Deuteronomy 13 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ When there shall arise in thy midst––a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams,––and he shall give unto thee a sign or a wonder; ² and the sign or the wonder, shall come in, whereof he spake unto thee, saying,––Let us go after other gods, which ye know not, and let us serve them, ³ thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams,––for Yahweh your God, is putting you to the proof, to know whether ye do love Yahweh your God, with all your heart and with all your soul. ⁴ After Yahweh your God, shall ye walk, And, him, shall ye revere,––And, his commandments, shall ye observe, And, unto his voice, shall ye hearken, And, him, shall ye serve, And, unto him, shall ye cleave. ⁵ And, that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he hath spoken revolt against Yahweh your God,––who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants, to seduce thee out of the way wherein Yahweh thy God hath commanded thee to walk,––so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst.
⁶ When thy brother––son of thine own mother, or thine own son or thine own daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thine own soul, shall entice thee secretly, saying,––Let us go and serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; ⁷ of the gods of the peoples who are round about you, who are near unto thee, or who are far off from thee,––from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth, ⁸ thou shalt not consent unto him, neither shalt thou hearken unto him,––neither shall thine eye look with pity upon him, neither shalt thou spare––neither shalt thou conceal him; ⁹ but thou shalt slay, him, thine own hand, shall be on him first, to put him to death,––and the hand of all the people, afterwards. ¹⁰ And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die,––for he hath sought to seduce thee from Yahweh thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants. ¹¹ And, all Israel, shall hear and fear,––and shall not again do according to this wickedness, in thy midst.
¹² When thou shalt hear––in one of thy cities, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee to dwell there––saying: ¹³ There have gone forth men, sons of the Abandoned One, out of thy midst, and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying,––Let us go, and serve other gods, which ye have not known; ¹⁴ and thou shalt enquire, and search out, and ask diligently,––and lo! true––certain, is the thing, this abomination, hath been done, in thy midst, ¹⁵ then shalt thou, smite, the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, devoting it to destruction, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword,–– ¹⁶ and, all the spoil thereof, shalt thou gather together into the midst of the broadway thereof, and shalt consume with fire the city and all the spoil thereof, every whit, unto Yahweh thy God,––and it shall be a heap unto times age–abiding, it shall be built no more. ¹⁷ So shall there not cleave to thy hand aught of the devoted thing,––that Yahweh, may turn away, from the glow of his anger, and grant thee compassion, and have compassion upon thee and multiply thee, as he sware unto thy fathers; 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 Then said Sarai unto Abram: My wrong, is, on thee! I, gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and, when she seeth that she hath conceived, then am I lightly esteemed in her eyes! Yahweh judge betwixt me and her.

¹⁶ and said, By myself, have I sworn is the oracle of Yahweh,––Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, ¹⁷ That I will, richly bless, thee, and, abundantly multiply, thy seed, as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea,––that thy seed may take possession of the gate of his foes:

⁴ and will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and will give to thy seed, all these lands,––And all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves in thy seed:

²⁴ And Yahweh appeared unto him the same night, and said, I, am the God of Abraham thy father,––Do not fear, for, with thee, am, I, And I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed, For the sake of Abraham my servant.

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.

²² And the sacred scribes of Egypt did in like manner, with their secret arts,––so the heart of Pharaoh waxed bold, and he hearkened not unto them, as spake Yahweh.

² I, am Yahweh thy God,––who have brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants:–– ³ Thou shalt not have other gods, besides me.

⁶ but shewing lovingkindness unto thousands [of generations], ––of them who love me, and keep my commandments.

²⁰ He that sacrificeth to the gods, shall be devoted to destruction,––except [he sacrificeth] to Yahweh alone.

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.

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;

²⁷ And, as touching man or woman, when there shall be in them a familiar spirit, or the spirit of an oracle, they shall, surely be put to death,––with stones, shall they be stoned––their blood, shall be upon themselves.

¹⁴ Bring forth him that reviled, unto the out–side of the camp, then shall all that heard [him] lean their hands upon his head,––and all the assembly shall stone him. ¹⁵ And, unto the sons of Israel, shalt thou speak, saying,––What man soever curseth his God, shall bear his sin. ¹⁶ And, he that contemptuously uttereth the name of Yahweh, shall be, surely put to death, all the assembly shall, surely stone, him,––as the sojourner, so the home–born, when he contemptuously uttereth the Name, he shall be put to death.

²³ So then Moses spake unto the sons of Israel, and they took forth the reviler, unto the outside of the camp, and stoned him with stones. Thus, the sons of Israel, did, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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

²⁸ Only, no devoted thing which any man shall devote unto Yahweh, of all that belongeth to him,––of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be either sold or redeemed,––as to every devoted thing, most holy, it is, unto Yahweh. ²⁹ As touching any one devoted, who may be devoted from among men, he shall not be ransomed,––he must be, surely put to death.

³⁵ Then said Yahweh unto Moses, The man shall be, put to death,––all the assembly, stoning him with stones, outside the camp. ³⁶ So then all the assembly, put him forth, outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died,––As Yahweh commanded Moses.

² Then Israel vowed vow unto Yahweh, and said,––If thou wilt, surely deliver up, this people into my hand, then will I utterly destroy their cities. ³ And Yahweh hearkened unto the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanite into his hand, so he utterly destroyed them, and their cities,––and called the name of the place Hormah [that is, "Utter Destruction"].

⁴ And Yahweh said unto Moses––Take all the heads of the people, and crucify them unto Yahweh, in the face of the sun,––that the heat of the anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.

³⁰ Whosoever taketh away life, at the mouth of witnesses, shall the slayer be slain,––but, one witness, shall not testify against a person, to put [him] to death.

³⁴ And we captured all his cities, at that time, and devoted to destruction every city of males, with the women, and the little ones,––we left not remaining a survivor:

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;

⁵ Thou shalt therefore love Yahweh thy God,––with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might;

¹³ Yahweh thy God, shalt thou revere, And, him, shalt thou serve,––And, by his name, shalt thou swear.

² and Yahweh thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them, thou shalt devote them to destruction, thou shalt not solemnise with them a covenant, neither shalt thou shew them favour;

⁴ for he will turn aside thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods,––so shall the anger of Yahweh kindle upon you, and he will destroy thee, speedily.

¹³ and will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee,––and bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn, and thy new wine and thine oil, the young of thy kine, and the ewes of thy flock, upon the soil, which he swart unto thy fathers to give unto thee.

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.

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.

² So then, thou shalt remember all the way in which Yahweh thy God caused thee to journey these forty years in the desert,––that he might humble thee, to put thee to the proof, to know what was in thy heart,––whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.

¹⁶ who fed thee with manna in the desert, which thy fathers had not known,––that he might humble thee, and that he might put thee to the proof, to do thee good in thy hereafter,

¹⁸ executing the vindication of the orphan, and the widow,––and loving a sojourner, giving him food and raiment.

²⁰ Yahweh thy God, shalt thou revere, Him, shalt thou serve,––And, unto him, shalt thou cleave, And, in his name, shalt thou swear.

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.

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.

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.

² and the sign or the wonder, shall come in, whereof he spake unto thee, saying,––Let us go after other gods, which ye know not, and let us serve them,

⁶ When thy brother––son of thine own mother, or thine own son or thine own daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thine own soul, shall entice thee secretly, saying,––Let us go and serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

¹⁰ And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die,––for he hath sought to seduce thee from Yahweh thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants.

¹³ There have gone forth men, sons of the Abandoned One, out of thy midst, and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying,––Let us go, and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

² When there shall be found in thy midst, within any of thy gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, man or woman who doeth the thing which is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh thy God, by transgressing his covenant; ³ yea hath gone, and served other gods, and bowed down unto them,––whether unto the sun or unto the moon, or unto any of the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded; ⁴ and it shall be told thee, and thou shalt hear,––and shalt enquire diligently, and lo! true––certain, is the report, this abominable thing hath been done in Israel,

⁴ and it shall be told thee, and thou shalt hear,––and shalt enquire diligently, and lo! true––certain, is the report, this abominable thing hath been done in Israel, ⁵ then shalt thou bring forth that man, or that woman, who hath done this wicked thing, within thy gates––the man, or the woman,––and shalt stone them with stones, that they die. ⁶ At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die, be put to death,––he shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness. ⁷ The hand of the witnesses, shall be upon him first to put him to death, and, the hand of all the people, afterwards,––so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst.

⁷ The hand of the witnesses, shall be upon him first to put him to death, and, the hand of all the people, afterwards,––so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst.

¹³ And, all the people, shall hear and fear,––and shall not act presumptuously any more.

²⁰ Howbeit, the prophet who shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.

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

¹³ thine eye shall not look with pity upon him,––so shall thou consume the shedding of innocent blood out of Israel and it shall go well with thee.

¹⁹ then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to de unto his brother,––so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst; ²⁰ and, they who remain, shall hear and fear,––and not go on to do again according to this wicked thing, in thy midst:

²¹ Then shall all the men of his city stone him with stones, that he die, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst,––and, all Israel, shall hear and fear.

²¹ then shall they bring forth the damsel into the entrance of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones, that she die, because she hath wrought wickedness in Israel, by committing unchastity in her father’s house,––so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst.

²⁴ then shall ye bring them, both, out unto the gate of that city, and stone them with stones, that they die, the damsel, because she made not an outcry in the city, and, the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife,––so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst.

⁷ When a man is found stealing any person from among his brethren, of the sons of Israel, and making merchandise of him, or selling him, then shall that thief die, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst.

⁵⁴ The man that is tender among you, and exceedingly delicate, his eye will be jealous of his brother, and of the wife of his bosom, and of the remnant of his sons, whom be might leave behind;

¹⁸ Lest there be among you––a man or a woman, or a family or a tribe, whose heart is turning today, from Yahweh our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations,––lest there be among you, a root fruitful of poison and wormwood;

³ then will Yahweh thy God bring back thy captivity and have compassion upon thee,––and return and gather thee, from among all the peoples whither Yahweh thy God hath scattered thee.

²⁰ to love Yahweh thy God, to hearken unto his voice, and to cleave unto him,––for, he, is thy life, and thy length of days, that thou mayest abide upon the soil which Yahweh sware to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, to give unto them.

¹⁶ They moved him to jealousy with foreign [gods], ––With abominations, angered they him: ¹⁷ They sacrificed to mischievous demons, to a No–GOD, Gods whom they knew not,––New ones lately come in, Your fathers never shuddered at them! ¹⁸ Of the Rock who had begotten thee, thou wast unmindful,––And didst forget GOD who had given thee birth.

¹⁷ And it shall be, that, as for the city, devoted, shall it be and all that is therein unto Yahweh,––nevertheless, Rahab the harlot, shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers whom we sent. ¹⁸ But, in any wise, do, ye, beware of what is devoted, lest ye should covet, and then take of what is devoted,––and so cause the camp of Israel to be devoted, and bring trouble upon it.

¹⁸ But, in any wise, do, ye, beware of what is devoted, lest ye should covet, and then take of what is devoted,––and so cause the camp of Israel to be devoted, and bring trouble upon it. ¹⁹ But, as for all silver and gold and vessels of bronze and iron, hallowed, it is to Yahweh,––unto the treasury of Yahweh, shall it come. ²⁰ So the people shouted, when the horns were blown,––yea it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the horn, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down under it, and the people went up into the city every man straight before him, and so they captured the city. ²¹ And they devoted all that were in the city, both man and woman, both young and old,––and ox and sheep and ass, with the edge of the sword.

²⁴ But, the city, burned they with fire, and all that was therein,––save only, the silver and the gold and the vessels of bronze and of iron, put they into the treasury of the house of Yahweh.

²⁶ And Joshua imposed an oath at that time, saying,––Cursed be the man before Yahweh who shall raise up and build this city––Jericho, At the price of his firstborn, shall he lay its foundation, and, at the price of his youngest, shall he set up its doors.

¹ But the sons of Israel had committed an act of unfaithfulness in respect of what was devoted,––for Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah had taken of what was devoted, and the anger of Yahweh had kindled against the sons of Israel.

²⁵ And Joshua said––Why hast thou troubled us? Yahweh, will trouble thee, this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them up with fire, and covered them with stones; ²⁶ yea they raised over him a great heap of stones [which remaineth] until this day. And Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger,––for which cause, hath the name of that place been called––The Valley of Achor, until this day.

²⁸ So then Joshua burned Ai,––and made of it an age–abiding heap––a desolation, [as it remaineth] until this day.

¹¹ And the sons of Israel heard say,––Lo! the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in front of the land of Canaan, in the circles of the Jordan, in the region opposite the sons of Israel. ¹² And, when the sons of Israel heard, all the assembly of the sons of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war. ¹³ And the sons of Israel sent unto the sons of Reuben and unto the sons of Gad and unto the half tribe of Manasseh, within the land of Gilead,––Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest; ¹⁴ and ten princes with him, one prince of an ancestral house for each of the tribes of Israel,––they being, severally heads of their ancestral houses, among the thousands of Israel. ¹⁵ So they came in unto the sons of Reuben and unto the sons of Gad and unto the half tribe of Manasseh, within the land of Gilead,––and spake with them, saying: ¹⁶ Thus, say all the assembly of Yahweh––What is this act of treachery which ye have committed against the God of Israel, that ye should turn back, today, from following Yahweh,––in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel, today, against Yahweh? ¹⁷ Too little for us, was the iniquity of Peor, from which we have not cleansed ourselves, unto this day,––although the plague came upon the assembly of Yahweh; ¹⁸ but that, ye, must turn back today from following Yahweh,––though it must needs be that, if, ye, rebel today against Yahweh, then, tomorrow, with all the assembly of Israel, will he be wroth? ¹⁹ Howbeit, if, unclean, be the land of your possession, do ye on your part come over into the land of the possession of Yahweh, where abideth the habitation of Yahweh, and take your possession in our midst,––but, against Yahweh, do not rebel, nor, against us, rebel, by building yourselves an altar apart from the altar of Yahweh our God. ²⁰ Did not, Achan son of Zerah, commit an act of treachery, with a devoted thing, and, upon all the assembly of Israel, came wrath,––so that not, he––one man alone, died in his iniquity.

²⁰ Did not, Achan son of Zerah, commit an act of treachery, with a devoted thing, and, upon all the assembly of Israel, came wrath,––so that not, he––one man alone, died in his iniquity.
²¹ Then responded the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh,––and spake unto the heads of the thousands of Israel: ²² El–Elohim–Yahweh, El–Elohim–Yahweh, he knoweth, and, Israel, he, shall know,––if in rebellion, or if in treachery, against Yahweh, do not save us this day: ²³ that we should build for ourselves an altar, to turn back from following Yahweh,––or, if that we might cause to go up thereon ascending–sacrifice or meal–offering, or if that we might offer thereon peace–offerings, let Yahweh himself require it; ²⁴ if, indeed, we have not, rather, out of anxiety and of purpose, done this thing, saying,––. In time to come, your sons might speak to our sons, saying, What have ye to do with Yahweh, God of Israel; ²⁵ seeing that, a boundary, hath Yahweh put between us and you, ye sons of Reuben and ye sons of Gad––even the Jordan, ye have no portion in Yahweh,––so might your sons cause our sons, to cease from revering Yahweh. ²⁶ We said, therefore, Let us prepare, we pray you, to build us an altar,––not for ascending–offering, nor for sacrifice; ²⁷ but that, a witness, it may be between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we are to do the service of Yahweh, before him, with our ascending–offerings and with our sacrifices, and with our peace–offerings,––that your sons may not say, in time to come, to our sons, Ye have no portion in Yahweh. ²⁸ Therefore said we, And it shall be, when they [so] say to us, or to our generations, in time to come,––that we will say––Behold ye the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for ascending–offerings nor for sacrifice, but that, a witness, it might be between us and you. ²⁹ Far be it from us––that we should rebel against Yahweh, or turn back, today, from following Yahweh, by building an altar, for ascending–offering, or meal–offering or for sacrifice,––other than the altar of Yahweh our God, which is before his habitation.
³⁰ And, when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the assembly, even the heads of the thousands of Israel who were with him, heard the words which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spake, then was it well–pleasing in their eyes. ³¹ And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said unto the sons of Reuben and unto the sons of Gad and unto the sons of Manasseh––Today, we know that, in our midst, is Yahweh, in that ye have not committed, against Yahweh, this act of treachery,––now, have ye rescued the sons of Israel out of the hand of Yahweh. ³² So Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest and the princes returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, unto the sons of Israel,––and brought them back word. ³³ And the thing was well–pleasing in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed God,––and spake not of going up against them, to war, to lay waste the land, wherein the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad dwelt. ³⁴ So the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad named the altar [a Witness]: A witness, it is between us, That, Yahweh, is God.

¹³ Yea, they forsook Yahweh,––and did service unto the Baal and unto Ashtaroth.

⁸ They chose gods that were new, Then,––war at the gates! Was there, a shield, to be seen? or a spear? among forty thousand in Israel?

⁶ And the sons of Israel again did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines,––and forsook Yahweh, and served him not.

²² They, were gladdening their heart, when lo! men of the city, men of the sons of the Abandoned One, beset the house round about, beating violently against the door,––and they spake unto the old man the owner of the house, saying, Bring forth the man that hath entered into thy house, that we may know him.

¹ Then went forth all the sons of Israel, and the assembly came together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba with the land of Gilead,––unto Yahweh at Mizpah. ² And the chiefs of all the people––all the tribes of Israel––presented themselves in the convocation of the people of God,––four hundred thousand footmen, that drew the sword. ³ And the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah. Then said the sons of Israel, Tell [us], In what manner was brought to pass this vileness? ⁴ And the Levite, husband of the woman that was cut in pieces, responded and said,––Into Gibeah that pertaineth to Benjamin, I entered, I and my concubine, to tarry the night. ⁵ And the owners of Gibeah rose up against me, and beset the house, for my sake, by night,––me, they thought to slay, and, my concubine, they so humbled, that she died. ⁶ So I laid hold on my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel,––because they had wrought lewdness and impiety, in Israel. ⁷ Lo! ye all, are sons of Israel,––give your word and counsel, here. ⁸ Then arose all the people, as one man, saying,––No man of us will go to his tent, and no man of us will turn aside to his house. ⁹ Now, therefore, this is the thing, that we will do to Gibeah,––[Go] against it by lot; ¹⁰ and we will take ten men of a hundred, of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to fetch provisions for the people,––that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the impiety that it hath wrought in Israel. ¹¹ So all the men of Israel were gathered together against the city, as one man knit together.
¹² And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout all the divisions of Benjamin, saying,––What is this vile thing that hath been brought to pass, among you? ¹³ Now, therefore, deliver up the men––the sons of the Abandoned One––who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and vileness be consumed out of Israel. But [the sons of] Benjamin would not hearken unto the voice of their brethren, the sons of Israel.

¹³ Now, therefore, deliver up the men––the sons of the Abandoned One––who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and vileness be consumed out of Israel. But [the sons of] Benjamin would not hearken unto the voice of their brethren, the sons of Israel. ¹⁴ Then did the sons of Benjamin gather themselves together out of the cities, unto Gibeah,––to go forth to battle against the sons of Israel. ¹⁵ And the sons of Benjamin were numbered on that day, out of the cities, twenty–six thousand men, that drew the sword,––besides, of the inhabitants of Gibeah, were numbered seven hundred chosen men. ¹⁶ Out of all this people, were seven hundred chosen men, left–handed,––any one of whom could sling with a stone to a hair’s–breadth, and not miss. ¹⁷ And, the men of Israel, were numbered, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, that drew the sword,––every one of these being a man of war.

⁴⁸ Thus, the men of Israel, turned against the sons of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, beginning with the city, each and every one down to the beast, even to every one that was met with,––moreover, all the cities they came to, they set on fire.

¹² Now, the sons of Eli, were abandoned men,––they knew not Yahweh.

²⁷ But, abandoned men, said––How can this one save us? So they treated him with contempt, and brought him no present,––but he was as one that was deaf.

¹ And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that, the soul of Jonathan, was knit with, the soul of David, so that Jonathan loved him, as his own soul.

³ And Jonathan and David solemnised a covenant,––because he loved him as his own soul.

¹⁷ And again Jonathan sware unto David, by his love to him,––for, as he loved his own soul, so loved he him.

¹⁷ Now, therefore, know thou, and see, what thou canst do, for mischief is determined against our lord, and against all his household,––but, he, is such an abandoned man, that one cannot speak unto him.

²⁵ Let it not be, I pray thee, that my lord regard this abandoned man––Nabal; For, as his name is, so, is he. Nabal[=Base], is his name, and, baseness, is with him,––But, I, thy handmaid, saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

²⁶ I am distressed for thee, my brother, Jonathan! Delightful to me, exceedingly,––Wonderful, was thy love to me, passing the love of women.

⁷ And, thus, said Shimei, when he cursed,––Out! Out! thou man of bloodshed, and man of the Abandoned One!

¹ Now, in that place, there happened to be an abandoned man, whose name, was Sheba son of Bichri, a man of Benjamin,––so he blew a horn, and said––We have no share in David, Nor inheritance have we in the son of Jesse, Every man to his home, O Israel!

⁶ But, as for the abandoned, like thorns to be tossed away are they all,––For, not with the hand, can they be taken;

⁵ And Solomon went after Ashtoreth, goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites. ⁶ Thus Solomon did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,––and went not fully after Yahweh, as did David his father. ⁷ Then, did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem,––and for Molech, the abomination of the sons of Ammon;

³ and he shall give, on that day, a sign, saying, This, is the sign of which Yahweh hath spoken,––Lo! the altar, is to be rent, and the ashes that are upon thee shall be, poured out!

¹⁸ And he said to him–I also, am a prophet, like unto thee, and, a messenger, hath spoken unto me, by the word of Yahweh, saying––Bring him back with thee, into thy house, that he may eat bread, and drink water. He deceived him.

⁴⁰ And Elijah said unto them––Seize ye the prophets of Baal––let not, a man, of them escape. So they seized them. And Elijah took them down unto the ravine of Kishon, and slaughtered them there.

¹⁰ then let two reckless men take their seats before him, that they may bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast reviled God and king! then shall ye carry him forth and stone him, that he die.

¹³ Then came in the two reckless men, and sat before him, and the men bare witness against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth hath reviled God and king! So they carried him forth, outside the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

²¹ for he rent Israel away from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat, king,––and Jeroboam thrust away Israel from following Yahweh, and caused them to commit a great sin.

³⁰ So then, the men of Babylon, made Succoth–benoth, and, the men of Cuth, made Nergal, and, the men of Hamath, made Ashima: ³¹ and, the Avvites, made Nibhaz and Tartak, and, the Sepharvites, did consume their sons in the fire, to Adrammelech and Anammelech gods of Sepharvaim.

³ And the king took his stand by the pillar, and solemnised a covenant before Yahweh––to follow Yahweh, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all [their] heart and with all [their] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant, written in this book. And all the people took their stand in the covenant.

⁷ And there are gathered unto him vain men, sons of the Abandoned One, who emboldened themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon,–when, Rehoboam, was young and tender of heart, and had not strengthened himself to meet them.

²¹ So they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones, by the commandment of the king,––in the court of the house of Yahweh.

³¹ And the king stood in his place, and solemnised the covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all his heart and with all his soul,––to perform the words of the covenant that are written in this book.

²⁷ And befooled secretly was my heart, so that my hand kissed my mouth,

¹⁰ For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:

³⁸ Yet, he, full of compassion, would put a propitiatory–covering over iniquity, and not destroy,––Yea, many a time, turned he back his anger, And would not stir up all his wrath.

⁷ In distress, thou didst cry, and I delivered thee,––I answered thee, within a hiding–place of thunder, I proved thee by the waters of Meribah. [Selah.]

⁶ Then, shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.

²⁰ Wherefore, then, shouldst thou stray, my son, with a strange woman? or embrace the bosom of a woman unknown?

²⁴ A man having [many] friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than a brother.

²⁵ The scoffer, thou shalt smite, and, the simple, will beware, but correct a man of intelligence––he will understand teaching.

¹¹ When the scoffer is punished, the simple, becometh wise, when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

²⁰ To the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, [It is] because they have no, dawning day.

¹⁴ Therefore hath Yahweh cut off from Israel––Head and tail, Palm–top and rush, In one day. ¹⁵ The elder and favourite, he, is the head,––And, the prophet teaching falsehood, he, is the tail;

¹⁵ The elder and favourite, he, is the head,––And, the prophet teaching falsehood, he, is the tail;

³ So will he find fragrance, in the reverence of Yahweh, And not, by the sight of his eyes, will he judge, Nor, by the hearing of his ears, will he decide; ⁴ But he will judge, with righteousness, them who are poor, And decide, with equity! for the oppressed of the land,––And he will smite the land with the sceptre of his mouth, And, with the breath of his lips, will he slay the lawless one;

¹ The oracle on Damascus,––Lo! Damascus, is to be removed from being a city, And shall become a heap of ruins:

² For thou hast made, of a citadel, a mound, of a defenced city, a ruin,––palaces for foreigners, to be no city, To times age–abiding, shall it not be built.

¹⁷ But I will make–Justice, the line, and, Righteousness, the plummet,––And the hail shall, sweep away, your refuge of lying, And, your hiding–place, the waters shall overflow; ¹⁸ So shall be wiped out your covenant with death, And, your vision with hades, not stand,––When, the overflowing scourge, sweepeth past, then shall ye be thereby beaten down:

¹³ For, from the least of them, even unto the greatest of them, Every one, graspeth with greed,––And, from the prophet even unto the priest, Every one, dealeth, falsely;

²³ But, this thing, I commanded them––saying, Hearken ye unto my voice, So will I become unto you––a God, And, ye, shall become unto me––a people,––Ye shall therefore walk in all the way that I may command you, To the end it may be well with you;

¹⁵ Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, concerning the prophets who are prophesying in my Name, though, I, sent them not, and yet, they, have been saying, Neither sword nor famine, shall there be in this land,––By sword or by famine, shall, those, prophets, be consumed;

¹¹ For, both prophet and priest, are profane,––Even in my house, have I found their wickedness, Declareth Yahweh.

²⁵ I have heard what the prophets, have said, who prophesy in my name falsely, saying,––I have dreamed! I have dreamed! ²⁶ How long, shall it be, in the heart of the prophets, [To be] prophets of falsehood,––And prophets of the deceit of their own heart? ²⁷ Who lay a plot to cause my people, to forget, my name, by their dreams which they relate, every man to his neighbour,––Just as their fathers forgat, my name, for Baal. ²⁸ The prophet with whom is a dream, Let him relate it as, a dream, And, he with whom is my word, Let him speak my word as, truth,––What is the chaff, to the wheat? Demandeth Yahweh:

⁹ Ye, therefore, do not ye hearken unto your prophets, nor unto your diviners, nor unto your dreams, nor unto your users of hidden arts, nor unto your mutterers of incantations,––in that, they, are speaking unto you saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon;

⁹ the prophet who prophesied of peace, when the word of the prophet was fulfilled, then was known, the prophet, whom Yahweh had sent in truth.

¹⁵ Then said Jeremiah the prophet unto Hananiah the prophet,––Hear, I pray thee, Hananiah: Yahweh, hath not sent thee, Thou, therefore, hast caused this people to trust in falsehood! ¹⁶ Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! driving thee away from off the face of the ground,––This year, art thou, to die, Because, revolt, hast thou spoken against Yahweh. ¹⁷ So Hananiah the prophet, died, the same year, in the seventh month.

⁸ For, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Let not your prophets that are in your midst, nor your diviners, beguile, you,––Neither hearken ye unto your dreams, which ye, are dreaming;

²¹ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Concerning Ahab son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you in my name, a falsehood, Behold me! delivering them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he will smite them before your eyes: ²² So shall there be taken up––from them––a curse, by all of the captivity of Judah who are in Babylon, saying,––Yahweh, make thee, like Zedekiah and like Ahab, Whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!

²⁴ Also, unto Shemaiah the Nehelamite, shalt thou speak, saying:

² Therefore, lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, When I will cause to be heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, an alarm of war, So shall she become a mound of desolation, And, her villages, with fire, shall blaze,––Then shall, Israel, inherit them, who inherited him, Saith Yahweh.

⁶ Wandering sheep, have, my people, been, Their own shepherds, led them astray, On the mountains, they seduced them, From mountain to hill, have they gone, They have forgotten their couching–place.

³² Surely, though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses;

¹¹ Therefore, as I, live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh,––Surely, because, my sanctuary, thou hast defiled, with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, Even I also, will cut off, and mine eye, shall not spare, Yea even I, will not pity.

⁵ But, unto these, said he in mine ears, Pass along through the city after him, and smite,––let not your eye, shield, neither have ye pity: ⁶ elder, young man and virgin, and little ones and women, shall ye slay utterly, but, unto any man who hath upon him the mark, do not ye come near, and, at my sanctuary, shall ye begin. So they began with the elder men, who were before the house.

² Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying,––and say unto them who prophesy out of their own heart, Hear ye the word of Yahweh, ³ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Alas for the base prophets,––who follow their own spirit, and have seen, nothing.

²³ Therefore––of falsehood, shall ye have no vision, And, a divination, shall ye not divine any more,––So will I deliver my people out of your hand, And ye shall know, that, I, am Yahweh.

²⁶ And I will solemnise to them a covenant of prosperity, A covenant age–abiding, shall it be with them,––And I will place them, And multiply them, And set my sanctuary in the midst of them, Unto times age–abiding.

⁶ Therefore will I make of Samaria a heap in a field, the plantings in a vineyard,––and I will pour down, into the valley, her stones, and, her foundations, will I lay bare;

⁸ He hath told thee, O son of earth, what is good,––what then is, Yahweh, seeking of thee, but, to do justice, to delight in lovingkindness, and humbly to walk with thy God?

⁵ Do not trust in a friend, do not put confidence in an associate,––from her that lieth in thy bosom, keep thou the doors of thy mouth; ⁶ For, the son, treateth as foolish, the father, and, the daughter, riseth up against, her mother, the daughter–in–law against her mother–in–law,––The foes of a man, are the men of his own house.
⁷ But, I, for Yahweh, will watch, I will wait for the God of my salvation,––My God, will hear me.

² For, the household gods, have spoken vanity, and, the diviners, have had vision of falsehood, and, deceitful dreams, do they relate, vainly, do they console,––for this reason, have they moved about like a flock, they suffer ill, because there is no shepherd.

³ So shall it come about that, when any man shall prophesy again, then will his own father and his own mother, of whom he was born, say unto him,––Thou shalt not live! For falsehood hast thou spoken in the name of Yahweh,––So will his own father and his own mother of whom he was born, pierce him through, when he prophesieth, ⁴ Yea it shall come to pass, in that day, that the prophets, will turn pale, every man by reason of his vision when he prophesieth,––neither will they put on a mantle of hair to deceive.

³³ But be seeking first, the kingdom and its righteousness,––and, all these things, shall be added unto you.

¹⁵ Beware of false prophets, who come unto you in clothing of sheep,––while, within, they are ravening wolves.

²¹ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord! Lord! shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens,––but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in the heavens. ²² Many, will say unto me, in, that, day, Lord! Lord! did we not, in thy name, prophesy, and, in thy name, cast, demons, out,––and, in thy name, many works of power, perform? ²³ And, then, will I confess unto them, Never, have I acknowledged you,––Depart from me, ye workers of lawlessness! ²⁴ Every one, therefore, who heareth [these] my words, and doeth them, shall be likened to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;

³⁷ He that loveth father or mother above me, is not, worthy, of me,––and, he that loveth son or daughter above me, is not, worthy, of me;

⁴⁸ But, he, answering, said unto him that was telling him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? ⁴⁹ And, stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said, Lo! my mother and my brethren! ⁵⁰ For, whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he, is my, brother, and sister, and mother.

¹¹ And, many false prophets, will arise, and deceive, many;

²⁴ For there will arise, false Christs, and false prophets,––and they will show great signs and wonders, so that, if possible, even the chosen, should be deceived:––

²² For there will arise, false Christs, and false prophets; and they will show signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, the chosen.

⁶ Now they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and righteous appointments of the Lord, blameless;

²⁶ Alas! whensoever all men shall, speak well of you, for, according to the same things, were their fathers doing unto the false prophets.

²⁶ If anyone cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, further also, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

²⁴ Be not judging according to appearance, but, just judgment, be judging,

⁷ When, however, they still continued questioning him, he lifted himself up and said [unto them]––He of you, that is without sin, let him first cast at her a stone;

⁴⁴ Ye, are, of your father––the adversary, and, the covetings of your father, ye choose to be doing. He, was, a murderer, from the beginning, and, in the truth, he stood not; because truth is not in him: Whensoever he speaketh falsehood, of his own, he speaketh; because, false, he is, and, the father of it.

⁵⁸ And, thrusting him forth outside the city, proceeded to stone him. And, the witnesses, laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

⁸ But Elymas the magician,––for so, when translated, is his name,––withstood them; seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

¹¹ and, these, were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they welcomed the word with all readiness of mind, daily, searching the Scriptures,––whether these things could be so.

¹³ Neither be presenting your members as weapons of unrighteousness unto sin, but present yourselves unto God as though alive from among the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness unto God;

¹³ Whereas, them who are without, God, judgeth? Remove ye the wicked man from among, yourselves.

¹⁷ But, he that joineth himself unto the Lord, is, one Spirit.

¹⁹ For there must needs be, even parties among you, that, the approved, [themselves] may become manifest among you.

²² If anyone doth not dearly love the Lord, let him be anathema [that is, "accursed"]: Maran atha [that is, "The Lord, cometh"].

¹⁶ So that, we, henceforth, know, no one, after the flesh: if we have even been gaining, after the flesh, a knowledge of Christ,

¹⁵ And what concord hath Christ with Beliar? Or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever?

⁸ Not by way of injunction, do I speak, but through, others’, earnestness, and, the genuineness of your own love, putting to the test.

¹³ For, such as these, are false apostles, deceitful workers, transfiguring themselves into apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no marvel! for, Satan himself, doth transfigure himself into a messenger of light! ¹⁵ No great thing, therefore, if, his ministers also, are transfiguring themselves as ministers of righteousness!––whose end, shall be according to their works.

⁸ But, even if, we, or, a messenger out of heaven, announce a glad–message [unto you] aside from that which we announced unto you, accursed, let him be! ⁹ As we have said before, even now, again, I say: If anyone is announcing unto you a glad–message aside from that which ye accepted, accursed, let him be!

⁴ But, [this was] because of the false brethren secretly introduced,––who, indeed, came in secretly to spy out our freedom, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:––

¹⁴ That we may, no longer, be infants––billow–tossed and shifted round with every wind of teaching,––in the craft of men, in knavery suited to the artifice of error;

¹⁰ So as to walk worthily of the Lord, unto all pleasing, in every good work, bearing fruit, and growing in the personal knowledge of God,

⁴ This I say, in order that, no one, may be reasoning, you, aside with plausible discourse;

¹ For the rest, brethren, we request and exhort you, in our Lord Jesus, [that], even as ye received from us, how ye must needs walk and please God,––even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more. ² For ye know what charges we gave you, through the Lord Jesus.

⁹ Whose, presence, [shall be] according to an inworking of Satan, with all manner of mighty work and signs and wonders of falsehood,

⁹ Whose, presence, [shall be] according to an inworking of Satan, with all manner of mighty work and signs and wonders of falsehood, ¹⁰ And with all manner of deceit of unrighteousness, in them who are destroying themselves, because, the love of the truth, they did not welcome, that they might be saved; –– ¹¹ And, for this cause, God sendeth them an inworking of error, to the end they should believe in the falsehood,––

¹¹ And, for this cause, God sendeth them an inworking of error, to the end they should believe in the falsehood,––

¹⁹ Against an elder, entertain not, an accusation, except at, [the mouth of] two, or three, witnesses; ²⁰ But, them who are sinning, before all, do thou reprove, that, the rest also, may have, fear:––

⁴ And, from the truth, indeed, their ear, will they turn away, while, unto stories, they will turn themselves aside. ⁵ But, thou,––be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do, the work, of an evangelist, thy ministry, completely fulfill;

¹⁴ Peace, be pursuing, with all, and the obtaining of holiness,––without which no one shall see the Lord: ¹⁵ Using oversight––lest any one be falling behind from the favour of God,––lest any root of bitterness, springing up above, be causing trouble, and, through it, the many, be defiled:

¹ But there arose false–prophets also among the people, as, among you also, there shall be, false–teachers,––men who will stealthily bring in destructive parties, even the Master that bought them, denying, bringing upon themselves speedy destruction;

¹⁹ From among us, they went out, but they were not of us; for, if, of us, they had been, they would in that case have abode with us; but [it came to pass] in order that they might be made manifest, because, all, are not of us.

²⁶ These things, have I written unto you, concerning them who would lead you astray. ²⁷ And, as for you, the anointing which ye have received from him, abideth in you, and ye have, no need, that anyone be teaching you; but, as, his anointing, is teaching you, and is, true, and is no falsehood, even just as it hath taught you, abide ye in him.

¹⁰ Herein, are, manifest, the children of God, and the children of the adversary: Whoever is not doing righteousness, is not of God, nor yet he that is not loving his brother.

¹ Beloved! not in every spirit, believe ye, but test the spirits, whether they are, of God; because, many false prophets, have gone out into the world.

⁴ Ye, are, of God, dear children, and have overcome them; because, greater, is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

²¹ Dear children! Guard yourselves from idols.

¹⁹ These, are they who make complete separation, mere men of soul, Spirit, not possessing.

⁹ And the great dragon was cast out,––the ancient serpent, he that is called Adversary and the Satan, that deceiveth the whole habitable world,––he was cast to the earth, and his messengers, with him, were cast.

¹³ And he doeth great signs, so that, even fire, he causeth to be coming down unto the earth before men; ¹⁴ and he deceiveth them who are dwelling upon the earth, by reason of the signs which it was given him to do before the wild–beast,––saying unto them who are dwelling upon the earth, that they should make an image unto the wild–beast who hath the stroke of the sword, and yet did live.

¹⁴ and he deceiveth them who are dwelling upon the earth, by reason of the signs which it was given him to do before the wild–beast,––saying unto them who are dwelling upon the earth, that they should make an image unto the wild–beast who hath the stroke of the sword, and yet did live.

¹⁶ And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the wild–beast, these, shall hate the harlot, and, desolate, shall make her, and naked, and, her flesh, shall they eat, and, herself, shall they burn up with fire.

¹⁸ and they cried out, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying––What city is like unto the great city? ¹⁹ And they cast dust upon their heads, and cried out, weeping and grieving, saying––Alas! alas! the great city! Whereby were made rich all that had ships in the sea, by reason of her costliness,––that, in one hour, she hath been laid waste! ²⁰ Be glad over her, thou heaven! And ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets! For that God hath exacted your vindication from her. ²¹ And one mighty messenger lifted a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying––Thus, with main force, shall be cast down, Babylon the great city,––and in nowise be found any more; ²² And sound of harp–singers, and musicians, and flute–players, and trumpeters,––in nowise be heard in thee any more; and any artisan [of any art], ––in nowise be found in thee any more; and sound of millstone,––in nowise be found in thee any more; ²³ And light of lamp,––in nowise shine in thee any more; and voice of bridegroom and bride,––in nowise be heard in thee any more; because, thy merchants, were the great ones of the earth, because, with thy sorcery, were all the nations deceived: ²⁴ And, in her, blood of prophets and saints, was found,––and of all who had been slain upon the earth.

² Because, true and righteous, are his judgments; because he hath judged the great harlot, who, indeed, corrupted the earth with her lewdness,––and hath avenged the blood of his servants, at her hand. ³ And, a second time, have they said––Hallelujah! And, her smoke, ascendeth unto ages of ages.

²⁰ And the wild–beast, was taken, and, with him, the false prophet who wrought the signs before him, whereby he deceived them who received the mark of the wild–beast and them who were doing homage unto his image,––alive, were they two cast into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone.

³ and cast him into the abyss, and fastened and sealed [it] over him,––that he might not deceive the nations any more, until the thousand years, should be ended: after these, must he be loosed for a short time.