Deuteronomy 12 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ These, are the statutes and the regulations which ye must observe to do, in the land which Yahweh the God of thy fathers hath given unto thee, to possess it,––all the days that ye are living upon the soil: ² Ye must, utterly destroy, all the places, where the nations whom ye are dispossessing have served their gods,––Upon the high mountains, And upon the hills, And under every green tree; ³ And ye must tear down their altars, And break in pieces their pillars, And, their sacred stems, must ye consume with fire, And, the carved images of their gods, must ye fell to the ground,––And destroy their name out of that place. ⁴ Ye must not do thus unto Yahweh your God;
⁵ but, unto the place, which Yahweh your God shall choose, out of all your tribes, to put his name there,––as his habitation, shall ye ask your way, and come in thither; ⁶ and bring in thither your ascending–offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave–offering of your hand,––and your vow–offerings, and your freewill–offerings, and the firstlings of your herd, and of your flock; ⁷ and shall eat there, before Yahweh your God, and rejoice in all whereunto ye are putting your hand, ye, and your households,––wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee. ⁸ Ye must not do according to all that we are doing here, today,––every man, whatsoever is right in his own eyes. ⁹ Because ye have not entered, as yet,––into the resting–place and into the inheritance, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee. ¹⁰ But, when ye shall pass over the Jordan, and settle down in the land which, Yahweh your God, is causing you to inherit,––and he shall give you rest from all your enemies round about, and ye shall dwell securely, ¹¹ then shall it be, that, unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there, thither, shall ye bring in all that I am commanding you,––your ascending–offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave–offering of your hand, and all your chosen vow–offerings which ye shall vow unto Yahweh. ¹² So shall ye rejoice before Yahweh your God, Ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your servants, and your handmaids,––and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath neither portion nor inheritance with you. ¹³ Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause thine ascending–sacrifice to go up in just any place which thou shalt see; ¹⁴ but, in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of thy tribes, there, shalt thou cause thine ascending–sacrifice to go up, and, there, shalt thou do all that I am commanding thee. ¹⁵ Howbeit, of anything thy soul desireth, mayest thou sacrifice and so eat flesh––according to the blessing of Yahweh thy God which he hath bestowed upon thee, in all thy gates, the unclean and the clean, may eat thereof,––as the gazelle and as the hart. ¹⁶ Howbeit, the blood, shall ye not eat,––upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water. ¹⁷ Thou mayest not eat within thy gates, the tithe of thy corn, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd, or of thy flock,––nor any of thy vow–offerings which thou shalt vow, nor thy freewill–offerings, nor the heave–offering of thy hand; ¹⁸ but, before Yahweh thy God, shalt thou eat it, in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates,––so shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God, in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand. ¹⁹ Take heed to thyself, lest thou forsake the Levite,––all thy days, upon thy soil. ²⁰ When Yahweh thy God shall enlarge thy boundary––as he hath spoken unto thee––and thou shalt say, I would eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh, of whatsoever thy soul desireth, mayest thou eat flesh. ²¹ When the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose to put his name there, shall be, too far for thee, then shalt thou sacrifice of thy herd or of thy flock, which Yahweh hath given unto thee, as I have commanded thee,––and shalt eat, within thine own gates, of whatsoever thy soul desireth. ²² Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so, shalt thou eat it,––the unclean and the clean, alike shall eat it. ²³ Howbeit firmly refrain from eating the blood; for, the blood, is the life,––therefore must thou not eat the life with the flesh. ²⁴ Thou shalt not eat it,––upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water. ²⁵ Thou shalt not eat it,––that is may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh. ²⁶ Howbeit, thy holy things which thou shalt have, and thy vow–offerings, shalt thou take and come in, unto the place which Yahweh shall choose; ²⁷ and shalt offer thine ascending–sacrifices, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Yahweh thy God,––and, the blood of thine [other] sacrifices, shall be poured out upon the altar of Yahweh thy God, and then, the flesh, shalt thou eat. ²⁸ Observe and hear all these things which I am commanding thee,––that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee,––unto times age–abiding, so long as thou shalt do that which is pleasing and right in the eyes of Yahweh thy God. ²⁹ When Yahweh thy God shall cut off from before thee, the nations whom thou art going in to dispossess,––and thou do dispossess them, and dwell in their land, ³⁰ take heed to thyself, lest thou be thrust after them, after they have been destroyed from before thee,––and lest thou enquire after their gods, saying––In what manner, did these nations serve their gods, that, I too, may do likewise? ³¹ Thou shalt not do likewise unto Yahweh thy God,––for, everything that is an abomination unto Yahweh, which he doth hate, have they done unto their gods, for, even their sons and their daughters, do they consume with fire unto their gods. ³² Whatsoever be the thing which I am commanding you, the same, shall ye observe to do,––thou shalt neither add thereunto, nor take away therefrom.

⁴ Yet, flesh with the life thereof, the blood thereof, shall ye not eat;

¹⁸ In that day, did Yahweh solemnise with Abram a covenant, saying,––To thy seed, have I given this land, from the river of Egypt, as far as the great river––the river Euphrates: ¹⁹ the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite; ²⁰ and the Hittite and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim; ²¹ and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.

¹⁴ And thy seed shall become, as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt break forth westward and eastward, and northward and southward,––And all the families of the ground shall be blessed in thee, and in thy seed.

²⁰ And Jacob vowed a vow, saying,––If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way whereon, I, am going, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on;

³⁰ But, now, though thou, didst even take thy journey, because thou, didst sorely long, for the house of thy father, wherefore didst thou steal away my gods?

² My might and melody, is Yah, And he became mine, by salvation,––This, is my GOD, and I will glorify him, The God of my father, and I will set him on high.

²⁶ And he said: If thou, wilt indeed hearken, to the voice of Yahweh thy God, And, the thing that is right in his eyes, thou wilt do, And so give ear to his commandments, And keep all his statutes, None of the sicknesses which I laid on the Egyptians, will I lay upon thee, For, I, am Yahweh, thy physician.

²⁴ An altar of earth, shalt thou make to me, then shalt thou offer thereupon thine ascending–sacrifices, and thy peace–offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen. In every place where I may mention my name, will I come in unto thee, and will bless thee.

² Thou shalt not follow multitudes to commit wickedness,––neither shalt thou answer in a quarrel, so as to turn away after multitudes to mislead.

¹³ And, in all that I have said unto thee, shalt thou take heed to thyself,––and, the name of other gods, shalt thou not mention, it shall not be heard upon thy mouth.

²³ for my messenger shall go before thee, and bring thee in––unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,––so will I destroy them. ²⁴ Thou shalt not bow thyself down to their gods, neither shalt thou be led to serve them, neither shalt thou do according to their works,––but thou shalt, verily overthrow, them, and, completely break in pieces, their pillars.

³¹ So will I set thy bounds from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert, unto the River[=Euphrates], ––for I will deliver into your hand the inhabitants of the land, so shalt thou drive them out from before thee.

³¹ So will I set thy bounds from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert, unto the River[=Euphrates], ––for I will deliver into your hand the inhabitants of the land, so shalt thou drive them out from before thee. ³² Thou shalt not make, with them or with their gods, a covenant: ³³ they shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause, thee, to sin against, me,––for thou mightest serve their gods, verily! it would become to thee, a snare!

²² And I will meet with thee there, and will speak with thee from off the propitiatory, from between the two cherubim, which are upon the ark of the testimony,––whatsoever I may give thee in charge, for the sons of Israel.

¹¹ Take thou heed what, I, am commanding thee this day,––behold me! driving out from before thee––the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. ¹² Take heed to thyself, Lest thou solemnise a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, whereupon, thou, art about to enter,––Lest he become a snare in thy midst; ¹³ For, their altars, shall ye smash, And, their pillars, shall ye shiver,––And, their sacred–stems, shall ye fell. ¹⁴ For thou shalt not bow thyself down to another GOD,––For, as for Yahweh, Jealous, is his name, A jealous GOD, he is: ¹⁵ Lest thou solemnise a covenant, with the inhabitant of the land,––And then, as surely as they go unchastely after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, So surely will he invite thee, And thou wilt eat of his sacrifice; ¹⁶ And thou wilt take of his daughters, for thy sons,––And his daughters will go unchastely after their gods, And will cause, thy sons, to go unchastely after their gods. ¹⁷ Molten gods, shalt thou not make to thee.

²⁴ For I will root out nations from before thee, and will enlarge thy borders,––and no man shall covet thy land, when thou goes up to see the face of Yahweh thy God, three times in the year.

⁵ and he shall slay the young bullock before Yahweh,––and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall bring near the blood, and shall dash the blood against the altar, round about, [even the altar] that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

⁹ But, its inwards and its legs, shall they bathe with water,––then shall the priest make, of the whole, a perfume at the altar, an ascending–sacrifice, an altar–flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh.

¹³ But, the inwards and the legs, shall he bathe in water,––then shall the priest bring near the whole, and make a perfume at the altar, an ascending–sacrifice, it is, an altar–flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh.

¹⁶ Then shall the priest make a perfume at the altar,––the food of an altar–flame, for a satisfying odour,––all the fat––unto Yahweh. ¹⁷ An age–abiding statute to your generations, in all your dwellings,––none of the fat nor of the blood, shall ye eat.

³⁰ Then shall the priest take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put upon the horns of the altar of ascending–sacrifice,––and, all the [remaining] blood thereof, shall he pour out, at the base of the altar;

²⁶ And, no manner of blood, shall ye eat, in any of your dwellings,––whether of bird, or of beast: ²⁷ as touching any person who eateth any manner of blood, then shall that person be cut off from among his kinsfolk.

² Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,––This, is the thing which Yahweh hath commanded, saying: ³ What man soever, there be of the house of Israel, who slayeth an ox or lamb or goat, in the camp,––or who slayeth it outside the camp;

³ What man soever, there be of the house of Israel, who slayeth an ox or lamb or goat, in the camp,––or who slayeth it outside the camp; ⁴ and, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, bringeth it not in, to present [it as] an oblation unto Yahweh, before the habitation of Yahweh, blood, shall be imputed to that man––blood, hath he shed, therefore shall that man be cut off from the midst of his people:

⁴ and, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, bringeth it not in, to present [it as] an oblation unto Yahweh, before the habitation of Yahweh, blood, shall be imputed to that man––blood, hath he shed, therefore shall that man be cut off from the midst of his people: ⁵ to the end that the sons of Israel may bring in their sacrifices which they are offering upon the face of the field, that they may bring them in unto Yahweh––unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, unto the priest,––and that so, as peace–offerings unto Yahweh, they may offer them.

⁵ to the end that the sons of Israel may bring in their sacrifices which they are offering upon the face of the field, that they may bring them in unto Yahweh––unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, unto the priest,––and that so, as peace–offerings unto Yahweh, they may offer them. ⁶ Then shall the priest dash the blood against the altar of Yahweh, at the entrance of the tent of meeting,––and shall make a perfume of the fat, as a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh; ⁷ so shall they no more offer their sacrifices unto demons, after whom they are unchastely going away,––a statute age–abiding, shall this be to them, unto their generations. ⁸ Wherefore, unto them, shalt thou say: What man soever, there may be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst,––who causeth to go up an ascending–offering, or a sacrifice; ⁹ and, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, doth not bring it in, to offer it unto Yahweh, then shall that man be cut off from among his kinsfolk.
¹⁰ And, what man soever, there may be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst, that partaketh of any manner of blood, then will I set my face against the person that partaketh of the blood, and will cut him off from the midst of his people. ¹¹ For, as for the life of the flesh, in the blood, it is, therefore have, I, given it unto you upon the altar, to put a propitiatory–covering over your lives,––for, the blood, it is, which, by virtue of the life, maketh propitiation.

¹¹ For, as for the life of the flesh, in the blood, it is, therefore have, I, given it unto you upon the altar, to put a propitiatory–covering over your lives,––for, the blood, it is, which, by virtue of the life, maketh propitiation. ¹² For this cause, have I said unto the sons of Israel, Not a person from among you, shall partake of blood,––Even, the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst, shall not partake of blood. ¹³ And, what man soever, there may be, of the sons of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst, who taketh by hunting any wild–beast or bird that may be eaten, then shall he pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust;

¹³ And, what man soever, there may be, of the sons of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst, who taketh by hunting any wild–beast or bird that may be eaten, then shall he pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust; ¹⁴ for, as for the life of all flesh, the blood thereof, for the life thereof, standeth, therefore have I said unto the sons of Israel––Of the blood of no manner of flesh, shall ye partake, For, the life of all flesh, is, the blood thereof; whoso partaketh thereof, shall be cut off.

³ After the doings of the land of Egypt wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do,––And, after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither, I, am bringing you in, shall ye not do, And, in their statutes, shall ye not walk:

²¹ And, none of thy seed, shalt thou deliver up, to cause to pass through to Molech,––that thou profane not the name of thy God, I, am Yahweh.

²⁶ Ye, therefore, shall observe my statutes and my regulations, and have nothing to do with any of these abominations,––whether the home–born, or the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst; ²⁷ For, all these abominations, have the men of the land done, who were before you; And so the land, hath become unclean: ²⁸ So shall the land not vomit you, through your making it unclean,––as it vomited the nation which was before you. ²⁹ For, whosoever shall have anything to do with any of these abominations, the persons who have, shall be cut off, out of the midst of their people. ³⁰ Therefore shall ye keep my charge, So that ye may have nothing to do with any of the abominable statutes with which they have had to do before you, So shall ye not make yourselves unclean thereby,––I––Yahweh, am your God.

³⁷ Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes and all my regulations, and do them,––I, am Yahweh.

² Unto the sons of Israel, therefore, shalt thou say, What man soever, there may be of the sons of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech, he shall, surely be put to death,––the people of the land, shall stone him with stones;

²³ So shall ye not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am casting out from before you,––For, all these things, had they done, Therefore I abhorred them;

¹⁸ Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them––What man, soever, of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, may bring near his oblation, as regardeth any of their vows, or any of their freewill offerings which they may bring near unto Yahweh, as an ascending–sacrifice, ¹⁹ that ye may be accepted, [it must be] a male without defect, of the beeves, or of the sheep, or of the goats: ²⁰ whatsoever hath in it a blemish, shall ye not bring near,––for it shall not be accepted for you. ²¹ And, whosoever would bring near a peace–offering unto Yahweh, to consecrate a vow, or as a freewill–offering, with a bullock or a sheep, without defect, shall it be, to be accepted, no, blemish, shall be therein. ²² Blind, or broken, or rent, or having a running sore, or scurvy, or scab, ye shall not bring these near unto Yahweh,––and no, altar–flame, shall ye present therefrom upon the altar, unto Yahweh. ²³ Whether an ox or a lamb, long or short limb, as a free–will offering, thou mayest offer it, but, for a vow, it shall not be accepted. ²⁴ But, that which is bruised in the stones, or broken therein, or torn or cut, shall ye neither bring ear unto Yahweh, nor, on your own land, shall ye offer. ²⁵ Even at the hand of the son of a stranger, shall ye not bring near the food of your God, of any of these,––for, their damage, is in them, a blemish, is in them, they shall not be accepted for you. ²⁶ And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:–– ²⁷ When, a beeve or a sheep or a goat, is brought forth, then shall it be seven days under its dam,––and, from the eighth day and onwards, it shall be accepted as an oblation of an altar–flame, unto Yahweh, ²⁸ Whether cow or ewe––it and its young, shall ye not slaughter on one day. ²⁹ And, when ye would offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto Yahweh, for your acceptance, shall ye offer it. ³⁰ On the same day, shall it be eaten, ye shall not leave thereof until morning,––I, am Yahweh. ³¹ So then ye shall observe my commandments, and do them,––I, am Yahweh. ³² So shall ye not profane my holy name, So shall I be hallowed in the midst of the sons of Israel,––I, am Yahweh, who am hallowing you; ³³ Who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might become your, God,––I, am Yahweh.

⁴⁰ So then ye shall take you, on the first day, boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm–trees, and boughs of thick trees, and poplars of the ravine,––and shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, seven days.

¹⁸ Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and, my regulations, shall ye observe, and do them,––so shall ye dwell upon the land with confidence; ¹⁹ and the land shall yield her fruit; and ye shall eat to the full,––and shall dwell with confidence thereupon.

³⁰ And, as for all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, [or] of the fruit of the trees, unto Yahweh, it belongeth,––as something holy unto Yahweh. ³¹ But, if any man should be pleased, to redeem, aught of his tithes, the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto. ³² And, as for all the tithe of herd and flock, all that passeth under the rod, the tenth, shall be holy unto Yahweh.

³² And, as for all the tithe of herd and flock, all that passeth under the rod, the tenth, shall be holy unto Yahweh. ³³ He shall not examine whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it,––or, if he, do, in anywise change, it, then shall both, it and what is given in exchange for it, be holy, it shall not be redeemed.

⁹ And, every heave–offering, of all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel, which they bring near to the priest, unto him, shall it belong. ¹⁰ And, every man’s hallowed things, shall be, his own,––what any man giveth to the priest, shall be his.

⁸⁹ And, when Moses entered into the tent of meeting, that He might speak with him, then heard he the Voice speaking unto him, from off the propitiatory that was upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim,––so He spake unto him.

⁴ Moreover, the mixed multitude that was in their midst, concealed not their lusting,––and so even the sons of Israel, fell away and wept, and said: Who will grant us to eat, flesh?

²⁰ for a month of days, until it cometh forth out of your nostrils, so shall it become to you a loathsome thing,––because ye have refused Yahweh who is in your midst, and have wept before him, saying, Wherefore, now, came we forth out of Egypt?

³⁴ And the name of that place was called, Kibroth–hattaavah,––because, there, they buried the people who had lusted.

³⁹ so shall they serve you as fringes, and when ye see then, then shall ye call to mind all the commandments of Yahweh, and shall do them,––and shall not spy out, after your own hearts, and after your own eyes, for things, after which, ye, are ready to go unchastely away:

¹⁵ every thing that is born first––of all flesh that may be offered unto Yahweh, among men and among beasts, shall be thine,––only thou shalt, redeem, the firstborn of men, and, the firstborn of unclean beasts, shalt thou redeem. ¹⁶ And, as to the redemption price thereof, from a month old, shalt thou redeem, by thine estimate, five shekels of silver, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––twenty gerahs, it is. ¹⁷ Only, a firstling ox or a firstling sheep or a firstling goat, shalt thou not redeem, hallowed, they are,––their blood, shalt thou dash against the altar, and, of their fat, shalt thou make a perfume, an altar–flame, for a satisfying odour unto Yahweh:

¹⁹ all the heave–offerings of the holy things, which the sons of Israel shall heave up unto Yahweh, have I given unto thee, and unto thy sons and unto thy daughters with thee, by a statute age–abiding,––an age–abiding covenant of salt, it is, before Yahweh, for thee, and for thy seed with thee.
²⁰ Then said Yahweh unto Aaron: In their land, thou shalt have no inheritance, and no, allotted portion, shalt thou have, in their midst,––I, am thine allotted portion and thine inheritance, in the midst of the sons of Israel. ²¹ And, unto the sons of Levi, lo! I have given all the tenth in Israel, for an inheritance,––the allotted portion for their laborious work which, they, are performing, the laborious work of the tent of meeting: ²² that the sons of Israel, come near no more, unto the tent of meeting,––to bear sin, to die. ²³ So shall the Levites themselves, perform the laborious work of the tent of meeting, and, they, shall bear their iniquity, a statute age–abiding, unto your generations, and, in the midst of the sons of Israel, shall they take no inheritance. ²⁴ Because, the tenth of the sons of Israel, which they shall offer up unto Yahweh as a heave–offering, have I given unto the Levites, as an inheritance,––for this cause, said I regarding them, In the midst of the sons of Israel, shall they take no inheritance.

²⁶ Unto the Levites, therefore, shalt thou speak, and shalt say unto them, When ye shall take of the sons of Israel the tenth which I have given unto you from them, as your inheritance, then shall ye offer up therefrom the heave–offering of Yahweh, a tenth of the tenth.

⁴¹ And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up the high places of Baal,––and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.

⁵¹ Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,––When ye do pass over the Jordan, into the land of Canaan, ⁵² then shall ye dispossess all the inhabitants of the land, from before you, and shall destroy all their figured stones,––all their molten images, also shall ye destroy, and, all their high places, shall ye lay waste.

⁵² then shall ye dispossess all the inhabitants of the land, from before you, and shall destroy all their figured stones,––all their molten images, also shall ye destroy, and, all their high places, shall ye lay waste.

²⁷ Ascend the top of the Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes––westward, and northward, and southward and eastward––and see with thine own eyes,––for thou shalt not pass over this Jordan.

¹ Now, therefore, O Israel, hearken thou unto the statutes, and unto the regulations, which, I, am teaching you, to do [them], ––to the end ye may live, and enter, and possess the land, which, Yahweh, the God of your fathers, is giving unto you. ² Ye shall not add unto the word which, I, am commanding you, neither shall ye take away therefrom,––that ye may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, which, I, am commanding you.

² Ye shall not add unto the word which, I, am commanding you, neither shall ye take away therefrom,––that ye may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, which, I, am commanding you.

⁵ See! I have taught you statutes, and regulations, as Yahweh my God commanded me,––that ye should do so, in the midst of the land whereinto ye are entering to possess it.

⁹ Only take thou heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, so that thou forget not the things which thine own eyes have seen, and so that they go not out of thy heart, all the days of thy life,––but thou shalt make them known unto thy sons, and unto thy sons’ sons:–– ¹⁰ What day thou didst stand before Yahweh thy God, in Horeb, when Yahweh said unto me, Gather unto me the people, that I may let them hear my words,––which they must learn, that they may revere me, all the days which they, are living upon the soil, their children also, must they teach.

¹⁹ or lest thou shouldest lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars––all the host of the heavens, and shouldest be seduced, and shouldest bow thyself down to them, and he led to serve them,––the which Yahweh thy God hath assigned unto all the peoples under all the heavens;

²² for, I, am about to die in this land, I, am not, to pass over the Jordan,––but, ye, are to pass over, and possess this good land.

⁴⁰ So shalt thou keep his statutes and his commandments, which, I, am commanding thee, today, that it may go well with thee, and with thy sons, after thee,––and to the end thou mayest prolong [thy] days upon the soil, which, Yahweh thy God, is giving thee, all the days.

⁴⁵ These, are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the regulations,––which Moses spake unto the sons of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt:

¹⁶ Honour thy father, and thy mother, as Yahweh thy God hath commanded, thee,––that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, upon the soil which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee:

¹ This, then, is the commandment,––[namely] the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh your God hath commanded, to teach you,––that ye may do them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it: ² that thou mayest revere Yahweh thy God, [so as] to keep all his statutes and his commandments which I am commanding thee, thou, and thy son and thy sons’ son, all the days of thy life,––and that thy days may be prolonged.

¹⁸ so shalt thou do what is right and what is pleasing in the eyes of Yahweh,––that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest enter in and possess the good land, which Yahweh sware unto thy fathers;

⁵ Verily, thus, shall ye do unto them: Their altars, shall ye tear down, And, their pillars, shall ye break in pieces,––And, their sacred stems, shall ye hew down, And, their carved images, shall ye burn up in the fire.

¹⁶ and thou shalt devour all the peoples whom, Yahweh thy God, is delivering up unto thee, thine eye shall not look with pity upon them, neither shalt thou serve their gods, for, a snare, would it be unto thee.

²⁵ The carved images of their gods, shalt thou consume with fire,––thou shalt not covet the silver and gold upon them, to take unto thee, lest thou be ensnared thereby; for, the abomination of Yahweh thy God, it is; ²⁶ and thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and so become devoted to destruction, like it,––thou shalt, abhor, it, and thou shalt, loathe, it, because, a thing devoted to destruction, it is.

¹ Hear, O Israel! thou art passing, today, over the Jordan, to go in to dispossess nations, greater and stronger than thou,––cities great and fortified into the heavens;

³ So then, thou must consider today, that, Yahweh thy God, he, it is that is passing over before thee, as a consuming fire, he, will destroy them, and, he, will cause them to bow down before thee,––so shalt thou dispossess them, and destroy them speedily, as Yahweh hath spoken unto thee.

⁵ Not for thine own righteousness, nor for the uprightness of thine own heart, art thou going in to possess their land,––but, for the lawlessness of these nations, is, Yahweh thy God, driving them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh sware unto thy fathers, unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob.

⁹ For this cause, hath Levi neither portion nor inheritance, with his brethren,––Yahweh, is his inheritance, as Yahweh thy God spake unto him.

²⁴ every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread, yours, shall it be,––from the desert and the Lebanon, from the river––the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea, shall be your boundary.

³¹ For ye are passing over the Jordan, to enter to possess the land which, Yahweh your God, is giving unto you,––so shall ye possess it, and dwell therein.

⁴ Ye must not do thus unto Yahweh your God;
⁵ but, unto the place, which Yahweh your God shall choose, out of all your tribes, to put his name there,––as his habitation, shall ye ask your way, and come in thither; ⁶ and bring in thither your ascending–offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave–offering of your hand,––and your vow–offerings, and your freewill–offerings, and the firstlings of your herd, and of your flock; ⁷ and shall eat there, before Yahweh your God, and rejoice in all whereunto ye are putting your hand, ye, and your households,––wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee.

¹¹ then shall it be, that, unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there, thither, shall ye bring in all that I am commanding you,––your ascending–offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave–offering of your hand, and all your chosen vow–offerings which ye shall vow unto Yahweh.

¹¹ then shall it be, that, unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there, thither, shall ye bring in all that I am commanding you,––your ascending–offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave–offering of your hand, and all your chosen vow–offerings which ye shall vow unto Yahweh. ¹² So shall ye rejoice before Yahweh your God, Ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your servants, and your handmaids,––and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath neither portion nor inheritance with you.

¹² So shall ye rejoice before Yahweh your God, Ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your servants, and your handmaids,––and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath neither portion nor inheritance with you. ¹³ Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause thine ascending–sacrifice to go up in just any place which thou shalt see; ¹⁴ but, in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of thy tribes, there, shalt thou cause thine ascending–sacrifice to go up, and, there, shalt thou do all that I am commanding thee. ¹⁵ Howbeit, of anything thy soul desireth, mayest thou sacrifice and so eat flesh––according to the blessing of Yahweh thy God which he hath bestowed upon thee, in all thy gates, the unclean and the clean, may eat thereof,––as the gazelle and as the hart.

¹⁵ Howbeit, of anything thy soul desireth, mayest thou sacrifice and so eat flesh––according to the blessing of Yahweh thy God which he hath bestowed upon thee, in all thy gates, the unclean and the clean, may eat thereof,––as the gazelle and as the hart. ¹⁶ Howbeit, the blood, shall ye not eat,––upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water.

¹⁶ Howbeit, the blood, shall ye not eat,––upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water. ¹⁷ Thou mayest not eat within thy gates, the tithe of thy corn, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd, or of thy flock,––nor any of thy vow–offerings which thou shalt vow, nor thy freewill–offerings, nor the heave–offering of thy hand;

¹⁷ Thou mayest not eat within thy gates, the tithe of thy corn, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd, or of thy flock,––nor any of thy vow–offerings which thou shalt vow, nor thy freewill–offerings, nor the heave–offering of thy hand; ¹⁸ but, before Yahweh thy God, shalt thou eat it, in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates,––so shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God, in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand.

¹⁸ but, before Yahweh thy God, shalt thou eat it, in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates,––so shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God, in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand. ¹⁹ Take heed to thyself, lest thou forsake the Levite,––all thy days, upon thy soil. ²⁰ When Yahweh thy God shall enlarge thy boundary––as he hath spoken unto thee––and thou shalt say, I would eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh, of whatsoever thy soul desireth, mayest thou eat flesh. ²¹ When the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose to put his name there, shall be, too far for thee, then shalt thou sacrifice of thy herd or of thy flock, which Yahweh hath given unto thee, as I have commanded thee,––and shalt eat, within thine own gates, of whatsoever thy soul desireth.

²¹ When the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose to put his name there, shall be, too far for thee, then shalt thou sacrifice of thy herd or of thy flock, which Yahweh hath given unto thee, as I have commanded thee,––and shalt eat, within thine own gates, of whatsoever thy soul desireth. ²² Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so, shalt thou eat it,––the unclean and the clean, alike shall eat it. ²³ Howbeit firmly refrain from eating the blood; for, the blood, is the life,––therefore must thou not eat the life with the flesh.

²³ Howbeit firmly refrain from eating the blood; for, the blood, is the life,––therefore must thou not eat the life with the flesh. ²⁴ Thou shalt not eat it,––upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water. ²⁵ Thou shalt not eat it,––that is may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh. ²⁶ Howbeit, thy holy things which thou shalt have, and thy vow–offerings, shalt thou take and come in, unto the place which Yahweh shall choose;

²⁸ Observe and hear all these things which I am commanding thee,––that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee,––unto times age–abiding, so long as thou shalt do that which is pleasing and right in the eyes of Yahweh thy God.

³⁰ take heed to thyself, lest thou be thrust after them, after they have been destroyed from before thee,––and lest thou enquire after their gods, saying––In what manner, did these nations serve their gods, that, I too, may do likewise? ³¹ Thou shalt not do likewise unto Yahweh thy God,––for, everything that is an abomination unto Yahweh, which he doth hate, have they done unto their gods, for, even their sons and their daughters, do they consume with fire unto their gods.

¹⁸ so long as thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, to keep all his commandments, which I am commanding thee today,––to do what is right in the eyes of Yahweh thy God.

⁵ the hart and the gazelle, and the roebuck,––and the wild goat and the mountain goat, and the wild ox, and the mountain sheep.

²² Thou shalt, surely tithe, all the increase of thy seed,––which the field bringeth forth year by year.

²² Thou shalt, surely tithe, all the increase of thy seed,––which the field bringeth forth year by year. ²³ And thou shalt eat, before Yahweh thy God––in the place which he shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there,––the tithe of thy corn, thy new wine and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd, and of thy flock,––that thou mayest learn to revere Yahweh thy God, all the days.

²³ And thou shalt eat, before Yahweh thy God––in the place which he shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there,––the tithe of thy corn, thy new wine and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd, and of thy flock,––that thou mayest learn to revere Yahweh thy God, all the days.

²³ And thou shalt eat, before Yahweh thy God––in the place which he shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there,––the tithe of thy corn, thy new wine and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd, and of thy flock,––that thou mayest learn to revere Yahweh thy God, all the days.

²³ And thou shalt eat, before Yahweh thy God––in the place which he shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there,––the tithe of thy corn, thy new wine and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd, and of thy flock,––that thou mayest learn to revere Yahweh thy God, all the days. ²⁴ But, when the way becometh too long for thee, because thou canst not carry it, because the place is too far for thee, which Yahweh thy God shall choose to put his name there,––because Yahweh thy God blesseth thee,

²⁴ But, when the way becometh too long for thee, because thou canst not carry it, because the place is too far for thee, which Yahweh thy God shall choose to put his name there,––because Yahweh thy God blesseth thee,

²⁴ But, when the way becometh too long for thee, because thou canst not carry it, because the place is too far for thee, which Yahweh thy God shall choose to put his name there,––because Yahweh thy God blesseth thee, ²⁵ then shalt thou turn it into silver,––and shalt bind up the silver in thy hand, and shalt journey unto the place, which Yahweh thy God shall choose;

²⁵ then shalt thou turn it into silver,––and shalt bind up the silver in thy hand, and shalt journey unto the place, which Yahweh thy God shall choose; ²⁶ and shalt turn the silver into whatsoever thy soul desireth––of the herd or of the flock, or of wine, or of strong drink, or of whatsoever thy soul shall ask thee for,––and shalt eat it there, before Yahweh thy God, and shalt rejoice, thou and thy household,

²⁶ and shalt turn the silver into whatsoever thy soul desireth––of the herd or of the flock, or of wine, or of strong drink, or of whatsoever thy soul shall ask thee for,––and shalt eat it there, before Yahweh thy God, and shalt rejoice, thou and thy household,

²⁶ and shalt turn the silver into whatsoever thy soul desireth––of the herd or of the flock, or of wine, or of strong drink, or of whatsoever thy soul shall ask thee for,––and shalt eat it there, before Yahweh thy God, and shalt rejoice, thou and thy household,

²⁶ and shalt turn the silver into whatsoever thy soul desireth––of the herd or of the flock, or of wine, or of strong drink, or of whatsoever thy soul shall ask thee for,––and shalt eat it there, before Yahweh thy God, and shalt rejoice, thou and thy household, ²⁷ and, the Levite who is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him,––for he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee.

²⁷ and, the Levite who is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him,––for he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee. ²⁸ At the end of three years, shalt thou bring forth all the tithe of thine increase, in that year,––and shalt lay it up within thy gates; ²⁹ and the Levite shall come in––because he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee––and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied,––that Yahweh thy God may bless thee, in all the work of thy hand which thou shalt do.

²⁹ and the Levite shall come in––because he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee––and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, and they shall eat and be satisfied,––that Yahweh thy God may bless thee, in all the work of thy hand which thou shalt do.

¹⁹ Every firstling that is brought forth in thy herd and in thy flock, that is a male, shalt thou hallow unto Yahweh thy God,––thou shalt not work with a firstling of thine oxen, neither shalt thou shear a firstling of thy flock: ²⁰ before Yahweh thy God, shalt thou eat it, year by year, in the place which Yahweh shall choose,––thou, and thy household.

²⁰ before Yahweh thy God, shalt thou eat it, year by year, in the place which Yahweh shall choose,––thou, and thy household.

²² within thine own gates, mayest thou eat it,––the unclean [of you] and the clean, alike, as the gazelle and as the hart. ²³ Only, the blood thereof, shalt thou not eat,––on the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water.

²³ Only, the blood thereof, shalt thou not eat,––on the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water.

² therefore shalt thou sacrifice a passover unto Yahweh thy God, of flock or herd,––in the place which Yahweh shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there.

² therefore shalt thou sacrifice a passover unto Yahweh thy God, of flock or herd,––in the place which Yahweh shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there. ³ Thou shalt not eat therewith, any thing leavened, seven days, shalt thou eat therewith unleavened cakes, the bread of humiliation,––for, in haste, camest thou forth out of the land of Egypt, that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt, all the days of thy life. ⁴ And there shall not be seen with thee leaven, in any of thy bounds, seven days,––neither shall there remain all night of the flesh which thou shalt sacrifice in the evening, on the first day, unto the morning. ⁵ Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover,––within any of thine own gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee; ⁶ but, in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose to make a habitation for his name, there, shalt thou sacrifice the passover, in the evening,––at the going in of the sun, at the very time thou camest forth out of Egypt.

⁶ but, in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose to make a habitation for his name, there, shalt thou sacrifice the passover, in the evening,––at the going in of the sun, at the very time thou camest forth out of Egypt. ⁷ Therefore shalt thou cook and eat it in the place which Yahweh thy God, shall choose,––and shalt turn away in the morning, and go thy way unto thy tents. ⁸ Six days, shalt thou eat unleavened cakes,––and, on the seventh day, shall be a closing feast, unto Yahweh thy God, thou shalt do no work.

¹¹ So shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God––thou, and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow, who are in thy midst,––in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there.

¹¹ So shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God––thou, and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow, who are in thy midst,––in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there. ¹² So shalt thou remember that, a servant, thou wast, in Egypt,––and shalt observe and do these statutes. ¹³ The festival of booths, shalt thou keep for thyself, seven days,––when thou hast gathered in out of thy threshing–floor, and out of thy wine–vat. ¹⁴ And thou shalt rejoice, in thy festival,––thou, and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow, who are within thy gates.

¹⁴ And thou shalt rejoice, in thy festival,––thou, and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow, who are within thy gates. ¹⁵ Seven days, shalt thou keep festival unto Yahweh thy God, in the place which Yahweh shall choose,––for Yahweh thy God, will bless thee, in all thine increase, and in all the work of thy hands,––therefore shalt thou do nothing but rejoice.

²¹ Thou shalt not plant thee, as a sacred stem, any tree,––near unto the altar of Yahweh thy God, which thou shalt make for thyself; ²² neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar,––which Yahweh thy God, doth hate.

⁸ When any matter of judgment, shall be too difficult for thee––between blood and blood, between plea and plea, or between stroke and stroke, matters of contention within thy gates, then shalt thou arise and go up unto the place which Yahweh thy God, shall choose;

¹ Neither the priests the Levites [nor] any of the tribe of Levi, shall have either portion or inheritance with Israel,––the altar–flames of Yahweh and his inheritance, shall they eat. ² But, inheritance, shall he not have, in the midst of his brethren,––Yahweh, is his inheritance, as he spake unto him.

⁶ And, when the Levite shall come in out of any of thy gates out of any part of Israel, where he is sojourning,––yea, shall come in with all the desire of his soul, into the place which Yahweh shall choose,

⁹ When thou art coming into the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominable doings of those nations. ¹⁰ There shall not be found in thy midst––One who causeth his son or his daughter to pass through fire,––Or who useth divination, hidden arts or enchantments, Or who muttereth incantations;

¹ When Yahweh thy God, shall cut off, the nations, whose land Yahweh thy God is giving thee,––and thou shalt dispossess them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,

⁸ But, if Yahweh thy God should enlarge thy bounds, as he aware unto thy fathers,––and should give thee all the land, which he spake of giving unto thy fathers;

¹⁸ lest they teach you to do, according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods,––and so ye sin against Yahweh your God.

¹⁶ with thee, shall he remain, in thy midst, in the place which he shall choose in any of thy gates, where it seemeth good to him,––thou shalt not oppress him.

⁸ Take heed, in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do,––according to all that the priests the Levites shall direct you, as I have commanded them, so shall ye observe to do.

¹⁹ Therefore shall it be, when Yahweh thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee for an inheritance to possess it, then shalt thou wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens,––thou shalt not forget.

² then shalt thou take––of the first of all the fruit of the soil which thou shalt bring in from thy land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee and shalt put it in a basket,––and go thy way unto the place which Yahweh thy God, shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there.

¹¹ and shalt rejoice in all the good things which Yahweh thy God, hath given unto thee, and unto thy house,––thou and the Levite, and the sojourner who is in thy midst.
¹² When thou shalt make an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase, in the third year, the year of tithing,––and shalt give unto the Levite, unto the sojourner, unto the fatherless and unto the widow, and they shall eat within thy gates, and be satisfied,

¹⁴ I have not eaten in my sorrow therefrom, neither have I removed therefrom when unclean, neither have I given thereof unto the dead,––I have hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh my God, I have done according to all which thou hast commanded me.

⁷ and thou shalt sacrifice peace–offerings, and shalt eat there,––and rejoice before Yahweh thy God.

¹¹ when all Israel cometh in to see the face of Yahweh thy God, in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel, in their hearing.

¹² Of Benjamin, he said, The beloved of Yahweh, shall settle down securely,––With one to throw a shade over him all the day long, Yea, between his shoulders, hath he found rest.

²⁸ Thus hath Israel settled down securely, Alone, the fountain of Jacob, Within a land both of corn and new wine,––His heaven also droppeth down dew.

⁷ Only be very firm and bold, taking heed to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee, do not turn aside therefrom, to the right hand or to the left,––that thou mayest prosper, whithersoever thou goest.

¹⁷ And the priests who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, stood on dry ground, in the midst of the Jordan, with firm footing,––while all Israel were passing over on dry ground, until all the nation had made an end of passing over the Jordan.

¹² Also the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh, passed over, armed, before the sons of Israel,––as Moses had spoken unto them:

²⁷ And Joshua appointed them that day to be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the assembly,––and unto the altar of Yahweh, [as they are] until this day, in the place which he should choose.

¹⁴ Howbeit, unto the tribe of Levi, gave he no inheritance,––the altar–flames of Yahweh God of Israel, are his inheritance, as he spake unto him.

³³ But, unto the tribe of Levi, Moses gave no inheritance,––Yahweh God of Israel, he, was their inheritance, as he spake unto them.

⁴ for the sons of Joseph became two tribes: Manasseh and Ephraim,––so they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, save only cities to dwell in, with the pasture lands thereof, for their cattle and for their substance.

¹ Then were gathered together all the assembly of the sons of Israel at Shiloh, and they set up there, the tent of meeting,––the land, having been subdued before them.

⁴ Behold, I have allotted to you these nations which remain, as an inheritance, for your tribes,––from the Jordan, and all the nations which I have cut off, even unto the great sea, at the going in of the sun.

² But, ye, must not solemnise a covenant with the inhabitants of this land, Their altars, must ye tear down,––But ye have not hearkened unto my voice, what is this ye have done?

² But, ye, must not solemnise a covenant with the inhabitants of this land, Their altars, must ye tear down,––But ye have not hearkened unto my voice, what is this ye have done? ³ Wherefore also I said, I will not drive them out from before you,––but they shall be your adversaries, and, their gods, shall become unto you a snare.

⁶ In those days, there was no king in Israel,––every man did, that which was right in his own eyes.

²⁵ In those days, there was no king in Israel,––every man did, that which was right in his own eyes.

²¹ And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up, to offer unto Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and [each] his own vow. ²² But, Hannah, went not up,––for she said to her husband––[Not] till the boy is weaned, then will I take him, and he shall appear before Yahweh, and abide there evermore. ²³ And Elkanah her husband said to her––Do what is good in thine own eyes, tarry until thou have weaned him, only may Yahweh establish his word! So the woman tarried, and nursed her son, until she weaned him. ²⁴ Then took she him up with her, when she had weaned him, with a bullock of three years old, and one ephah of meal, and a skin of wine, and took him to the house of Yahweh, at Shiloh,––the boy yet being young.

¹² And Samuel took a certain stone, and set it between Mizpah and Yeshanah, and called the name thereof Eben–ezer,––and said, Hitherto, hath Yahweh helped us.

³⁹ And the spirit of the king pined to go forth unto Absolom,––for he had consoled himself over Amnon, in that he was dead.

¹⁵ And David longed, and said,––Who will give me to drink water out of the well of Bethlehem, that is within the gate?

²⁵ And Judah and Israel dwelt securely, every man under his own vine, and under his own fig–tree, from Dan even unto Beer–sheba,––all the days of Solomon.

¹³ I have, built, a house as a high abode for thee,––A settled place for thee to abide in, for ages.

¹⁶ Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel, out of Egypt, I had chosen no city, out of all the tribes of Israel, for building a house, where my Name might be,––but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my Name should be there, and I have chosen David, to be over my people Israel:

²⁰ So then Yahweh hath established his word which he spake,––and I have been raised up in the room of David my father, and have taken my seat upon the throne of Israel, as spake Yahweh, and have built the house for the Name of Yahweh, God of Israel;

²⁷ But, in very deed, will God dwell, upon the earth? Lo! the heaven, yea the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?

²⁹ that thine eye may be opened toward this house, night and day, toward the place of which thou hast said, My Name shall be, there; hearkening unto the prayer which thy servant shall offer toward this place.

⁴⁰ to the end they may revere thee, all the days which they do live, upon the face of the soil,––which thou gavest unto our fathers?

⁵⁶ Blessed, be Yahweh, who hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised,––there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

⁶⁶ And on the eighth day, he sent the people away, and they blessed the king,––and departed to their homes, rejoicing and glad of heart, over all the goodness which Yahweh had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

³⁸ So shall it be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I shall command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes, by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as did David my servant, then will I be with thee, and will build thee an assured house, as I have built for David, and will give unto thee, Israel.

²⁸ Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold,––and said unto them––It is, too much for you, to go up to Jerusalem, Lo! thy gods, O Israel, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; ²⁹ And he set the one in Bethel,––and, the other, put he in Dan. ³⁰ And this thing became a sin,––and the people went before the one, as far as Dan. ³¹ And he made a house of high–places,––and made priests from the whole compass of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi. ³² And Jeroboam made a festival in the eight month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival which [was held] in Judah, and offered up on the altar, likewise, did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made,––and he kept in attendance in Bethel, the priests of the high–places which he had made.

²¹ And, Rehoboam, son of Solomon, reigned in Judah,––forty–one years old, was Rehoboam when he began to reign, and seventeen years, reigned he in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen to put his Name there, out of all the tribes of Israel, and, his mother’s name, was Naamah, the Ammonitess.

¹³ Moreover also, even Maachah his mother, he removed from being queen, because she had made a monstrous thing to the Sacred Stem,––and Asa cut down her monstrous thing and burned it in the Kidron ravine.

³⁴ And he did that which was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,––and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he caused, Israel, to sin.

⁴ and he offered sacrifice and burned incense in the high places, and on the hills,––and under every green tree.

¹⁰ And they set up for themselves pillars and Sacred Stems, upon every high hill, and under every green tree; ¹¹ and burned incense there, in all the high places, like the nations whom Yahweh drave out from before them,––and did things that were wicked, so as to provoke Yahweh to anger;

¹⁵ but rejected his statutes, and his covenant, which he solemnised with their fathers, and his testimonies wherewith he testified against them,––and followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were round about them, as to whom Yahweh charged them, so that they should not do like them.

¹⁵ but rejected his statutes, and his covenant, which he solemnised with their fathers, and his testimonies wherewith he testified against them,––and followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were round about them, as to whom Yahweh charged them, so that they should not do like them. ¹⁶ But they forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made for themselves something molten––two calves, and made a Sacred Stem, and bowed themselves down to all the army of the heavens, and served Baal; ¹⁷ and made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and used divinations and enchantments, and sold themselves to do the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, provoking him to wrath.

⁴ He, removed the high places, and brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Sacred Stem,––and beat in pieces the serpent of bronze that, Moses, had made, because, until those days, had the sons of Israel been burning incense thereunto, so he called it Nehushtan.

² And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,––after the abominable practices of the nations, whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

¹³ and, the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of destruction, which Solomon king of Israel had built unto Ashtoreth––the abomination of the Zidonians, and unto Chemosh––the abomination of the Moabites, and unto Milcom––the disgusting thing of the sons of Ammon, did the king defile; ¹⁴ and he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Sacred Stems,––and filled their place with human bones:

¹⁰ So then Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldst, indeed bless, me, and enlarge my boundary, and that thy hand might be with me,––and that thou wouldst work [to deliver me] from evil, that it be not my pain. And God brought about that which he asked.

¹ Then said David, This, is the house of Yahweh God,––and, this, is the altar of ascending–sacrifice, for Israel.

²⁵ For, said David, Yahweh the God of Israel hath given rest unto his people,––and hath taken up his habitation in Jerusalem, unto times age–abiding;

¹² Then appeared Yahweh unto Solomon by night,––and said to him, I have heard thy prayer, and have made choice of this place for myself, as a house of sacrifice:––

¹⁷ Thou, therefore, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded thee,––and, my statutes and regulations, thou wilt observe,

¹³ And, the priests and Levites that were in all Israel, took their stand with him, out of all their boundaries. ¹⁴ For the Levites left their pasture lands, and their possessions, and came to Judah, and to Jerusalem,––for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, from ministering as priests unto Yahweh;

¹³ So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned,––because, forty–one years old, was Rehoboam when he began to reign, and, seventeen years, reigned he in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen, to set his Name there––from among all the tribes of Israel, and, the name of his mother, was Naamah, the Ammonitess.

³ and took away the foreign altars, and the high places,––and brake in pieces the pillars, and cut in twain the Sacred Stems;

¹⁷ But, the high places, were not taken away out of Israel,––only, the heart of Asa, was perfect, all his days.

³ howbeit, good things, are found with thee,–for that thou hast consumed the Sacred Stems out of the land, and hast fixed thy heart to seek God.

³⁶ And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because God had established it for the people,––for, suddenly, had the thing come about.

²¹ And so the sons of Israel who were found in Jerusalem kept the festival of unleavened cakes seven days, with great rejoicing,––and the Levites and the priests, were offering praise unto Yahweh day by day, with loud instruments, unto Yahweh. ²² And Hezekiah spake unto the heart of all the Levites who were giving good instruction respecting Yahweh,––and they did eat the appointed feast seven days, sacrificing the peace–offerings, and offering praise unto Yahweh, God of their fathers. ²³ Then all the convocation took counsel, to keep seven days more,––and they kept seven days, with rejoicing. ²⁴ For, Hezekiah king of Judah, presented to the convocation, a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep, and, the rulers, presented to the convocation, a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep,–and, priests in great numbers, hallowed themselves. ²⁵ So all the convocation of Judah, and the priests and the Levites, and all the convocation that came in out of Israel, rejoiced,––also the sojourners who were coming in out of the land of Israel, and the dwellers in Judah. ²⁶ Thus was there great rejoicing, in Jerusalem,––for, since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel, there had not been the like of this, in Jerusalem.

¹ Now, when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went forth unto the cities of Judah, and brake in pieces the pillars––and cut down the Sacred Stems––and threw down the high places and the altars, out of all Judah and Benjamin––and throughout Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had made an end,––then all the sons of Israel returned every man to his own possession, unto their own cities.

⁴ And he bade the people who were dwelling in Jerusalem give the portion of the priests and the Levites,––to the end they might persevere in the law of Yahweh. ⁵ And, as soon as the thing spread abroad, the sons of Israel caused to abound the firstfruit of corn, new wine, and oil, and honey, and all the increase of the field,–yea, the tithe of all––in abundance, brought they in. ⁶ And, as for the sons of Israel and Judah who were dwelling in the cities of Judah, even they, a tithe of oxen, and sheep, and a tithe of hallowed things, which had been hallowed unto Yahweh their God, did bring in and pile up––heaps, heaps. ⁷ In the third month, began they the heaps, at the foundation,––and, in the seventh, they finished. ⁸ And Hezekiah and the rulers came, and saw the heaps,––and blessed Yahweh, and his people Israel. ⁹ Then applied Hezekiah unto the priests and the Levites, concerning the heaps. ¹⁰ And Azariah, the chief priest of the house of Zadok, spake unto him,––and said––From the time of beginning to bring in, the heave–offering, into the house of Yahweh––to eat and to be full, there hath still been left, even to this abundance. For, Yahweh, hath blessed his people, and, that which is left, is this great plenty.
¹¹ Then Hezekiah gave word to prepare chambers, in the house of Yahweh, and they prepared them; ¹² and brought in the heave–offering and the tithe and the hallowed things, faithfully,––and, over them, as chief ruler, was Cononiah the Levite, and Shimei his brother, next; ¹³ and Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad, and Eliel and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah,––overseers under the direction of Cononiah and Shemei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the chief ruler of the house of God. ¹⁴ And, Kore, son of Imnah the Levite, the door–keeper on the east, was over the freewill offerings of God,––to give the heave–offering of Yahweh, and the most holy things. ¹⁵ And, under his direction, were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in trust to give unto their brethren by courses, as the great so the small; ¹⁶ besides registering them by males, from three years old and upward, unto every one that entered into the house of Yahweh, in the need of a day upon its day,––by their service, in their watches, according to their courses: ¹⁷ both the registering of the priests, by their ancestral houses, and the Levites, from twenty years old and upward,––in their watches, in their courses; ¹⁸ even to the registering of all their little ones, their wives and their sons and their daughters, unto all the convocation,––for, in their trust, they hallowed themselves in holiness; ¹⁹ also unto the sons of Aaron the priests in the fields of the pasture land of their cities, in every several city, men who were expressed by name,––to give portions to every male among the priests, and to all registered among the Levites. ²⁰ And Hezekiah did thus, throughout all Judah,––and he did that which was good and right and faithful, before Yahweh his God. ²¹ And, in all the work which he began in the service of the house of God––and in the law––and in the commandment, to seek unto his God, with all his heart, he wrought, and prospered.

² And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,–according to the abominable ways of the nations, whom Yahweh dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

³ And, in the eighth year of his reign, he, being yet a boy, he began to seek unto the God of David his father,–and, in the twelfth year, he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, from the high places and the Sacred Stems, and the carved images and the molten images.

¹⁴ Also, all the rulers of the priests and of the people, abounded in committing treachery, according to all the abominable ways of the nations,––and polluted the house of Yahweh, which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

¹² and, the God who hath caused his Name to dwell there, destroy any king or people, who shall put forth their hand to alter to destroy this house of God, which is in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued an edict, forthwith, let it be done.

⁵ and said, I beseech thee, O Yahweh God of the heavens, the great and fearful GOD,––keeping the covenant and lovingkindness for them who love him and keep his commandments:

¹⁰ So he said unto them––Go your way, eat the fat and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared, for holy is the day, unto our Lord,––and be not grieved, for, the joy of Yahweh, is your strength. ¹¹ And, the Levites, were quieting all the people, saying––Hush! for, the day, is holy,––and be not grieved. ¹² And all the people went their way, to eat and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing,––because they had understood the words which were made known unto them.

³⁴ Also, lots, did we cast, concerning the offering of wood among the priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring it unto the house of our God, by our ancestral houses, at times arranged, year by year,––to burn upon the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law. ³⁵ And that we would bring in the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruit of all fruit of all trees, year by year,––unto the house of Yahweh; ³⁶ also that, the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law,––and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, we would bring in unto the house of our God, unto the priests who should be in attendance in the house of our God; ³⁷ and, the first part of our meal and our heave–offerings and the fruit of all trees, new wine and oil, would we bring in unto the priests, into the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground unto the Levites,––the Levites themselves, taking the tithes in all our cities of agriculture. ³⁸ And the priest the son of Aaron should be with the Levites, when the Levites should take the tithes,––and the Levites, should bring up the tithe of the tithe, unto the house of our God, into the chambers pertaining unto the treasure–house. ³⁹ For, into the chambers, should the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi bring in the heave–offering of the corn, the new wine and the oil, since, there, are the utensils of the sanctuary, and the priests who are in attendance, and the doorkeepers, and the singers,––so would we not neglect the house of our God.

¹ Is there not a warfare to a mortal, upon earth? And, as the days of a hireling, are not his days?

⁸ In peace, will I lay me down and at once sleep; for, thou, Yahweh alone, wilt cause me, in security, to dwell.

⁷ But, I, in the abounding of thy lovingkindness, will enter thy house, I will bow down towards thy holy temple, in reverence of thee:

¹¹ Sing ye praise to Yahweh, who is seated in Zion, Tell among the peoples his doings.

⁴ They multiply their idols––another, have they purchased! I will not pour out their drink–offerings of blood, nor will I take up their names on my lips.

¹¹ Rejoice in Yahweh and exult, O ye righteous, Yea, shout in triumph, all ye upright in heart!

¹ [A Melody of David. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.]
O God, my GOD, thou art, Earnestly do I desire thee,––My soul thirsteth for thee, My flesh fainteth for thee, In a land––dry, and weary for want of water,––

¹³ I will enter thy house with ascending–sacrifices, I will pay unto thee my vows, ¹⁴ Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, in my distress. ¹⁵ Ascending–sacrifices of fatlings, will I cause to ascend unto thee, With the perfume of rams, I will offer bulls, with he–goats. [Selah.]

³ But let, the righteous, be glad, let them exult before God, Yea let them rejoice with gladness.

⁵⁵ So he drave out, before them, [whole] nations, And allotted them, by line, an inheritance, And caused to dwell, in their own homes, the tribes of Israel.

⁶⁸ But made choice of the tribe of Judah, The mountain of Zion, which he loved;

² My soul, longeth––yea even languisheth––for the courts of Yahweh,––My heart and my flesh, shout aloud for a Living GOD.

² Yahweh loveth the gates of Zion, More than all the dwellings of Jacob. ³ Glorious things, are to be spoken of thee, O city of God. [Selah.]

¹¹ And I sware in mine anger,––Verily they shall not enter into my rest.

¹ [A Melody for Thanksgiving.]
Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth: ² Serve Yahweh with rejoicing, Enter before him, with shouts of triumph.

³³ I will sing to Yahweh, as long as I live! Yea I will touch the strings to my God, while I continue;

⁴⁵ In order that they might observe his statutes, And, over his laws, might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.

³⁴ They destroyed not the peoples of which Yahweh had spoken to them; ³⁵ But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings; ³⁶ Yea they served their idols, and they became to them a snare: ³⁷ Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous demons; ³⁸ And poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, And the land was polluted with blood–shed;

⁹ For he hath satisfied the longing soul, and, the famished soul, hath he filled with good.

² Mighty in the earth, shall be his seed, The generation of the upright, shall be blessed;

²⁰ My soul is crushed with longing for thy just decisions at all times.

⁴⁰ Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.

¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy law, is my dear delight.

¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
How happy is every one that revereth Yahweh, who walketh in his ways! ² The labour of thine own hands, surely thou shalt eat. How happy thou, and well for thine!

¹³ For Yahweh hath chosen Zion,––He hath desired it as a dwelling for himself: ¹⁴ This, is my place of rest unto futurity, Here, will I dwell, for I have desired it;

² I will praise Yahweh while I live! I will make melody to my God while I continue!

¹ Praise ye Yah, For it is good, to make melody to our GOD,––For it is delightful, seemly is praise!

³³ Whereas, he that hearkeneth unto me, shall dwell safely, and be at rest, without dread of misfortune.

¹⁷ Her ways, are ways of pleasantness, and, all her paths, are peace;

² Every way of a man, may be right in his own eyes, but, he that testeth hearts, is Yahweh.

⁶ Do not add unto his words, lest he convict thee, and thou be found false.

²⁶ For, to a man who is good before him, hath he given wisdom and knowledge and gladness,––whereas, to the sinner, he hath given employment, to gather and heap up, to give to one who is good before God, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

¹⁰ Say ye to the righteous, It is well! For, the fruit of their doings, shall they eat:

³ Therefore shall ye draw water, with rejoicing,––out of the fountains of salvation.

¹⁸ But, her merchandise and her hire, shall be hallowed unto Yahweh, It shall not be stored up, nor hoarded,––For, to them who dwell before Yahweh, shall her merchandise belong, That they may eat to satisfaction, And have stately apparel.

¹⁸ Oh! that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments,––Then had been, like a river, thy prosperity, And, thy righteousness, like the waves of the sea: ¹⁹ Then had been, like the sand, thy seed, And, the offspring of thy body, like the grains thereof,––Neither cut off nor destroyed, had been his name from before me.

¹ Thus, saith Yahweh, The heavens, are my throne, and, The earth, is my footstool: Where, then is the house which ye can build me? Or where, is my place of rest? ² For, all these things, hath mine own hand made, And all these things, came into being,––Declareth Yahweh. But, for this one, will I look around, For him who is humbled and smitten in spirit, And so careth anxiously for my word.

⁶ And Yahweh said unto me, in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what, apostate Israel, did? She used to go upon every high mountain, and beneath every green tree, and commit unchastity there.

¹² For go, I pray you, unto my place which was in Shiloh, Where I made my Name to dwell, at first,––And see what I did to it, because of the wickedness of my people Israel!

³¹ And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn up their sons and their daughters, in the fire,––Which I commanded not, Neither came it up on my heart.

² Thus, saith Yahweh––Unto the way of the nations, become not ye accustomed, Nor, at the signs of the heavens, be ye dismayed,––Because the nations are dismayed at them.

² So long as their sons remember, their altars, and their Sacred Stems, By the green tree,––Upon the high hills,

⁶ In his days, Shall Judah, be saved, And, Israel, abide securely,––And, this, is his name whereby he shall be called, Yahweh, our Righteousness.

³⁵ And have built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of Ben–hinnom, To cause their sons and their daughters to pass through unto Molech, Which I commanded them not, Neither came it up on my heart, That they should do this horrible thing,––Causing, Judah, to sin!

³⁷ Behold me! gathering them out of all the lands, whither I have driven them––In mine anger, and, In mine indignation, and, In great vexation,––And I will cause them to return into this place, And will make them dwell, securely;

¹¹ The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, The voice of them who are saying, Praise ye Yahweh of hosts, For good, is Yahweh, For age–abiding, is his lovingkindness, [The voice] of them who are bringing a thank–offering into the house of Yahweh,––For I will bring back the captives of the land, as at the first, Saith Yahweh.

²⁸ When I brought them into the land, as to which I had lifted up mine hand to give it them, then beheld they every high hill and every tangled tree, And offered, there, their sacrifices, And presented, there, their provoking, gift, And placed, there, their satisfying, odour, And poured out, there, their drink–offerings.

²⁸ When I brought them into the land, as to which I had lifted up mine hand to give it them, then beheld they every high hill and every tangled tree, And offered, there, their sacrifices, And presented, there, their provoking, gift, And placed, there, their satisfying, odour, And poured out, there, their drink–offerings. ²⁹ Therefore said I unto them, What! a high–place, whereinto ye, are entering? And so the name thereof hath been called High–place, unto this day.

³¹ Yea, when ye lift up your gifts, When ye cause your children to pass through the fire, Ye, are defiling yourselves unto all your manufactured gods, unto this day, And shall, I, be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Surely I will not be enquired of by you. ³² And, as for that which is rising up on your spirit, it shall, not at all come to pass, In that ye, are saying, Let us be like the nations, Like the families of the lands, By ministering unto Wood and Stone!

⁴⁰ For, in my holy, mountain, In the mountain of the height of Israel, Declareth, My Lord, Yahweh, There, shall all the house of Israel, serve me, all of it, in the land, There, will I accept them, and, There, will I seek your heave–offerings, and the firstfruits of your gifts, in all your holy things:

²⁷ Thus will I cause thy lewdness to cease, from thee, Even thine unchastity [brought] from the land of Egypt,––So that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, And, Egypt, shalt thou not call to mind any more.

²⁶ Yea they shall dwell thereupon, securely, Yea shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and dwell, securely,––When I have executed judgments on all that despised them on every side of them, So shall they know, that, I, Yahweh, am their God

²⁵ Wherefore, say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, With the blood, ye do eat, And, your eyes, ye do lift up unto your manufactured gods, And, blood, ye do shed; And, the land, shall ye inherit?

²⁵ And I will solemnise for them a covenant of prosperity, And will cause to cease the mischievous wild–beast out of the land, And they shall dwell in the wilderness, securely, And shall sleep in the forests;

²⁸ And they shall be no longer a prey for the nations, Nor shall, the wild beast of the earth! devour them,––But they shall dwell securely with none, to put them in terror.

²⁴ And, my servant David, shall be king over them, And, one shepherd, shall they all, have,––And, in my regulations, shall they walk, And, my statutes, shall they observe, and do them.

⁸ After many days, shalt thou muster thy forces, In the afterpart of the years, shalt thou enter, Into the land of the remnant brought back from the sword, Gathered from among many peoples, Upon the mountains of Israel, which have been waste continually,––But, the same, from among the peoples, hath been brought forth. And they shall dwell in security, all of them.

¹⁷ So will I take away the names of the Baals, out of her mouth,––and they shall not be called to mind any more, by their name.

¹³ On the headlands of the mountains, they sacrifice, and, on the hills, burn they incense, under oak and poplar and terebinth, because, pleasant, is the shade thereof: For this cause, do your daughters, become unchaste, and, your brides, commit adultery.

²⁵ The sacrifices and meal–offering, ye brought near unto me, in the desert, for forty years O house of Israel;

¹⁰ Arise ye and depart, for, this, is not the place of rest,––Because it is defiled, it shall make desolate with a desolation that is ruthless.

¹⁴ And I will uproot thy Sacred Stems out of thy midst,––and will destroy thy cities:

⁷ Will Yahweh, be pleased, with thousands of rams? with myriads of torrents of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression? the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

² And it shall come to pass, in that day, declareth Yahweh of hosts, That I will cut off the names of idols out of the land, and they shall not be remembered any more,––Moreover also, even the prophets and the spirit of impurity, will I cause to pass away out of the land.

¹³ And, this, a second time, will ye do, covering with tears, the altar of Yahweh, weeping and making outcry,––because he will not again turn unto the gift, and receive [it] with acceptance, at your hands?

⁸ Will, a son of earth, defraud, God? Nevertheless, ye, have been defrauding me, and yet ye say, Wherein have we defrauded thee? In the tithe and the offering.

¹⁰ Bring ye all the tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, Yea, I pray you, put me to the proof hereby, saith Yahweh of hosts, whether I will not open to you the sluices of the heavens, and pour out for you blessing, until there be no room.

²⁸ Just as, the Son of Man, came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom instead of many.

²⁰ Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I myself have commanded you, And lo! I, am, with you, all the days, until the conclusion of the age.

⁴² But alas for you, the Pharisees! because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every garden herb, and pass by justice, and the love of God. But, these things, it was binding to do, and, those, not to pass by.

¹² I fast twice in the week, I give a tenth of whatsoever things I gain!

²⁰ Our fathers, in this mountain, worshipped; and, ye, say, that, in Jerusalem, is the place, where, to worship, it behoveth.

²⁰ Our fathers, in this mountain, worshipped; and, ye, say, that, in Jerusalem, is the place, where, to worship, it behoveth. ²¹ Jesus saith unto her––Believe me, woman! There cometh an hour, when, neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.

²¹ Jesus saith unto her––Believe me, woman! There cometh an hour, when, neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father. ²² Ye, worship, that which ye know not; We, worship, that which we know; because, salvation, is, of the Jews.

²² Ye, worship, that which ye know not; We, worship, that which we know; because, salvation, is, of the Jews. ²³ But there cometh an hour, and, now, is,––when, the real worshippers, shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for, even the Father, is seeking, such as these, as his worshippers.

³ Already, ye, are, pure, because of the word which I have spoken unto you:

¹⁰ If, my commandments, ye keep, ye shall abide in my love,––just as, I, the Father’s commandments, have kept, and abide in his love.

¹⁴ Ye, are, friends of mine, if ye be doing that which, I, am commanding you.

⁴⁶ And, daily giving attendance with one intent in the temple and, at home, breaking bread, they were partaking of food with exultation and singleness of heart;

⁴² But God, turned, and delivered them up to be doing divine service unto the host of heaven,––just as it is written in a book of the prophets––Victims and sacrifices did ye offer unto me, forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?

⁴⁸ Although indeed, the Most High, not in hand–made places, dwelleth; just as, the prophet, saith–– ⁴⁹ Heaven is my thrown, and, the earth, is my footstool: What manner of house, will ye build me, saith the Lord,––Or what shall be the place of my resting? ⁵⁰ Hath not, my hand, made all these things?

²⁹ To be abstaining from idol sacrifices, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication,––From which, if ye keep yourselves, ye shall prosper. Fare ye well.

³⁴ and, leading them up into his house, he set near a table,––and exulted, having, with all his house, believed in God.

² And be not configuring yourselves unto this age, but be transforming yourselves by the renewing of your mind, to the end ye may be proving what is the thing willed by God––the good and acceptable and perfect.

¹⁰ Or, for our sakes altogether, is he saying it? For our sakes, it was written; because, he that ploweth, ought, to plow, in hope,––and, he that thresheth, [to thresh] in hope of partaking. ¹¹ If, we, unto you, the things of the Spirit have sown, is it a great matter, if, we, of you, the things of the flesh shall reap? ¹² If, others, of this right, over you, are partaking, [should] not rather, we? nevertheless, we used not this right; but, all [such] things, do we conceal,––lest we should cause any hindrance unto the glad message of the Christ. ¹³ Know ye not that, they who labour in the holy rites, do eat the provisions out of the holy place? They who at the altar wait, do, with the altar, share? ¹⁴ Thus, also, hath the Lord, appointed––that, they who the glad message tell, should, of the glad–message, live.

³¹ Whether, therefore, ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do, all things to the glory of God.

¹⁹ How that, God, was in Christ, reconciling, a world, unto himself, not reckoning, unto them, their offences,––and hath put, in us, the reconciling discourse.

¹⁴ Themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, longing after you, by reason of the surpassing favour of God [resting] upon you:––

²² But, the fruit of the Spirit, is––love, joy, peace, long–suffering, graciousness, goodness, faithfulness,

²⁰ Having been built up on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, there being, for chief corner stone, Jesus Christ himself,–– ²¹ In whom, an entire building, in process of being fitly joined together, is growing into a holy shrine in [the] Lord; ²² In whom, ye also, are being builded together, into a habitation of God in Spirit.

¹⁷ This, therefore, am I saying and protesting in the Lord:––that, no longer, ye walk even as, the nations, walk––in the vanity of their minds,

⁸ For God is, my witness, how I long for you all in the tender affections of Christ Jesus.

²⁶ Since he hath been longing to see, you all, and hath been in great distress, because ye had heard he was sick; ––

¹ For the rest, my brethren––rejoice in the Lord. To be writing, the same things, unto you, to me, is not irksome, while, for you, is safe:–– ² Beware of the dogs, beware of mischievous workers, beware of the mutilation; ³ For, we, are the circumcision, who in the Spirit of God, are doing divine service, and are boasting in Christ Jesus, and, not in flesh, having confidence,––

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always: again, I will say––rejoice!

⁹ Because, in him, dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead, bodily,

⁴ Because, every creature of God, is good, and nothing to be cast away, if, with thanksgiving, it be received,––

⁸ For, if, unto them, Joshua had given rest, it had not in that case, concerning another day, been speaking, after, these things. ⁹ Hence there is, left over, a Sabbath–keeping, for the people of God.

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

²² But ye have approached––unto Zion’s mountain, and unto the city of a Living God, a heavenly Jerusalem,––and unto myriads of messengers,

¹⁵ Through him, let us be offering up a sacrifice of praise, continually, unto God; that is, a fruit of lips confessing unto his name.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to his great mercy, hath regenerated us unto a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead, ⁴ Unto an inheritance, incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you

³ For, sufficient, is the bygone time––to have wrought out, the will of the nations, having gone on in wanton ways, covetings, wine–drinkings, revellings, drinking–bouts, and impious idolatries:––
⁴ Wherein they are taken by surprise that ye run not with them into the same overflow of riotous excess,––uttering defamation:

³ That which we have seen and heard, are we announcing, even unto you, in order that, ye too, may have fellowship with us, and, our own fellowship also, may be with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. ⁴ And, these things, are we writing, in order that, our joy, may be made full.

⁹ and they sing a new song, saying––Worthy, art thou, to take the scroll and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and didst redeem unto God by thy blood [men] out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

¹ And I saw, out of the sea, a wild–beast coming up; having ten horns, and seven heads, and, upon his horns, ten diadems, and, upon his head, names of blasphemy.

¹ And I saw, and lo! the Lamb, standing upon the mount Zion,––and, with him, a hundred and forty–four thousand, having his name and his Father’s name written upon their foreheads.

¹⁸ I, bear witness, unto every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this scroll:––If anyone shall lay aught upon them, God, will lay upon him, the plagues which are written in this scroll; ¹⁹ And, if anyone shall take away from the words of this prophetic scroll, God, will take away his part,––from the tree of life, and out of the holy city,––[from] the things written in this scroll.