor, but don't make yourself known to the man, until he is done eating and drinking. And it will be, when he lies down, that you will mark the place where he will lie, and you will go in, and uncover his feet, and lay down; and he will tell you what you will do. And she said to her, All that you say I will do. And she went down to the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her. And when Boaz had ate and drank, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid down. And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself; and saw that a woman lay at his feet. And he said, Who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth your slave: spread therefore your skirt over your slave; for you are a near kinsman. And he said, Blessed be you of Yahweh, my daughter: you have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you didn't follow young men, whether poor or rich. And now, my daughter, don't be afraid; I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people does know that you are a worthy woman. And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; nevertheless there is a kinsman nearer than I. Tarry this night, and it will be in the morning, that if he will perform to you the part of a kinsman, good; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you, then I will do the part of a kinsman to you, as Yahweh lives: lie down until the morning. And she lay at his feet until the morning. And she rose up before a man could discern another. For he said, Don't let it be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor. And he said, Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it; and she held it; and he measured six [measures] of barley, and laid it on her: and he went into the city. And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who are you, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. And she said, These six [measures] of barley he gave me; for he said, Don't go empty to your mother-in-law. Then she said, Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day. Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there: and, look, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Ho, such a one! Turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit{+} down here. And they sat down. And he said to the near kinsman, Naomi, that has come again out of the country of Moab, sells the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: And I thought to disclose it to you, saying, Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it: but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none to redeem it besides you; and I am after you. And he said, I will redeem it. Then Boaz said, The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you buy from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance. And the near kinsman said, I can't redeem it for myself, or else I will mar my own inheritance: you take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can't redeem it. Now this was [the custom] in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his sandal, and gave it to his fellow man; and this was the [manner of] attestation in Israel. So the near kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself. And he drew off his sandal. And Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, You{+} are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead will not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place: you{+} are witnesses this day. And all the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Yahweh make the woman that has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, who both built the house of Israel: and do worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem: and let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which Yahweh will give you of this young woman. So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh gave her conception, and she bore a son. And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in Israel. And he will be to you a restorer of life, and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him. And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and was its nurse. And her women neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they named him Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmah, and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.

Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim of the Zuphites, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite: and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there. And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: but to Hannah he gave a special portion; for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb. And her rival provoked her intensely, to make her fret, because Yahweh had shut up her womb. And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. And Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why do you weep? And why don't you eat? And why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons? So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drank. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the door-post of the temple of Yahweh. And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept intensely. And she vowed a vow, and said, O Yahweh of hosts, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your slave, and remember me, and not forget your slave, but will give to your slave a man-child, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor will come upon his head. And it came to pass, as she continued praying before Yahweh, that Eli was watching her mouth. Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice wasn't heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunk. And Eli said to her, How long will you be drunk? Put your wine away from you. And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drank neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh. Don't count your slave for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation I have spoken until now. Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him. And she said, Let your slave find favor in your sight. So the woman went her way, and ate; and her countenance was no more [sad]. And they rose up early in the morning, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah had sex with Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her. And it came to pass, when the time came about, that Hannah became pregnant, and gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of Yahweh. And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. But Hannah didn't go up; for she said to her husband, [I will not go up] until the lad is weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh, and remain there forever. And Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems good to you; tarry until you have weaned him; only Yahweh establish his word. So the woman tarried and nursed her son, until she weaned him. And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to the house of Yahweh in Shiloh: and the lad was young. And they slew the bull, and brought the lad to Eli. And she said, Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood here by you, praying to Yahweh. I prayed for this lad; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him: therefore I also have granted him to Yahweh; as long as he lives he is granted to Yahweh. And he worshiped Yahweh there. And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exults in Yahweh; My horn is exalted in Yahweh; My mouth is enlarged over my enemies; Because I rejoice in your salvation. There is none holy like Yahweh; For there is none besides you, Neither is there any rock like our God. Don't talk anymore so exceedingly proudly; Don't let arrogance come out of your{+} mouth; For Yahweh is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed. The bows of the mighty men are broken; And those who stumbled are girded with strength. Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread; And those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yes, the barren has borne seven; And she who has many sons languishes. Yahweh kills, and makes alive: He brings down to Sheol, and brings up. Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich: He brings low, he also lifts up. He raises up the poor out of the dust, He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's, And he has set the world on them. He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; For by strength no man will prevail. Yahweh - He will shatter the ones who contend against him; Above him [that contends] he thunders in heaven: Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength to his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed. And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the lad was ministering to Yahweh before Eli the priest. Now the sons of Eli were base men; they didn't know Yahweh. And the custom of the priests with the people was that, when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest's attendant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand; and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took with it. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites that came there. Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest's attendant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of you, but raw. And if the man said to him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would say, No, but you will give it to me now: and if not, I will take it by force. And the sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for they despised the offering of Yahweh. But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a lad, girded with a linen ephod. Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Yahweh give you [Elkanah] seed of this woman in place of the petition which he asked of Yahweh. And they went to their own home. And Yahweh visited Hannah, and she became pregnant, and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the lad Samuel grew before Yahweh. Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they lay with the women who served at the door of the tent of meeting. And he said to them, Why do you{+} do such things? For I hear of your{+} evil dealings from all this people. No, my sons; for the report that I hear is not good: you{+} make Yahweh's people to transgress. If a man sins against another man, God will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who will entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh was minded to slay them. And the lad Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men. And a man of God came to Eli, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Did I reveal myself to the house of your father, when, in Egypt, they belonged to the house of Pharaoh? And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? And did I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the sons of Israel made by fire? Why do you{+} kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now Yahweh says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be lightly esteemed. Look, the days are coming, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there will not be an old man in your house. And you will see the affliction of [my] habitation, in all the wealth which [God] will give Israel; and there will not be an old man in your house forever. And the man of yours, [whom] I will not cut off from my altar, [will be] to consume your eyes, and to grieve your heart; and all the increase of your house will die as men [before they become old]. And this will be the sign to you, that will come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will die both of them. And I will raise myself up a faithful priest, that will do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he will walk before my anointed forever. And it will come to pass, that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, Put me, I pray you, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread. And the lad Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. And the word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision. And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see), and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was laying down [to sleep], in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was; that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, Here I am. And he ran to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And he said, I didn't call; lie down again. And he went and lay down. And Yahweh called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And he answered, I didn't call, my son; lie down again. Now Samuel did not yet know Yahweh, neither was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to him. And Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the lad. Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and it will be, if he calls you, that you will say, Speak, Yahweh; for your slave hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. And Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for your slave hears. And Yahweh said to Samuel, Look, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end. For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons cursed God, and he did not restrain them. And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house will not be expiated with sacrifice nor offering forever. And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision. Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here I am. And he said, What is the thing that [Yahweh] has spoken to you? I pray you, don't hide it from me: God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you. And Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is Yahweh: he will do what seems good to him. And Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him, and did not let any of his words fall to the ground. And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh. And Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh. And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined the battle, Israel was struck before the Philistines; and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has Yahweh struck us today before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of Shiloh to us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies. So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of hosts who sits [above] the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. And when the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What is the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of Yahweh came into the camp. And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God has come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! For there has not been such a thing before. Woe to us! Who will deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness. Be strong, and conduct yourselves like men, O you{+} Philistines, or else you{+} will be slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you{+}: conduct yourselves like men, and fight. And the Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes rent, and with earth on his head. And he came and saw that Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What is the noise of this tumult? And the man hurried, and came and told Eli. Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see. And the man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, How did it go, my son? And he who brought the news answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that [Eli] fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was pregnant, near to be delivered: and when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth; for her pains came upon her. And about the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, Don't be afraid; for you have brought forth a son. But she didn't answer, neither did she regard it. And she named the lad Ichabod, saying, The glory has departed from Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband. And she said, The glory has departed from Israel; for the ark of God was taken. Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod. And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. And those of Ashdod arose early on the next day, and saw Dagon fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. And they arose early in the morning on the next day, and saw Dagon fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [lay] cut off on the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was left to him. Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, to this day. But the hand of Yahweh was heavy on them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its borders. And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel will not remain with us; for his hand is intense on us, and on Dagon our god. They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel [there]. And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Yahweh was against the city with a very great discomfiture: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them. So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it doesn't slay us, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. And the men who didn't die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven. And the ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines seven months. And the Philistines called for the priests and the fortune-tellers, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Show us with which we will sent it to its place. And they said, If you{+} send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't send it empty; but by all means return him a trespass-offering: then you{+} will be healed, and it will be known to you{+} why his hand is not removed from you{+}. Then they said, What will be the trespass-offering which we will return to him? And they said, Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, [according to] the number of the lords of the Philistines; for the same plague was on all of you{+}, and on your{+} lords. Therefore you{+} will make images of your{+} tumors, and images of your{+} mice that mar the land; and you{+} will give glory to the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you{+}, and from off your{+} gods, and from off your{+} land. Why then do you{+} harden your{+} hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had wrought wonderfully among them, didn't they let the people go, and they departed? Now therefore you{+} take and prepare a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there has come no yoke; and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them; and take the ark of Yahweh, and lay it on the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which you{+} return to him for a trespass-offering, in a coffer by its side; and send it away, that it may go. And see; if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we will know that it is not his hand that struck us; it was a chance that happened to us. And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home; and they put the ark of Yahweh on the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors. And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth-shemesh. And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they split the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine for a burnt-offering to Yahweh. And the Levites took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Yahweh. And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. And these are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass-offering to Yahweh: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone, on which they set down the ark of Yahweh, [which stone remains] to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite. And he killed of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he killed of the people seventy men, fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter. And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? And to whom will he go up from us? And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of Yahweh; come{+} down, and fetch it up to you{+}. And the men of Kiriath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Yahweh, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Yahweh. And it came to pass, from the day that the ark remained in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh. And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you{+} are returning to Yahweh with all your{+} heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you{+}, and direct your{+} hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you{+} out of the hand of the Philistines. Then the sons of Israel put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only. And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you{+} to Yahweh. And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Yahweh. And Samuel judged the sons of Israel in Mizpah. And when the Philistines heard that the sons of Israel had gathered together to Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the sons of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. And the sons of Israel said to Samuel, Don't cease to cry to Yahweh our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. And Samuel took a nursing lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt-offering to Yahweh: and Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel; and Yahweh answered him. And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were struck down before Israel. And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until they came under Beth-car. Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, So far Yahweh has helped us. So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come inside the border of Israel anymore: 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 to Gath; and their border Israel delivered out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places. And his return was to Ramah, for his house was there; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar to Yahweh. And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. And his sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after greed for monetary gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice. Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah; and they said to him, Look, you are old, and your sons don't walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to Yahweh. And Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they haven't rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so they also do to you. Now therefore listen to their voice: nevertheless you will protest solemnly to them, and will show them the manner of the king who will reign over them. And Samuel told all the words of Yahweh to the people who asked of him a king. And he said, This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you{+}: he will take your{+} sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they will run before his chariots; and he will appoint them to himself for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots. And he will take your{+} daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. And he will take your{+} fields, and your{+} vineyards, and your{+} oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his slaves. And he will take the tenth of your{+} seed, and of your{+} vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his slaves. And he will take your{+} male slaves, and your{+} female slaves, and your{+} goodliest young men, and your{+} donkeys, and put them to his work. He will take the tenth of your{+} flocks: and you{+} will be his slaves. And you{+} will cry out in that day because of your{+} king whom you{+} will have chosen you{+}; and Yahweh will not answer you{+} in that day. But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No: but we will have a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Yahweh. And Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go{+} every man to his city. Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a man [of] Benjamin, a mighty man of valor. And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a young and goodly man: and there was not among the sons of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. And the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the attendants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys. And he passed through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn't find them: then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and they were not there: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn't find them. When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his attendant that was with him, Come, and let us return, or else my father will leave off caring for the donkeys, and be anxious for us. And he said to him, Look now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says surely comes to pass: now let us go there; perhaps he can tell us concerning our journey on which we go. Then Saul said to his attendant, But, look, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what do we have? And the attendant answered Saul again, and said, Look, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: I will give that to the man of God, to tell us our way. (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he who is now called a Prophet was formerly called a Seer.) Then said Saul to his attendant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was. As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here? And they answered them, and said, He is; look, [he is] before you: hurry now, for he has come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place: as soon as you{+} come into the city, you{+} will right away find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until he comes, because he blesses the sacrifice; [and] afterward they who are invited will eat. Now therefore go{+} up; for at this time you{+} will find him. And they went up to the city; [and] as they came inside the city, look, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place. Now Yahweh had revealed to Samuel a day before Saul came, saying, Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you will anoint him to be leader over my people Israel; and he will save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked on my people, because their cry has come to me. And when Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, Look, the man of whom I spoke to you! This same will have authority over my people. Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray you, where the seer's house is. And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place, for you{+} will eat with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart. And as for your donkeys being lost now these three days, don't set your mind on them; for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father's house? And Saul answered and said, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then did you speak to me after this manner? And Samuel took Saul and his attendant, and brought them into the guest-chamber, and made them sit in the chiefest place among those who were invited, who were about thirty persons. And Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, Set it by you. And the cook took up the thigh, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. And [Samuel] said, Look, that which has been reserved! Set it before you and eat; because to the appointed time has it been kept for you, for I said, I have invited the people. So Saul ate with Samuel that day. And when they had come down from the high place into the city, he communed with Saul on the housetop. And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, Rise up, that I may send you away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. As they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the attendant to pass on before us (and he passed on), but you stand still first, that I may cause you to hear the word of God. Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not that Yahweh has anointed you to be leader over his inheritance? When you depart from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The donkeys which you went to seek were found; and, look, your father has left off caring for the donkeys, and is anxious for you{+}, saying, What shall I do for my son? Then you will go on forward from there, and you will come to the oak of Tabor; and you will meet there three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: and they will greet you, and give you two wave offerings of bread, which you will receive of their hand. After that you will come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is: and it will come to pass, when you come there to the city, that you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying: and the Spirit of Yahweh will come mightily on you, and you will prophesy with them, and will be turned into another man. And let it be, when these signs come to you, that you do as occasion will serve you; for God is with you. And you will go down before me to Gilgal; and, look, I will come down to you, to offer burnt-offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings: seven days you will tarry, until I come to you, and show you what you will do. And it was so, that, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. And when they came there to the hill, look, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them. And it came to pass, when all who knew him formerly saw that, look, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? And one of the same place answered and said, And who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. And Saul's uncle said to him and to his attendant, Where did you{+} go? And he said, To seek the donkeys; and when we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel. And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray you, what Samuel said to you{+}. And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn't tell him. And Samuel called the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah; and he said to the sons of Israel, This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you{+} out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you{+}: but you{+} have this day rejected your{+} God, who himself saves you{+} out of all your{+} calamities and your{+} distresses; and you{+} have said to him, Surely set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your{+} tribes, and by your{+} thousands. So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken. And he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken: but when they sought him, he could not be found. Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, Is there yet a man to come here? And Yahweh answered, Look, he has hid himself among the baggage. And they ran and fetched him from there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. And Samuel said to all the people, Do you{+} see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is none like him along all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, [Long] live the king. Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the host, whose hearts God had touched. But certain worthless fellows said, How will this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace. Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you. And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition I will make it with you{+}, that all your{+} right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach on all Israel. And the elders of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is none to save us, we will come out to you. Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept. And, look, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What ails the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh. And the Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was greatly kindled. And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoever does not come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so it will be done to his oxen. And the dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man. And he numbered them in Bezek; and the sons of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. And they said to the messengers that came, Thus you{+} will say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you{+} will have deliverance. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. Therefore the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you{+}, and you{+} will do with us all that seems good to you{+}. And it was so on the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that those who remained were scattered, so that not two of them were left together. And the people said to Samuel, Who is he that said, Will Saul reign over us? Bring the men, that we may put them to death. And Saul said, There will not be a man put to death this day; for today Yahweh has wrought deliverance in Israel. Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace-offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. And Samuel said to all Israel, Look, I have listened to your{+} voice in all that you{+} said to me, and have made a king over you{+}. And now, see, the king walks before you{+}; and I am old and grayheaded; and, see, my sons are with you{+}: and I have walked before you{+} from my youth to this day. Here I am: witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes with it? And I will restore it you{+}. And they said, You haven't defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything of any man's hand. And he said to them, Yahweh is witness against you{+}, and his anointed is witness this day, that you{+} have not found anything in my hand. And they said, He is witness. And Samuel said to the people, It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your{+} fathers up out of the land of Egypt. Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you{+} before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh, which he did to you{+} and to your{+} fathers. When Jacob came into Egypt, and your{+} fathers cried to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your{+} fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place. But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them. And they cried to Yahweh, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baalim and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you. And Yahweh sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you{+} out of the hand of your{+} enemies on every side; and you{+} dwelt in safety. And when you{+} saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you{+}, you{+} said to me, No, but a king will reign over us; when Yahweh your{+} God was your{+} king. Now therefore here is the king whom you{+} have chosen, and whom you{+} have asked for: and see that Yahweh has set a king over you{+}. If you{+} will fear Yahweh, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, and both you{+} and also the king who reigns over you{+} are followers of Yahweh your{+} God, [well]: but if you{+} will not listen to the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, then will the hand of Yahweh be against you{+}, as it was against your{+} fathers. Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your{+} eyes. Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you{+} will know and see that your{+} wickedness is great, which you{+} have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for yourselves a king. So Samuel called to Yahweh; and Yahweh sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel. And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your slaves to Yahweh your God, that we will not die; for we have added to all our sins [this] evil, to ask for ourselves a king. And Samuel said to the people, Don't be afraid; you{+} have indeed done all this evil; yet don't turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your{+} heart: and don't turn{+} aside; for [then would you{+} go] after vain things which can't profit nor deliver, for they are vain. For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you{+} a people to himself. Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you{+}: but I will instruct you{+} in the good and the right way. Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your{+} heart; for consider what great things he has done for you{+}. But if you{+} will still do wickedly, you{+} will be consumed, both you{+} and your{+} king. Saul was... years old when he began to reign; And he reigned two years over Israel. Saul chose himself three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. And Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba: and the Philistines heard. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. And all Israel heard it said that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was a stench to the Philistines. And the people had gathered together after Saul to Gilgal. And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth-aven. When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits. Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel didn't come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. And Saul said, Bring the burnt-offering here to me, and the peace-offerings. And he offered the burnt-offering. And it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, look, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him. And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn't come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash; therefore I said, Now will the Philistines come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated the favor of Yahweh: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt-offering. And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you haven't kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you: for now Yahweh would have established your kingdom on Israel forever. But now your kingdom will not continue: Yahweh has sought himself a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be leader over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you. And Samuel arose, and went up from Gilgal, and went on his way. But the remainder of the people went up after Saul to meet the battlefolk, and they went from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men. And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, remained in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual; and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Or else the Hebrews will make swords or spears: but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock; yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the three-pronged fork, and for the axes, and to set the goads. So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son there was found. And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash. Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side. But he didn't tell his father. And Saul remained in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate-tree which is in Migron: and the people who were with him were about six hundred men; and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people didn't know that Jonathan was gone. And between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba. And Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that Yahweh will work for us; for there is no restraint to Yahweh to save by many or by few. And his armorbearer said to him, Do all that is in your heart: turn yourself, look, I am with you according to your heart. Then said Jonathan, Look, we will pass over to the men, and we will disclose ourselves to them. If they say thus to us, Tarry until we come to you{+}; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them. But if they say thus, Come up to us; then we will go up; for Yahweh has delivered them into our hand: and this will be the sign to us. And both of them disclosed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Look, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you{+} something. And Jonathan said to his armorbearer, Come up after me; for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel. And Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armorbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armorbearer slew them after him. And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armorbearer made, was about twenty men, within, as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land. And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled; and the earth quaked: so there was an exceedingly great trembling. And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and saw that the multitude melted away, and they went [here] and there. Then Saul said to the people who were with him, Number now, and see who has gone from us. And when they had numbered, look, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there. And Saul said to Ahijah, Bring here the ark of God. For the ark of God was [there] at that time with the sons of Israel. And it came to pass, while Saul talked to the priest, that the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hand. And Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle: and saw that every man's sword was against his fellow man, [and there was] a very great panic. Now the Hebrews who were formerly with the Philistines, and who went up with them into the camp round about, even they also [came] to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. Likewise all the men of Israel that had hid themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also stuck [closely] after them in the battle. So Yahweh saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over by Beth-aven. And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any food until it is evening, and I may be avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted food. And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground. And when the people had come to the forest, look, the honey dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath. But Jonathan didn't hear when his father charged the people with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. Then one of the people answered, and said, Your father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats food this day. And the people were faint. Then said Jonathan, My father has troubled the land: see, I pray you{+}, how my eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. How much more, if perhaps the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found? For now there has been no great slaughter among the Philistines. And they struck of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint; and the people flew on the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood. Then they told Saul, saying, Look, the people sin against Yahweh, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, you{+} have betrayed [Yahweh]: roll a great stone to me this day. And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, Bring me here every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and don't sin against Yahweh in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there. And Saul built an altar to Yahweh: the same was the first altar that he built to Yahweh. And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatever seems good to you. Then said the priest, Let us draw near here to God. And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he did not answer him that day. And Saul said, Draw near here, all you{+} chiefs of the people; and know and see in what this sin has been this day. For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he will surely die. But there wasn't a man among all the people who answered him. Then he said to all Israel, You{+} be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do what seems good to you. Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, Why haven't you answered your slave today? If the guilt is in me or in Jonathan my son, Yahweh, God of Israel, give Urim; but if it is in your people Israel, give Thummim. And Jonathan and Saul were taken [by lot]; but the people escaped. And Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and, look, I must die. And Saul said, God do so and more also; for you will surely die, Jonathan. And the people said to Saul, Will Jonathan die, who has wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Yahweh lives, not one hair of his head will fall to the ground; for he has wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he did not die. Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place. Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the sons of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and wherever he turned himself, he saved. And he did valiantly, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who despoiled them. Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: and the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the captain of his host was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. And there was intense war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him to himself. And Samuel said to Saul, Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore listen to the voice of the words of Yahweh. Thus says Yahweh of hosts, I have remembered that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt. Now go and strike Amalek, and completely destroy all that they have, and don't spare them; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey. And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, go{+} down from among the Amalekites, or else I will destroy you{+} with them; for you{+} showed kindness to all the sons of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. And Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt. And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and completely destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and the oxen, and the seconds, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not completely destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed completely. Then the word of Yahweh came to Samuel, saying, It repents me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments. And Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night. And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, look, he set up for himself a monument, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal. And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed be you of Yahweh: I have performed the commandment of Yahweh. And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God; and the rest we have completely destroyed. Then Samuel said to Saul, Wait, and I will tell you what Yahweh has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on. And Samuel said, Though you were little in your own sight, weren't you made the head of the tribes of Israel? And Yahweh anointed you king over Israel; and Yahweh sent you on a journey, and said, Go, and completely destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. Why then didn't you obey the voice of Yahweh, but flew on the spoil, and did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh? And Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have completely destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal. And Samuel said, Does Yahweh have as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Look, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of fortune-telling, and stubbornness is as idolatry and talismans. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, he has also rejected you from being king. And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. Now therefore, I pray you, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh. And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel. And as Samuel turned about to go away, [Saul] laid hold on the skirt of his robe, and it rent. And Samuel said to him, Yahweh has rent the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to your fellow man, who is better than you. And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not man, that he should repent. Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray you, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God. So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh. Then Samuel said, Bring{+} here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. And Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so will your mother be childless among women. And Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal. Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. And Samuel didn't come to see Saul anymore until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yahweh repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. And Yahweh said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go: I will send you to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided myself a king among his sons. And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me. And Yahweh said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you will do: and you will anoint to me him whom I name to you. And Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Do you come peaceably? And he said, Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. And it came to pass, when they had come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him. But Yahweh said to Samuel, Don't look on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [it is] not [a matter of] what man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks on the heart. Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has Yahweh chosen this. Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither has Yahweh chosen this. And Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, Yahweh has not chosen these. And Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your lads here? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and, look, he is shepherding the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down until he comes here. And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and had handsome eyes, and was good-looking. And Yahweh said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he. Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him. And Saul's slaves said to him, Look now, an evil spirit from God troubles you. Let our lord now command your slaves, who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp: and it will come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he will play with his hand, and you will be well. And Saul said to his slaves, Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me. Then one of the young men answered, and said, Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, who is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him. Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep. And Jesse took a donkey [laden] with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul. And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer. And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray you, stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight. And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was on Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. And he had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. And he had greaves of bronze on his legs, and a javelin of bronze between his shoulders. And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him. And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why do you{+} come out to set your{+} battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you{+} slaves to Saul? Choose{+} a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. If he is able to fight with me, and kill me, then we will be your{+} slaves; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then you{+} will be our slaves, and serve us. And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. Now David was the son of a man, an Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man, in the days of Saul, was old and notable among men. And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul. Now David went to and fro from Saul to shepherd his father's sheep at Beth-lehem. And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. And Jesse said to David his son, Now take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry [them] quickly to the camp to your brothers; and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and take their pledge. Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the place of the wagons, as the host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle. And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army. And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers. And as he talked with them, look, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them. And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were very afraid. And the men of Israel said, Have you{+} seen this man that has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel: and it will be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What will be done to the man that kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So it will be done to the man that kills him. And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle. And David said, What have I done now? Is there not a cause? And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. And when the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him. And David said to Saul, Don't let the heart of man fail because of him; your slave will go and fight with this Philistine. And Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he is a man of war from his youth. And David said to Saul, Your slave was shepherding his father's sheep; and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after him, and struck him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and slew him. Your slave struck both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine will be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God. And David said, Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and Yahweh will be with you. And Saul clad David with his apparel, and he put a helmet of bronze on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail. And David girded his sword on his apparel, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said to Saul, I can't go with these; for I haven't proved them. And David put them off him. And he took his staff in his hand, and chose himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. And the Philistine came upon and drew near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him. And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and handsome. And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field. Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day Yahweh will deliver you into my hand; and I will strike you, and take your head from off you; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh does not save with sword and spear: for the battle is Yahweh's, and he will give you{+} into our hand. And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. And David put his hand in his bag, and took a stone from there, and slang it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until you come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron. And the sons of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp. And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent. And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I don't know. And the king said, You inquire whose son the stripling is. And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. And Saul said to him, Whose son are you, young man? And David answered, I am the son of your slave Jesse the Beth-lehemite. And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day, and would not let him go home anymore to his father's house. Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his apparel, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his belt. And David went out wherever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's slaves. And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music. And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands. And Saul was very angry, and this thing was evil in his eyes; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. And it came to pass on the next day, that an evil spirit from God came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as he did day by day. And Saul had his spear in his hand; and Saul cast the spear; for he said, I will strike David even to the wall. And David avoided out of his presence twice. And Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and had departed from Saul. Therefore Saul removed him from himself, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him. And when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him. But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them. And Saul said to David, Look, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to you as wife: only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh's battles. For Saul said, Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him. And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king? But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife. And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes. And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, You will this day be my son-in-law a second time. And Saul commanded his slaves, [saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Look, the king has delight in you, and all his slaves love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law. And Saul's slaves spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Does it seem to you{+} a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? And the slaves of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David. And Saul said, Thus you{+} will say to David, The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. And when his slaves told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired; and David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife. And Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him. And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually. Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the slaves of Saul; so that his name was much set by. And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his slaves, that they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David. And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to slay you: now therefore, I pray you, take heed to yourself in the morning, and remain in a secret place, and hide yourself: and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will commune with my father of you; and if I see anything, I will tell you. And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Don't let the king sin against his slave, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you: for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh wrought a great victory for all Israel: you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As Yahweh lives, he will not be put to death. And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as formerly. And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him. And an evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand. And Saul sought to strike David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he struck the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. And Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you don't save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain. So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. And Michal took the talismans, and laid them in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' [hair] at his head, and used a blanket as a covering. And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. And when the messengers came in, look, the talismans were in the bed, with the pillow of goats' [hair] at his head. And Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill you? Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. And it was told Saul, saying, Look, David is at Naioth in Ramah. And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Look, they are at Naioth in Ramah. And he went there to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life? And he said to him, Far from it; you will not die: look, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so. And David swore moreover, and said, Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, Don't let Jonathan know this, or else he will be grieved: but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death. Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you. And David said to Jonathan, Look, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field until the evening. If your father misses me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family. If he says thus, It is well; your slave will have peace: but if he is angry, then know that evil has been determined by him. Therefore deal kindly with your slave; for you have brought your slave into a covenant of Yahweh with you: but if there is iniquity in me, slay me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father? And Jonathan said, Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come upon you, then would not I tell it you? Then said David to Jonathan, Who will tell me if perchance your father answers you roughly? And Jonathan said to David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. And Jonathan said to David, [By] Yahweh, God of Israel: surely I will sound out my father by about this time on the third day, look, if there is good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you? Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don't disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father. And you will not only while I yet live show me the loving-kindness of Yahweh, that I will not die; but also you will not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, [saying], And Yahweh will require it at the hand of the sons of David. And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul. Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty. And on the third day, you will go down quickly, and come to the place where you hid yourself when the business was in hand, and will remain by the stone Ezel. And I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark. And, look, I will send the lad, [saying], Go, find the arrows. If I say to the lad, Look, the arrows are on this side of you; take them, and come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as Yahweh lives. But if I say thus to the boy, Look, the arrows are beyond you; go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away. And as concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, look, Yahweh is between you and me forever. So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon came, the king sat him down to eat food. And the king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul's side: but David's place was empty. Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day: for he thought, Something has befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. And it came to pass on the next day, the second of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why didn't the son of Jesse come to meat, neither yesterday, nor today? And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem: and he said, Let me go, I pray you; for our family has a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he has commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away, I pray you, and see my brothers. Therefore he didn't come to the king's table. Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don't I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness? For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the ground, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Therefore now send and fetch him to me, for he will surely die. And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be put to death? What has he done? And Saul cast his spear at him to strike him; therefore Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to put David to death. So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame. And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. And he said to his lad, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. And when the lad came to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Isn't the arrow beyond you? And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, hurry, don't stop. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. But the lad didn't know anything: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. And Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad, and said to him, Go, carry them to the city. And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose from beside the mound, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, since we have sworn both of us in the name of Yahweh, saying, Yahweh will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you? And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business whereabout I send you, and what I have commanded you: and I have arranged a meeting with the young men to such and such a place. Now therefore what is under your hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present. And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women. And David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then today will their vessels be holy? So the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Yahweh, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. Now a certain man of the slaves of Saul was there that day, detained before Yahweh; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chiefest of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul. And David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under your hand spear or sword? For I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business was urgent. And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you slew in the valley of Elah, look, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it; for there is no other but that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it to me. And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. And the slaves of Achish said to him, Isn't this David the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands? And David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath. And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself insane in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard. Then Achish said to his slaves, Look, you{+} see the man is insane; why then have you{+} brought him to me? Do I lack lunatics, that you{+} have brought this fellow to play the lunatic in my presence? Will this fellow come into my house? David therefore departed from there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him. And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray you, come forth, [and be] with you{+}, until I know what God will do for me. And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. And the prophet Gad said to David, Don't remain in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth. And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him: now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk-tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his slaves were standing about him. And Saul said to his slaves that stood about him, Hear now, you{+} Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you{+} fields and vineyards, will he make all of you{+} captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, that all of you{+} have conspired against me, and there is none who discloses to me when my son makes a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you{+} who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my slave against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the slaves of Saul, answered and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. And he inquired of Yahweh for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. And Saul said to him, Why have you{+} conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all your slaves is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and commander over your bodyguard, and is honorable in your house? Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? Be it far from me: don't let the king impute anything to his slave, nor to all the house of my father; for your slave knows nothing of all this, less or more. And the king said, You will surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house. And the king said to the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of Yahweh; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the slaves of the king would not put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh. And the king said to Doeg, You turn, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests, and he slew on that day eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod. And Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword. And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Yahweh's priests. And David said to Abiathar, I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned [the death] of all the persons of your father's house. Remain with me, don't be afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your life: for with me you will be in safeguard. And they told David, saying, Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-floors. Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? And Yahweh said to David, Go, and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah. And David's men said to him, Look, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. And Yahweh answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand. And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. And it was told Saul that David came to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand; for he has been shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars. And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod. Then said David, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your slave has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your slave has heard? O Yahweh, the God of Israel, I urge you, tell your slave. And Yahweh said, He will come down. Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Yahweh said, They will deliver you up. Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; then he stopped to go forth. And David remained in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand. And David saw that Saul came out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the forest. And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God. And he said to him, Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father will not find you; and you will be king over Israel, and I will be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows. And they both made a covenant before Yahweh: and David remained in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house. Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert? Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part will be to deliver him up into the king's hand. And Saul said, Blessed be you{+} of Yahweh; for you{+} have had compassion on me. Go, I pray you{+}, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where [the trace of] his foot is, [and] who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly. See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come{+} again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you{+}: and it will come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah. And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert. And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David: therefore he came down to the rock, and remained in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard [that], he pursued after 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: and David hurried to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them. But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Hurry, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land. So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth. And David went up from there, and dwelt 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, Look, 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 on the rocks of the wild goats. And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were dwelling in the innermost parts of the cave. And the men of David said to him, Look, the day of which Yahweh said to you, Look, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you will do to him as it will seem good to you. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly. And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. And he said to his men, Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Yahweh's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is Yahweh's anointed. So David checked his men with these words, and did not allow them to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance. And David said to Saul, Why do you harken to the words of man, saying, Look, David seeks your hurt? Look, this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill you; but [I] spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh's anointed. Moreover, my father, see, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I haven't sinned against you, though you hunt after my life to take it. Yahweh judge between me and you, and Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you. As says the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness; but my hand will not be on you. After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea. Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand. And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. And he said to David, You are more righteous than I; for you have rendered to me good, whereas I have rendered to you evil. And you have declared this day how that you have dealt well with me, since when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand, you didn't kill me. For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away well? Therefore [may] Yahweh reward you good for that which you have done to me this day. And now, look, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand. Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh, that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house. And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men got up to the stronghold. And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding and beautiful: but the man was harsh and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. And David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go{+} up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: and thus you{+} will say to him, To life! Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have. And now I have heard that you have shearers: your shepherds have now been with us, and we did not hurt them, neither was there anything missing to them, all the while they were in Carmel. Ask your young men, and they will tell you: therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray you, whatever comes to your hand, to your slaves, and to your son David. And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. And Nabal answered David's slaves, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many slaves nowadays that break away every man from his master. Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men of whom I don't know from where they are? So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words. And David said to his men, Gird{+} on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred remained by the baggage. But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Look, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he railed at them. But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither did we miss anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields: they were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them shepherding the sheep. Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow, that one can't speak to him. Then Abigail hurried, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five seahs of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys. And she said to her young men, Go on before me; look, I come after you{+}. But she didn't tell her husband Nabal. And it was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, look, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them. Now David had said, Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him: and he has returned me evil for good. God do so to David, and more also, if I leave of all who pertain to him by the morning light so much as one urinating against a wall. And when Abigail saw David, she hurried, and dismounted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground. And she fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and let your slave, I pray you, speak in your ears, and you hear the words of your slave. Don't let my lord, I pray you, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I your slave didn't see the young men of my lord, whom you sent. Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, seeing Yahweh has withheld you from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. And now this present which your slave has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. Forgive, I pray you, the trespass of your slave: for Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil will not be found in you all your days. And though man rises up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God; and the souls of your enemies, he will sling them out, as from the hollow of a sling. And it will come to pass, when Yahweh will have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and will have appointed you leader over Israel, that this will be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. And when Yahweh will have dealt well with my lord, then remember your slave. And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me: and blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, that have kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand. For in very deed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, except you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one urinating against a wall. So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, Go up in peace to your house; see, I have listened to your voice, and have accepted your person. And Abigail came to Nabal; and, look, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry inside him, for he was very drunk: therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died inside him, and he became as a stone. And it came to pass about ten days after, that Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died. And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Yahweh, that has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his slave from evil: and the evildoing of Nabal Yahweh has returned on his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife. And when the slaves of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife. And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Look, your slave is a slave to wash the feet of my lord's slaves. And Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five damsels of hers that followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives. Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim. And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert? Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David remained in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul came of a certainty. And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay inside the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about him. Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with you. So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, look, Saul lay sleeping inside the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him. Then Abishai said to David, God has delivered up your enemy into your hand this day: now therefore let me strike him, I pray you, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time. And David said to Abishai, Don't destroy him; for who can put forth his hand against Yahweh's anointed, and be innocent? And David said, As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day will come to die; or he will go down into battle and perish. Yahweh forbid that I should put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed: but now take, I pray you, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go. So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head; and they got away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Yahweh had fallen on them. Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain far off; a great space being between them; and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Don't you answer, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who are you that cried to the king? And David said to Abner, Are you not a [valiant] man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then haven't you kept watch over your lord the king? For there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord. This thing is not good that you have done. As Yahweh lives, you{+} are worthy to die, because you{+} haven't kept watch over your{+} lord, Yahweh's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head. And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this your voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. And he said, Why does my lord pursue after his slave? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand? Now therefore, I pray you, let my lord the king hear the words of his slave. If it is Yahweh who has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it is the sons of man, cursed be they before Yahweh: for they have driven me out this day that I should not share in the inheritance of Yahweh, saying, Go, serve other gods. Now therefore, don't let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh: for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains. Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will do you harm no more, because my life was precious in your eyes this day: look, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. And David answered and said, Look at the spear, O king! Let then one of the young men come over and fetch it. And Yahweh will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; since Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I would not put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed. And, look, as your life was much set by this day in my eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of Yahweh, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. Then Saul said to David, Blessed be you, my son David: you will both do mightily, and will surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place. And David said in his heart, I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in all the borders of Israel: so I will escape out of his hand. And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath: and he did not seek for him again anymore. And David said to Achish, If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should your slave dwell in the royal city with you? Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag pertains to the kings of Judah to this day. And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. And David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were from Telam, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt. And David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish. And Achish said, Isn't it true, you{+} made a raid today? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites. And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Or else they would tell of us, saying, So did David, and so has been his manner all the while he has dwelt in the country of the Philistines. And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel completely to abhor him; therefore he will be my slave forever. And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their hosts together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, Know assuredly, that you will go out with me in the host, you and your men. And David said to Achish, Therefore you will know what your slave will do. And Achish said to David, Therefore I will make you keeper of my head forever. Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away the spiritists and the wizards out of the land. And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa. And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. And when Saul inquired of Yahweh, Yahweh did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. Then Saul said to his slaves, Seek me a woman who is mistress of a spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his slaves said to him, Look, there is a woman at En-dor who is mistress of a spirit. And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, Tell my fortune, I pray you, with a spirit, and call up for me whomever I will name to you. And the woman said to him, Look, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the spiritists and the wizards out of the land: why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die? And Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, As Yahweh lives, no punishment will happen to you for this thing. Then the woman said, Whom shall I bring up to you? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul. And the king said to her, Don't be afraid: for what did you see? And the woman said to Saul, I see a god coming up out of the earth. And he said to her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man comes up; and he is covered with a robe. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance. And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am very distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me, and has not answered me anymore, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I will do. And Samuel said, Why then do you ask of me, seeing Yahweh has departed from you, and has become your adversary? And Yahweh has done for himself, as he spoke by me: and Yahweh has rent the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your fellow man, even to David. Because you didn't obey the voice of Yahweh, and did not execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore has Yahweh done this thing to you this day. Moreover Yahweh will deliver Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me: Yahweh will deliver the host of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines. Then Saul fell immediately his full length on the earth, and was very afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. And the woman came to Saul, and saw that he was very troubled, and said to him, Look, your female slave has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me. Now therefore, I pray you, you listen also to the voice of your female slave, and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way. But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his slaves, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed. And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hurried, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread of it: and she brought it before Saul, and before his slaves; and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night. Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the fountain which is in Jezreel. And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish. Then the princes of the Philistines said, What [are] these Hebrews [doing here]? And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Isn't this David, the slave of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or [rather] these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away [to me] to this day? But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for how should this [fellow] reconcile himself to his lord? Should it not be with the heads of these men? Isn't this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands? Then Achish called David, and said to him, As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I haven't found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day: nevertheless the lords don't favor you. Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you do not displease the lords of the Philistines. And David said to Achish, But what have I done? And what have you found in your slave so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king? And Achish answered and said to David, I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He will not go up with us to the battle. Therefore, rise up early in the morning with the slaves of your lord that came with you, and go to the town that I gave you{+}. And don't take the complaint to heart, because you are good in my sight. And as soon as you{+} are up early in the morning, and have light, depart. So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. And it came to pass, when David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire, and had taken captive the women who were in it, both small and great: they did not slay any, but carried them off, and went their way. And when David and his men came to the city, look, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive. Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. And David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God. And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray you, bring the ephod here to me. And Abiathar brought the ephod there to David. And David inquired of Yahweh, saying, If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for you will surely overtake [them], and without fail will recover [all]. So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind had stopped. But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stopped, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink. And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drank any water, three days and three nights. And David said to him, To whom do you belong? And where are you from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, slave to an Amalekite; and this is now the third day since my master left me because I was sick. We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. And David said to him, Will you bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear to me by God, that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop. And when he had brought him down, look, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. And David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day: and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled. And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives. And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them: David brought back all. And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drove before those [other] cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had left at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him: and when David came near to the people, he greeted them. Then all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who went with David, answered and said, Because they didn't go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his sons, that he may lead them away, and depart. Then said David, You{+} will not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand. And who will listen to you{+} in this matter? For as his share is that goes down to the battle, so will his share be that tarries by the baggage: they will share alike. And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day. And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his fellow man, saying, Look, a present for you{+} of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh: To those who were in Bethuel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the South, and to those who were in Jattir, and to those who were in Arad, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa, and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites, and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Bor-ashan, and to those who were in Athach, and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to roam. Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. And the Philistines stuck [closely] on Saul and on his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. And the battle went intensely against Saul, and the archers, men with the bow, overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers. Then Saul said to his armorbearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, or else these uncircumcised will come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was very afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it. And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him. So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his men too, that same day together. And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. And it came to pass on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the good news to the house of their idols, and to the people. And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul, all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.