For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. read more Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. show less
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? read more And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. show less
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering; Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. read more And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. show less
And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD. If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. read more And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten: But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. show less
One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. read more For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. show less
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. read more Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? show less
Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. |
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Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. |
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Matthew 24:44
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. |
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1 Corinthians 15:42
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: |
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1 Kings 22:20
And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. |
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2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. |
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2 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, |
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2 Timothy 3:9
But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. |
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Ephesians 1:11
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: |
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Ephesians 1:5
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, |
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Ephesians 1:9
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: |
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Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: |
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Ezekiel 28:9
Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. |
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Hosea 4:14
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. |
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Isaiah 28:18
And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. |
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Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. |
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Isaiah 58:14
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. |
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Isaiah 5:5
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: |
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Matthew 18:14
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. |
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Matthew 24:9
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. |
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Philippians 1:20
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. |
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Revelation 14:10
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: |
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Revelation 21:7
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. |
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Revelation 22:3
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: |
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Romans 2:12
For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; |
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And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I Will make him an help meet for him.
And I Will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Unto the woman he said, I Will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
And the LORD said, I Will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I Will destroy them with the earth.
But with thee Will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
For yet seven days, and I Will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made Will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I Will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither Will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
And surely your blood of your lives Will I require; at the hand of every beast Will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother Will I require the life of man.
And I Will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
And I Will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I Will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing Will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I Will shew thee: And I Will make of thee a great nation, and I Will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I Will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. read more And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed Will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they Will kill me, but they Will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. show less
And I Will make of thee a great nation, and I Will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
And I Will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed Will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they Will kill me, but they Will save thee alive.
Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I Will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I Will go to the left.
And I Will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I Will give it unto thee.
That I Will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I Will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, Will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I Will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
And he Will be a wild man; his hand Will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
And I Will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I Will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
And I Will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
And I Will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I Will be their God.
And I Will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I Will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I Will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and Will make him fruitful, and Will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I Will make him a great nation.
But my covenant Will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
And I Will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
And he said, I Will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I Will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
For I know him, that he Will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
I Will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I Will know.
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I Will spare all the place for their sakes.
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I Will not destroy it.
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I Will not do it for forty's sake.
And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I Will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I Will not do it, if I find thirty there.
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I Will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I Will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I Will not destroy it for ten's sake.
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we Will abide in the street all night.
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he Will needs be a judge: now Will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
For we Will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD Will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I Will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we Will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they Will slay me for my wife's sake.
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I Will make him a great nation.
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I Will tell thee of.
And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad Will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
And Abraham said, My son, God Will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
That in blessing I Will bless thee, and in multiplying I Will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I Will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I Will bury my dead there.
And I Will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman Will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed Will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
And if the woman Will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I Will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I Will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I Will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, Will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I Will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
And now if ye Will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I Will go.
Sojourn in this land, and I Will be with thee, and Will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I Will give all these countries, and I Will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
And I Will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and Will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and Will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I Will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
My father peradventure Will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
And he said, Bring it near to me, and I Will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then Will I slay my brother Jacob.
Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I Will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee Will I give it, and to thy seed;
And, behold, I am with thee, and Will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and Will bring thee again into this land; for I Will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God Will be with me, and Will keep me in this way that I go, and Will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I Will surely give the tenth unto thee.
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I Will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Fulfil her week, and we Will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband Will love me.
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time Will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now Will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters Will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now Will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I Will again feed and keep thy flock:
I Will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I Will be with thee.
This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I Will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I Will deal well with thee:
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he Will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
And thou saidst, I Will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I Will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I Will see his face; peradventure he Will accept of me.
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I Will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock Will die.
Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I Will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I Will give.
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I Will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
But in this Will we consent unto you: If ye Will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
Then Will we give our daughters unto you, and we Will take your daughters to us, and we Will dwell with you, and we Will become one people.
Only herein Will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they Will dwell with us.
And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I Will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I Will give it, and to thy seed after thee Will I give the land.
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I Will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we Will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what Will become of his dreams.
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I Will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
And he said, I Will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God Will shortly bring it to pass.
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne Will I be greater than thou.
And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so Will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye Will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I Will bring him to thee again.
But if thou wilt not send him, we Will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we Will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
I Will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also Will be my lord's bondmen.
It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he Will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
And there Will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I Will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I Will go and see him before I die.
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I Will there make of thee a great nation:
I Will go down with thee into Egypt; and I Will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I Will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I Will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We Will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land Will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we Will be Pharaoh's servants.
But I Will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I Will do as thou hast said.
And said unto me, Behold, I Will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I Will make of thee a multitude of people; and Will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I Will bless them.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I Will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I Will come again.
And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph Will peradventure hate us, and Will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
Now therefore fear ye not: I Will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God Will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God Will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I Will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
And Moses said, I Will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
Come now therefore, and I Will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
And he said, Certainly I Will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
And I have said, I Will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
And I Will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I Will do in the midst thereof: and after that he Will let you go.
And I Will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they Will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they Will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
And it shall come to pass, if they Will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they Will believe the voice of the latter sign.
And it shall come to pass, if they Will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he Will be glad in his heart.
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I Will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and Will teach you what ye shall do.
And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I Will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I Will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither Will I let Israel go.
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I Will not give you straw.
Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I Will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I Will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I Will rid you out of their bondage, and I Will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
And I Will take you to me for a people, and I Will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
And I Will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I Will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
And I Will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I Will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I Will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I Will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
And I Will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
And I Will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and Will they not stone us?
We Will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
And Pharaoh said, I Will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I Will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
For I Will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
For now I Will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
Behold, to morrow about this time I Will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I Will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I Will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD'S.
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow Will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
And Moses said, We Will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds Will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.
And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I Will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet Will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he Will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight Will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I Will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
For I Will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and Will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I Will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I Will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
For the LORD Will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD Will pass over the door, and Will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD Will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and Will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God Will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
For Pharaoh Will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
And I Will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I Will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he Will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
And I, behold, I Will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I Will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I Will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I Will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I Will exalt him.
The enemy said, I Will pursue, I Will overtake, I Will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I Will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I Will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I Will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they Will walk in my law, or no.
And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye Will bake to day, and seethe that ye Will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Behold, I Will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I Will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I Will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD Will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
Hearken now unto my voice, I Will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
Now therefore, if ye Will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we Will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD Will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD Will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we Will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I Will come unto thee, and I Will bless thee.
And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I Will not go out free:
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I Will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband Will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I Will surely hear their cry;
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I Will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I Will hear; for I am gracious.
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I Will not justify the wicked.
Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he Will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I Will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I Will cut them off.
And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I Will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I Will fulfil.
I Will send my fear before thee, and Will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I Will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
And I Will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
I Will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
By little and little I Will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
And I Will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I Will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it Will surely be a snare unto thee.
And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said Will we do.
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said Will we do, and be obedient.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I Will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
And there I Will meet with thee, and I Will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I Will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I Will meet you, to speak there unto thee.
And there I Will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
And I Will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I Will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.
And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I Will meet with thee.
And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I Will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I Will make of thee a great nation.
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I Will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of Will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I Will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him Will I blot out of my book.
Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I Will visit their sin upon them.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed Will I give it:
And I Will send an angel before thee; and I Will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I Will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I Will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
And the LORD said unto Moses, I Will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
And he said, I Will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I Will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and Will be gracious to whom I Will be gracious, and Will shew mercy on whom I Will shew mercy.
And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I Will put thee in a clift of the rock, and Will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
And I Will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I Will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that Will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I Will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I Will do with thee.
For I Will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary Will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
And when any Will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD Will appear unto you.
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I Will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I Will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I Will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. read more And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself: And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments: And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses. show less
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I Will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and Will cut him off from among his people.
And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own Will.
And I Will set my face against that man, and Will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
Then I Will set my face against that man, and against his family, and Will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I Will even set my face against that soul, and Will cut him off from among his people.
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I Will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that Will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they Will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;
Ye shall offer at your own Will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
And when ye Will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own Will.
Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I Will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul Will I destroy from among his people.
Then I Will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
Then I Will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
And I Will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I Will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
For I Will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
But if ye Will not hearken unto me, and Will not do all these commandments; And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye Will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: I also Will do this unto you; I Will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I Will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. read more And if ye Will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I Will punish you seven times more for your sins. And I Will break the pride of your power; and I Will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and Will not hearken unto me; I Will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. I Will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. And if ye Will not be reformed by me by these things, but Will walk contrary unto me; Then Will I also walk contrary unto you, and Will punish you yet seven times for your sins. And I Will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I Will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. And if ye Will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; Then I Will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, Will chastise you seven times for your sins. And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. And I Will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. And I Will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I Will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. And I Will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. And I Will scatter you among the heathen, and Will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. And upon them that are left alive of you I Will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: Then Will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham Will I remember; and I Will remember the land. The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I Will not cast them away, neither Will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God. But I Will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD. These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. show less
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye Will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
I also Will do this unto you; I Will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
And I Will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
And if ye Will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I Will punish you seven times more for your sins.
And I Will break the pride of your power; and I Will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
And if ye walk contrary unto me, and Will not hearken unto me; I Will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
I Will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
And if ye Will not be reformed by me by these things, but Will walk contrary unto me;
Then Will I also walk contrary unto you, and Will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
And I Will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I Will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Then I Will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, Will chastise you seven times for your sins.
And I Will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
And I Will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I Will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
And I Will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
And I Will scatter you among the heathen, and Will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
And upon them that are left alive of you I Will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Then Will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham Will I remember; and I Will remember the land.
And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I Will not cast them away, neither Will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
But I Will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
But if he Will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
And if he that sanctified it Will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
And if he that sanctified the field Will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
And if he Will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
And if a man Will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I Will hear what the LORD Will command concerning you.
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and Will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I Will give it you: come thou with us, and we Will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
And he said unto him, I Will not go; but I Will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same Will we do unto thee.
And I Will come down and talk with thee there: and I Will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and Will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD Will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I Will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD Will make myself known unto him in a vision, and Will speak unto him in a dream.
With him Will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
If the LORD delight in us, then he Will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long Will this people provoke me? and how long Will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
I Will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and Will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
And they Will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee Will speak, saying,
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him Will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so Will I do to you:
But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them Will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
I the LORD have said, I Will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and Will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD Will not be with you.
And Will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:
And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and Will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD Will shew who are his, and who is holy; and Will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen Will he cause to come near unto him.
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We Will not come up:
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we Will not come up.
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I Will meet with you.
And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I Will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we Will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither Will we drink of the water of the wells: we Will go by the king's high way, we Will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
And the children of Israel said unto him, We Will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I Will pay for it: I Will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.
And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I Will utterly destroy their cities.
And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I Will give them water.
Let me pass through thy land: we Will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we Will not drink of the waters of the well: but we Will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I Will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
For I Will promote thee unto very great honour, and I Will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD Will say unto me more.
And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I Will get me back again.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I Will go: peradventure the LORD Will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I Will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I Will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it Will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that Will I speak?
And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I Will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
And they came near unto him, and said, We Will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
But we ourselves Will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
We Will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
For we Will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
And Moses said unto them, If ye Will do this thing, if ye Will go armed before the LORD to war,
And Will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
But if ye Will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin Will find you out.
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants Will do as my lord commandeth.
But thy servants Will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben Will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
But if they Will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so Will we do.
We Will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.
But if ye Will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I Will make them rulers over you.
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I Will hear it.
And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We Will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him Will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them Will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we Will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
Meddle not with them; for I Will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I Will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I Will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
This day Will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
Let me pass through thy land: I Will go along by the high way, I Will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I Will pass through on my feet;
And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I Will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I Will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he Will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD Will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire Will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we Will hear it, and do it.
But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I Will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
For they Will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so Will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he Will not be slack to him that hateth him, he Will repay him to his face.
And he Will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he Will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
And the LORD Will take away from thee all sickness, and Will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but Will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that Will be a snare unto thee.
Moreover the LORD thy God Will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
And the LORD thy God Will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I Will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
And I Will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
That I Will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
And I Will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.
Then Will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
And a curse, if ye Will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I Will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so Will I do likewise.
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I Will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
And the man that Will do presumptuously, and Will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.
When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I Will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
The LORD thy God Will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
I Will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and Will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever Will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I Will require it of him.
And if it Will make no peace with thee, but Will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she Will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which Will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, Will not hearken unto them:
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he Will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God Will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he Will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that Will not build up his brother's house.
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God Will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
The LORD Will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
So that he Will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
Then the LORD Will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
Moreover he Will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them Will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD Will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
The LORD Will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
That then the LORD thy God Will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and Will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence Will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence Will he fetch thee:
And the LORD thy God Will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he Will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
And the LORD thy God Will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
And the LORD thy God Will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
And the LORD thy God Will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD Will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
The LORD thy God, he Will go over before thee, and he Will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he Will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he Will be with thee, he Will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people Will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and Will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I Will forsake them, and I Will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they Will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
And I Will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then Will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I Will be with thee.
For I know that after my death ye Will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil Will befall you in the latter days; because ye Will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I Will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he Will shew thee; thy elders, and they Will tell thee.
And he said, I Will hide my face from them, I Will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I Will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I Will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I Will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I Will render vengeance to mine enemies, and Will reward them that hate me.
I Will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he Will avenge the blood of his servants, and Will render vengeance to his adversaries, and Will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good Will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I Will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I Will be with thee: I Will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we Will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we Will go.
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so Will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and Will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye Will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
And that ye Will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we Will deal kindly and truly with thee.
And the men said unto her, We Will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee. And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we Will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. And if thou utter this our business, then we Will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. read more And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. show less
And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we Will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
And if thou utter this our business, then we Will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD Will do wonders among you.
And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day Will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I Will be with thee.
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he Will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither Will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
And I, and all the people that are with me, Will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we Will flee before them,
(For they Will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they Will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we Will flee before them.
Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God Will deliver it into your hand.
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I Will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
This we Will do to them; we Will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time Will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them Will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD Will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him Will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I Will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it Will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he Will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
Know for a certainty that the LORD your God Will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye Will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we Will serve the LORD.
And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore Will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he Will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he Will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God Will we serve, and his voice Will we obey.
And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise Will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him Will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we Will shew thee mercy.
And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I Will never break my covenant with you.
Wherefore I also said, I Will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
I also Will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
That through them I may prove Israel, whether they Will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
And I Will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I Will deliver him into thine hand.
And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I Will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I Will not go.
And she said, I Will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I Will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, Will sing unto the LORD; I Will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
And the LORD said unto him, Surely I Will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I Will tarry until thou come again.
And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? Will ye save him? he that Will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.
Behold, I Will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I Will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I Will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped Will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I Will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I Will break down this tower.
And Gideon said unto them, I Will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
And they answered, We Will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that Will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them Will we possess.
Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I Will offer it up for a burnt offering.
And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we Will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I Will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.
And Samson said unto them, I Will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I Will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I Will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet Will I be avenged of you, and after that I Will cease.
And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye Will not fall upon me yourselves.
And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we Will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we Will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. read more And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi. show less
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we Will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a rasor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength Will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I Will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I Will restore it unto thee.
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I Will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD Will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
And his master said unto him, We Will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we Will pass over to Gibeah.
Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I Will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
And all the people arose as one man, saying, We Will not any of us go to his tent, neither Will we any of us turn into his house.
But now this shall be the thing which we Will do to Gibeah; we Will go up by lot against it;
And we Will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I Will deliver them into thine hand.
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we Will not give them of our daughters to wives?
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we Will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why Will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
Where thou diest, Will I die, and there Will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he Will tell thee what thou shalt do.
And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I Will do. And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her. And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
And now, my daughter, fear not; I Will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he Will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he Will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then Will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter Will fall: for the man Will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I Will redeem it.
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I Will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.
But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I Will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I Will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
He Will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he Will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I Will take it by force.
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I Will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Behold, the days come, that I Will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
And I Will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I Will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I Will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
In that day I Will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I Will also make an end.
For I have told him that I Will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he Will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he Will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he Will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
And he said, This Will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He Will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
And he Will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and Will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
And he Will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
And he Will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
And he Will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
And he Will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD Will not hear you in that day.
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we Will have a king over us;
And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that Will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people Will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
To morrow about this time I Will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I Will let thee go, and Will tell thee all that is in thine heart.
When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they Will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
And they Will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
And the Spirit of the LORD Will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I Will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we Will serve thee.
And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition Will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we Will come out to thee.
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we Will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I Will restore it you.
And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we Will serve thee.
If ye Will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
But if ye Will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD Will do before your eyes.
Is it not wheat harvest to day? I Will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
For the LORD Will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I Will teach you the good and the right way:
Therefore said I, The Philistines Will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD Will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we Will pass over unto these men, and we Will discover ourselves unto them.
If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we Will stand still in our place, and Will not go up unto them. But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we Will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us. And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we Will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. read more And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him. And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. show less
But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we Will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we Will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son Will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.
Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I Will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
And Samuel said unto Saul, I Will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
And also the Strength of Israel Will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I Will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he Will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I Will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we Will not sit down till he come hither.
If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then Will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king Will enrich him with great riches, and Will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant Will go and fight with this Philistine.
David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he Will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I Will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
This day Will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I Will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I Will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD'S, and he Will give you into our hands.
And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I Will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her Will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
And Saul said, I Will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father Will do nothing either great or small, but that he Will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I Will even do it for thee.
Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat Will be empty.
And, behold, I Will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.
And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God Will do for me.
Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; Will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I Will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He Will come down.
Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They Will deliver thee up.
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I Will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I Will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I Will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I Will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.
For if a man find his enemy, Will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
Ask thy young men, and they Will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD Will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who Will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I Will go down with thee.
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I Will not smite him the second time.
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I Will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so Will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore Will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
Moreover the LORD Will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
But he refused, and said, I Will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I Will bring thee down to this company.
Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we Will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
For who Will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also Will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it Will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
And he said, Well; I Will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I Will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
And Abner said unto David, I Will arise and go, and Will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I Will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore Will I play before the LORD.
And I Will yet be more vile than thus, and Will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
Moreover I Will appoint a place for my people Israel, and Will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he Will make thee an house.
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I Will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I Will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I Will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I Will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I Will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. read more And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. show less
He shall build an house for my name, and I Will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
I Will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I Will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I Will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
And David said unto him, Fear not: for I Will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and Will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
Then said David, I Will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I Will come and help thee.
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I Will not do this thing.
And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I Will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I Will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I Will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
For thou didst it secretly: but I Will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how Will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD Will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he Will not withhold me from thee.
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we Will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I Will give charge concerning thee.
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I Will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king Will perform the request of his handmaid.
For the king Will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God Will be with thee.
For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I Will serve the LORD.
And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also Will thy servant be.
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he Will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
See, I Will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I Will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so Will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
It may be that the LORD Will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD Will requite me good for his cursing this day.
And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his Will I be, and with him Will I abide.
And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so Will I be in thy presence.
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I Will arise and pursue after David this night:
And I Will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and Will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I Will smite the king only:
And I Will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and Will not lodge with the people.
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it Will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it Will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I Will surely go forth with you myself also.
But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they Will not care for us; neither if half of us die, Will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I Will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there Will not tarry one with thee this night: and that Will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I Will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I Will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I Will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that Will I do for thee.
The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I Will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
And the Gibeonites said unto him, We Will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that Will I do for you.
Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we Will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I Will give them.
The God of my rock; in him Will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
I Will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Therefore I Will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I Will sing praises unto thy name.
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I Will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither Will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I Will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also Will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so Will I certainly do this day.
And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he Will not slay his servant with the sword.
And Solomon said, If he Will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I Will not put thee to death with the sword.
And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he Will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I Will not say thee nay.
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I Will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I Will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so Will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I Will lengthen thy days.
And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I Will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee Will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I Will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I Will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and Will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then Will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
But Will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
Then I Will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and Will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
Then Will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, Will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they Will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I Will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and Will give it to thy servant.
Notwithstanding in thy days I Will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I Will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
Howbeit I Will not rend away all the kingdom; but Will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I Will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and Will give ten tribes to thee:
Howbeit I Will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I Will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
But I Will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and Will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
And unto his son Will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
And I Will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I Will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and Will give Israel unto thee.
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we Will serve thee.
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they Will be thy servants for ever.
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I Will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I Will chastise you with scorpions.
And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I Will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I Will chastise you with scorpions.
And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I Will give thee a reward.
And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I Will not go in with thee, neither Will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither Will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
Therefore, behold, I Will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and Will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and Will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
Behold, I Will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and Will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I Will send rain upon the earth.
And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I Will surely shew myself unto him to day.
Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I Will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I Will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I Will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
Yet I Will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I Will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I Will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria Will come up against thee.
And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we Will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore Will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he Will save thy life.
And Benhadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I Will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I Will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I Will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I Will give thee the worth of it in money.
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I Will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I Will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I Will not give thee my vineyard.
And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I Will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Behold, I Will bring evil upon thee, and Will take away thy posterity, and Will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
And Will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I Will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days Will I bring the evil upon his house.
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I Will persuade him.
And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I Will go forth, and I Will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I Will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I Will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.
And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD Will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I Will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD Will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I Will not leave thee. And they two went on.
And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I Will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he Will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I Will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I Will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He Will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I Will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant Will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I Will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I Will go.
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I Will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we Will eat my son to morrow.
If we say, We Will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief Will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I Will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I Will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
And I Will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I Will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and Will do all that thou shalt bid us; we Will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye Will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me Will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it Will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I Will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD Will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD Will deliver us.
It may be the LORD thy God Will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and Will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
Behold, I Will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I Will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and Will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I Will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I Will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I Will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
For I Will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I Will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
And I Will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I Will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I Will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD Will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD Will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem Will I put my name.
And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, Will I put my name for ever:
Neither Will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they Will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
And I Will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I Will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
And I Will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I Will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:
Behold therefore, I Will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I Will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
And the LORD said, I Will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and Will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He Will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I Will deliver them into thine hand.
Also I Will ordain a place for my people Israel, and Will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I Will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD Will build thee an house.
And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I Will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I Will establish his kingdom.
I Will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I Will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
But I Will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
And David said, I Will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I Will help thee.
And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why Will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I Will verily buy it for the full price: for I Will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I Will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I Will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I Will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I Will be his father.
Moreover I Will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he Will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he Will cast thee off for ever.
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, Will be with thee; he Will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people Will be wholly at thy commandment.
Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I Will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
And, behold, I Will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
And we Will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we Will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
But Will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then Will I hear from heaven, and Will forgive their sin, and Will heal their land.
Then Will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
Then Will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, Will I cast out of my sight, and Will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we Will serve thee.
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they Will be thy servants for ever.
For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I Will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I Will chastise you with scorpions.
And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I Will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I Will chastise you with scorpions.
And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I Will not destroy them, but I Will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he Will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he Will forsake you.
And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we Will be with thee in the war.
Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God Will deliver it into the king's hand.
Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I Will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
And he said, I Will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I Will disguise myself, and Will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD Will be with you.
Behold, with a great plague Will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore Will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he Will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and Will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, Will I put my name for ever:
Neither Will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they Will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I Will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
Behold, I Will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I Will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together Will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then Will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the Will of your God.
And whosoever Will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also Will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I Will scatter you abroad among the nations:
But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet Will I gather them from thence, and Will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? Will ye rebel against the king?
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he Will prosper us; therefore we his servants Will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they make an end in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they Will be upon you.
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and Will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
Then said they, We Will restore them, and Will require nothing of them; so Will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they Will come to slay thee; yea, in the night Will they come to slay thee.
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I Will not go in.
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we Will not forsake the house of our God.
Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I Will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I Will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens Will fast likewise; and so Will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I Will do to morrow as the king hath said.
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he Will curse thee to thy face.
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath Will he give for his life.
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he Will curse thee to thy face.
Therefore I Will not refrain my mouth; I Will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I Will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet Will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
Who is he that Will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it Will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof Will not cease.
Thou shalt call, and I Will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
My righteousness I hold fast, and Will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
Howbeit he Will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither Will I answer him with your speeches.
He shall pray unto God, and he Will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he Will render unto man his righteousness.
For he Will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I Will not offend any more:
Should it be according to thy mind? he Will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
For thou saidst, What advantage Will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he Will not stay them when his voice is heard.
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he Will not afflict.
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him Will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
I Will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
I Will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
O ye sons of men, how long Will ye turn my glory into shame? how long Will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD Will hear when I call unto him.
There be many that say, Who Will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
I Will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning Will I direct my prayer unto thee, and Will look up.
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD Will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
But as for me, I Will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear Will I worship toward thy holy temple.
I Will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and Will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
{To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.} I Will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I Will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
And they that know thy name Will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I Will rejoice in thy salvation.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, Will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he Will never see it.
Who have said, With our tongue Will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now Will I arise, saith the LORD; I Will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood Will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
I Will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
As for me, I Will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,} I Will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I Will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
I Will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Therefore Will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
We Will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we Will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he Will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we Will remember the name of the LORD our God.
I Will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation Will I praise thee.
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I Will pay my vows before them that fear him.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I Will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I Will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this Will I be confident.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that Will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore Will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I Will sing, yea, I Will sing praises unto the LORD.
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, Will I seek.
Deliver me not over unto the Will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee Will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song Will I praise him.
The LORD Will give strength unto his people; the LORD Will bless his people with peace.
{A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.} I Will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I Will give thanks unto thee for ever.
I Will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I Will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
I Will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I Will guide thee with mine eye.
{A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.} I Will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
I Will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I Will praise thee among much people.
{To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} I said, I Will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I Will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD Will deliver him in time of trouble.
The LORD Will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the Will of his enemies.
The LORD Will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore Will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
Yet the LORD Will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
I Will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Then Will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp Will I praise thee, O God my God.
Through thee Will we push down our enemies: through thy name Will we tread them under that rise up against us.
I Will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
Therefore Will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Be still, and know that I am God: I Will be exalted among the heathen, I Will be exalted in the earth.
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God Will establish it for ever. Selah.
But God Will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men Will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
Hear, O my people, and I Will speak; O Israel, and I Will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
I Will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I Will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I Will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright Will I shew the salvation of God.
I Will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I Will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, Will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I Will trust in thee.
In God I Will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I Will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings Will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself Will awake early. I Will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I Will sing unto thee among the nations. For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
But I Will sing of thy power; yea, I Will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
God hath spoken in his holiness; I Will rejoice, I Will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Moab is my washpot; over Edom Will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
From the end of the earth Will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
I Will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I Will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
How long Will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
{A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early Will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
I Will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I Will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD Will dwell in it for ever.
The Lord said, I Will bring again from Bashan, I Will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
For God Will save Zion, and Will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
I Will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I Will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
I Will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee Will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
If I say, I Will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
All the horns of the wicked also Will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
And I said, This is my infirmity: but I Will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
We Will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: we Will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
Hear, O my people, and I Will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I Will fill it.
They know not, neither Will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD Will give grace and glory: no good thing Will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
I Will hear what God the LORD Will speak: for he Will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
I Will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I Will glorify thy name for evermore.
I Will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
{Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.} I Will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth Will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Nevertheless my lovingkindness Will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore Will I deliver him: I Will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I Will answer him: I Will be with him in trouble; I Will deliver him, and honour him.
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I Will triumph in the works of thy hands.
Who Will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who Will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye Will hear his voice,
I Will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I Will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
I Will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him Will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart Will not I suffer.
I Will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
I Will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I Will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Whoso is wise, and Will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
{A Song or Psalm of David.} O God, my heart is fixed; I Will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
I Will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I Will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
God hath spoken in his holiness; I Will rejoice, I Will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Who Will bring me into the strong city? who Will lead me into Edom? Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
I Will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I Will praise him among the multitude.
The LORD hath sworn, and Will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Praise ye the LORD. I Will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
The LORD hath been mindful of us: he Will bless us; he Will bless the house of Israel; he Will bless the house of Aaron.
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore Will I call upon him as long as I live.
I Will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and Will call upon the name of the LORD.
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I Will destroy them.
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I Will destroy them.
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I Will go into them, and I Will praise the LORD:
I Will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
My hands also Will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I Will meditate in thy statutes.
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I Will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I Will meditate in thy precepts.
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I Will have respect unto thy statutes continually. Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
{A Song of degrees.} I Will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
Surely I Will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; I Will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he Will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body Will I set upon thy throne.
If thy children Will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
I Will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
For the LORD Will judge his people, and he Will repent himself concerning his servants.
{A Psalm of David.} I Will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods Will I sing praise unto thee.
I Will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
The LORD Will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
I Will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.