Exodus Cross References - ACV

¹ Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt (every man and his household who came with Jacob): ² Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, ³ Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, ⁴ Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. ⁵ And all the souls who came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls. And Joseph was in Egypt already. ⁶ And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation. ⁷ And the sons of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty, and the land was filled with them. ⁸ Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph. ⁹ And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we. ¹⁰ Come, let us deal craftily with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when war happens, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land. ¹¹ Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses. ¹² But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. And they were grieved because of the sons of Israel. ¹³ And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel to serve with rigor. ¹⁴ And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, with which they made them serve with rigor. ¹⁵ And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah. ¹⁶ And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. ¹⁷ But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive. ¹⁸ And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the male children alive? ¹⁹ And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women, for they are lively, and are delivered before the midwife comes to them. ²⁰ And God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied, and grew very mighty. ²¹ And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households. ²² And Pharaoh ordered all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

³¹ And LORD saw that Leah was regarded inferior, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

¹⁸ And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.

²³ The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun. ²⁴ The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphtali. ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

⁸ And these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. ⁹ And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. ¹⁰ And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. ¹¹ And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ¹² And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah. But Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. ¹³ And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron. ¹⁴ And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. ¹⁵ These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three. ¹⁶ And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. ¹⁷ And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel. ¹⁸ These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls. ¹⁹ The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰ And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bore to him. ²¹ And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. ²² These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. ²³ And the sons of Dan: Hushim. ²⁴ And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. ²⁵ These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob. All the souls were seven. ²⁶ All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were sixty-six.

³ Reuben, thou are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power. ⁴ Boiling over as water, thou shall not have the pre-eminence, because thou went up to thy father's bed, then thou defiled it; he went up to my couch. ⁵ Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence are their swords. ⁶ O my soul, come not thou into their council, to their assembly, my glory, be not thou united, for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they hocked an ox. ⁷ 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. ⁸ Judah, thy brothers shall praise thee. Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies. Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee. ⁹ Judah is a lion's whelp. From the prey, my son, thou have gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him up? ¹⁰ The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs, and to him shall the obedience of the peoples be. ¹¹ Binding his foal to the vine, and his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes. ¹² His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. ¹³ Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea, and he shall be for a haven of ships. And his border shall be upon Sidon. ¹⁴ Issachar is a strong donkey, couching down between the sheepfolds. ¹⁵ And he saw a resting place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant. And he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task work. ¹⁶ Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. ¹⁷ Dan shall be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward. ¹⁸ I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. ¹⁹ Gad, a troop shall press upon him, but he shall press upon their heel. ²⁰ Out of the Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. ²¹ Naphtali is a hind let loose. He gives goodly words. ²² Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a fountain, his branches run over the wall. ²³ The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and persecute him, ²⁴ but his bow abode in strength. And the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel), ²⁵ even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that couches beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. ²⁶ The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my forefathers to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers. ²⁷ Benjamin is a wolf that ravens. In the morning he shall devour the prey, and at evening he shall divide the spoil.

¹⁴ These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi, these are the families of Reuben. ¹⁵ And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman, these are the families of Simeon. ¹⁶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty-seven years.

¹ These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, ² Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

²³ And these are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of LORD. ²⁴ The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war. ²⁵ Of the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. ²⁶ Of the sons of Levi four thousand and six hundred. ²⁷ And Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron. And with him were three thousand and seven hundred, ²⁸ and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty-two captains. ²⁹ And of the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand, for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul. ³⁰ And of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses. ³¹ And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king. ³² And of the sons of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred. And all their brothers were at their commandment. ³³ Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and who could order the battle array, and were not of double heart. ³⁴ And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear. ³⁵ And of the Danites who could set the battle in array, twenty-eight thousand and six hundred. ³⁶ And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, forty thousand. ³⁷ And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand. ³⁸ All these being men of war, who could order the battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. ³⁹ And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them. ⁴⁰ Moreover those who were near to them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, provisions of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance, for there was joy in Israel.

¹⁶ Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler; of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah; ¹⁷ of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; of Aaron, Zadok; ¹⁸ of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David; of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael; ¹⁹ of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah; of Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel; ²⁰ of the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah; of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah; ²¹ of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah; of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner; ²² of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.

⁴ And I heard the number of those sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel. ⁵ Twelve thousand were sealed from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad, ⁶ twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand from the tribe of Manasseh, ⁷ twelve thousand from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand from the tribe of Issachar, ⁸ twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin, were sealed.

²² And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. ²³ The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

²⁰ and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.

²⁶ All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were sixty-six. ²⁷ And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were seventy.

²⁰ And God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.

²² Thy fathers went down into Egypt, in souls, seventy. And now LORD thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

³⁰ And Gideon had seventy sons begotten from his body, for he had many wives.

²⁴ And Joseph said to his brothers, I die, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

²⁶ So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

¹⁴ And Joseph having sent forth, he summoned Jacob his father. And all his kinfolk, in souls, were seventy-five. ¹⁵ And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he perished, he and our fathers. ¹⁶ And they were carried into Shechem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Hamor of Shechem.

²⁰ And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

²⁸ And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and have power over it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.

¹ And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth.

² And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and be thou a blessing.

¹⁶ 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 may thy seed also be numbered.

⁵ And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be.

⁴ As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shall be the father of a multitude of nations. ⁵ Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham, for I have made thee the father of a multitude of nations. ⁶ And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful. And I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

¹⁶ And I will bless her. And moreover I will give thee a son by her. Yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be by her.

¹⁷ that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore, and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies,

⁴ And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give to thy seed all these lands, and in thy seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

³ And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou may be a company of peoples, ⁴ and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee, that thou may inherit the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraham.

¹⁴ And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

¹¹ And God said to him, I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

³ 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.

²⁷ And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they got possessions in it, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.

⁴ and said to me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

¹⁶ the agent who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

³⁷ And the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.

⁵ And thou shall answer and say before LORD thy God, My father was a Syrian ready to perish, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number. And he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

²³ Their sons thou also multiplied as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land concerning which thou said to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.

²⁴ And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.

¹⁷ But as the time of the promise approached that God swore to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, ¹⁸ until another king arose who had not known Joseph.

¹⁸ And I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who shall be after me. ¹⁹ And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

¹⁵ Now there was found in it a poor wise man. And he by his wisdom delivered the city, yet no man remembered that same poor man.

¹⁸ until another king arose who had not known Joseph.

⁴ And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. ⁵ And he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, a people came out from Egypt. Behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide opposite me.

² For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.

²⁴ And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries. ²⁵ He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.

²⁸ In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

⁴ Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?

⁴ Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

³ For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.

¹⁴ But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This wisdom is not descending from above, but is earthly, world-soul, demonic. ¹⁶ For where envy and selfish ambition are, there is instability and every evil deed.

⁵ Or think ye that the scripture says vainly, The Spirit that he caused to dwell in us yearns with jealousy?

⁶ Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse for me this people, for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land. For I know that he whom thou bless is blessed, and he whom thou curse is cursed.

¹³ He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

² In the pride of the wicked man the poor man is hotly pursued. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

³ They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult together against thy hidden ones. ⁴ They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

²⁵ He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.

¹¹ If they say, Come with us. Let us lay wait for blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.

²⁵ There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

³⁰ There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against LORD.

¹⁹ This man, who cunningly victimized our race, mistreated our fathers to make their infants be placed outside in order not to keep alive.

¹² And when it became day, some of the Jews, having made a conspiracy, put themselves under a curse, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they would kill Paul.

¹⁸ Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, He who catches the wise in their craftiness, ²⁰ and again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise that they are vain.

¹⁵ This wisdom is not descending from above, but is earthly, world-soul, demonic. ¹⁶ For where envy and selfish ambition are, there is instability and every evil deed. ¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is indeed first pure, then peaceful, gentle, easily entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and non-hypocritical. ¹⁸ And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who make peace.

¹³ And he said to Abram, Know of a certainty that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs. And shall serve them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years.

¹¹ And Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

¹¹ And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked on their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brothers.

⁷ And LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

⁴ And the king of Egypt said to them, Therefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? Get you to your burdens. ⁵ And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. ⁶ And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

¹⁵ Then the officers of the sons of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why do thou deal thus with thy servants?

⁶ Therefore say to the sons of Israel, I am 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 an outstretched arm, and with great judgments. ⁷ 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 LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

¹⁵ how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time. And the Egyptians dealt ill with us and our fathers.

⁶ And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage.

¹⁹ and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

⁴ And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.

¹³ Though ye lie between two boundaries, it is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her pinions with yellow gold.

⁶ I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

¹³ And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.

⁹ And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we.

¹⁹ The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Do ye see that ye accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.

² being greatly annoyed because of their teaching the people, and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. ³ And they threw hands on them, and put them in custody for the morrow, for it was now evening. ⁴ But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men became about five thousand.

²⁸ saying, Did we not command by an order for you not to teach in this name? And behold, ye have filled Jerusalem of your doctrine, and intend to bring upon us this man's blood. ²⁹ And Peter and the apostles having answered, they said, We must obey God rather than men. ³⁰ The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye murdered, having hung on a tree. ³¹ God exalted this man with his right hand, a Pathfinder and a Savior to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins. ³² And we are his witnesses of these things, and also the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him. ³³ And when they heard this, they were as being split with a saw, and wanted to annihilate them.

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, who are the called according to purpose.

⁶ For whom the Lord loves he chastens. And he whips every son whom he receives. ⁷ Because of chastening ye endure; God is treating you as with sons, for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? ⁸ And if ye are without chastening, of which all have become participants, then ye are bastards, and not sons. ⁹ Besides, we indeed have had chastisers-the fathers of our flesh-and we were turned around. Shall we not much more be subordinate to the Father of the spirits, and we will live? ¹⁰ For those men indeed for a few days chastened us according to that which seemed good to them, but he for that which is advantageous, in order to be partakers of his holiness. ¹¹ But of course no chastening for the present seems to be of joy but of sorrow, yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

²⁰ But LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

¹³ And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel to serve with rigor.

²³ And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

⁷ Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick as formerly. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. ⁸ And the number of the bricks, which they made formerly, ye shall lay upon them. Ye shall not diminish any of it. For they are idle, therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. ⁹ Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard lying words. ¹⁰ And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. ¹¹ Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it, for none of your work shall be diminished. ¹² So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. ¹³ And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. ¹⁴ And the officers of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Why have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and today, in making brick as formerly? ¹⁵ Then the officers of the sons of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why do thou deal thus with thy servants? ¹⁶ There is no straw given to thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick. And, behold, thy servants are beaten, but the fault it in thine own people. ¹⁷ But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle. Therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to LORD. ¹⁸ Go therefore now, and work, for there shall no straw be given you, yet ye shall deliver the number of bricks. ¹⁹ And the officers of the sons of Israel saw that they were in affliction, when it was said, Ye shall not diminish anything from your bricks, your daily tasks. ²⁰ And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh, ²¹ and they said to them, LORD look upon you, and judge, because ye have made our fragrance to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

⁹ And Moses spoke so to the sons of Israel, but they did not hearken to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

² I am LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

⁴³ Thou shall not rule over him with rigor, but shall fear thy God.

⁴⁶ And ye shall make them an inheritance for your sons after you, to hold for a possession. Ye shall take your permanent bondmen from them, but over your brothers the sons of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigor.

⁵³ He shall be with him as a servant hired year by year. He shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight.

²⁰ And she said to them, Call me not Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

⁶ who smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

²³ And I will put it into the hand of those who afflict thee, who have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over, and thou have laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to those who go over.

⁵ Now therefore, what do I do here, says LORD, seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them howl, says LORD, and because of you my name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles.

⁶ Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

³³ Thus says LORD of hosts: The sons of Israel and the sons of Judah are oppressed together, and all who took them captive hold them firm; they refuse to let them go. ³⁴ Their Redeemer is strong. LORD of hosts is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

³ who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

¹⁴ Draw thee water for the siege. Strengthen thy fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make strong the brick kiln.

³⁴ Having looked, I saw the oppression of my people in Egypt, and I heard their groaning, and I came down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

²² And Pharaoh ordered all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

³⁸ But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and possess his inheritance.

⁴ And his tail drags the third part of the stars of the sky, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was going to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

¹¹ And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

¹⁸ And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live, for I fear God:

²¹ And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.

¹⁵ But the former governors who were before me charged the people, and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.

¹⁹ O how great is thy goodness, which thou have laid up for those who fear thee, which thou have wrought for those who take refuge in thee before the sons of men!

¹³ The fear of LORD is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

⁶ By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of LORD men depart from evil.

¹¹ Deliver those who are carried away to death, and hold thou back those who are ready to be slain. ¹² If thou say, Behold, we did not know this, Does not he who weighs the hearts consider it? And he who keeps thy soul, does he not know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

¹² Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and prolongs his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, who fear before him.

¹³ This is the end of the matter, all has been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments, for this is the whole of man.

¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter. ¹⁷ If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king. ¹⁸ But if not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou have set up.

¹³ Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the sons of the captivity of Judah, does not regard thee, O king, nor the interdict that thou have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.

¹¹ Ephraim is oppressed. He is crushed in judgment, because he was content to walk after man's command.

¹⁶ For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels, that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing. And ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

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

⁵ But I will show you whom ye should fear. Fear him, who, after killing, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear ye him.

¹⁸ And having called them, they commanded them entirely, not to utter nor to teach in the name of Jesus. ¹⁹ But Peter and John having replied to them, they said, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than God, judge ye. ²⁰ For we are not able not to speak what we saw and heard.

²⁹ And Peter and the apostles having answered, they said, We must obey God rather than men.

²⁸ And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Notice ye now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not; have I not commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant.

⁴ For the king's word has power, and who may say to him, What are thou doing?

⁴ And the woman took the two men, and hid them. And she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know from where they were. ⁵ And it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went I know not. Pursue after them quickly, for ye will overtake them. ⁶ But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. ⁷ And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan to the fords, and as soon as those who pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. ⁸ And before they were laid down, she came up to them upon the roof. ⁹ And she said to the men, I know that LORD has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us. And that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. ¹⁰ For we have heard how LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when ye came out of Egypt, and what ye did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. ¹¹ And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man because of you, for LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath. ¹² Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token, ¹³ and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death. ¹⁴ And the men said to her, Our life for yours if ye do not utter this our business. And it shall be, when LORD gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. ¹⁵ Then she let them down by a cord through the window, for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. ¹⁶ And she said to them, Get you to the mountain lest the pursuers come upon you. And hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned, and afterward ye may go your way. ¹⁷ And the men said to her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou have made us to swear. ¹⁸ Behold, when we come into the land, thou shall bind this line of scarlet cord in the window which thou let us down by. And thou shall gather to thee into the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brothers, and all thy father's household. ¹⁹ And it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless. And whoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head if any hand be upon him. ²⁰ But if thou utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou have made us to swear. ²¹ And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet line in the window. ²² And they went, and came to the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned. And the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but did not find them. ²³ Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun. And they told him all that had befallen them. ²⁴ And they said to Joshua, Truly LORD has delivered into our hands all the land, and moreover all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us.

² And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business about which I send thee, and what I have commanded thee, and I have assigned the young men to such and such a place.

¹⁹ And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground grain on it. And nothing was known. ²⁰ And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

⁷ And the sons of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty, and the land was filled with them.

¹² But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. And they were grieved because of the sons of Israel.

¹ Blessed is he who considers a poor man. LORD will deliver him in the day of evil. ² LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth. And thou do not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

⁵ For thou, O God, have heard my vows. Thou have given me the heritage of those who fear thy name.

⁹ Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

¹¹ For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

⁵ He has given food to those who fear him. He will ever be mindful of his covenant.

¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry and will save them.

¹⁸ A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness has a sure reward.

¹⁷ He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.

¹⁰ Say ye of the righteous, that it is well, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

⁴² And whoever may give to drink one of these little ones merely a cold cup in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you he will, no, not lose his reward.

⁴⁰ And having answered, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brothers, the least, ye did it to me.

⁵⁰ And his mercy is for generations of generations to those who fear him.

¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving.

³⁵ And I will raise up for me a faithful priest who shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build for him a sure house, and he shall walk before my anointed forever.

²⁸ Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid. For LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of LORD, and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.

¹¹ and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover LORD tells thee that LORD will make thee a house. ¹² When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shall sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹³ He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

²⁷ For thou, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house. Therefore thy servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to thee. ²⁸ And now, O lord LORD, thou are God, and thy words are truth, and thou have promised this good thing to thy servant. ²⁹ Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee, for thou, O lord LORD, have spoken it. And with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed forever.

²⁴ Now therefore as LORD lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

³⁸ And it shall be, if thou will hearken to all that I command thee, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did. That I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house as I built for David, and will give Israel to thee.

³ Trust in LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and feed on his faithfulness.

¹ Unless LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless LORD guards the city, the watchman wake but in vain.

³ Lo, sons are a heritage of LORD, and the fruit of the womb is a reward.

³ Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established,

² Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the house of LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.

¹ And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. And, behold, he stood by the river.

¹⁶ And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

¹⁹ And LORD said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone. ²⁰ And Moses and Aaron did so, as LORD commanded. And he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants, and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. ²¹ And the fish that were in the river died, and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river. And the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.

¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

¹⁶ For they do not sleep unless they do evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they cause to fall.

⁴ And the third agent poured out his bowl into the rivers and into the springs of the waters, and they became blood. ⁵ And I heard the agent of the waters saying, Thou are righteous who is and was-the Divine-because thou judged these things. ⁶ Because they poured out the blood of the sanctified and prophets, and thou have given them blood to drink; they are deserving.