Numbers 16 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then took Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi,––and Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth, sons of Reuben; ² and rose up before Moses, with certain men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty,––princes of assembly, called to the stated meeting, men of renown; ³ and gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Too much for you, when, all the assembly, are, all of them, holy, and, in the midst of them, is Yahweh,––Wherefore, then, should ye set yourselves up, above the convocation of Yahweh? ⁴ And, when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face. ⁵ Then spake he unto Korah, and unto all his assembly, saying, In the morning, will Yahweh make known––who are his, and who is the holy one, and will cause him to come near unto himself,––yea, him whom he shall choose, will he cause to come near unto himself. ⁶ This, do,––Take to you censers, Korah, and all his assembly; ⁷ and place therein fire, and put thereon incense, before Yahweh, tomorrow, So shall it be––that, the man whom Yahweh shall choose, he, shall be the holy one. Too much for you, ye sons of Levi! ⁸ And Moses said unto Korah,––Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi! ⁹ Is it too small a thing for you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the assembly of Israel, to bring you near unto himself,––to do the laborious work of the habitation of Yahweh, and to stand before the assembly, to wait upon them? ¹⁰ But, having brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, must ye seek, priesthood also? ¹¹ Wherefore, thou and all thine assembly, are conspiring against Yahweh,––But, Aaron, what is he, that ye should murmur against him?
¹² Then sent Moses, to call for Dathan and for Abiram, sons of Eliab,––and they said, We will not come up: ¹³ Was it, a small thing, that thou didst bring us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the desert, but thou must, continue even to lord it, over us? ¹⁴ Certainly, not into a land flowing with milk and honey, hast thou brought us, nor given unto us an inheritance of field and vineyard,––The eyes of those men, wilt thou dig out? We will not come up. ¹⁵ Then was Moses very angry, and he said unto Yahweh, Do not thou have respect unto their meal–offering. Not one ass, from them, have I taken, neither have I wronged one of them. ¹⁶ And Moses said unto Korah, Thou, and all thine assembly, come ye before Yahweh,––thou, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow. ¹⁷ And take ye each man his censer, and put thereon incense, then shall ye bring near before Yahweh, each man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers,––and, thou and Aaron, each man his censer. ¹⁸ So they took each man his censer, and put thereon fire, and placed thereon incense,––and took their stand at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. ¹⁹ And Korah gathered together against them all the assembly, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting,––then appeared the glory of Yahweh, unto all the assembly. ²⁰ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: ²¹ Separate yourselves out of the midst of this assembly,––that I may consume them in a moment. ²² And they fell upon their faces, and said, O GOD, the God of the spirits of all flesh,––shall, one man, sin, and, against all the assembly, wilt thou be wroth.
²³ And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying, ²⁴ Speak unto the assembly, saying,––Get ye up from round about the habitation of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. ²⁵ So Moses rose up, and went, unto Dathan and Abiram,––then went, after him, the elders of Israel. ²⁶ And he spake unto the assembly, saying––Remove, I pray you, from beside the tents of these lawless men, and do not touch aught that pertaineth unto them,––lest ye be carried off, in all their sins. ²⁷ So they went up from beside the habitation of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, on every side,––and, Dathan and Abiram, came out and stationed themselves, at the entrance of their tents, with their wives and their sons, and their little ones. ²⁸ Then said Moses, Hereby, shall ye know, that, Yahweh, hath sent me, to do, all these works,––verily, not out of my own heart:–– ²⁹ If, as all human beings die, these, do die, and, the visitation of all human beings, be visited upon them, Yahweh, hath not sent me. ³⁰ But, if, a creation, Yahweh create, and the ground open wide her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that pertain unto them, and so they go down, alive, unto hades, then shall ye know, that these men have despised, Yahweh. ³¹ And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground which was under them, clave asunder; ³² and the earth opened, her mouth, and swallowed up them, and their households,––and all the human beings who pertained unto Korah, with all their goods: ³³ so, they, and all that pertained unto them, went down, alive, unto hades,––and the earth, closed upon them, and they perished out of the midst of the convocation. ³⁴ And, all Israel who were round about them, fled at their cry,––for they said, Lest the earth, swallow us up.
³⁵ Fire also, came forth, from Yahweh,––and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who offered the incense. ³⁶ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: ³⁷ Say unto Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the midst of the burning, and, the fire, scatter thou yonder,––for they have been hallowed. ³⁸ As for the censers of these sinners against their own persons, they shall be made into beaten–out plates, as an overlay for the altar, for they had brought them near before Yahweh, and hallowed them,––so shall they become a sign, unto the sons of Israel. ³⁹ And Eleazar the priest took the censers of bronze, which the consumed men had brought near,––and beat them out into plates for overlaying the altar: ⁴⁰ a memorial unto the sons of Israel, That no stranger, who is, not of the seed of Aaron, shall draw near to offer incense before Yahweh,––lest he become like Korah and like his assembly, As spake Yahweh by the hand of Moses, with regard thereto.
⁴¹ And all the assembly of the sons of Israel murmured, on the morrow, against Moses and against Aaron, saying,––Ye, have caused the death of the people of Yahweh. ⁴² And it came to pass, when the assembly gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, that they turned towards the tent of meeting, and lo! the cloud, had covered it: and the glory of Yahweh, appeared. ⁴³ And Moses and Aaron came in, before the tent of meeting. ⁴⁴ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: ⁴⁵ Lift yourselves up out of the midst of this assembly, that I may consume them, as in a moment,––And they fell upon their faces. ⁴⁶ Then said Moses unto Aaron––Take the censer and place thereon fire, from off the altar, and put incense [thereon], and, going quickly into the assembly, put a propitiatory–covering over them,––for wrath hath gone forth, from before Yahweh, the plague, hath begun. ⁴⁷ Then took Aaron, as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the convocation, and lo! the plague, had begun, among the people,––so he placed the incense, and put a propitiatory–covering over the people: ⁴⁸ thus did he take his stand between the dead and the living,––and the plague, was restrained. ⁴⁹ And so it was, that they who died in the plague were fourteen thousand, and seven hundred,––besides them who died over the matter of Korah. ⁵⁰ And Aaron returned unto Moses, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting,––when, the plague, had been restrained.

⁴ Abel, also, even, he, brought in, of the firstlings of his sheep, and of their fat,––and Yahweh approved of Abel, and of his present; ⁵ but, of Cain and his present, he approved not,––and it angered Cain greatly, and his countenance fell.

¹¹ Now, therefore, accursed, art thou,––from the ground, which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed–blood of thy brother at thy hand.

⁴ The giants, were in the earth in those days, and also, after that, when the sons of God began to go in unto the daughters of men, and sons were born to them, the same, were the heroes that were from age–past times, the men of renown.

²³ So then Abraham drew near, and said,––Wilt thou really sweep away, the righteous, with the lawless? ²⁴ Peradventure there are fifty righteous, in the midst of the city, Wilt thou really sweep away, and not spare the place, for the sake of the fifty righteous, which are therein? ²⁵ Far be it from thee! to do after this manner, to put to death the righteous with the lawless! Then should righteous and lawless be alike,––Far be it from thee! Shall, the Judge of all the earth, not do, justice?

³² And he said, Let it not, I pray thee, be vexing to My Lord, but let me speak, only this once, Peradventure there may be found there––ten. And he said, I will not destroy [it], for the sake of the ten!

¹² And the men said unto Lot, Whom, besides, hast thou here? Son–in–law, and thy sons and thy daughters, and all that thou hast in the city, bring thou forth out of the place; ¹³ For we are about to destroy this place,––for, great, is the outcry of them unto the face of Yahweh, so that Yahweh hath sent us to destroy it. ¹⁴ And Lot went forth and spake unto his sons–in–law who were about to take his two daughters, and said, Arise, come forth out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city. And it came to pass, that he was as one that laughed, in the eyes of his sons–in–law.
¹⁵ But, as soon as, the dawn, had sprung up, the messengers hastened Lot, saying,––Arise! take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are at hand, lest thou be swept away in the punishment of the city.

¹⁵ But, as soon as, the dawn, had sprung up, the messengers hastened Lot, saying,––Arise! take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are at hand, lest thou be swept away in the punishment of the city. ¹⁶ And he lingered––so the men laid hold of his hand and of the hand of his wife, and of the hand of his two daughters, in the tenderness of Yahweh towards him,––and they brought him out, and led him forth outside the city. ¹⁷ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale,––To the mountain, escape thou, lest thou be swept away. ¹⁸ And Lot said unto them,––No, I pray thee, My Lord! ¹⁹ Behold, I pray thee, thy servant hath found favour in thine eyes, so that thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness which thou hast performed with me, in keeping alive my soul.––But, I, cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity overtake me, so shall I die. ²⁰ Behold, I pray thee, this city, is near, for fleeing thither, And, it, is a little one,––let me, I pray thee, escape thither––is it not a, little, one? That my soul may live! ²¹ And he said unto him, Behold! I have lifted up thy countenance, even as to this thing,––so that I will not overthrow the city, of which thou hast spoken. ²² Haste thee, escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause, was the name of the city called, Zoar.

¹⁵ And she said unto her, Is it, a small thing, that thou hast taken away my husband? And wouldst thou take away, even the mandrakes of my son? Then said Rachel, Therefore, shall he lie with thee to–night, for the mandrakes of thy son.

³ Reuben, my first–born, thou, My vigour, and the firstfruit of my strength,––Preeminence of elevation, and preeminence of power: ⁴ Boiling over like water, thou mayest not have preeminence, Because thou didst mount the bed of thy father,––Then, wast thou profane––My marriage–bed, he mounted!

¹¹ So they set over them chiefs of tribute, to the end they might humiliate them with their burdens,––and they built store–cities for Pharaoh, even Pithom and Raamses.

²² Then gave Pharaoh command to all his people, saying––Every son that is born to the Hebrews, into the river, shall ye cast him; But, every daughter, shall ye suffer to live.

¹⁴ And he said––Who hath set thee for a chief and a judge over us? To slay me, art thou thinking, as thou didst slay the Egyptian? Then was Moses afraid, and said––Surely the thing is, known!

²³ And it came to pass, during those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the servitude, and lamented,––and their cry for help went up to God, by reason of the servitude.

⁸ therefore have I come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians, and to take them up out of that land, into a land good and large, into a land flowing with milk and honey,––into the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

¹² And he said––I will be with thee, and, this, to thee, [shall be] the sign, that, I, have sent thee,––When thou bringest forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall do service unto God, upon this mountain.

¹⁷ therefore do I say––I will bring you up out of the humiliation of Egypt, into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,––into a land flowing with milk and honey.

¹ Then responded Moses, and said, And lo! they will not believe me, neither hearken to my voice,––for they will say, Yahweh, hath not appeared unto thee. ² And Yahweh said unto him––What is this in thy hand? And he said––A staff. ³ Then said he––Cast it to the earth. And he cast it to the earth, and it became a serpent,––and Moses fled from the face thereof. ⁴ And Yahweh said unto Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by its tail: So he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a staff in his hand:–– ⁵ that they may believe that Yahweh, God of their fathers,––God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob––hath appeared unto thee. ⁶ Then said Yahweh unto him, yet again––Bring, I pray thee, thy hand, into thy bosom. So he brought his hand, into his bosom,––and then took it out, and lo! his hand, was leprous,––like snow, ⁷ And he said––Put back thy hand into thy bosom: So he put back his hand, into his bosom,––and then took it out of his bosom, and lo! it had come again, like his own flesh: ⁸ thus shall it come to pass, if they will not believe thee, nor hearken to the voice of the first sign, then will they believe the voice of the next sign; ⁹ and it shall come to pass, if they will not believe, even these two signs, nor hearken to thy voice, then shalt thou take of the water of the river, and pour it out on the dry land,––so shall the water which thou hast taken from the river, become, yea it shall become blood, on the dry land.

¹⁸ And, the sons of Kohath, Amram and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And, the years of the life of Kohath, were a hundred and thirty–three years.

²¹ And, the sons of Izhar, Korah and Nepheg, and Zichri.

⁹ When Pharaoh shall speak unto you saying, Shew for yourselves a wonder, then shalt thou say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and cast it down before Pharaoh, let it become a sea–serpent.

³ and the sons of Israel said unto them––Oh that we had died by the hand of Yahweh, in the land of Egypt, when we remained by the pot of flesh, when we did eat bread to the full,––for ye have brought us forth into this desert, to cause all this multitude to die by famine.

⁷ and, in the morning, then shall ye see the glory of Yahweh, in that he hath heard your murmurings against Yahweh,––what then are, we, that ye should murmur against, us?

⁷ and, in the morning, then shall ye see the glory of Yahweh, in that he hath heard your murmurings against Yahweh,––what then are, we, that ye should murmur against, us? ⁸ And Moses said––In that Yahweh giveth you in the evening flesh to eat, and bread in the morning, to the full, in that Yahweh heareth your murmurings, wherewith, ye, are murmuring against him, what then are, we? Not against us, do ye murmur, but against Yahweh.

¹⁰ And it came to pass, when Aaron spake unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel, then turned they towards the desert,––and lo! the glory of Yahweh, had appeared in the cloud.

² And the people found fault with Moses, and said––Give us water, that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why should ye find fault with me? Why should ye put Yahweh to the proof? ³ So the people thirsted, there, for water, and the people murmured against Moses,––and said––Wherefore is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill me and my sons, and my cattle, with thirst?

⁶ But, ye, shall be mine, As a kingdom of priests, And a holy nation. These, are the words, which thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel.

⁵ thou shalt not bow thyself down to them, nor be led to serve them––For, I, Yahweh, thy God, am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of fathers, upon sons, unto three [generations] and unto four, of them that hate me;

⁵ When a man causeth a field or a vineyard to be depastured, or hath sent in his own cattle and stripped the field of another, he shall, surely make restitution, out of his own field, according to the yield thereof; or, if, all the field, he depasture, with the best of his own field, or with the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

¹¹ but, the seventh year, shalt thou let it rest and be still, so shall the needy of thy people eat, and, what they leave, shall the wild–beast of the field eat,––in like manner, shalt thou deal with thy vineyard, with thine oliveyard.

¹⁶ And the glory of Yahweh rested upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days,––then called he unto Moses, on the seventh day, out of the midst of the cloud.

¹ Thou thyself, therefore, bring near unto thee––Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, out of the midst of the sons of Israel, that they may minister as priests unto me,––Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron.

⁴³ so shall they be upon Aaron and upon his sons, when they go into the tent of meeting, or when they approach unto the altar, to minister in the holy place, lest they bear iniquity, and die,––a statute age–abiding, to him, and to his seed after him.

⁴⁵ Thus will I make my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel,––and will be their God; ⁴⁶ and they shall know that, I––Yahweh, am their God, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might make my habitation in their midst, I––Yahweh, their God.

⁷ And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense,––morning by morning, when he trimmeth the lamps, shall he burn it; ⁸ and, when Aaron lighteth the lamps, between the evenings, shall he burn it,––a continual incense before Yahweh, to your generations. ⁹ Ye shall not cause to ascend thereupon strange incense, nor an ascending–sacrifice, nor a meal–offering,––and, a drink offering, shall ye not pour out thereupon. ¹⁰ But Aaron shall put a propitiatory–covering upon the horns thereof, once in the year: of the blood of the sin–bearer for propitiatory–coverings, once in the year, shall he put a propitiatory–covering thereupon, to your generations, most holy, it is to Yahweh.

¹⁰ Now, therefore, let me alone, that mine anger may kindle upon them, and that I may consume them, and may make of thee, a great nation.

¹⁹ And it came to pass, when he drew near unto the camp, and saw the calf, and the dancings, that the anger of Moses kindled, and he cast out of his hands the tables, and brake them in pieces, at the foot of the mountain.

³⁴ Now, therefore, go lead the people to the place of which I spake to thee, lo! my messenger, shall go before thee,––But, in the day when I do visit, then will I visit upon them, their sin.

⁵ Then said Yahweh unto Moses––Say unto the sons of Israel, Ye, are a stiff–necked people, in one moment––if I should go up in thy midst, should I make an end of thee,––Now, therefore, lay down thine ornaments from off thee, that I may see what I must do with thee.

³⁴ Then did the cloud cover the tent of meeting,––and, the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation; ³⁵ and Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud had made its habitation thereupon,––and, the glory of Yahweh, filled the habitation.

² Take thou Aaron, and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil,––and the sin–bearing bullock, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened cakes;

⁶ And Moses said––This, is the thing which Yahweh hath commanded that ye shall do,––that the glory of Yahweh may appear unto you.

²³ And, when Moses and Aaron had entered into the tent of meeting,––and had come forth, and blessed the people, then appeared the glory of Yahweh, unto all the people; ²⁴ yea, there came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed, upon the altar, the ascending–sacrifice, and the portions of fat,––and all the people beheld, and shouted, and fell down upon their faces.

¹ Then Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, took each man his censer, and placed therein fire, and put thereon incense,––and brought near before Yahweh, strange fire, which he had not commanded them. ² Then came there forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed them,––and they died before Yahweh.
³ Then said Moses unto Aaron––The very thing, that Yahweh spake, saying––In them that draw near to me, must I be hallowed, And, before the faces of all the people, must I get myself honour,––And Aaron, was dumb.

⁶ Then said Moses unto Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons––Your heads, ye may not bare and, your garments, ye shall not rend, so shall ye not die, neither, against all the assembly, will he be wroth,––but let, your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the consuming fire wherewith Yahweh hath consumed.

¹¹ So Aaron shall bring near the sin–bearing bullock which is for himself, and shall put a propitiatory–covering about himself, and about his household,––and shall slay the sin–bearing bullock which is for himself; ¹² and shall take the censer–full of burning coals of fire from off the altar, from before Yahweh, and his hands full of fragrant incense, beaten small,––and bring within the veil;

¹² and shall take the censer–full of burning coals of fire from off the altar, from before Yahweh, and his hands full of fragrant incense, beaten small,––and bring within the veil; ¹³ and shall put the incense upon the fire, before Yahweh,––and the cloud of incense shall cover the propitiatory which is over the testimony, and he shall not die.

¹³ and shall put the incense upon the fire, before Yahweh,––and the cloud of incense shall cover the propitiatory which is over the testimony, and he shall not die. ¹⁴ Then shall he take of the blood of the bullock, and shall sprinkle with his finger upon the face of the propitiatory, eastwards,––and before the propitiatory, shall he sprinkle seven times, of the blood, with his finger.
¹⁵ Then shall he slay the sin–bearing goat which is for the people, and bring in its blood, within the veil,––and do with its blood, as he did to the blood of the bullock, and shall sprinkle it, upon the propitiatory, and before the propitiatory: ¹⁶ so shall he put a propitiatory–covering over the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the sons of Israel, and because of their transgressions, to the extent of all their sins,––and, so, shall he do for the tent of meeting, which abideth with them, in the midst of their uncleanness.

²⁴ And said unto you––Ye, shall possess their soil, Yea, I myself, will give it you to possess it, A land flowing with milk and honey,––I––Yahweh, am your God, who have distinguished you from the peoples;

⁶ Holy persons, shall they be unto their God, and not profane the name of their God,––for, the altar–flames of Yahweh, the food of their God, do they bring near––Therefore shall they be holy. ⁷ A woman that is unchaste or dishonoured, shall they not take, And, a woman divorced from her husband, shall they not take,––For, holy, he is unto his God. ⁸ Therefore shalt thou hold him as holy, for, the food of thy God, doth he bring near,––Holy, shall he be to thee, For, holy, am, I––Yahweh, who am making you holy.

¹² And, out of the sanctuary, shall he not go forth, so shall he not profane the sanctuary of his God,––for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him––I, am Yahweh. ¹³ But, he, shall take, a woman in her virginity: ¹⁴ A widow, or a divorced woman, or one dishonoured––an unchaste woman, these, shall he not take, But, a virgin from among his own kinsfolk, shall he take to wife; ¹⁵ So shall he not profane his seed, among his kinsfolk,––For, I––Yahweh, do hallow him.

¹⁰ And, no stranger, shall eat what is hallowed,––neither, one who dwelleth with a priest, nor a hireling, shall eat what is hallowed.

²⁸ Only, no devoted thing which any man shall devote unto Yahweh, of all that belongeth to him,––of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be either sold or redeemed,––as to every devoted thing, most holy, it is, unto Yahweh.

¹⁶ These, are they who had been summoned by the assembly, being, princes of the tribes of their fathers,––heads of the thousands of Israel.

⁵¹ And, when the habitation is to set forward, the Levites, shall take it down, and, when the habitation is to be pitched, the Levites, shall set it up,––but, the stranger that draweth near, shall be put to death.

⁵³ but, the Levites, shall pitch their tents round about the habitation of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the assembly of the sons of Israel,––so shall the Levites keep the watch of the habitation of the testimony.

⁶ Bring near the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt cause it to stand before Aaron the priest,––so shall they wait upon him;

¹⁰ but, unto Aaron, and unto his sons, shalt thou give oversight, so shall they keep charge of their priesthood,––and, the stranger who cometh near, shall be put to death.

³⁸ But, they who were to encamp before the habitation, eastwards, before the tent of meeting, towards sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, to keep the charge of the sanctuary, as the charge of the sons of Israel, and, the stranger that came near, was to be put to death.

⁴¹ then shalt thou take the Levites for me, me Yahweh, instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel,––also the cattle of the Levites, instead of every firstling among the cattle of the sons of Israel. ⁴² So then Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him,––every firstborn among the sons of Israel. ⁴³ And it was so––that all the firstborn of the males, in the counting of names from one month old and upwards, of such as were numbered of them,––were two–and–twenty thousand, two hundred and seventy–three. ⁴⁴ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:–– ⁴⁵ Take the Levites, instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites, instead of their cattle,––so shall the Levites, belong unto me, me Yahweh;

¹⁴ thus shalt thou separate the Levites out of the midst of the sons of Israel,––thus shall the Levites become mine. ¹⁵ And, after that, shall the Levites enter to do the labour of the tent of meeting,––so shalt thou purify them, and offer them as a wave–offering. ¹⁶ For, given, given, they are, unto me, out of the midst of the sons of Israel,––instead of every firstborn that a mother beareth from among the sons of Israel, have I taken them, unto me.

¹⁹ therefore have I given the Levites, as a gift unto Aaron and unto his sons, out of the midst of the sons of Israel, to do the laborious work of the sons of Israel, in the tent of meeting, and to put a propitiatory–covering over the sons of Israel,––so shall there be, among the sons of Israel, no plague, by the coming nigh of the sons of Israel unto the sanctuary.

¹ And it came to pass, that, when the people were giving themselves up to murmuring, it was grievous in the ears of Yahweh,––so Yahweh hearkened, and kindled was his anger, and the fire of Yahweh burned among them, and consumed the uttermost part of the camp. ² Then did the people make outcry unto Moses,––and Moses prayed unto Yahweh, and the fire sank down. ³ So he called the name of that place, Taberah [i. e. "A Burning"], ––because there burned among them the fire of Yahweh.

⁵ We remember the fish that we did eat in Egypt, without money,––the cucumbers, and the water–melons, and the leeks and the onions, and the garlick.

¹⁶ Then said Yahweh unto Moses––Gather thou unto me seventy men, from among the elders of Israel, of whom thou knowest that they are elders of the people, and their overseers,––then shalt thou take them unto the tent of meeting, and they shall station themselves there, with thee. ¹⁷ Then will I come down, and speak with thee there, and will take of the spirit that is upon thee, and put upon them,––and they shall carry, with thee, the burden of the people, and, thou, shalt not carry it, by thyself.

²⁵ Then Yahweh, came down, in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave unto the seventy men––the elders. And it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and then did so no more.

³⁰ Then was Moses received back into the camp,––he, and the elders of Israel.

³³ The flesh, was yet between their teeth, not yet chewed,––when, the anger of Yahweh, had kindled upon the people, and Yahweh smote the people, with an exceeding great plague.

¹ And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses, on account of the Cushite woman whom he had taken,––for, a Cushite woman, had he taken. ² And they said: Is it, only, and solely, with Moses, that Yahweh hath spoken? With us also, hath he not spoken? And Yahweh heard it. ³ Now, the man Moses, was patient, exceedingly,––above all the sons of earth, who were on the face of the ground.

⁵ Then Yahweh came down, in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the entrance of the tent,––and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both went forth.

¹ Then did all the assembly lift up, and give forth their voice,––and the people wept throughout that night. ² And all the sons of Israel, murmured against Moses and against Aaron,––and all the assembly said unto them––Oh that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or, in this wilderness, oh that we had died!

² And all the sons of Israel, murmured against Moses and against Aaron,––and all the assembly said unto them––Oh that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or, in this wilderness, oh that we had died! ³ Wherefore, then, is Yahweh bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and little ones, will become a prey! Would it not be well for us to go back towards Egypt? ⁴ And they said, one to another,––Let us appoint a head, and let us go back towards Egypt.
⁵ Then did Moses and Aaron fall upon their faces,––before all the convocation of the assembly of the sons of Israel.

¹⁰ But, when all the assembly bade stone them, with stones, the glory of Yahweh, appeared, in the tent of meeting, unto all the sons of Israel.

¹² Let me smite them with pestilence, and disinherit them,––And make thee, into a nation greater and more mighty than they!

¹⁴ And will tell it unto the inhabitants of this land: They have heard, That, thou, Yahweh, art in the midst of this people,––That, eye to eye, is he seen––thou, Yahweh. And, thy cloud, is standing over them, And, in a pillar of cloud, thou thyself, art going on before them by day, And, in a pillar of fire, by night. ¹⁵ As soon, therefore, as thou hast put to death this people, as one man, so soon will the nations who have heard thy fame speak, saying:

¹ Then took Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi,––and Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth, sons of Reuben;

¹ Then took Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi,––and Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth, sons of Reuben; ² and rose up before Moses, with certain men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty,––princes of assembly, called to the stated meeting, men of renown;

² and rose up before Moses, with certain men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty,––princes of assembly, called to the stated meeting, men of renown;

² and rose up before Moses, with certain men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty,––princes of assembly, called to the stated meeting, men of renown; ³ and gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Too much for you, when, all the assembly, are, all of them, holy, and, in the midst of them, is Yahweh,––Wherefore, then, should ye set yourselves up, above the convocation of Yahweh?

³ and gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Too much for you, when, all the assembly, are, all of them, holy, and, in the midst of them, is Yahweh,––Wherefore, then, should ye set yourselves up, above the convocation of Yahweh? ⁴ And, when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face.

⁴ And, when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face. ⁵ Then spake he unto Korah, and unto all his assembly, saying, In the morning, will Yahweh make known––who are his, and who is the holy one, and will cause him to come near unto himself,––yea, him whom he shall choose, will he cause to come near unto himself.

⁵ Then spake he unto Korah, and unto all his assembly, saying, In the morning, will Yahweh make known––who are his, and who is the holy one, and will cause him to come near unto himself,––yea, him whom he shall choose, will he cause to come near unto himself. ⁶ This, do,––Take to you censers, Korah, and all his assembly; ⁷ and place therein fire, and put thereon incense, before Yahweh, tomorrow, So shall it be––that, the man whom Yahweh shall choose, he, shall be the holy one. Too much for you, ye sons of Levi!

⁷ and place therein fire, and put thereon incense, before Yahweh, tomorrow, So shall it be––that, the man whom Yahweh shall choose, he, shall be the holy one. Too much for you, ye sons of Levi!

¹¹ Wherefore, thou and all thine assembly, are conspiring against Yahweh,––But, Aaron, what is he, that ye should murmur against him?

¹³ Was it, a small thing, that thou didst bring us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the desert, but thou must, continue even to lord it, over us?

¹⁷ And take ye each man his censer, and put thereon incense, then shall ye bring near before Yahweh, each man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers,––and, thou and Aaron, each man his censer. ¹⁸ So they took each man his censer, and put thereon fire, and placed thereon incense,––and took their stand at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. ¹⁹ And Korah gathered together against them all the assembly, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting,––then appeared the glory of Yahweh, unto all the assembly.

²¹ Separate yourselves out of the midst of this assembly,––that I may consume them in a moment.

²¹ Separate yourselves out of the midst of this assembly,––that I may consume them in a moment.

²¹ Separate yourselves out of the midst of this assembly,––that I may consume them in a moment. ²² And they fell upon their faces, and said, O GOD, the God of the spirits of all flesh,––shall, one man, sin, and, against all the assembly, wilt thou be wroth.

²² And they fell upon their faces, and said, O GOD, the God of the spirits of all flesh,––shall, one man, sin, and, against all the assembly, wilt thou be wroth.
²³ And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying, ²⁴ Speak unto the assembly, saying,––Get ye up from round about the habitation of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.

²⁴ Speak unto the assembly, saying,––Get ye up from round about the habitation of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.

²⁶ And he spake unto the assembly, saying––Remove, I pray you, from beside the tents of these lawless men, and do not touch aught that pertaineth unto them,––lest ye be carried off, in all their sins.

³⁰ But, if, a creation, Yahweh create, and the ground open wide her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that pertain unto them, and so they go down, alive, unto hades, then shall ye know, that these men have despised, Yahweh.

³² and the earth opened, her mouth, and swallowed up them, and their households,––and all the human beings who pertained unto Korah, with all their goods: ³³ so, they, and all that pertained unto them, went down, alive, unto hades,––and the earth, closed upon them, and they perished out of the midst of the convocation.

³³ so, they, and all that pertained unto them, went down, alive, unto hades,––and the earth, closed upon them, and they perished out of the midst of the convocation. ³⁴ And, all Israel who were round about them, fled at their cry,––for they said, Lest the earth, swallow us up.
³⁵ Fire also, came forth, from Yahweh,––and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who offered the incense.

³⁵ Fire also, came forth, from Yahweh,––and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who offered the incense.

³⁵ Fire also, came forth, from Yahweh,––and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who offered the incense. ³⁶ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: ³⁷ Say unto Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the midst of the burning, and, the fire, scatter thou yonder,––for they have been hallowed. ³⁸ As for the censers of these sinners against their own persons, they shall be made into beaten–out plates, as an overlay for the altar, for they had brought them near before Yahweh, and hallowed them,––so shall they become a sign, unto the sons of Israel. ³⁹ And Eleazar the priest took the censers of bronze, which the consumed men had brought near,––and beat them out into plates for overlaying the altar: ⁴⁰ a memorial unto the sons of Israel, That no stranger, who is, not of the seed of Aaron, shall draw near to offer incense before Yahweh,––lest he become like Korah and like his assembly, As spake Yahweh by the hand of Moses, with regard thereto.

⁴⁰ a memorial unto the sons of Israel, That no stranger, who is, not of the seed of Aaron, shall draw near to offer incense before Yahweh,––lest he become like Korah and like his assembly, As spake Yahweh by the hand of Moses, with regard thereto.

⁴² And it came to pass, when the assembly gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, that they turned towards the tent of meeting, and lo! the cloud, had covered it: and the glory of Yahweh, appeared. ⁴³ And Moses and Aaron came in, before the tent of meeting.

⁴⁵ Lift yourselves up out of the midst of this assembly, that I may consume them, as in a moment,––And they fell upon their faces. ⁴⁶ Then said Moses unto Aaron––Take the censer and place thereon fire, from off the altar, and put incense [thereon], and, going quickly into the assembly, put a propitiatory–covering over them,––for wrath hath gone forth, from before Yahweh, the plague, hath begun.

⁴⁶ Then said Moses unto Aaron––Take the censer and place thereon fire, from off the altar, and put incense [thereon], and, going quickly into the assembly, put a propitiatory–covering over them,––for wrath hath gone forth, from before Yahweh, the plague, hath begun. ⁴⁷ Then took Aaron, as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the convocation, and lo! the plague, had begun, among the people,––so he placed the incense, and put a propitiatory–covering over the people: ⁴⁸ thus did he take his stand between the dead and the living,––and the plague, was restrained.

⁵ So shall it come to pass, that, the man whom I shall choose, his staff, shall bud,––so will I cause to cease from against me, the murmurings of the sons of Israel, wherewith, they, are murmuring against you.

¹⁰ And Yahweh said unto Moses––Put back the rod of Aaron, before the testimony, to be kept as a sign unto such as are perverse,––that thou mayest bring to an end their murmurings against me, that they die not.

¹² Then spake the sons of Israel unto Moses, saying: Lo! we have breathed our last––we are lost, we are, all, lost: ¹³ whosoever draweth near––draweth near––unto the habitation of Yahweh, dieth,––are we ever to have made an end of breathing our last?

² Therefore also, thy brethren of the tribe of Levi, the stem of thy father, bring thou near with thee, and let them be joined unto thee, and let them wait upon thee,––both on thee and on thy sons with thee, before the tent of the testimony. ³ So shall they keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tent,––only, unto the vessels of the sanctuary, and unto the altar, shall they not come near, lest they die––both they, and ye. ⁴ So shall they be joined unto thee, and shall keep the charge of the tent of meeting, as to all the laborious work of the tent,––but, a stranger, shall not come near unto you.

⁴ So shall they be joined unto thee, and shall keep the charge of the tent of meeting, as to all the laborious work of the tent,––but, a stranger, shall not come near unto you. ⁵ So shall ye keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar,––that there no more, be wrath against the sons of Israel.

⁵ So shall ye keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar,––that there no more, be wrath against the sons of Israel.

⁵ So shall ye keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar,––that there no more, be wrath against the sons of Israel. ⁶ I, therefore, lo! I have taken your brethren the Levites, out of the midst of the sons of Israel,––unto you, as a gift, are they given, unto Yahweh, to do the laborious work of the tent of meeting.

⁶ I, therefore, lo! I have taken your brethren the Levites, out of the midst of the sons of Israel,––unto you, as a gift, are they given, unto Yahweh, to do the laborious work of the tent of meeting. ⁷ But, thou and thy sons with thee, shall keep the charge of your priesthood, as to every matter of the altar, and as to the interior of the veil, and shall do the laborious work,––as a laborious service of gifts, do I give your priesthood, and, the stranger who cometh near, shall be put to death.

⁷ But, thou and thy sons with thee, shall keep the charge of your priesthood, as to every matter of the altar, and as to the interior of the veil, and shall do the laborious work,––as a laborious service of gifts, do I give your priesthood, and, the stranger who cometh near, shall be put to death.

³ And the people contended with Moses,––and spake, saying, Would, then, we had died when our brethren died, before Yahweh! ⁴ Wherefore, then, hast thou brought the convocation of Yahweh into this desert,––to die there, we, and our cattle? ⁵ And wherefore, did ye cause us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us into this wretched place?––not a place of seeds, and figs, and vines, and pomegranates, even water, is there none, to drink. ⁶ And Moses and Aaron went in, from the presence of the multitude unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces,––and the glory of Yahweh appeared, unto them.

¹³ Though Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, yet could I not go beyond the bidding of Yahweh, to do good or ill, out of my own heart,––what Yahweh shall speak, that, must I speak?

⁶ And lo! a man of the sons of Israel coming in, who brought near unto his brethren a Midianite woman, before the eyes of Moses, and before the eyes of all the assembly of the sons of Israel,––when they, were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁷ And Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw, it,––so he rose up out of the midst of the assembly, and took a spear in his hand; ⁸ and went in after the man of Israel, into the pleasure–tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman, in her parts of shame,––so the plague was restrained, from against the sons of Israel.

⁸ and went in after the man of Israel, into the pleasure–tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman, in her parts of shame,––so the plague was restrained, from against the sons of Israel. ⁹ Then was it found that they who had died by the plague were four and twenty thousand.

⁹ Then was it found that they who had died by the plague were four and twenty thousand. ¹⁰ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: ¹¹ Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, hath turned back my wrath from against the sons of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy, in their midst,––so that I made not an end of the sons of Israel, in my jealousy.

¹³ so shall it prove to be unto him, and unto his seed after him, the covenant of our age–abiding priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and did put a propitiatory–covering over the sons of Israel.

⁹ and, the sons of Eliab, Nemuel, and Dathan and Abiram,––The same, Dathan and Abiram, notable men of the assembly, who contended against Moses, and against Aaron, in the assembly of Korah, when they contended against Yahweh;

⁹ and, the sons of Eliab, Nemuel, and Dathan and Abiram,––The same, Dathan and Abiram, notable men of the assembly, who contended against Moses, and against Aaron, in the assembly of Korah, when they contended against Yahweh; ¹⁰ and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up––with Korah also, when the assembly died,––when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a warning;

¹⁰ and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up––with Korah also, when the assembly died,––when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a warning;

¹⁰ and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up––with Korah also, when the assembly died,––when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a warning; ¹¹ But, the sons of Korah, died not.

¹¹ But, the sons of Korah, died not.

³ Our father, died in the desert, although, he, was not among the assembly that conspired against Yahweh, in the assembly of Korah,––but, in his own sin, died he; and, sons, had he none.

¹⁶ Let Yahweh, God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the assembly;

³⁴ thou must not then make unclean the land wherein, ye, are dwelling, in the midst of which, I, have my habitation; for, I,––Yahweh, am making my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel.

⁸ And, every daughter possessing all inheritance, from among the tribes of the sons of Israel, unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, shall become wife,––to the intent that the sons of Israel may possess, each one, the inheritance of his fathers; ⁹ and no inheritance go round from one tribe to another tribe,––for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall cleave, each one unto his own inheritance. ¹⁰ As Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did the daughters of Zelophehad.

²² Also, at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth–hataavah, a cause of provocation, became ye, unto Yahweh.

⁸ At that time, did Yahweh separate the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,––to stand before Yahweh, to wait upon him, and to bless in his name (until this day).

⁶ and what he did to Dathan and to Abiram, sons of Eliab, son of Reuben, in that the earth opened wide her mouth, and swallowed–up them and their households, and their tents,––and all the living things that attended them, in the midst of all Israel.

¹⁷ So shall there not cleave to thy hand aught of the devoted thing,––that Yahweh, may turn away, from the glow of his anger, and grant thee compassion, and have compassion upon thee and multiply thee, as he sware unto thy fathers;

²² When the prophet shall speak in the name of Yahweh, and the word, shall not come to pass, neither shall come in, that, is the word which Yahweh, hath not spoken,––presumptuously, hath the prophet spoken it, thou shall not be in dread of him.

¹⁰ May teach thy regulations unto Jacob, And thy law unto Israel,––May put incense in thy nostrils, And a whole–offering upon thine altar. ¹¹ Bless, O Yahweh, his substance, And, with the work of his hands, wilt thou be well pleased,––Crush thou the loins of them who rise up against him, And of them who hate him, that they rise not again.

¹ But the sons of Israel had committed an act of unfaithfulness in respect of what was devoted,––for Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah had taken of what was devoted, and the anger of Yahweh had kindled against the sons of Israel. ² And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai which was beside Beth–aven on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them saying, Go up and spy out the land. So the men went up, and spied out Ai. ³ And they returned unto Joshua and said unto him––Let not all the people go up, about two thousand men or three thousand men, can go up and smite Ai,––do not weary the whole people to go thither, for, but few, they are. ⁴ There went up thither of the people therefore, about three thousand men,––but they fled before the men of Ai. ⁵ And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty–six men, and pursued them before the gate as far as the Shebarim, and smote them on the slope,––so that the heart of the people melted and became as water.
⁶ Then Joshua rent his clothes and fell upon his face to the earth before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel,––and they lifted up dust upon their heads.

⁶ Then Joshua rent his clothes and fell upon his face to the earth before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel,––and they lifted up dust upon their heads. ⁷ And Joshua said––Alas! My Lord Yahweh! Wherefore hast thou, brought, this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorite to destroy us? Would then we had been content to dwell on the other side of the Jordan! ⁸ Oh My Lord,––what shall I say, after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies? ⁹ Only let the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land hear, and they will surround us, and cut off our name out of the earth,––what then wilt thou do for thy great name?
¹⁰ And Yahweh said unto Joshua––Get thee up! wherefore is it that thou art lying upon thy face? ¹¹ Israel hath sinned, yea moreover they have transgressed my covenant which I commanded them,––yea moreover they have taken of what was devoted, yea moreover they have stolen, yea moreover they have dissembled, yea moreover they have put it among their own goods. ¹² Therefore cannot the sons of Israel stand before their enemies, their back, do they turn before their enemies, because they have become devoted,––I will no more be with you, except ye destroy the devoted thing out of your midst. ¹³ Up! hallow the people, and thou shalt say, Hallow yourselves by tomorrow,––for, Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel: A devoted thing, is in the midst of thee O Israel, Thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye have put away the devoted thing out of your midst. ¹⁴ Therefore shall ye be brought near in the morning by your tribes,––and it shall be that––the tribe which Yahweh shall seize, shall come near, by families, and the family which Yahweh shall seize, shall come near, by households, and the household which Yahweh shall seize, shall come near, man by man; ¹⁵ and it shall be, that––He that is seized with the devoted thing, shall be burned with fire, he and all that he hath,––because he hath transgressed the covenant of Yahweh, and because he hath wrought impiety in Israel.
¹⁶ So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes,––and, the tribe of Judah, was seized; ¹⁷ and he brought near the family of Judah, and, the family of the Zarhites, was seized,––and he brought near the family of the Zarhites, man by man, and, Zabdi, was seized; ¹⁸ and he brought near his household, man by man,––and, Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was seized. ¹⁹ And Joshua said unto Achan––My son give I pray thee glory unto Yahweh God of Israel and make to him confession,––and tell me I pray thee what thou hast done, do not hide it from me. ²⁰ And Achan answered Joshua and said,––Of a truth, I, have sinned against Yahweh God of Israel, and, thus and thus, have I done: ²¹ When I saw among the spoil a certain goodly mantle of Babylonia and two hundred shekels of silver and a certain wedge of gold––fifty shekels the weight thereof, then I coveted them, then I took them,––and, there they are, hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. ²² So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent,––and, there it was, hid in his tent, and, the silver, under it. ²³ And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them in unto Joshua, and unto all the sons of Israel,––and poured them out before Yahweh. ²⁴ And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan––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 asses and his sheep and his tent, and all that he had, and brought them up the valley of Achor. ²⁵ And Joshua said––Why hast thou troubled us? Yahweh, will trouble thee, this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them up with fire, and covered them with stones; ²⁶ yea they raised over him a great heap of stones [which remaineth] until this day. And Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger,––for which cause, hath the name of that place been called––The Valley of Achor, until this day.

²¹ And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes,––and took him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of bronze, and it came to pass that he used to grind in the prison.

²⁸ choosing him out of all the tribes of Israel unto myself, to minister as priest, to offer upon mine altar, to perfume with incense to bear an ephod before me,––Therefore gave I unto the house of thy father all the altar–flames of the sons of Israel.

⁷ And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people, in all that they shall say unto thee,––for, not thee, have they rejected, but, me, have they rejected, from being king over them.

² And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, Hereby, will I solemnise [a covenant] with you by digging out for you, every one’s right eye,––and laying it for a reproach, upon all Israel.

³ Behold me! testify against me, before Yahweh, and before his Anointed––Whose, ox, have I taken? or whose, ass, have I taken? or whom have I oppressed? Whom have I crushed? or at whose, hands, have I taken a bribe, to cover up mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it unto you.

³ Behold me! testify against me, before Yahweh, and before his Anointed––Whose, ox, have I taken? or whose, ass, have I taken? or whom have I oppressed? Whom have I crushed? or at whose, hands, have I taken a bribe, to cover up mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it unto you. ⁴ And they said, Thou hast not oppressed us, neither hast thou crushed us,––neither hast thou taken, at the hand of any man, any thing.

⁷ Now, therefore, take your stand and let me plead with you, before Yahweh,––and tell you all the righteous acts of Yahweh, which he wrought with you, and with your fathers:

²³ And the servants of Saul spake, in the ears of David, these words. And David said––Seemeth it a light thing, in your eyes, to become son–in–law to the king, seeing that, I, am a poor man and lightly esteemed?

¹⁹ and hast yet further made this seem little in thine eyes, My Lord, Yahweh, in that thou hast spoken, even of the house, of thy servant, for a great while to come? This, then is the law of manhood, O My Lord, Yahweh!

⁷ And, thus, said Shimei, when he cursed,––Out! Out! thou man of bloodshed, and man of the Abandoned One! ⁸ Yahweh, hath brought back upon thee, all the shed–blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned, and Yahweh hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absolom thy son,––and, here thou art, in thy ruin, for that, a man of bloodshed, thou art.

¹ And again was the anger of Yahweh kindled against Israel,––so that he suffered David to be moved against them, saying, Go, count Israel and Judah.

¹⁶ But, when the messenger stretched out his hand towards Jerusalem, to destroy it, then relented Yahweh as to the evil, and he said to the messenger who was destroying the people––Enough! now, stay thy hand. And, the messenger of Yahweh, was by the threshing–floor of Araunah the Jebusite. ¹⁷ Then said David unto Yahweh, when he saw the messenger who was smiting the people, yea he said––Lo! I, have sinned, and, I, have done perversely, but what have, these sheep, done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against the house of my father!

¹⁷ Then said David unto Yahweh, when he saw the messenger who was smiting the people, yea he said––Lo! I, have sinned, and, I, have done perversely, but what have, these sheep, done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against the house of my father!

²⁵ and David built there an altar unto Yahweh, and caused to go up ascending–sacrifices and peace–offerings,––then was Yahweh entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

²³ Then swore King Solomon by Yahweh, saying,––So, let God do to me, and, so, let him add, if, at the cost of his life, Adonijah hath not spoken this word.

¹ And lo! a man of God, came in out of Judah, by the word of Yahweh, unto Bethel,––as Jeroboam was standing by the altar, to make a perfume. ² And he made proclamation against the altar, by the word of Yahweh, and said, O altar! altar! Thus, saith Yahweh,––Lo! a son to be born unto the house of David, Josiah his name, who shall sacrifice upon thee the priests of the high–places, who are making a perfume upon thee, and, human bones, shall be burned upon thee; ³ and he shall give, on that day, a sign, saying, This, is the sign of which Yahweh hath spoken,––Lo! the altar, is to be rent, and the ashes that are upon thee shall be, poured out!

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Now, art, thou, troubling Israel?

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Now, art, thou, troubling Israel? ¹⁸ And he said––I have not troubled Israel, but, thou and the house of thy father,––in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Yahweh, and followed Baal.

²¹ And Elijah drew near unto all the people, and said––How long are ye limping on the two divided opinions? If, Yahweh, be GOD, follow, him, but, if, Baal, follow, him. But the people answered him, not a word. ²² Then said Elijah unto the people––I, am left, Yahweh’s, only, prophet,––but, the prophets of Baal, are four hundred and fifty men. ²³ Let there be given us, therefore, two bullocks, and let them choose for themselves one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and lay it upon the wood, but, fire, shall they not put,––then, I, will make ready the other bullock, and place upon the wood, but, fire, will I not put.

³⁶ And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the gift, that Elijah the prophet drew near, and said, O Yahweh, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel! Today, let it be known––That, thou, art God in Israel, and that, I, am thy servant,––and that, by thy word, have I done all these things.

²⁸ Then said Micaiah, If thou, return, in peace, Yahweh hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you!

³⁰ Now, when Jehu entered Jezreel and, Jezebel, heard of it, she set her eyes in stibium, and ornamented her head, and looked forth through the lattice. ³¹ So, when, Jehu, had entered in at the gate, she said, Was it peace, when Zimri slew his lord?

¹ And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, for, he, was the firstborn, but because he defiled the couch of his father, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel,––and he is not to be enrolled in the place of firstborn, ² for, Judah, prevailed over his brethren, so that, even the prince, is from him,––although, the birthright, pertaineth to Joseph;

²⁴ And, these, were the heads of their ancestral house,––Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel, men who were heroes of valour, men of renown, chiefs to their ancestral house.

²² The sons of Kohath, Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son;

³⁷ son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah; ––

³⁰ And, of the sons of Ephraim, twenty thousand, and eight hundred,––heroes of valour, men of renown, to their ancestral house.

¹⁴ So Yahweh laid pestilence, upon Israel,––and there fell, of Israel, seventy thousand men.

¹⁶ And, when David lifted up his eyes, and saw the messenger of Yahweh, standing, between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn, in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem, then fell David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, upon their faces.

²⁶ And David built there an altar unto Yahweh, and caused to go up ascending–sacrifices, and peace–offerings,––and called unto Yahweh, and he responded to him, by fire, out of the heavens, upon the altar of ascending–sacrifice.

²⁶ And David built there an altar unto Yahweh, and caused to go up ascending–sacrifices, and peace–offerings,––and called unto Yahweh, and he responded to him, by fire, out of the heavens, upon the altar of ascending–sacrifice. ²⁷ And Yahweh gave word to tile messenger, and he put back his sword into its sheath.

²⁷ And Yahweh gave word to tile messenger, and he put back his sword into its sheath. ²⁸ At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him in the threshing–floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. ²⁹ But, the habitation of Yahweh, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of ascending–sacrifice, were, at that time, in the high place at Gibeon; ³⁰ and David could not go before it, to seek God,––for he had been terrified, because of the sword of the messenger of Yahweh.

²⁴ Joab son of Zeruiah, began to number, but finished not, when there arose, on this account, indignation against Israel,––neither did the number come up into the account of the chronicles of King David.

²⁷ Then said Micaiah, If thou do, at all return, in peace, Yahweh hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear! ye peoples, all!

¹⁶ But, when he became strong, uplifted was his heart, unto ruin, for he acted unfaithfully against Yahweh his God,––and entered into the temple of Yahweh, to burn incense upon the altar of incense. ¹⁷ Then entered after him, Azariah the priest,––and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, sons of valour; ¹⁸ and they took their stand against Uzziah the king, and said unto him–It is not, for thee, O Uzziah, to burn incense unto Yahweh, but, for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are hallowed, to burn incense. Go forth out of the sanctuary, for thou hast acted unfaithfully, and, not to thee, for an honour, [shall it be] from Yahweh Elohim. ¹⁹ Then was Uzziah wroth, and, in his hand, was a censer, to burn incense,––and, when he was wroth with the priests, a leprosy, shot forth in his forehead, before the priests, in the house of Yahweh, from off the altar of incense. ²⁰ When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned towards him, lo! he, was leprous, in his forehead, so they hastened him from thence,––yea, even he himself, hurried to go out, because Yahweh had smitten him. ²¹ And it came to pass that, Uzziah the king, was a leper until the day of his death, and dwelt in a house apart––a leper, for he was cut off from the house of Yahweh,––and, Jotham his son, was over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.

³ and said to the Levites who gave instruction to all Israel as to the things which were hallowed unto Yahweh, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon son of David king of Israel did build, it is not yours as a burden on the shoulder,––Now, serve ye Yahweh your God, and his people Israel;

² for they have taken of their daughters, for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have intermingled themselves among the peoples of the lands,––and, the hand of the rulers and the deputies, hath, in this unfaithfulness, been, foremost.

⁴⁴ And there were set in charge, on that day, certain men, over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave–offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, out of the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law, for the priests, and for the Levites,––for, the joy of Judah, was over the priests and over the Levites, who were remaining.

⁴ Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!

¹⁰ In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all the flesh of men.

³ Is there not calamity, for the perverse? and misfortune, for the workers of iniquity?

¹⁵ But, now, because it is not so, [thou sayest]––His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression;

¹⁰ Deck thyself, I pray thee, with majesty and grandeur, Yea, with dignity and splendour, thou shalt clothe thyself; ¹¹ Pour out thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low;

² The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together,––against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]: ³ Let us break asunder their bonds,––and cast from us their cords!

¹⁵ The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.

¹⁵ Desolations on them! Let them go down into hades alive, For, wicked doings, are at home within them.

²³ But, thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the pit of destruction, Men of bloodshed and deceit, shall not live out half their days; But, I, will trust in thee.

⁴ How happy the man thou shalt choose and bring near! He shall abide in thy courts,––We shall be satisfied with, The blessing of thy house, The holiness of thy temple.

¹⁷ The chariots of God, are two myriads––thousands repeated, My Lord, is among them, Sinai, is in the sanctuary!

¹⁵ Let not a flood of waters overflow me, And let not the depth swallow me up, Neither let the well close, over me, her mouth.

¹⁹ How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased––come to an end, by reason of calamities.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. On "the Gittith." For the Sons of Korah. A Melody.]
How lovely are thy habitations, O Yahweh of hosts!

¹ [To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. A Melody.]
Thou hast accepted, O Yahweh, thy land, Thou hast brought back the captives of Jacob;

¹ [A Song, a Melody. For the Sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. On "Mahalath." For alternate Song. An Instructive Psalm. By Heman the Ezrahite.]
O Yahweh, God of my salvation, By day, have I made outcry, In the night, [also] before thee.

²⁶ He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, whom he had chosen.

¹³ Soon forgat they his works,––They waited not for his counsel;

¹⁶ And they became jealous of Moses in the camp,––of Aaron the holy one of Yahweh; ¹⁷ The earth opened and engulfed Dathan, and covered up the assembly of Abiram;

¹⁷ The earth opened and engulfed Dathan, and covered up the assembly of Abiram; ¹⁸ Then was kindled a fire in their assembly,––a flame, consumed the lawless ones.

¹⁸ Then was kindled a fire in their assembly,––a flame, consumed the lawless ones.

²³ Then would he have bidden to destroy them,––had not Moses his chosen, stood in the breach before him, To turn back his wrath from destroying.

²⁵ But murmured in their tents,––They hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh. ²⁶ So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert; ²⁷ And would disperse their seed among the nations, and would scatter them throughout the lands. ²⁸ Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal–peor,––and did eat sacrifices to the dead: ²⁹ So they provoked to anger by their doings, and a plague, made a breach among them.

²⁹ So they provoked to anger by their doings, and a plague, made a breach among them. ³⁰ Then stood up Phinehas, and interposed, and stayed was the plague:

³⁰ Then stood up Phinehas, and interposed, and stayed was the plague: ³¹ So it was counted unto him, for righteousness, To generation after generation, unto times age abiding. ³² And they provoked by the waters of Meribah,––And it fared ill with Moses, for their sakes; ³³ For they embittered his spirit, and he spake rashly with his lips.
³⁴ They destroyed not the peoples of which Yahweh had spoken to them; ³⁵ But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings; ³⁶ Yea they served their idols, and they became to them a snare: ³⁷ Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous demons; ³⁸ And poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, And the land was polluted with blood–shed; ³⁹ And they became unclean by their works, and became unchaste in their doings. ⁴⁰ Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh with his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance. ⁴¹ So he delivered them up into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them, had dominion over them; ⁴² And their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down under their hand. ⁴³ Many times, did he rescue them,––But, they, rebelled by their counsel, and sank low in their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Then looked he on the distress which befell them,––when he heard their loud cry; ⁴⁵ Then remembered he, for them, his covenant, and was moved to pity, according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses; ⁴⁶ And granted them compassion before all their captors. ⁴⁷ Save us, O Yahweh our God, and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, That we may triumph aloud in thy praise. ⁴⁸ Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, from one age even unto another, And all the people, shall say, Amen! Praise ye Yah!

² Let my prayer be set in order like incense before thee,––the lifting up of my hands, as the evening gift.

⁷ Speedily answer me, O Yahweh, My spirit faileth,––Do not hide thy face from me, or I shall be made like unto them who go down into the pit.

¹⁸ Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.

³⁶ But, he that misseth me, wrongeth his own soul, all who hate me, love death.

¹⁰ Only by pride, doth one cause contention, but, with the well–advised, is wisdom.

¹⁸ Before grievous injury, pride! and, before a fall, haughtiness of spirit!

¹² Before grievous injury, a man’s heart is haughty, and, before honour, is humility.

² The growl as of a young lion, is the dread inspired by a king, he that provoketh him, endangereth his own life.

⁹ A wise man pleading with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no settlement.

¹⁹ For, as regardeth the destiny of the sons of men and the destiny of beasts, one fate, have they, as dieth the one, so, dieth the other, and, one spirit, have they all,––and, the pre–eminence of man over beast, is nothing, for, all, were vanity:

⁷ And the dust return to the earth, as it was,––and, the spirit, return unto God, who gave it.

¹⁰ Hear the word of Yahweh, ye rulers of Sodom,––Give ear to the instruction of our God, ye people of Gomorrah:–– ¹¹ Of what use to me, is your multitude of sacrifices? Saith Yahweh: I am sated with ascending–offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts,––In the blood of bulls and young rams and he–goats, have I no pleasure.

¹¹ Of what use to me, is your multitude of sacrifices? Saith Yahweh: I am sated with ascending–offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts,––In the blood of bulls and young rams and he–goats, have I no pleasure. ¹² When ye enter to see my face, Who hath required this at your hand, trampling my courts?

¹² When ye enter to see my face, Who hath required this at your hand, trampling my courts? ¹³ Ye shall not again, bring in an empty, present, Incense, an abomination, is that, unto me! New moon, and sabbath, calling an assembly––I cannot endure, iniquity and sacred festival!

¹³ Ye shall not again, bring in an empty, present, Incense, an abomination, is that, unto me! New moon, and sabbath, calling an assembly––I cannot endure, iniquity and sacred festival! ¹⁴ Your new moons, and your appointed feasts, my soul, hateth,––They have become unto me a burden I am too weary to bear:

¹⁴ Your new moons, and your appointed feasts, my soul, hateth,––They have become unto me a burden I am too weary to bear: ¹⁵ Even when ye spread forth your open palms, I hide mine eyes from you; Yea, though ye multiply, prayers, I am not hearkening,––Your hands, with deeds of blood, are filled.

¹⁵ Even when ye spread forth your open palms, I hide mine eyes from you; Yea, though ye multiply, prayers, I am not hearkening,––Your hands, with deeds of blood, are filled.
¹⁶ Wash you, make you clean, Put away the wickedness of your doings from before mine eyes,––Cease to do evil.

⁵ And the people, will tyrannise, Every man over his fellow–man, And every man over his friend,––And they will rage, The boy, against, the elder, And, the despised, against, the honourable,

¹⁴ Therefore, hath hades enlarged, her desire, And opened her mouth to its widest,––And their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that is uproarious, shall descend, thereinto.

⁶ Then flew unto me, one of the seraphim, And, in his hand, a live coal,––With tongs, had he taken it from off the altar. ⁷ Then touched he my mouth, and said––Lo! this hath touched thy lips,––Thus shall be taken away, thine iniquity, And, thy sin, by propitiation be covered.

¹³ Then said he––Hear, I pray you, O house of David! Is it, too little, for you to weary, men, that ye must weary, even my God?

³ What, then, will ye do for the day of visitation, And for the devastation which, from afar, shall come? Unto whom, will ye flee for help? And where, will ye leave your gory?

⁹ Hades, beneath, is excited about thee, To meet thine arrival,––Rousing up, for thee, Shades, All the he–goats of earth! Maketh rise from their thrones, All the kings of the nations.

¹⁵ Howbeit, to Hades, shalt thou be brought down,––To the Recesses of the Pit!

¹¹ O Yahweh, though thy hand be lifted up,––yet do they not see, Would they might see––and turn pale at a people’s zeal,––Surely, the fire of thine enemies, must consume them!

¹⁴ Wherefore, hear ye the word of Yahweh, Ye men who scoff,––Ye rulers of this people that is in Jerusalem.

²¹ For, as in Mount Perazim, will Yahweh arise, As in the vale of Gibeon, will he be stirred,––To do his work–foreign, is his work, And to perform his task–strange, is his task.

³ At the noise of a tumult, the peoples retreated,––When thou didst lift thyself up, nations were scattered.

³⁶ Then went forth the messenger of Yahweh, and smote––in the camp of the Assyrians––a hundred and eighty–five thousand,––and, when men arose early in the morning, lo! they were all, dead bodies!

¹⁹ Behold me! doing, a new thing, Now, shall it spring forth, Will ye not take note thereof? Surely I will set, In the desert, a way, In a desolate land, rivers:

⁷ Forming light, and creating darkness, Making prosperity, and creating misfortune,––I––Yahweh, who doeth all these.

¹² I, made the earth, And, man upon it, I created,––I––mine own hands, stretched out the heavens, And, all their host, I commanded:

¹¹ Away! away! come forth from thence!––Nought unclean, may ye touch,––Come forth out of her midst, Purify yourselves, ye who are to carry the vessels of Yahweh;

¹⁰ Yet, Yahweh, purposed to bruise him, He laid on him sickness:––If his soul become an offering for guilt, He shall see a seed, He shall prolong his days,––And, the purpose of Yahweh, in his hand, shall prosper: ¹¹ Of the travail of his soul, shall he see, He shall be satisfied with his knowledge, A setting right, when set right himself, shall my Servant win for the Many, Since, of their iniquities, he, taketh the burden. ¹² Therefore, will I give him a portion in the great, And, the strong, shall he apportion as spoil, Because he poured out, to death, his own soul, And, with transgressors, let himself be numbered,––Yea, he, the sin of Many, bare, And, for transgressors, interposeth.

¹⁶ For, not age–abidingly, will I contend, Nor perpetually, will I be wroth,––For, spirit, before me, would faint, Even, the breathing souls, which, I, had made.

⁵ Then shall strangers stay, and feed your flocks,––And, the sons of the foreigner, shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. ⁶ But, ye, the priests of Yahweh, shall be called, The attendants of our God, shall ye be named,––The riches of the nations, shall ye eat, And, in their glory, shall ye boast yourselves.

⁹ For these things, shall I not punish? Demandeth Yahweh: Yea, on a nation such as this, must not my soul avenge herself?

¹⁶ Its quiver, is like an open sepulchre,––They all, are heroes:

³ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Amend your ways, and your doings,––That I may cause you to dwell in this place. ⁴ Do not, on your part, trust in false, words, saying,––The temple of Yahweh, The temple of Yahweh, The temple of Yahweh, they are! ⁵ But, if ye shall, thoroughly amend, your ways, and your doings,––Shall, thoroughly execute, justice, between a man and his neighbour; ⁶ The sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, shall not oppress, And, innocent blood, shall not shed in this place,––And, after other gods, shall not walk, to your own hurt, ⁷ Then will I cause you to dwell, In this place, In the land, which I gave to your fathers,––From one age even unto another. ⁸ Lo! ye, on your part, are trusting in false, words,––To no, profit! ⁹ Are ye to steal, commit murder, and commit adultery, and swear, falsely, and burn incense unto Baal,––and walk after other gods, whom ye have not known; ¹⁰ And will ye then come in, and stand before me, in this house, whereon my Name hath been called, and say,––We have set ourselves free,––for the purpose of committing all these abominations? ¹¹ A den of robbers, hath this house, on which my Name hath been called, become, in your own eyes? I, also,––lo! I have seen it, Declareth Yahweh. ¹² For go, I pray you, unto my place which was in Shiloh, Where I made my Name to dwell, at first,––And see what I did to it, because of the wickedness of my people Israel!

¹⁶ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts,––Do not hearken unto the words of the prophets who are prophesying unto you, They, are filling you, with vain, hopes,––The vision of their own hearts, do they speak, Not from the mouth of Yahweh!

²² How long, wilt thou turn hither and thither, O apostate daughter? For Yahweh hath created, a new thing in the earth, A female, defendeth, a strong man!

¹³ And so it came to pass, he, being in the gate of Benjamin, and there being there, a ward–master whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah son of Hananiah, that he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Unto the Chaldeans, art thou, falling away! ¹⁴ Then said Jeremiah, False! I am not falling away unto the Chaldeans! Howbeit he hearkened not unto him,––so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him in unto the princes.

⁴ Then said the princes unto the king,––Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death, for, in this way, is he, weakening the hands of the men of war who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking unto them, such words as these; for, this man, is not, seeking, prosperity, for this people, but, misfortune.

³ but, Baruch son of Neriah, is goading thee on against us,––that he may deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, to put us to death, or take us away captive to Babylon.

²² Completed is thy punishment, O daughter of Zion, He will no more carry thee away captive––He hath punished thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he hath stripped the veil from off thy sins.

¹⁷ And, thou, Son of man Set thy face against the daughters of thy people, Those who are prophesying out of their own heart,––And prophesy thou against them;

⁸ And will set my face against that man, And will make of him a sign and a proverb, And will cut him off out of the midst of my people: So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh.

¹⁴ Then went forth thy fame among the nations, for thy beauty,––For, perfect, it was––in my splendour which I had put upon thee, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

¹⁰ They, disclosed her shame, Her sons and her daughters, took they away, And, herself––with the sword, they slew,––Thus became she a by–word among women, when, judgments, they had executed upon her.

¹⁸ Son of man, Wail thou over the multitude of Egypt, and cause it to descend––her and the daughters of the famous nations––into the earth below, with them who descend into the pit.

³⁰ There, are the princes of the North, all of them, and all the Zidonians, Who have descended with them who were thrust through, By reason of the terror they caused, of their might, are they ashamed, So they have lain down uncircumcised, With them who were thrust through by the sword, And they have bowed their confusion, with them who descend into the pit.

¹⁸ Is it too small a thing for you that, on the good pasture, ye feed, But, the remainder of your pastures, ye must needs trample down with your feet? Or that, of the pure waters, ye drink, But, the waters left remaining––with your feet, ye must needs foul?

⁴⁶ and, the chamber whose front is towards the north, is for the priests keeping the charge of the altar,––the same, are the sons of Zadok,––who draw near, from among the sons of Levi, unto Yahweh, to wait upon him.

¹⁰ But, as for the Levites, Who went far from me, when Israel went astray, Who went astray from me, after their manufactured gods, Therefore shall they bear their iniquity. ¹¹ Yet shall they remain in my sanctuary, As attendants in charge at the gates of the house,––And attending upon the house,––They, shall slay the ascending–offering, and the sacrifice of the people, And, they, shall stand before them, to wait upon them.

¹⁵ But, the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, Who kept the charge of my sanctuary––when the sons of Israel went astray from me, They, shall draw near unto me, to wait upon me,––And shall stand before me, to bring near unto me the fat and the blood, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh: ¹⁶ They, shall enter into my sanctuary, and, They, shall draw near unto my table, to wait upon me,––So shall they keep my charge.

¹⁰ Then sent Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, unto Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: A conspiracy hath Amos, raised against thee, in the midst of the house of Israel, The land, is not able to endure, all his words;

¹⁰ Thou hast counseled shame to thy house––making an end of many peoples, and endangering thine own life.

⁹ For behold me! brandishing my hand over them, and they shall become a spoil unto their own slaves,––and ye shall know that, Yahweh of hosts, hath sent me.

⁹ The hands of Zerubbabel, have founded this house, and, his hands, shall finish it,––So shalt thou know that, Yahweh of hosts, hath sent me unto you.

¹ The oracle of the word of Yahweh, on Israel,––Declareth Yahweh––Stretching out the heavens, and founding the earth, and fashioning the spirit of man within him:

⁵ Then shall ye flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains, shall reach, very near, Yea, ye shall flee, just as ye fled from before the earthquake, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah,––Then, shall arrive, Yahweh my God, All thy holy ones, with thee!

¹¹ For, from the rising of the sun, even unto the going in thereof, great is my Name among the nations, and, in every place, incense, is offered to my Name, and a pure present,––for great is my Name among the nations, saith Yahweh of hosts.

¹⁸ So shall ye return, and see the difference, between the righteous and the lawless,––between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

⁹ and think not to be saying within yourselves,––As our father, we have, Abraham; for, I say unto you, that God is able, out of these stones, to raise up children unto Abraham. ¹⁰ Already also, the axe, unto the root of the trees, is being laid,––every tree, therefore, not bringing forth good fruit, is to be hewn down, and, into fire, to be cast.

¹¹ Happy, are ye, whensoever they may reproach you and persecute you, and say every evil thing against you, falsely, for my sake:

²² But, I, say unto you, that, every one who is angry with his brother, shall be, liable, to judgment,––and, whosoever shall say to his brother, Worthless one!, shall be, liable, to the high council; and, whosoever shall say, Rebel!, shall be, liable, unto the fiery gehenna.

⁴⁴ But, I, say unto you, Be loving your enemies, and praying for them who are persecuting you:

¹⁴ And, whosoever shall neither welcome you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth outside that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet:

²¹ And, he, said to her––What desirest thou? She saith unto him––Bid, that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom. ²² But Jesus, answering, said––Ye know not what ye are asking: Are ye able to drink the cup, which, I, am about to drink; They say unto him––We are able.

²³ And, when he, entered, the temple, the Chief–priests and the Elders of the people, came unto him as he was teaching, saying, By what authority, these things, art thou doing? and, who, to thee, gave, this authority? ²⁴ And, making answer, Jesus said unto them––I also, will ask, you, one thing,––which if ye tell me, I also, will tell, you, by what authority, these things, I am doing:–– ²⁵ The immersion by John, whence was it? Of heaven, or of men? But, they, began to deliberate among themselves, saying––If we say, Of heaven; He will say unto us, Wherefore then did ye not believe him? ²⁶ But, if we say, Of men, we fear the multitude, for, all, as a prophet, are holding John. ²⁷ And, making answer to Jesus, they said––We know not. He also, said unto them––Neither do, I, tell, you, by what authority, these things, I am doing.

³⁹ And, going forward a little, he fell upon his face, offering prayer, and saying––My Father! If it is possible, let this cup pass from me,––Nevertheless, not as, I, will, but as, thou, wilt.

⁵ And, looking round upon them with anger, being at the same time grieved on account of the hardening of their heart, he saith unto the man––Stretch forth thy hand! and he stretched it forth, and his hand, was restored.

¹⁶ He that hearkeneth unto you, unto me, doth hearken, and, he that setteth you aside, doth set, me, aside; and, he that setteth, me, aside, doth set aside, him that sent me.

¹⁴ But, his citizens, hated him, and sent off an embassy after him, saying––We desire not, this, man, to be made king over us!

²⁴ And it came to pass that there was, a rivalry also, among them, as to which of them seemed to be greater [than the rest].

¹⁴ After these things, Jesus findeth him, in the temple, and said unto him––See! thou hast become, well:––No more, be committing sin, lest, some worse thing, do thee befall.

³⁰ I, cannot be doing, of myself, a single thing,––Just as I hear, I judge; and, my judging, is, just,––because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

³⁶ But, I, have, as my witness, something greater than John’s; for, the works which the Father hath given me, that I should complete them,––the works themselves which I am doing, bear witness concerning me, that, the Father, hath sent me.

³⁸ Because I have come down from heaven,––Not that I should be doing my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

⁴² I, indeed, knew that, always, unto me, thou dost hearken; but, for the sake of the multitude standing around, I spake,––that they might believe that, thou, didst send me forth.

²⁰ Verily, verily, I say unto you––He that receiveth whomsoever I shall send, receiveth, me; and, he that receiveth, me, receiveth him that sent me.

¹¹ Believe me, That, I, am in the Father, and, the Father, in me; ––or else, on account of the works themselves, believe ye.

¹⁶ Not, ye, chose, me, but, I, chose you, and placed you, that ye should go your way and bear, fruit,––and, your fruit, should abide: that, whatsoever ye should ask the Father in my name, he might give unto you.

² Until the day when, having given command unto the apostles, whom through Holy Spirit he had chosen, he was taken up;

²⁴ And, praying, they said––Thou Lord! observer of the hearts of all men! shew forth whom thou hast chosen,––of these two, one; ––

⁴⁰ And, with many different words, bare he frail witness, and went on exhorting them saying––Be saved from this perverse generation!

⁴ While it remained, was it not, as thine own, it remained? and, when sold, was it not, in thine own authority, that it still continued? Why was it that thou didst contrive in thy heart this deed? Thou hast not dealt falsely with men but, with God.

²⁸ Saying––Strictly, did we charge you not to be teaching upon this name; and lo! ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and are minded to bring down upon us, the blood of this man.

²⁵ But he supposed his brethren would understand that, God, through his hand, would give them deliverance; whereas they understood not. ²⁶ On the following day also, he appeared unto them, as they were contending, and would have reconciled them in peace, saying––Men! ye are, brothers! Wherefore wrong ye one another? ²⁷ But, he that was wronging his neighbour, thrust him away, saying––Who hath appointed, thee, to be ruler and judge over us?

³⁵ The same Moses whom they had refused, saying––Who hath appointed thee to be ruler and judge? the same, both as ruler and redeemer, did God send, by the hand of the messenger who had appeared unto him in the bush:

³⁹ Unto whom, our fathers would not become obedient, but thrust him away, and turned in their hearts unto Egypt,

⁵¹ Ye stiff–necked and uncircumcised in hearts and in ears, ye, always, against the Holy Spirit, do strive! As your fathers, ye also:

²⁰ And Peter said unto him––Thy silver, with thee, go to destruction! Because, the free–gift of God, thou didst suppose could, with money, be obtained!

² And, as they were publicly ministering unto the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said––Separate forthwith unto me, Barnabas and Saul, unto the work whereunto I have called them.

⁵¹ But they, shaking off the dust of their feet against them, came into Iconium.

⁷ And, when much discussion had arisen, Peter standing up, said unto them––Brethren! Ye yourselves, well know that, in days long past, amongst you, God chose that, through my mouth, the nations should hear the word of the glad tidings, and believe.

³³ The silver or gold or apparel of no one, did I covet: ³⁴ yourselves, acknowledge that, for my necessities and for those who were with me, hard wrought these hands!

²⁸ crying out––Israelites! be giving help! This, is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, is teaching, all men everywhere; furthermore, even Greeks, hath he brought into the temple, and hath profaned this holy place.

¹⁴ And he said––The God of our fathers, hath chosen thee to get to know his will, and to see the Righteous One,––and to hear a voice out of his mouth.

²⁸ For, not he who is one in appearance, is a Jew, nor is, that which is such in appearance in flesh, circumcision; ²⁹ But, he who is one in secret, is a Jew,––and, [that is], circumcision, which is of the heart, in spirit, not in letter,––whose, praise, is not of men, but of God.

⁹ Much more, then, having now been declared righteous by his blood, shall we be saved through him from the anger. ¹⁰ For, if being enemies we were reconciled unto God through the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

¹⁸ Hence then, as through one fault, [the sentence was] unto all men unto condemnation, so, also, through one recovery of righteousness, [the decree of favour] is unto all men for righteous acquittal unto life;

¹⁰ In your brotherly love, unto one another, being tenderly affectioned, in honour, unto one another, giving preference;

²¹ Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

² So that, he who rangeth himself against the authority, against the arrangement of God opposeth himself, and, they who oppose, shall unto themselves a sentence of judgment receive.

⁵ What then is Apollos? and, what is Paul? ministers through whom ye believed, and, each, as the Lord, gave to him.

³ With me, however, it counteth for the very smallest thing, that, by you, I should be examined, or by a human day. Nay! I am not even examining myself,

¹⁵ I, however, have not used any of these things; and have not written these things, in order that, so it should be done, in my case; for it were, good for me, rather to die than––––my boast, shall, no man, make void!

¹⁰ Neither be ye murmuring, even, as some of them, murmured, and perished by the destroyer. ¹¹ But, these things, by way of type, were happening unto them, and were written with a view to our admonition, unto whom, the ends of the ages, have reached along.

⁷ All things, covereth, all things, believeth, all things, hopeth, all things, endureth.

¹² For, our boasting, is, this,––the witness of our conscience, that, in sanctity and sincerity of God, [and] not in fleshly wisdom, but in God’s favour, have we behaved ourselves in the world,––and more abundantly towards you.

⁸ through glory and dishonour, through bad report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true,

¹⁷ Wherefore come ye forth out of their midst, and be separated,––saith [the] Lord,––and, one impure, do not touch; and, I, will give you welcome,

² Give place to us! no one, have we wronged, no one, have we corrupted, no one, have we defrauded.

¹⁴ Lo! this third time, I am holding myself, in readiness, to come unto you, and I will not allow myself to be a burden; for I seek not yours, but you; ––for, the children, ought not to lay up, for the parents, but the parents for the children; –– ¹⁵ And, I, most gladly, will spend, and be fully spent, for your souls:––If I, exceedingly, love you, am I, the less, loved? ¹⁶ But let it be!––I, myself, did not burden you,––Notwithstanding, being crafty, with guile, I caught you? ¹⁷ Was there, anyone of those whom I have sent unto you, through whom I have overreached you?

⁴ According as he made choice of us, in him, before the founding of a world, that we might be holy and blameless in his presence; in love,

¹³ But, just now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who at one time were afar off, were made nigh in the blood of the Christ;

²⁶ Be ye angry, and not committing sin, let not the sun be going down upon your angry mood,

⁶ Let no one be deceiving you with empty words; for, because of these things, is coming the anger of God upon the sons of obstinacy: ⁷ Do not, then, become co–partners with them;

³ Nothing by way of faction, nothing by way of vain–glory,––but, in lowliness of mind, accounting, one another, superior to yourselves,––

¹⁰ And awaiting his Son out of the heavens––whom he raised from among the dead,––Jesus: Who is to rescue us out of the anger that is coming.

¹⁰ Ye, are witnesses––God also, how kindly and righteously and blamelessly, unto you who were believing, we were found to behave;

¹³ But, we, are bound to give thanks unto God continually concerning you, brethren beloved by the Lord, for that God chose you, from the beginning, unto salvation, in sanctification of spirit and belief of truth,––

⁵ For there is, one, God, one, mediator also, between God and men,––a man––Christ Jesus: ⁶ Who gave himself a ransom in behalf of all,––the testimony, in its own fit times:

²² Hands, suddenly, upon no one, lay, neither have fellowship with sins of strangers: thyself, keep, chaste:––

³ Take thy part in suffering hardship, as a brave soldier of Christ Jesus:–– ⁴ No one that is serving as a soldier, entangleth himself with the matters of his livelihood, that he may please him that hath summoned him to serve as a soldier;

¹⁴ Of these things, be putting [them] in remembrance, adjuring [them] before God not to be waging word–battles,––useful, for nothing, occasioning a subversion of them that hearken.

¹⁹ Howbeit, the firm foundation of God, standeth, having this seal––The Lord hath acknowledged them who are his, and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord stand aloof from unrighteousness.

¹ For this cause, it behoveth us, with unwonted firmness, to be holding fast unto the things that have been heard, lest, at any time, we drift away. ² For, if the word through messengers spoken became firm, and, every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense, ³ how shall, we, escape, if, so great a salvation as this, we have neglected,––which, indeed, having received, a beginning, of being spoken through the Lord, by them who heard, unto us was confirmed,

²⁴ But, he, by reason of his remaining age–abidingly, untransmissible, holdeth, the priesthood. ²⁵ Whence he is able, even to be saving unto the very end, them who approach, through him, unto God; Since he evermore liveth to be interceding in their behalf.

²⁵ Whence he is able, even to be saving unto the very end, them who approach, through him, unto God; Since he evermore liveth to be interceding in their behalf. ²⁶ For, such a high–priest as this, for us, was [even] suited: Loving, noble, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and become, higher than the heavens; ²⁷ Who hath no daily necessity, like the high–priests, beforehand, over his own sins, to be offering sacrifices, after that, over those, of the people,––for, this, he did once for all when, himself, he offered up.

²⁵ Nor yet that, ofttimes, he should be offering himself,––just as the high–priest entereth into the Holy place, year by year, with alien blood; –– ²⁶ Else had it been needful for him, ofttimes, to suffer, from the foundation of the world; but, now, once for all, upon a conjunction of the ages, for a setting aside of sin through means of his sacrifice, hath he been made manifest;

¹⁹ Having therefore, brethren, freedom of speech for the entrance through the Holy place, by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ Which entrance he hath consecrated for us, as a way recent and living, through the veil, that is, his flesh,–– ²¹ And having a great priest over the house of God, ²² Let us approach with a genuine heart, in full assurance of faith, having been sprinkled, as to our hearts, from an evil conscience, and bathed, as to our bodies, with pure water;

²⁸ Any one having set aside a law of Moses, apart from compassions, upon [the testimony of] two or three witnesses, dieth: ²⁹ Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be accounted worthy, who hath trampled underfoot the Son of God, and, the blood of the covenant, hath esteemed, a profane thing, by which he had been made holy, and, unto the Spirit of favour, hath offered wanton insult?

⁹ Furthermore, indeed, the fathers of our flesh, we used to have, as administrators of discipline, and we used to pay deference: shall we not, much rather, submit ourselves to the Father of our spirits and, live?

¹⁴ Peace, be pursuing, with all, and the obtaining of holiness,––without which no one shall see the Lord:

²⁵ Beware, lest ye excuse yourselves from him that speaketh; for, if, they escaped not, who excused themselves from him who on earth was warning, how much less, shall, we, who from him that warneth from the heavens, do turn ourselves away:

²⁸ Wherefore, seeing that, of a kingdom not to be shaken, we are receiving possession, let us have gratitude––whereby we may be rendering divine service well–pleasingly unto God, with reverence and awe; ²⁹ For, even our God, is a consuming fire.

¹⁶ Be openly confessing, therefore, one to another, your sins, and be praying in each other’s behalf,––that ye may be healed. Much availeth, the supplication of a righteous man, when it is energised:

⁵ Yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, well–pleasing unto God through Jesus Christ; ⁶ Inasmuch as it is contained in scripture––Lo! I lay in Zion an outmost corner stone, chosen, held in honour, and, he that resteth faith thereupon, shall not be put to shame. ⁷ Unto you, then, is the honour––[unto you] who believe; but, unto such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected,––The same, hath become head of the corner, ⁸ And a stone to strike against, and a rock to stumble over: Who stumble because, unto the word, they do not yield,––unto which also they have been appointed; ⁹ But, ye, are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a peculiar treasure, that, the excellences, ye may tell forth, of him who, out of darkness, hath called you into his marvelous light:––

⁹ But, ye, are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a peculiar treasure, that, the excellences, ye may tell forth, of him who, out of darkness, hath called you into his marvelous light:––

¹³ Submit yourselves unto every human creation, for the Lord’s sake,––whether unto a king, as one that protecteth, ¹⁴ Or unto governors, as, through him, sent––for vengeance on evil–doers, but praise to such as do good;

⁶ And, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, reducing to ashes, he condemned, an example of such as should be ungodly, having set forth,––

¹ My dear children! these things, am I writing unto you, in order that ye may not be committing sin. And, if anyone should commit sin, an Advocate, have we, with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous; ² And, he, is, a propitiation, concerning our sins,––and, not concerning our own only, but, also concerning those of the whole world.

⁹ I wrote something unto the assembly; but, he who is fond of taking the first place among them––Diotrephes, doth not make us welcome.

⁸ In like manner, nevertheless, even these, in their dreamings, flesh indeed defile, while lordship they set aside, and dignities they defame.

¹¹ Alas for them! because––in the way of Cain have they gone, and, in the error of Balaam’s wage, have they run riot, and, in the gainsaying of Korah, have they perished.

⁶ and he hath made us [to be] a kingdom––priests unto his God and Father, Unto him, be the glory, and the dominion, unto the ages. Amen.

⁹ and they sing a new song, saying––Worthy, art thou, to take the scroll and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and didst redeem unto God by thy blood [men] out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, ¹⁰ And didst make them, unto our God, a kingdom and priests,––and they reign on the earth.

¹⁵ And, the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rulers of thousands, and the rich, and the mighty, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves within the caves and within the rocks of the mountains; ¹⁶ and they say, unto the mountains and unto the rocks––Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb; ¹⁷ Because the great day of their anger is come, and who is able to stand?

³ And, another messenger, came, and took his stand at the altar, having a censer of gold: and there was given unto him much incense, that he might give [it] unto the prayers of all the saints, upon the altar of gold that is before the throne. ⁴ And the smoke of the incense went up, with the prayers of the saints, out of the hand of the messenger before God. ⁵ And the messenger at once took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast unto the earth; and there came to be thunderings, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

¹⁶ And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

⁴ And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying––Come forth, my people, out of her,––that ye may have no fellowship with her sins, and, of her plagues, that ye may not receive;