Deuteronomy 20 Cross References - Thomson

¹ When thou shalt go out to battle against thine enemies, and see horsemen, and charioteers, and a people more numerous than thou art; be not afraid of them; for the Lord thy God is with thee; he who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. ² And when thou art near coming to battle, the priest shall approach, and speak to the people, ³ and say to them, Hear, O Israel! Yon are now going to battle against your enemies; let not your heart be discouraged; fear not, nor be dismayed, nor turn aside from before them; ⁴ for the Lord your God goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, and to save you. ⁵ Then the scribes shall speak to the people, and say, If there be any man who hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it, let him go, and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. ⁶ Or is there any man who hath planted a vineyard, and hath not been regaled with it; let him go, and return to his family, lest he die in the battle, and another man be regaled with it. ⁷ Or is there any man who hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her home; let him go, and return to his family, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. ⁸ And the scribes shall further speak to the people, and say, Is there any man fearful, and faint hearted; let him go, and return to his family, lest he make the heart of his brother faint as his own. ⁹ And when the scribes have done speaking to the people, they shall appoint the chiefs of the army to lead on the people. ¹⁰ And when thou art come to a city, to fight against it, thou shalt call upon the inhabitants to come out peaceably. ¹¹ And if they return thee a peaceful answer, and open to thee; all the people who are found therein shall be tributary to thee, and be thy subjects. ¹² But if they hearken not to thee, and make war against thee, thou shalt besiege it, ¹³ until the Lord thy God deliver it into thy hands. And when thou hast smitten all the males therein with the slaughter of the sword, ¹⁴ thou shalt take for thyself, besides the women and the children, all the cattle, and all spoils that are in the city, and eat all the prey of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God giveth thee. ¹⁵ In this manner thou shalt treat all the cities which are at a great distance from thee, which are not of the cities of those nations whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee for a possession. ¹⁶ Of these you shall save none alive that breatheth: ¹⁷ but, with an Anathema, thou shalt devote to destruction the Chettite and the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Gergasite, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; ¹⁸ that they may not teach you all their abominations which they have performed to their gods; and that you may not sin before the Lord your God: ¹⁹ Now when thou shalt sit down before a city, many days, to war against it till it be taken, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by striking an ax against them. That especially, the fruit of which thou mayst eat, thou shalt not cut down. Doth any man wish to have a tree in the field for the purpose of a rampart for thee; ²⁰ let it be that only which thou knowest is not a fruit bearing tree. This thou mayst destroy and cut down, to build ramparts against the city which resisteth thee, until it be delivered up.

³ Sojourn in this land and I will be with thee and bless thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will give all this land. And I will establish my oath which I sware to thy father Abraham

¹⁴ The Lord will fight for you. Be ye therefore silent.

¹⁵ The Emirs of Edom are already in commotion; And as for the chiefs of Moab, horror hath seized them: All the inhabitants of Chanaan are appalled.

³¹ And I will establish thy boundaries from the Red sea to the sea of Philisteim, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates, and deliver into your hands those who are settled in the land, or drive them out from before thee. ³² Thou shalt not make a treaty with them and their gods, ³³ nor shall they dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me. For if thou serve their gods, they will be to thee a stumbling block.

³³ nor shall they dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me. For if thou serve their gods, they will be to thee a stumbling block.

¹⁶ and shouldst thou take their daughters for thy sons and give some of thy daughters to their sons, thy daughters may go a whoring after their gods and thy sons may go a whoring after their gods.

²³ Now .when you come into the land which the Lord your God giveth you, you may plant all sorts of trees for food; but you must purge away their impurity. The fruit thereof shall be three years unclean to you, and shall not be eaten: ²⁴ and in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be hallowed, to praise the Lord; ²⁵ and in the fifth year, you may eat the fruit. The products thereof will be an additional supply to you. I am the Lord your God;

⁴² Because they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; he must not be sold as a slave. ⁴³ Thou shall not over burthen him with toil, but fear the Lord thy God. ⁴⁴ The male and female slaves, whom thou mayst have, must be of the nations around thee. Of them you may purchase a male or a female slave; ⁴⁵ or of the children of strangers who sojourn among you; of them you may purchase and of their relations who may be born in your land. ⁴⁶ Let them be your property, and divide them among your children after you, and they shall be your slaves for life: but of your brethren, the children of Israel, one shall not rule over another with rigour.

⁸ The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. This shall be a perpetual ordinance for you, throughout your generations. ⁹ And when you go out to battle in your land, against your enemies, who have risen up against you, you shall sound these trumpets, that you may be brought into remembrance before the Lord, and saved from your enemies.

³¹ But the men who went up with him said] We will not go up; for we are not able to go up against that nation; for it is much more powerful than we are.

² whereupon Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou wilt deliver this people into my hand, I will devote them and their cities to destruction. ³ And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up these Chananites into their hands, and they anathematised them and their cities, and called the name of that place Anathema.

³⁵ So he smote him, and his sons,, and all his people, until there was not one left to be taken alive. And they took possession of their land.

²¹ There shall be no calamity in Jacob; Nor shall misery be seen in Israel. The Lord their God is with them; The glories of princes are among them.

⁶ And Moses sent these; a thousand from every tribe; and with the army composed of them, Phineas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, with the holy instruments; the trumpets for sounding a charge, in their hands. ⁷ And they drew up in array against Madian, as the Lord commanded Moses, and slew every male; ⁸ and in the slaughter they slew the kings of Madian, Evin, and Rokon, and Sur, and Ur, and Robok, the five kings of Madian. They slew also Balaam, son of Beor, with the sword among their slain. ⁹ And having taken for a prey the women of the Madianites, and their furniture, and their cattle, and all their goods, and spoiled their army,

⁹ And having taken for a prey the women of the Madianites, and their furniture, and their cattle, and all their goods, and spoiled their army,

¹² they brought to Moses, and Eleazar, and to all the Israelites, the captives, and the spoils, and the prey, to the camp at Araboth-Moab, on the Jordan, over against Jericho.

¹⁴ Moses was angry at the officers of the army; at the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, who came from the war.

¹⁷ Now therefore kill every male among the captives. Kill also every woman, who hath lain with man. ¹⁸ But save alive, for yourselves, every captive among the women, who hath not known a man.

¹⁸ But save alive, for yourselves, every captive among the women, who hath not known a man.

³⁵ and of the human species, namely, of the women who had not known man, all the souls were thirty two thousand. ³⁶ So that the half which was the share of those who went to war, was, from the number of sheep, three hundred and thirty seven thousand five hundred; ³⁷ of which the tribute for the Lord was six hundred and seventy five; ³⁸ and of cattle, thirty six thousand, of which the tribute for the Lord was seventy two; ³⁹ and of asses, thirty thousand five hundred, of which the tribute for the Lord was sixty one; ⁴⁰ and the human beings were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for the Lord was thirty two. ⁴¹ And this tribute for the Lord, this dedication made to God by setting it apart, Moses gave to Eleazar the priest as the Lord commanded Moses. ⁴² And from the half belonging to the children of Israel, between whom and the warriors Moses had made the division; ⁴³ now the congregation's half was three hundred and thirty seven thousand five hundred sheep, ⁴⁴ thirty six thousand cattle, ⁴⁵ thirty thousand five hundred asses, ⁴⁶ and of human beings, sixteen thousand; ⁴⁷ from this half, belonging to the children of Israel, Moses took one in fifty, of man and beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the watch at the tabernacle of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses. ⁴⁸ Then all the officers over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds,

⁴⁸ Then all the officers over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, ⁴⁹ came to Moses, and said to him, Thy servants have taken an account of all the warriors who were with us, and there is not one of them missing. ⁵⁰ We have therefore brought, as every man chanced to find a jewel of gold, either a necklace, or a bracelet, or a ring, or an ornament for the right arm, or a chain, to make atonement for us before the Lord. ⁵¹ So Moses and Eleazar the priest, received from them the gold; all the wrought jewels; ⁵² and the whole amount of the gold, the dedication which they set apart for the Lord, was, sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. This they received from the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds. ⁵³ Of the spoil, which the warriors made every man for himself, ⁵⁴ Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the testimony, to be a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.

⁹ When they had passed through the valley of grapes, and viewed the land, they discouraged the heart of the Israelites from going to the land which the Lord gave them;

⁵² You shall destroy all those who dwell in that land, from before you, and demolish their obelisks, and utterly destroy their molten images, and all their pillars you shall demolish. And when you have destroyed all the inhabitants of that land,

¹⁵ So I took from among you men of wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, and appointed them to be leaders over you; captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens; and promulgators of the law for your judges.

²⁸ wherever we go. When your brethren disheartened you, saying, It is a nation great and numerous, and stronger than we; and the cities are large, and walled up to the sky. Indeed we have seen there sons of giants.

³⁰ The Lord your God is marching before you. He will assist you in subduing them, according to all that he hath done for you in the land of Egypt,

⁷ [for the Lord our God had blessed thee in all the works of thy hands.] Recollect how thou didst traverse that great and frightful wilderness. Behold! for forty years the Lord thy God was with thee. Thou wast not in want of any thing.

²¹ And at the same time I gave a charge to Joshua, saying, Your eyes have seen all that the Lord our God hath done to these two kings. In the same manner the Lord our God will deal with all those kingdoms against which you are going to cross over. ²² You shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord our God will fight for you.

²² You shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord our God will fight for you.

¹ Now when the Lord thy God hath brought thee into that land, to which thou art going, there to possess it, and hath removed from before thee mighty nations; the Chettite, and the Gergasite, and the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pheresite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, seven nations, more numerous, and stronger than you;

¹ Now when the Lord thy God hath brought thee into that land, to which thou art going, there to possess it, and hath removed from before thee mighty nations; the Chettite, and the Gergasite, and the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pheresite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, seven nations, more numerous, and stronger than you;

¹ Now when the Lord thy God hath brought thee into that land, to which thou art going, there to possess it, and hath removed from before thee mighty nations; the Chettite, and the Gergasite, and the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pheresite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, seven nations, more numerous, and stronger than you; ² When the Lord thy God shall deliver them into thy hands, thou shalt smite them; thou shalt utterly destroy them; thou shalt not make a covenant with them. You shall neither shew them mercy,

² When the Lord thy God shall deliver them into thy hands, thou shalt smite them; thou shalt utterly destroy them; thou shalt not make a covenant with them. You shall neither shew them mercy, ³ nor contract marriages with them. Thou shalt not give thy daughter to his son, nor take his daughter for thy son. ⁴ For she will cause thy son to apostatise from me, and to serve other gods, and the Lord will be provoked to wrath against you, and speedily destroy thee.

⁴ For she will cause thy son to apostatise from me, and to serve other gods, and the Lord will be provoked to wrath against you, and speedily destroy thee. ⁵ But in this manner thou shalt deal with them" their altars you shall destroy; their pillars you shall break to pieces; their groves you shall cut down; and the graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire.

¹⁶ And thou shalt consume all the spoils of the nations, which the Lord thy God giveth thee: Thine eye shall not have pity on them. And thou shalt not perform religious service to their gods; for this is a snare for thee.

²⁵ None shall be able to stand before you. For the Lord your God will impress the fear of you, and the dread of you, on the face of all the land on which you shall tread, as the Lord hath said to you.

³⁰ take heed to thyself that thou seek not to follow them after they are driven out from before thee, saying, How did these nations sacrifice to their gods? I will sacrifice in like manner. ³¹ Thou shalt not do so to thy God; for they sacrificed to their gods the abominations of the Lord, which he hated; for they burned their sons, and their daughters, with fire, to their gods.

¹⁸ Thou shalt appoint for thyself judges, and promulgators of the law, in the cities which the Lord thy God giveth thee, in every tribe. And they shall administer just judgment to the people.

¹⁹ and whosoever will not hearken to what that prophet shall speak in my name, I will execute vengeance on him.

²³ If a virgin be betrothed to a husband; and a man find her in a city, and lie with her, ²⁴ you shall bring them both out to the gate of the city, and stone them with stones, till they die: the young woman, because she did not cry aloud in the city, and the man because he humbled the wife of his neighbour. So thou shalt remove evil from among you. ²⁵ But if the man found the woman who was betrothed, in the field, and by force lay with her, you shall put him only to death who lay with her.

⁹ When thou goest out to encamp against thine enemies, thou shalt be on thy guard against every evil thing.

⁵ If any man hath lately taken a wife, he shall not go out to battle, nor shall he be charged with any business. He shall be free at home one year, that he may cheer his wife whom he hath taken.

⁶ And when the Egyptians afflicted us, and humbled us, and imposed upon us hard labours,

¹ Now it shall come to pass, that if thou wilt hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep and perform all these commandments which I this day give thee in charge, the Lord thy God will set thee high above all the nations of the earth; ² and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and find thee. If thou wilt hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord thy God, ³ Blessed shalt thou be in the city; and blessed shalt thou be in the field; ⁴ blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the products of thy land, and thy herds, and thy flocks. ⁵ Blessed shall be thy granaries, and thy stores. ⁶ Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed when thou goest out. ⁷ May the Lord thy God deliver up thine enemies, who rise up against thee, to be smitten before thee. They shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. ⁸ The Lord send upon thee the blessing in thy store houses, and on all the labours of thy hands, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. ⁹ The Lord establish thee a holy people for himself, as he solemnly promised thy fathers. If thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and walk in all his ways, ¹⁰ then shall all the nations of the earth see that thou art called by the name of the Lord, and they will be afraid of thee; ¹¹ and the Lord thy God will multiply thee, for good, in the offspring of thy body, and in the increase of thy cattle, and in the products of thy ground, in the land which he solemnly promised thy fathers to give thee. ¹² The Lord open for thee his good treasury, the heaven, to give thy land the rain in due season. May he bless all the works of thy hands, so that thou mayst lend to many nations, and not borrow of them; ¹³ and that thou mayst rule over many nations, and they not rule over thee. May the Lord establish thee for a head and not for a tail, so that thou mayst be above, and not beneath. If thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all that I this day enjoin thee, ¹⁴ thou wilt not turn aside from all the commandments which I this day command thee, either to the right, or to the left, to go after other gods, to serve them. ¹⁵ But in case thou wilt not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God to keep all his commandments which I this day give thee in charge, all these evils shall come upon thee and overtake thee: ¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed thou in the field. ¹⁷ Cursed shall be thy granaries, and thy stores. ¹⁸ Cursed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the products of thy land, thy herds and thy flocks. ¹⁹ Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed thou when thou goest out. ²⁰ The Lord send upon thee want, and famine, and destruction on all the labour of thy hands, until he utterly root thee out, and until he destroy thee quickly, on the account of thy wicked devices. Seeing thou hast forsaken me, ²¹ may the Lord make the pestilence cleave to thee, until it utterly consume thee from the land to which thou art going, to take possession of it. ²² The Lord smite thee with anxiety, and fever, and chilness, and restlessness, and blasting, and mildew, that they may pursue thee until they utterly destroy thee. ²³ And when the heaven over thy head shall be brass, and the earth under thy feet iron, ²⁴ may the Lord thy God make the rain of thy land dust, so that dust from heaven may descend until it waste thee, and until it destroy thee speedily. ²⁵ May the Lord deliver thee up to slaughter before thine enemies, so that thou mayst go out one way to meet them, and flee seven ways from before them; and be a dispersion among all the kingdoms of the earth; ²⁶ and your dead carcasses be food for the birds of the air, and the wild beasts of the earth, and there be none to fray them away. ²⁷ The Lord smite thee with the Egyptian boil in thy seat, and with wild fire, and with itching, so that thou canst not be cured. ²⁸ The Lord smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart, ²⁹ so that thou mayst grope about at noon day, as a blind man gropeth in darkness; and let him not prosper thy ways, so thou shalt then be injured, and spoiled continually, and there will be none to help thee. ³⁰ Thou wilt take a wife, and another man shall have her. Thou wilt build a house, but shall not dwell therein. Thou wilt plant a vineyard, but shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

³⁰ Thou wilt take a wife, and another man shall have her. Thou wilt build a house, but shall not dwell therein. Thou wilt plant a vineyard, but shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

⁶ Act manfully, and be strong; fear not, nor be faint hearted, nor terrified at them; for the Lord thy God, who goeth before you, is with you; is among you. May he never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

⁸ and the Lord, who marcheth with thee, will not leave thee nor forsake thee. Fear not, nor be dismayed.

³⁰ How could one man chase a thousand, And two put myriads to flight, Had not God cast them off; Had not the Lord delivered them up?

⁵ Not a man shall withstand you all the clays of thy life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with thee. I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

⁹ Behold I have commanded thee; be strong and courageous: fear not, nor be dismayed; for the Lord thy God is with thee withersoever thou goest.

¹⁷ And this city shall be an Anathema. It, and all that are in it, shall be devoted to the Lord of Sabaoth; save Rahab the harlot. Her you shall save alive, and all that are in her house. ¹⁸ But be you very careful to abstain from the Anathema, lest peradventure you through covetousness, take something of what is devoted, and make the camp of the Israelites an Anathema, and destroy us. ¹⁹ All the silver, and the gold, and the brass, and the iron, shall be consecrated to the Lord, and carried to the Lord's treasury. ²⁰ Then the priests sounded the trumpets; and when the people heard the trumpets, all the people together uttered a great, loud, and continued shout, whereupon the whole wall round about fell, and all the people went up into the city. ²¹ Now when Joshua devoted it, and all that were in it, men and women, young and old, ox and ass, to the edge of the sword,

² and thou shalt treat Gai, as thou hast treated Jericho, and its king; but the plunder of the cattle thou shalt take for thyself. Lay thee an ambush for the city, behind it.

²² For Joshua had called them, and said to them, Why did you impose upon me saying, We are far distant from thee, seeing you are our nearest neighbour? ²³ Now therefore you are cursed, and not one of you shall escape servitude; from being a hewer of wood, and a drawer of water, for me and my God. ²⁴ And they answered Joshua saying, We were told all that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses, to give yon this land, and to extirpate us, and all the inhabitants thereof from before you, therefore we were in great terror for our lives because of you, and we did this.

²⁷ And on that day Joshua made them hewers of wood, and drawers of water, for the whole congregation, and for the altar of God. For this cause the inhabitants of Gabaon are hewers of wood, and drawers of water, for the altar of God, even at this day, and are to be so for the place which the Lord will chuse.

⁵ So the five kings of the Jebusites, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam, went up, they and their people, and encamped about Gabaon, and besieged it. ⁶ Thereupon the inhabitants of Gabaon sent to Joshua, to the camp of Israel, at Galgala, saying, Slack not thy hands from thy servants. Come up to us with all speed, and help us, and deliver us; for all the kings of the Amorites who inhabit the hilly country are assembled against us. ⁷ So Joshua went up from Galgala, he and all the people of war with him, every man of valour. ⁸ And the Lord said to Joshua, Be not afraid of them, for I have delivered them into thy hands. There shall not one of them be left before you.

²⁸ Now on that day they took Makeda, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed every thing therein which breathed. There was not one left who escaped or fled. And when they had done to the king of Makeda as they did to the king of Jericho,

⁴⁰ Thus did Joshua smite all the hilly country, and Nageb, and the plain, and Asedoth, and the kings thereof. They did not leave one of them alive. They utterly destroyed every one who breathed the breath of life, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

⁴ and they, and their kings with them, came out like the sand of the sea for multitude, with horses and chariots in great abundance. ⁵ And when all these kings had assembled, and formed a junction, and encamped at the water of Maron to fight against Israel; ⁶ the Lord said to Joshua, Be not afraid of them, for to-morrow, about this time, I will deliver them up vanquished before Israel. Thou shalt hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

⁹ And Joshua did to them as the Lord commanded him. Their horses he hamstringed; and their chariots he burned with fire

¹¹ [Now Asor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.] And they slew every living soul in it, with the sword, and utterly destroyed all, so that there was not one left in it alive. And they burned Asor with fire. ¹² Then Joshua took all the cities of those kingdoms, and the kings thereof, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.

¹⁴ And the Israelites took all the spoils thereof for themselves, and exterminated the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, until they destroyed them. They did not leave a breathing soul of them.

¹⁹ so that there was not a city which Israel did not take. They took them all by battle. ²⁰ For the Lord permitted them to assume courage to come to battle with Israel, that they might be utterly destroyed, that no mercy might be shewn them; but that they might be utterly destroyed, as the Lord commanded Moses.

¹⁰ But Ephraim did not destroy the Chananites who dwelt in Gazer. So the Chananites have dwelt among the Ephraimites to this day.

⁸ they set out homewards with much wealth, for they had shared with their brethren, vast numbers of cattle, and a great abundance of silver, and gold, and iron, and raiment, the spoil of their enemies.

¹⁰ One of you hath chased a thousand, because the Lord our God himself fought for you, as he promised you.

¹³ be assured that the Lord will no more drive out those nations from before you; but they shall be to you snares and stumbling blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until you be destroyed from this good land, which the Lord your God hath given you.

²⁸ but when Israel grew strong, they subjected the Chananites to tribute, but did not utterly root them out.

³⁰ Neither did Zabulon drive out the inhabitants of Kedron, nor the inhabitants of Domana; so the Chananites continued to dwell among them and became tributary to them. ³¹ Neither did Aser drive out the inhabitants of Akcho; but it became tributary to them; nor the inhabitants of Dor; nor the inhabitants of Sidon; nor the inhabitants of Dalaph; nor the Aschazites; nor the Chebdaites; nor the Naites; nor the Ereoites. ³² So Aser dwelt in the midst of the Chananites who inhabited that land, because he could not drive them out. ³³ Neither did Nephthaleim drive out the inhabitants of Baithsamys, nor the inhabitants of Baithanach. So Nephthaleim dwelt in the midst of the Chananites who inhabited the land. And the inhabitants of Baithsamys and Baitheneth became tributary to them. ³⁴ As for the children of Dan, the Amorites harassed them on the mountains, for they did not suffer them to go down into the vale. ³⁵ And the Amorites began to settle on the shelly mountains, on that frequented by bears, and on that frequented by foxes, namely on Myrsinoni, and on Thalabin. But the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy on the Amorites, and they became tributary to them.

³ therefore I have said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be curbs for you; and their gods shall be to you a stumbling block.

³ And the children of Israel cried to the Lord, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he oppressed Israel grievously, twenty years. ⁴ Now Debbora, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, judged Israel at that time, ⁵ and had taken her seat under the palm grove of Debbora, between Rama and Baithel, on mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel went up to her for judgment. ⁶ And Debbora sent for Barak, son of Abineem, of Kades-Nepthaleim, and said to him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded thee? Go therefore to mount Thabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Nephthaleim, and of the children of Zabulon, ⁷ and I will bring out to thee, to the brook Kison, Sisara the captain general of Jabin's army, with his chariots, and his multitude, and deliver him into thy hands. ⁸ Whereupon Barak said to her, If thou wilt go with me I will go; but if thou will not go, I will not go: for I do not know the day when the Lord would prosper the angel with me. ⁹ And she said I will certainly go with thee; but know, that in the journey which thou takest, the honour of the victory will not be thine; for the Lord will deliver Sisara into the hands of a woman. So Debbora arose, and went with Barak, of Kades.

¹² press, with an intent to flee from before Madiam. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, The Lord

³ Now therefore speak in the hearing of the people, and say, If any man is fearful, or timorous, let him depart from mount Galaad. So there returned of the people twenty two thousand: and ten thousand were left.

²⁷ For in those days the ark of the covenant of the Lord their God was there, ²⁸ and Phineas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, stood before it in those days. And the children of Israel inquired of the Lord saying, Shall we proceed again to go out to battle against the children of Benjamin our brethren? And the Lord said, Go up. To-morrow I will deliver them into your hands.

¹⁸ Then Saul said to Achia, Bring the ephod. For he at that time wore the ephod before Israel.

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⁷ And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Abimelech, Bring hither the ephod. ⁸ And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue this horde? Shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue, for thou shalt overly take them and without fail rescue.

¹⁸ then she continued her speech, and said, They used heretofore to state an accusation, saying, He who is examined hath been examined both in Abel and Dan. If the liege men of Israel have been guilty of what is laid to their charge, let the examiners in Abel inquire in like manner whether they have been guilty. ¹⁹ For my part I am for observing strictly the customs of Israel, which tend to peace; but thou art seeking to destroy a city; a mother city in Israel. Why wouldst thou swallow up an inheritance of the Lord? ²⁰ In answer to which Joab said, Mercy on me! Mercy on me! Am I for swallowing up? Am I for destroying? ²¹ Is not this the case? There is a man of mount Ephraim; his name is Sabee son of Bochori, who hath lifted up his hand against king David. Only deliver him up to me, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said, Behold his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. ²² So the woman went to all the people. And when she had spoken to the whole city in her wisdom, they cut off the head of Sabee son of Bochori. And having cut it off, they threw it to Joab; whereupon Joab sounded a trumpet, and all the people withdrew from the city, and dispersed, every man to his tent, and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

²¹ [Omitted] ²² [Omitted]

¹⁵ and in the general extirpation which David made of Edom, when Joab the captain general of the army went to bury the dead after the general slaughter of the males in Idumea ¹⁶ [for Joab and all Israel continued there six months till they cut off all the males in Idumea]

¹² Now behold with us, at our head, is the Lord and his priests, and the trumpets of alarm to sound a charge against you. sons of Israel, fight not against the Lord God of your fathers, for it will not prosper with you.

¹¹ and Asa cried to the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to save with many or with few. Strengthen us, O Lord our God; for on thee is our reliance; and in thy name we are come against this great multitude. Lord our God, let not man prevail against thee.

¹³ and Asa and his people pursued them as far as Gedor. And the Ethiopeans fell so that they could not recover themselves; for they were trampled down before the Lord, and before his army. And when they had taken immense spoils, ¹⁴ and smitten the towns about Gedor [for the terror of the Lord was upon them] and had rifled all their cities [for there was much plunder in them] ¹⁵ and plundered their tents, and smitten the Alimazonians and taken many sheep and camels, and were returning to Jerusalem;

¹² Lord our God, wilt thou not judge them? Because we have not power to withstand this great multitude which is coming against us, and do not know what to do with them, we can only have our eyes on thee.

²⁵ And when Josaphat and his people went to gather the spoil, they found cattle in abundance, and furniture and spoils and precious utensils. And when they had gathered the spoils [now they were three days collecting them, for they were many]

¹⁵ And he made in Jerusalem machines, contrived with great art, to be placed in the towers and at the corners, for shooting darts and throwing huge stones. And the fame of his preparations was spread far and wide, for he was wonderfully assisted until he became exceeding strong.

⁷ Take courage and behave like men, and be not terrified nor dismayed, because of the king of Assur, and because of all the multitude with him; for there are more with us than with him. ⁸ With him are arms of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to save, and to fight our battle. So the people were encouraged by the words of Ezekias king of Juda.

²⁷ at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites in all their places to bring them to Jerusalem, to make the dedication with joyful thanksgivings and with songs, accompanied with cymbals and psalteries and kinyras;

⁶ But as for me, by him I am appointed king on Sion his holy mountain. ⁷ I proclaim the decree of the Lord; to me the Lord said, "Thou art my Son, this day I have begotten thee, ⁸ "Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. ⁹ Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron. Thou shalt break them to pieces like a potter's vessel." ¹⁰ Now therefore, O kings, be wise: Be instructed, all ye, who judge the earth. ¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear: and rejoice for him with trembling. ¹² Keep fast hold of instruction; the Lord may be angry and you may perish out of the right way. When his anger suddenly blazeth forth, happy are all they who have trusted in him.

⁶ I will not be afraid of myriads of people; of them who are besetting me round about.

⁷ Some boast of chariots and some of horses; but by the name of the Lord our God we shall be magnified.

⁸ Let thine enemies feel thy hand: and thy right hand find out all that hate thee. ⁹ Thou wilt make them like an oven of fire, at the time of thy presence. The Lord with his wrath will confound them, and a fire shall devour them.

¹ A Psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my saviour. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defender of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? ² When evil doers approached me, to devour my flesh; they, who afflicted me, even mine enemies fainted and fell. ³ Though a host be drawn up against me, my heart will not be dismayed; though war rise up against me, still I exercise hope.

¹ For the conclusion. The Psalm of an Ode at the dedication of David's house. I Will extol thee, Lord, because thou hast upheld me, and hast not suffered mine enemies to rejoice over me.

¹⁶ A king is not saved because of a numerous army: nor can a giant be saved by his abundant strength. ¹⁷ A horse is a false thing for safety; nor can he with all his power save himself.

⁷ The Lord of armies is with us; our helper is the God of Jacob.

¹¹ The Lord of armies is with us, our helper is the God of Jacob.

¹² the king of the armies of the Beloved [to the army] of the Beloved, to divide spoils for beautifying the house.

³⁴ They did not root out the nations which the Lord had mentioned to him: ³⁵ but mingled with those nations; and learned their works. ³⁶ And served their graven images which became to them a stumbling block. ³⁷ They actually sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons: ³⁸ and shed innocent blood; the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the graven idols of Chanaan. And the land was polluted with blood and ³⁹ defiled by their works: and they went a whoring with their devices. ⁴⁰ Therefore the Lord was incensed against his people, and abhorred his inheritance.

¹ A Psalm. By David. The Lord said to my Lord; sit at my right hand; till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

⁶ Having the Lord for my helper, I will not fear what man can do to me.

⁷ I was for peace; but when I spoke they attacked me without provocation.

¹ By David. On Goliath. Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight. ² He is my mercy and my refuge; my support and my deliverer, my protector in whom I trusted, who subdueth the people under me.

¹⁴ There was a small city and few men in it. And there came against it a mighty king who besieged it and built great ramparts against it;

¹⁴ Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and he shall be called Emmanuel.

⁹ Know this, nations, and be struck with consternation. Hearken ye who are in the remotest parts of the earth; be struck with consternation ye who have made yourselves strong; for though you should again become strong; with consternation you shall again be stricken, ¹⁰ and what counsel soever you may take, the Lord will defeat it; and what word soever you may speak shall not take effect among you; because God is with us:

¹² saying, Perhaps they may order what is hard; [for whatever this people order is hard.] Be not ye terrified with the fear of them, nor dismayed; ¹³ hallow the Lord himself, and let him be thy fear:

¹⁶ Therefore thus saith the Sovereign Lord; behold I lay for the foundation of Sion a stone of inestimable worth; a chosen, precious corner stone for the foundations of it, and he who believeth shall not be ashamed.

¹ ALAS! They went down to Egypt for help! They trusted in horses and chariots; for they have many and their cavalry is very numerous; and did not rely on the Holy One of Israel, nor did they ask counsel of the Lord.

⁵ [J] My sword hath drunk deep in the heaven; behold it shall come down on Idumea and on the people justly doomed to destruction. ⁶ [p] The sword of the Lord hath been glutted with blood; it is pampered with suet; with the blood of he; goats and lambs, and with the suet of goats and rams. Because there is a sacrifice for the Lord in Bosor, and a great slaughter in Idumea;

³ Be strong ye hands which are feeble, and ye knees which are without strength. ⁴ Take comfort ye who are faint hearted; take courage, be not terrified; behold our God retributeth judgment; he will indeed make retribution; he himself will come and save us.

²⁴ That by thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord? For thou hast said, By the multitude of my chariots, I have ascended the height of mountains, and to the utmost limits of Libanus, and cut down the lofty cedar and beautiful cypress, and entered the stately part of the forest. ²⁵ I have laid bridges and dried up waters and every collection of water

³³ Therefore thus saith the Lord, With regard to the king of the Assyrians, he shall not enter this city; nor shoot an arrow against it; nor present against it a shield; nor enclose it with a rampire

¹⁰ Fear not, for I am with thee; be not led astray, for I am thy God. I have strengthened thee and helped thee, and secured thee with my just right hand. ¹¹ Behold all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as nothing and all thine opponents shall be destroyed. ¹² Thou mayst seek but thou shalt not find the men, who through drunkenness will dare to insult thee. For they shall be as mere nothing: and they who war against thee shall be no more. ¹³ For I am thy God, who have hold of thy right hand, and who say to thee, ¹⁴ Fear not, Jacob, diminutive Israel! I have helped thee, saith thy God, who redeemeth thee, Israel.

² therefore when thou passest through water, I am with thee, and the streams shall not overwhelm thee: and when thou passest through fire, thou shalt not be burned up; the flame shall not quite consume thee.

⁷ On a high and lofty mountain thou hast made thy bed, and caused thy sacrifice to ascend thither; ⁸ and behind the posts of thy doors thou hast set up thy memorial. Didst thou think, that, if thou departedst from me, thou shouldst have something more? Thou hast loved them who lay with thee

¹⁹ peace upon peace to them near and to them far off. So the Lord said, I will heal them.

²² They shall not build, and others inhabit: nor shall they plant and others eat: for according to the days of the tree of that life, shall be the days of this my people: for they shall wear out the works of their toils.

⁶ For thus saith the Lord, Cut down her trees: discharge engines against Jerusalem: lying city! in it all is oppression.

⁵ As you have planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria, plant and sing praises;

⁴ For thus said the Lord concerning the houses of this city; and concerning the houses of the king of Juda which have been pulled down to make mounts and ramparts

¹⁰ He is cursed who doth the work of the Lord negligently, withholding his sword from blood.

³⁵ a sword against the Chaldeans and against the inhabitants of Babylon; and against her grandees and against her counsellors; ³⁶ a sword against her warriors and they shall be destroyed; ³⁷ a sword against their horses and against their chariots; a sword against their warriors and the mixed multitude in the midst of her and they shall be like women; a sword against her treasures; and they shall be rifled; ³⁸ against them who are on her waters and they shall be exposed to shame. Because it is a land of the graven images and it was in these islands where they boasted; ³⁹ therefore imageries shall dwell in those islands and in her shall dwell the daughters of Sirens and she shall never more be inhabited. ⁴⁰ As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorra and the neighbouring cities, said the Lord, no man shall dwell there, nor shall a son of man make his abode there.

¹⁷ shall Pharao support him in the war, when ramparts are a raising, and towers a building to destroy lives.

²¹ And for all this indeed I will call up terror saith the Lord: every man's sword shall be against his brother. ²² And I will execute judgment on him, with pestilence and blood and with tempests of rain and hailstones; and I will rain down fire and brimstone on him, and on all with him, even on the many nations with him. ²³ And I shall be magnified and hallowed and glorified; and made known in the sight of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.

¹³ their wealth shall be for plunder; and their houses, for desolation. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; and though they plant vineyards; they shall not drink the wine thereof;

¹⁰ He will destroy chariots out of Ephraim and horses out of Jerusalem: and the battle bow shall be destroyed. And there shall be a multitude and peace from the nations; and he shall rule over waters to the sea, and over rivers to the ends of the earth.

¹⁸ and the genealogy of Jesus Christ was thus; for his mother Mary having been espoused to Joseph was, before they came together, found to be with child by the holy Spirit,

¹⁰ Now the axe is at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore which doth not produce good fruit is to be cut down and cast into the fire.

¹⁵ Now beware of false teachers, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but are inwardly ravenous wolves. ¹⁶ By their fruits you may know them. Are grapes gathered from thorns? Or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ So every good tree beareth good fruit; and every bad tree beareth bad fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bear bad fruit; nor a bad tree, good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree which beareth not good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. ²⁰ So then by their fruits you will know them.

²⁶ And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, and a great calm ensued.

¹⁶ Behold I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as the serpents and harmless as the doves.

²⁸ And be not afraid of them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

³¹ Fear not therefore; for you are of more value than many sparrows.

¹⁹ and seeing a fig tree near the way, he went to it and found nothing thereon but leaves. Whereupon he saith to it, Henceforward let no fruit ever grow on thee. And immediately the fig tree withered.

⁶ Whereupon he said to them, Be not terrified. You are seeking Jesus, the Nazarene, who was crucified. He is risen. He is not here. Behold the place where they laid him.

¹⁸ they will take up serpents: though they drink deadly poison, it shall not hurt them: upon sick persons they will lay their hands, and they shall recover.

⁶² Jesus said to him, No man, who hath put his hand to the plough and looketh back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

⁵ And into whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house. ⁶ And if the son of peace be there, your peace will rest upon it; but if not, it will return to you. And

⁷ Whereupon he said to the vine dresser, Behold this is the third year that I have come, seeking fruit on this fig tree, without finding any. Cut it down. Why doth it cumber the ground? ⁸ To which he replied, Master, let it alone one year longer, until I dig about it and dung it. ⁹ Perhaps it may bear fruit: if not; then cut it down.

¹⁸ they all, from one [motive] began to make excuses. The first said to him, I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. I pray thee make my excuse. ¹⁹ And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them: I pray thee make my excuse. ²⁰ And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot go.

¹⁴ Now his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this man to reign over us.

²⁷ And as for those enemies of mine who would not have me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence.

² Every branch in me which beareth not fruit, he loppeth off; and every branch which beareth fruit he cleaneth to make it more fruitful. ³ Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you. ⁴ Abide in me, and I [will abide] in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abide in the vine; so neither can you unless you continue in me. ⁵ I am the vine; you are the branches. He who continueth in me and I in him he it is who beareth much fruit. Because, separated from me, you can bear nothing: ⁶ if any one continueth not in me he is thrown away as the branch is when it is withered. Such indeed are gathered and thrown into the fire and burned. ⁷ If you continue in me, and my words continue in you, ask what you will and it will be done for you: ⁸ by this my Father is glorified. That you may bear much fruit, you must be my disciples.

³⁶ According to the word which he sent to the children of Israel, when he published the glad tidings of peace by Jesus Christ, He is Lord of all.

³⁷ And Barnabas advised to take along with them, John surnamed Mark. ³⁸ But Paul did not think it proper to take along with them one who had quitted them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.

⁹ And in a vision by night, the Lord said to Paul, Be not afraid, but speak, and keep not silence; ¹⁰ for I am with thee; and no one shall set upon thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

²⁴ and said, Fear not, Paul. Thou must appear before Caesar; and lo! God hath given thee all them who are sailing with thee.

³¹ What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

³⁷ We indeed in all these things are more than conquerors by means of him who hath loved us.

³³ Be not led astray; "good morals are debauched by talk profane."

¹⁸ And all this is of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given us the ministry of this reconciliation.

¹⁷ therefore come out from among them and separate yourselves, saith the Lord, and touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you,

¹⁷ And being come he hath proclaimed the glad tidings of peace to you who were far off, and to them who were near.

¹¹ And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them:

¹¹ Put on the complete armour of God, that you may be able to withstand the wiles of the devil. ¹² Because our conflict is not barely with flesh and blood, but against the principalities and the powers; against the rulers of this dark age, against the spiritual [assaults] of the wickedness in the heavenly dispensation; ¹³ take up therefore the complete armour of God, that you may be able to make resistance in the evil day, and having put a stop to them all, to maintain your ground. ¹⁴ Stand, therefore, having your loins girded with truth, and having on the breast plate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and your feet shod with the preparation of the glad tidings of peace, ¹⁶ covering all with the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take also the helmet of salvation, and the sword o" the spirit, that is the word of God; ¹⁸ in every prayer and supplication, always praying with the spirit [being for this purpose in a continual state of watchfulness and prayer] for all the saints

¹⁵ see that none return evil for evil to any one; but on all occasions do all the good you can, both to one another and to all men.

⁷ and to you who are afflicted, rest with us at the manifestation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels, ⁸ executing, with flaming fire, vengeance on them who know not God, and on them who hearken not to the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ These shall suffer punishment, an everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty,

¹⁴ And if any one doth not obey this injunction of ours by this letter, mark that man, and have no intimate connection with him, that he may be ashamed.

⁵ preposterous studies of men whose minds are corrupt and devoid of truth, who suppose this religion to be a matter of gain. From such withdraw thyself.

¹² Maintain the good combat of faith. Lay hold on the life everlasting to which thou hast been invited, and of which thou hast made a good profession before many witnesses.

⁴ No one going to war entangleth himself with worldly affairs, that he may please him who hath inlisted him.

¹⁷ and like a gangrene the word of these men will spread, of whom are Hymeneus and Philetus, ¹⁸ who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and subvert the belief of some.

¹² Therefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the knees which are feeble, ¹³ and make straight tracks with your feet, that that which is lame may not be sprained, but rather healed.

⁶ So that we may say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper, I will not fear what man can to do me."

¹⁰ Be not terrified at what thou art about to suffer. Behold the devil will soon cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and ye will have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

¹⁶ So then; because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit thee out of my mouth,

³ because all the nations have drunk of the poison of her fornication and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched by the abundance of her luxury. ⁴ And I heard another voice out of heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, that you may not partake of her sins and that you may not receive of her punishments. ⁵ Because her sins have reached to heaven and God hath remembered her acts of injustice,

¹⁸ that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of generals, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them mounted on them and the flesh of all both freemen and slaves, both small and great.

⁸ but the cowards and the unbelieving and abominable and murderers and prostitutes, and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. This is the second death.