Exodus 20 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ And God spake all these words, saying:–– 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. ⁴ Thou shalt not make to thee an image, or any form, that is in the heavens above,––or that is in the earth beneath,––or that is in the waters, beneath the earth: ⁵ thou shalt not bow thyself down to them, nor be led to serve them––For, I, Yahweh, thy God, am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of fathers, upon sons, unto three [generations] and unto four, of them that hate me; ⁶ but shewing lovingkindness unto thousands [of generations], ––of them who love me, and keep my commandments. ⁷ Thou shalt not utter the name of Yahweh thy God, for falsehood, for Yahweh will not let him go unpunished who uttereth his name, for falsehood. ⁸ Remember the sabbath day, to hallow it: ⁹ Six days, shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; ¹⁰ but, the seventh day, is a sabbath, unto Yahweh thy God,––thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, [nor] thy servant, nor thy handmaid, nor thy beast, nor thy sojourner who is within thy gates. ¹¹ For, in six days, did Yahweh make the heavens and the earth, [and] the sea––and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day,––for this cause, Yahweh blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.
¹² Honour thy father, and thy mother,––that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee. ¹³ Thou shalt not commit murder. ¹⁴ Thou shalt not commit adultery. ¹⁵ Thou shalt not steal. ¹⁶ Thou shalt not testify against thy neighbour, with a witness of falsehood. ¹⁷ Thou shalt not covet, thy neighbour’s house,––thou shalt not covet, thy neighbour’s wife, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything which belongeth unto thy neighbour.
¹⁸ And, all the people, were witnessing the voices and the torches, and the sound of the horn, and the mountain, smoking,––so then the people were struck with awe and shrank back, and stood afar off. ¹⁹ And they said unto Moses, Speak, thou, with us, and we will hear,––but let not God speak, with us, lest we die. ²⁰ And Moses said unto the people––Do not fear, for, to the end he may prove you, hath God come,––and to the end the reverence of him may be upon your faces, that ye sin not. ²¹ So then the people stood afar off,––and, Moses, approached unto the thick gloom, where God was.
²² Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Thus, shalt thou say, unto the sons of Israel,––Ye yourselves, have seen that, out of the heavens, have I spoken with you. ²³ Ye shall not make [aught] beside me,––neither gods of silver, nor gods of gold, shall ye make to yourselves. 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. ²⁵ But, if, an altar of stones, thou wilt make to me, thou shalt not build them hewn,––for, as soon as thou hast lifted, thy sharp tool, thereupon, thou hast profaned it; ²⁶ neither shalt thou go up, by steps, unto mine altar,––lest by any means thy shame be discovered thereupon.

³³ Did a people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of fire, as, thou, didst hear, and yet live?

³⁶ Out of the heavens, he let thee hear his voice, to instruct thee,––and, upon the earth, he let thee see his great fire, and, his own words, thou didst hear, out of the midst of the fire.

⁴ Face to face, spake Yahweh with you, in the mount, out of the midst of the fire,

²² These words, spake Yahweh, unto all the convocation of you, in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick gloom, a loud voice, and added not,––and he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.

³⁸ The same, is he that came to be in the assembly in the desert, with the messenger who was speaking with him in Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, he who welcomed living utterances, to give unto us:

⁵³ Who, indeed, received the law through ranks of messengers,––and guarded it not.

⁷ And I will confirm my covenant betwixt me and thee, and thy seed after thee to their generations, for an age–abiding covenant,––to become to thee a God, and to thy seed after thee; ⁸ And I will give, to thee and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings––all the land of Canaan, for an age–abiding possession,––And I will be to them, a God.

¹ Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh,––for, I, have suffered his heart to be dull, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs, in their midst; ² and that thou mayest recount in the ears of thy son, and thy sons’ son, what I did in derision of the Egyptians, and my signs, which I displayed among them,––so shall ye know that, I, am Yahweh. ³ And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of the Hebrews, How long hast thou refused to humble thyself before me? Let my people go that they may serve me. ⁴ But, if, refusing, thou art to let my people go, behold me bringing in, tomorrow, a locust, within thy bounds; ⁵ and it shall cover the eye of the land, so that one shall not be able to see the land,––and it shall eat the residue that hath escaped, that is left you from the hail, and shall eat up all the trees that sprout for you, out of the field; ⁶ and they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians, such as thy fathers and thy fathers’ fathers have never seen, from the day they came to be on the ground, until this day. And he turned away, and came out from the presence of Pharaoh. ⁷ Then said the servants of Pharaoh unto him, How long shall this [man] become to us a snare? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh their God. Not yet, knowest thou, that Egypt is, ruined? ⁸ So Moses and Aaron were brought back unto pharaoh, and he said unto them––Go, serve Yahweh your God,––who, are they that are going? ⁹ And Moses said, With our young and with our old, will we go,––with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds, will we go,––for, the festival of Yahweh, is ours. ¹⁰ Then he said unto them: Let Yahweh, so, be with you, when I let go you and your little ones! Look out, for, harm, is straight before your faces. ¹¹ Not so! Go, I pray you, ye grown men, and serve Yahweh, for, that, is what, ye, were seeking. And they were driven out from the presence of Pharaoh.
¹² Then said Yahweh unto Moses––Stretch forth thy hand over the land of Egypt, for the locust, that it may come up over the land of Egypt,––and may eat up every herb of the land, all that the hail hath left. ¹³ And Moses stretched forth his staff over the land of Egypt, and, Yahweh, caused an east wind to drive through the land, all that day, and all the night,––when, the morning, had come, the east wind, had brought the locust. ¹⁴ And the locust came up over all the land of Egypt, and settled in all the bounds of Egypt,––very grievous, before it, had not been such a locust, as that, neither, after it, should be one like it. ¹⁵ So it covered the eye of all the land, and the land was darkened, and it did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which the hail had left remaining,––so that there was not left remaining any green sprout in the trees, or in the herb of the field, in all the land of Egypt.

³ And Moses said unto the people––[Ye are] to remember this day, on which ye came forth out of Egypt, out of the house of slaves, that, with strength of hand, did Yahweh bring you forth from hence,––there shall not, therefore, be eaten anything leavened.

³⁶ Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have,––I––Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt.

⁴³ To the end that your generations may know, that, in booths, made I the sons of Israel to dwell, when I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,––I––Yahweh, am your God.

¹ Ye shall not make unto you idols,––neither image, nor pillar, shall ye set up for yourselves, nor, sculptured stone, shall ye place in your land, to bow yourselves down thereunto,––For, I Yahweh, am your God.

¹³ I––Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; so I brake in pieces the staves of your yoke, and caused you to walk, erect.

⁶ I, am Yahweh thy God, who have brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants:––

¹⁵ So shalt thou remember that, a servant, wast thou, in the land of Egypt, and that Yahweh thy God brought thee forth from thence, with a firm hand, and with a stretched–out arm,––for this cause, hath Yahweh thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day:

⁴ Hear, O Israel: Yahweh, is our God,––Yahweh alone. ⁵ Thou shalt therefore love Yahweh thy God,––with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might;

⁸ but, because Yahweh loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, did Yahweh bring you forth with a firm hand,––and redeem thee out of the house of servants, out of the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

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.

¹⁵ and thou shalt remember, that, a servant, thou wast, in the land of Egypt, and that Yahweh thy God, redeemed thee,––for this cause, am I commanding thee this thing, today.

⁶ and the Egyptians, badly entreated us, and humiliated us,––and put upon us harsh service; ⁷ so we made outcry unto Yahweh God of our fathers,––and Yahweh hearkened unto our voice, and looked upon our humiliation and our toil, and our oppression; ⁸ and Yahweh, brought us forth, out of Egypt, with a firm hand and with a stretched–out arm, and with great terror,––and with signs and with wonders;

⁵ Wherefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria, who smote him, and carried away captive from him a large body of captives, and brought them into Damascus,––yea, even into the hand of the king of Israel, was he delivered, who smote him with a great smiting.

⁷ Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will adjure thee, God, thine own God, I am:––

¹⁰ I, Yahweh, am thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt,––Open wide thy mouth, that I may fill it.

¹ At that time, Declareth Yahweh, I will become a God, to all the families of Israel; And, they, shall become my, people.

³³ For, this, is the covenant which I will solemnize with the house of Israel, after those days, Declareth Yahweh, I will put my law within, them, Yea, on their heart, will I write it,––So will I become their, God, And, they, shall become my, people.

⁴ Yet, I, Yahweh, have been thy God from the land of Egypt,––and, god beside me, shalt thou not acknowledge, for, saviour, is there none besides me.

²⁹ Or, [is God] the God, of Jews only, and not of the nations also? Yea! of the nations also:––

¹² For there is no distinction––of Jew or Greek,––for, the same [Lord], is Lord of all, being rich unto all who call upon him;

¹¹ Who is, like unto thee, among the mighty, O Yahweh? Who is, like unto thee, Majestic in holiness,––To be revered in praises, Doing a marvelous thing?

²³ Ye shall not make [aught] beside me,––neither gods of silver, nor gods of gold, shall ye make to yourselves.

⁷ Thou shalt not have other gods, besides me:

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

¹⁴ Ye shall not go after other gods,––of the gods of the peoples who are surrounding you;

¹⁸ then did Yahweh drive out all the peoples, even the Amorites were dwelling in the land, from before us,––we too, will serve Yahweh, for, he, is our God. ¹⁹ Then said Joshua unto the people––Ye cannot serve Yahweh, for, a holy God, he is, a jealous GOD, he is, he will not forgive your transgression, nor your sins. ²⁰ When ye forsake Yahweh, and serve the gods of a stranger, then will he turn, and inflict on you calamity, and consume you, after that he hath dealt well with you. ²¹ But the people said unto Joshua,––Nay! but, Yahweh, will we serve. ²² Then said Joshua unto the people––Witnesses, are ye, against yourselves, that, ye yourselves, have chosen you Yahweh, to serve him. And they said: Witnesses! ²³ Now, therefore, put ye away the gods of the stranger, that are in your midst,––and incline your heart unto Yahweh, God of Israel. ²⁴ And the people said unto Joshua,––Yahweh our God, will we serve, and, unto his voice, will we hearken.

²⁹ Howbeit the nations severally were making their own gods,––and did put them in the houses of the high places, which, the Samaritans, had made, each several nation, in their cities wherein, they, were dwelling. 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. ³² Thus became they reverers of Yahweh,––and yet made for themselves, from the whole compass of them, priests of high places, who became offerers for them in the house of the high places. ³³ Yahweh, were they revering,––and yet, their own gods, were they serving, according to the custom of the nations from whence they had brought them away captive. ³⁴ Unto this day, are they offering according to the former customs,––they are not revering Yahweh, neither are they offering after their own statutes, or their own custom, nor yet after the law and the commandment which Yahweh commanded the sons of Jacob, whose name he made to be Israel: ³⁵ With, whom, Yahweh solemnised a covenant, and commanded them saying––Ye shall not revere other gods,––nor bow down to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;

² Give to Yahweh, the glory of his Name, Bow down to Yahweh, in the adornment of holiness.

²⁵ Whom have I in the heavens? And, compared with thee, there is nothing I desire on earth.

⁹ There shall not be, within thee, a foreign GOD,––Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange GOD:

⁴ Trust ye in Yahweh, unto futurity,––For, in Yah, Yahweh, is a rock of ages.

¹⁰ Ye, are my witnesses, Declareth Yahweh, And my Servant, whom I have chosen,––That ye may take note––and believe me, And perceive that, I, am He, Before me, was not formed a GOD, Nor, after me, shall one come into being:

⁸ Do not ye dread, nor yet be alarmed, Have I not, from olden time, told thee and declared? So that, ye, are my witnesses,––Whether there is, a GOD besides me? Or is no, Rock––I knew of none!

²¹ Tell ye––and bring near, Yea let them take counsel, together,––Who, let this be known aforetime, In time past, declared it? Was it not, I––Yahweh? And there is none else that is God, besides me, A GOD, righteous and ready to save, There is none, besides, me! ²² Turn unto me––and be ye saved, all ye ends of the earth,––For, I, am GOD, and there is none else.

⁹ Remember ye the things named in advance, from age–past times,––For, I, am, The Mighty One, and there is, none else, The Adorable, and there is none, like me!

⁶ But do not go away after other, gods, to serve them, and to bow down to them,––So shall ye not provoke me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will not bring calamity upon you;

¹⁵ And I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, betimes, sending, saying, Return, I pray you––every man from his wicked, way, And amend your doings, And do not go after other, gods to serve them, So shall ye remain on the soil, which I gave to you, and to your fathers,––but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened, unto me.

¹⁰ Then saith Jesus unto him, Withdraw, Satan! for it is written,––The Lord thy God, shalt thou worship, and, to him alone, render divine service.

⁴ Concerning, then, the eating of idol–sacrifices, we are aware––that an idol is, nothing, in the world, and that, none, is God save one.

⁶ [Yet], to us, there is one God the Father, of whom are all things, and, we, for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and, we, through him.

⁵ For, this, ye know, if ye take note––that no fornicator, or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.

¹⁹ Whose, end, is destruction, whose, God, is the belly, and [whose], glory, is in their shame, who, upon the earthly things, are resolved.

¹⁸ Let, no one, against you, be arbitrating, however wishful,––in respect of lowliness of mind, and of a religious observance of the messengers: upon what things he hath seen, taking his stand, in vain, puffed up by his carnal mind,––

²⁰ We know, moreover, that, the Son of God, hath come, and hath given us insight, so that we are getting to understand, him that is Real,––and we are in him that is Real, in his Son Jesus Christ. This, is the Real God, and life age–abiding. ²¹ Dear children! Guard yourselves from idols.

¹⁰ And I fell down at his feet, to do him homage; and he saith unto me––See! [thou do it] not! A fellow–servant, am I, of thee and of thy brethren who have the witness of Jesus: unto God, do homage! For, the witness of Jesus, is the spirit of the prophecy.

⁹ and he saith unto me––See [thou do it] not! A fellow–servant, am I, of thee, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them who keep the words of this scroll: unto God, do homage.

¹ And, when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him––Up, make for us gods, who shall go before us, for, as for this Moses––the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what hath befallen him.

⁸ They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them, they have made for themselves––a molten calf,––and have bowed themselves down thereto, and have sacrificed thereto, and have said, These, are thy gods, O Israel, who have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

²³ So they said to me––Make for us gods, who shall go before us,––for, as for this, Moses––the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what hath befallen him.

¹⁷ Molten gods, shalt thou not make to thee.

⁴ Do not turn unto things of nought, And, molten gods, shall ye not make to yourselves,––I––Yahweh, am your God.

¹⁵ Ye must take diligent heed, therefore, unto your own souls,––for ye saw no manner of form, on the day Yahweh spake unto you in Horeb, out of the midst of the fire; ¹⁶ lest ye should break faith, and make you an image, a form of any likeness,––a model of male or female; ¹⁷ a model of any beast, that is in the earth,––a model of any winged bird, that flieth in the heavens; ¹⁸ a model of any thing that creepeth on the ground,––a model of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth; 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;

²³ Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he hath solemnised with you,––and so make for yourselves an image, the form of anything, the which Yahweh thy God hath forbidden thee; ²⁴ seeing that, as for Yahweh thy God, a consuming fire, he is,––a jealous GOD. ²⁵ When thou shalt beget sons, and sons’ sons, and become careless in the land, and break faith, and make an image, the form of any thing, and shalt do the thing that is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh thy God, provoking him to anger,

⁸ Thou shalt not make unto thee an image, any form that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

¹⁵ Cursed, be the man that maketh an image––cut or molten––an abomination unto Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall respond and say––Amen.

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;

⁷ and he set a resemblance–image which he had made,––in the house of God, as to which God had said unto David, and unto Solomon his son, In this house and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name, unto times age–abiding.

⁷ Let all who serve an image, be ashamed, They who boast themselves in things of nought, Bow down unto him, all ye gods.

⁴ Their idols, are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men,–– ⁵ A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not; ⁶ Ears, have they, but they hear not, A nose, have they, but they smell not: ⁷ Their hands! but they feel not, Their feet! but they walk not, No sound make they in their throat. ⁸ Like unto them, shall be they who make them, Every one who trusteth in them.

¹⁵ The idols of the nations, are silver and gold, the work of the hands of men: ¹⁶ A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not; ¹⁷ Ears, have they, but they hear not, Nose,––there is no breath in their mouth. ¹⁸ Like unto them, shall be they who make them, every one who trusteth in them.

¹⁸ Unto whom, then, can ye liken GOD? Or, what likeness, can ye compare unto him? ¹⁹ The image, hath been cast by an artificer, And, a goldsmith, with gold, overlayeth it,––And, chains of silver, he worketh. ²⁰ The needy offerer, of a tree that will not rot, maketh choice,––A skilled artificer, seeketh he out for himself, to construct an image that shall not totter!

⁸ I, am Yahweh, that, is my Name,––And, my glory, to another, will I not give, Nor, my praise, to images.

¹⁷ They have drawn back, They turn very pale, Who have been trusting in a graven image,––Who have been saying to a molten image, Ye, are, our gods!

⁹ The fashioners of an image––all of them, are emptiness, And, the things they delight in, cannot profit,––And, their witnesses, they, neither see nor know, That they may be ashamed. ¹⁰ Who, hath fashioned a GOD, Or, an image, hath molten? It cannot profit! ¹¹ Lo! all his partners, turn pale, Even, the artificers themselves, are of the sons of earth,––Let them gather themselves together––all of them, Let them take their stand, Let them dread, and turn pale, together! ¹² As for the smith, [with his] cutting–tool,––When he hath wrought in the live coals, And, with hammers, hath fashioned it,––And hath wrought it with his strong, arm, Anon, he is hungry, and hath no, strength, He hath drunk no water, and so hath become faint! ¹³ As for the carpenter,––He hath stretched out a line, hath drawn it with a pencil, Hath made it with carving tools, With compasses, hath rounded it,––And so hath made it after the figure of a great man, After the beauty of a son of earth, that it may remain in a house! ¹⁴ When one was cutting him down cedars, Then took he a holm–tree, and an oak, And secured them for himself, among the trees of the forest,––He planted a fir–tree, and the pouring rain made it grow; ¹⁵ So it serveth for a man to burn, And he hath taken of [the branches] and warmed himself, Also, he kindleth a fire, and baketh bread,––Also, he maketh a GOD, and hath bowed himself down, Hath made of it a carved image, and adored it: ¹⁶ The half thereof, hath he burned in the fire, Over half thereof, he eateth, flesh, He roasteth roast, that he may be satisfied,––Also, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen a blaze; ¹⁷ And, the residue thereof, Into a GOD, he maketh, Into his carved image,––Adoreth it, and boweth down, and prayeth unto it, And saith, Deliver me, for, my GOD, thou art! ¹⁸ They have not taken note, neither can they perceive,––He hath besmeared––past seeing––their eyes, Past understanding, their hearts; ¹⁹ And no one reflecteth––There is neither knowledge nor discernment––to say, Half thereof, have I burned up in the fire, Moreover also, I have baked, on the coals thereof, bread, I roasted flesh, and have been eating,––And, of the remainder thereof, an abomination, shall I make? And, to a log of wood, shall I pay adoration? ²⁰ He is feeding on ashes, A deluded heart, hath turned him aside,––And he cannot deliver his own soul, nor say, Is there not a falsehood in my right hand?

¹⁶ They have turned pale and, even been put to shame, all of them,––Together, have they gone into disgrace, have the makers of images:

⁵ To whom, can ye liken me, or make me equal? Or compare me, and we be like? ⁶ They who pour gold out of a purse, And who weigh silver, in a balance,––[Who] hire a goldsmith, that he may make it into a GOD, They adore, yea they bow down; ⁷ They carry him about on the shoulder, They bear the burden of him––and set him in his place, that he may stand,––Out of his place, will he not move,––Though one even make outcry unto him, he will not answer, Out of one’s trouble, he will not save him. ⁸ Remember ye this, and shew yourselves men,––Bring it back, ye transgressors, to your minds;

³ For, as for the prescribed customs of the peoples, vanity, they are,––For, a tree out of the forest, one cutteth down, Work for the hands of a skilled workman, with the axe: ⁴ With silver and with gold, he decketh it,––With nails and with hammers, they fasten them, that it may not totter. ⁵ Mere palm–trunks turned, they are, and cannot speak, They must needs be, carried, for they cannot take a step, Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do harm, And, even to do good, is not in their power.

⁸ But, at once, do they become brutish and stupid,––An example of utmost vanity, is, a tree! ⁹ Silver spread into plates, from Tarshish, is brought, And gold, from Uphaz, Work for the craftsman, and for the hands of the smith,––Blue and purple, is their clothing, Work for the skilled, are they all.

¹⁴ Every son of earth hath become too brutish, to discern, Every goldsmith, hath been put to shame, by a graven image,––For, a falsehood, is his molten image, Seeing there is no breath in them. ¹⁵ Vanity, they are, the handiwork of mockeries,––In the time of their visitation, shall they perish. ¹⁶ Not like these, is the portion of Jacob, For, the fashioner of all things, is, he, And, Israel, is his inherited sceptre,––Yahweh of hosts, is his name.

¹⁰ So I went in, and looked, and lo! every similitude of creeping thing, and detestable beast, and all the manufactured gods of the house of Israel,––portrayed upon the wall, round about on every side;

²⁹ Being, then, offspring, of God, we ought not to be supposing that, unto gold or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man, the Divine, is like.

²⁶ and ye perceive and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but well–nigh in all Asia, this Paul, hath persuaded and turned away a considerable multitude, saying that they are, no gods, which, with hands, are made. ²⁷ And, not only is there danger that this our heritage into ill–repute may come, but even that the temple, of the great Goddess Diana, for nothing, may be counted; also that, even on the point of being pulled down, may be Her Majesty, whom, all Asia and the habitable world, do worship. ²⁸ Now, hearing this, and becoming full of wrath, they began crying aloud, saying––Great, is Diana of the Ephesians! ²⁹ And the city was filled with the confusion; they rushed also with one accord into the theatre, carrying off with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow–travellers of Paul. ³⁰ But, Paul, being minded to enter in among the populace, the disciples would not suffer him. ³¹ Moreover, certain of the Asiarchs also, being his friends, sending unto him, were beseeching him not to adventure himself into the theatre. ³² Others, indeed, were crying out something else; for the assembly had become confused, and, the greater part, knew not for what cause they had come together. ³³ Howbeit, out of the multitude, they bare aloft one Alexander, the Jews thrusting him forward; Alexander, however, waving his hand, was wishing to make his defense unto the populace. ³⁴ But, recognizing that he was a Jew, one voice arose from all for about two hours, as they cried aloud––Great, is Diana of the Ephesians! ³⁵ Howbeit the town–clerk, having calmed the multitude, saith––Ephesians! why, who is there of mankind that doth not acknowledge the city of Ephesians to be temple–keeper of the Great Diana, and of the [image] that fell from Jupiter?

²³ And, exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God, for the likeness of an image of a corruptible man, and of birds and fourfooted beasts and reptiles:

²⁰ And, the rest of mankind who were not slain by these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands,––that they should not do homage unto the demons, nor unto the idols of gold and of silver and of copper and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

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. ¹⁵ And it was given unto it, to give spirit unto the image of the wild–beast, in order that the image of the wild–beast should both speak and should cause that, as many as should not do homage unto the image of the wild–beast, should be slain.

⁹ And, another, a third messenger, followed them, saying with a loud voice––If anyone doeth homage unto the beast and his image, and receiveth a mark upon his forehead, or upon his hand, ¹⁰ he also, shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared, unmixed, in the cup of his anger; ––and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone, before holy messengers and before the Lamb; ¹¹ And, the smoke of their torment, unto ages of ages, ascendeth; And they have no rest day or night, who do homage unto the beast and his image, or if anyone receiveth the mark of his name.

² And the first departed, and poured out his bowl unto the earth; and there came to be a baneful and painful ulcer, upon the men who had the mark of the beast, and them who were doing homage unto his image.

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.

⁶ So Yahweh passed before him, and proclaimed,––Yahweh, Yahweh, A GOD of compassion, and favour,––Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and faithfulness: ⁷ Keeping lovingkindness to a thousand generations, Forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin, Though he leave not, utterly unpunished, Visiting the iniquity of fathers Upon sons, And upon sons’ sons, Unto a third and unto a fourth generation.

¹⁴ For thou shalt not bow thyself down to another GOD,––For, as for Yahweh, Jealous, is his name, A jealous GOD, he is:

⁵ then will, I myself, set my face against that man, and against his family,––and will cut him off, and all that follow unchastely after him––in going unchastely after Molech––out of the midst of their people.

²⁹ And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons,––Yea, even the flesh of your daughters, shall ye eat.

³⁹ And, they who are left of you, shall melt away in their iniquity, in the lands of your foes; Yea also, in the iniquity of their fathers with them, shall they melt away.
⁴⁰ Then shall they confess their iniquity, And the iniquity of their fathers, In their unfaithfulness wherewith they had been unfaithful towards me; Yea moreover, because they had gone in opposition to me,

¹⁸ Yahweh––slow to anger and great in lovingkindness, Forgiving iniquity and transgression: Though he will not leave, wholly unpunished, Visiting the iniquity of fathers upon sons, Upon a third generation, and upon a fourth.

³³ and, your sons, shall be shepherds in the desert forty years, and shall bear your unchastities,––until your dead bodies are consumed in the desert.

²⁴ seeing that, as for Yahweh thy God, a consuming fire, he is,––a jealous GOD.

⁹ thou shalt not bow thyself down to them, nor be led to serve them,––for, I Yahweh, thy God, am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of fathers upon sons, even unto three generations and unto four, unto them that hate me;

¹⁵ for, a jealous GOD, is Yahweh thy God, in thy midst,––lest the anger of Yahweh thy God kindle upon thee, and so he destroy thee from off the face of the ground.

¹⁰ but requiting them who hate him unto his face, to destroy them,––he will not be slack towards him that hateth him, unto his face, will he requite him.

²¹ They, have moved me to jealousy with a No–GOD, They have angered me with their vanities: I, therefore, will move them to jealousy, with a No–people, With an impious nation, will I anger them.

⁴¹ If I whet my flashing sword, And my hand take hold on justice, I will return vengeance unto mine adversaries, And, them who hate me, will I requite:

⁷ so as not to go in among these nations, these which remain with you,––and, with the name of their gods, shall ye neither make memorial nor put on oath, and neither serve them,––nor bow down to them.

¹⁶ When ye transgress the covenant of Yahweh your God which he hath commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow yourselves down unto them, then will the anger of Yahweh kindle upon you, and ye will perish quickly, from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

¹⁹ Then said Joshua unto the people––Ye cannot serve Yahweh, for, a holy God, he is, a jealous GOD, he is, he will not forgive your transgression, nor your sins.

¹⁹ But, when the judge was dead, they again broke faith more than their fathers, by going their way after other gods, by serving them, and bowing themselves down to them,––they ceased not from their doings nor from their stubborn way.

² Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, I have well considered what Amalek did unto Israel––how he lay in wait for him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt. ³ Now, go and smite Amalek, and devote ye to destruction all that he hath, and spare him not,––but thou shalt slay both man and woman, both child and suckling, both ox and sheep, both camel and ass.

¹ And there came to be a famine, in the days of David, for three years, year after year, so then David sought the face of Yahweh,––and Yahweh said––It respecteth Saul and his house, as to bloodshed, in that he put to death the Gibeonites.

⁶ let there be delivered up to us––seven men of his sons, and we will crucify them unto Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh. And the king said, I, will deliver them up.

²⁹ Hast thou seen that Allah hath humbled himself, before me? Because he hath humbled himself before me, I will not bring in the calamity in his days, In the days of his son, will I bring in the calamity upon his house.

³⁵ With, whom, Yahweh solemnised a covenant, and commanded them saying––Ye shall not revere other gods,––nor bow down to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;

⁴¹ Thus were these nations doing reverence unto Yahweh, and yet, unto their own carved images, were they rendering service,––yea, their sons and their son’s sons, as the fathers offered, so are, they, offering until this day.

²⁶ Howbeit, Yahweh turned not away from the glow of his great anger, wherewith his anger glowed against Judah––because of all the provocations wherewith, Manasseh, had provoked him.

¹⁴ And so it was, after Amaziah came in from smiting the Edomites, that he brought in the gods of the sons of Seir, and set them up for himself, as gods,––and, before them, used he to bow himself down, and, unto them, used he to burn a perfume.

⁴ His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver:

¹⁹ Shall, GOD, reserve, for his children, his sorrow? Let him recompense him so that he may know it;

⁵⁸ And provoked him to anger with their high places, And, with their images, used to move him to jealousy.

⁸ Do not remember against us former iniquities,––Haste thee, let thy compassions, come to meet us, For we have been brought very low!

¹⁵ The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age–abiding!

¹⁴ Remembered be the iniquity of his fathers against Yahweh, and, the sin of his mother, let it not be wiped out;

³⁴ For, jealousy, is the rage of a man, nor will he spare, in the day of avenging; ³⁵ He will not look, at any ransom, neither will he consent, though thou increase the bribe.

³⁶ But, he that misseth me, wrongeth his own soul, all who hate me, love death.

²⁰ As for them who go down to the stones of the Pit, Thou shalt not be united with them in burial; For, thy land, thou didst ruin, Thy people, didst slay,––Unnamed to times ago–abiding, Be the seed of the wicked! ²¹ Prepare––for his sons––shambles, For the iniquity of their fathers,––They shall not rise, nor possess the earth, Nor fill the face of the world with cities.

¹⁵ So it serveth for a man to burn, And he hath taken of [the branches] and warmed himself, Also, he kindleth a fire, and baketh bread,––Also, he maketh a GOD, and hath bowed himself down, Hath made of it a carved image, and adored it:

¹⁹ And no one reflecteth––There is neither knowledge nor discernment––to say, Half thereof, have I burned up in the fire, Moreover also, I have baked, on the coals thereof, bread, I roasted flesh, and have been eating,––And, of the remainder thereof, an abomination, shall I make? And, to a log of wood, shall I pay adoration?

⁶ Lo! it is written before me,––I will not keep silence, But I have, recompensed, and will, recompense, into their bosom: ⁷ Your own iniquities, And the iniquities of your fathers together, Saith Yahweh, Who have burned incense upon the mountains, And, upon the hills, have reproached me,––Therefore will I measure their former work, into their bosom.

⁹ Therefore, yet further, will I plead with you, Declareth Yahweh, Yea, with your children’s children, will I plead.

¹⁸ Executing lovingkindness unto thousands, But recompensing the iniquity of fathers, into the bosom of their children, after them, Thou GOD, the great, the mighty, Yahweh of hosts, is his name:

³ Then put he forth the similitude of a hand, and took me by the forelock of my head,––and the Spirit, lifted me up, between the earth and the heavens, and brought me to Jerusalem in the visions of God, into the opening of the inner gate that looketh toward the north, where was the seat of the Statue of Jealousy, that provoketh to jealousy;

² and the Lord gave into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, and a part of the vessels of the house of God, and he brought them into the land of Shinar, into the house of his gods,––and, the vessels, brought he into the treasure–house of his gods.

² A GOD jealous and avenging, is Yahweh, an avenger, is Yahweh, and a lord of wrath, an avenger, is Yahweh towards his adversaries, and, a retainer [of anger], is he to his foes.

⁹ and said to him, All these things, will I give thee,––if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

³⁴ For this cause, lo! I, send unto you, prophets and wise men and scribes,––some from among them, ye will slay and crucify, And some from among them ye will––scourge in your synagogues, and pursue from city to city: ³⁵ That there may come upon you––all righteous blood poured out upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye murdered between the Temple and the altar. ³⁶ Verily, I say unto you––All these things, will have come, upon this generation.

⁷ The world cannot hate you; but, me, it hateth, because, I, bear witness concerning it, that, the works thereof, are, wicked.

¹⁸ If, the world, is hating, you, ye are getting to know that, me, before you, it hath hated.

²³ He that hateth me, hateth, my Father also. ²⁴ Had I not done among them, the works, which, no other, had done, sin, had they none; but, now, have they, both seen and hated both me and my Father.

³⁰ Whisperers, detractors, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, vain boasters, inventors of vices, unto parents unyielding,

⁷ Inasmuch as, what is preferred by the flesh, [is] hostile towards God, for, unto the law of God, it doth not submit itself, neither in fact can it.––

²² Or are we to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we mightier than he?

⁴ Adulteresses! Know ye not that, the friendship of the world, is, enmity to God? Whosoever, therefore, is minded to be, a friend, of the world, an enemy of God, doth constitute himself.

³⁷ And, because that he loved thy fathers, therefore chose he his seed after him,––and brought thee forth, with his presence, with his great might, out of Egypt;

²⁹ Oh that this their heart might remain in them, to revere me, and to keep all my commandments, all the days,––that it might be well with them and with their sons, unto times age–abiding.

⁹ So then, thou must know that, Yahweh thy God, he, is God,––the faithful GOD, keeping his covenant and his lovingkindness with them that love him, and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

³⁹ And I will give them one heart, and one way, That they may revere, me, all the days,––For the good of them, and of their children after, them; ⁴⁰ And I will solemnise to them, an age–abiding covenant, That I will not turn away from following them, to do them good,––But, the reverence of myself, will I put in their heart, so that they shall not turn away from me.

¹⁵ If ye be loving me, my commandments, ye will keep;

²¹ He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he, it is that loveth me; and, he that loveth me, shall be loved by my Father, and, I, will love him, and will manifest, myself, unto him.

³⁹ For, unto you, is the promise, and unto your children,––and unto all them who are afar off: as many soever as the Lord our God shall call unto him.

²⁸ As touching the joyful–message, indeed, they are enemies for your sake, but, as touching the election, beloved for their father’s sake; ²⁹ For, not to be regretted, are the gifts and the calling of God:––

¹⁹ We, love, because, he, first loved us:––

³ For, this is the love of God––that, his commandments, we be keeping, and, his commandments, are not burdensome;

⁶ And, this, is love, that we should be walking according to his commandments: This, is, the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that, therein, ye should be walking.

¹² Nor swear by my name, falsely,––And so profane the name of thy God: I, am Yahweh.

¹¹ and the son of the woman of Israel, and a man of Israel, reviled one another in the camp. And the son of the Israelitish woman uttered contemptuously the Name, and reviled. So they brought him in unto Moses,––now, the name of his mother, was Shelomith, daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan; ¹² and they put him in ward,––that a clear answer might be given to them, at the mouth of Yahweh. ¹³ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: 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.

¹¹ Thou shalt not utter the name of Yahweh thy God, for falsehood,––for Yahweh will not let him go unpunished who uttereth his name, for falsehood:

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

¹² Now, therefore I pray you, swear unto me by Yahweh, since I have dealt with you in lovingkindness, that, ye also, will deal with the house of my father in lovingkindness, and will give me a token of faithfulness,

¹⁷ And the men said unto her,––Free, will we be from this thine oath which thou hast made us swear:

²⁰ This, will we do unto them, even let them live,––lest there come on us wrath, because of the oath which we have sworn unto them.

¹ And there came to be a famine, in the days of David, for three years, year after year, so then David sought the face of Yahweh,––and Yahweh said––It respecteth Saul and his house, as to bloodshed, in that he put to death the Gibeonites. ² The king therefore called the Gibeonites, and said unto them (now, the Gibeonites, were, not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, with whom, the sons of Israel, had entered into an oath, and Saul had sought to smite them, in his jealousy for the sons of Israel and Judah)––

⁹ Now, therefore do not hold him guiltless, for, a wise man, thou art, and wilt know how thou oughtest to deal with him, and wilt suffer his grey hairs to go down with blood, to hades.

¹⁴ Sacrifice to God a thankoffering, And pay to the Most High thy vows; ¹⁵ Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.
¹⁶ But, to the lawless one, God saith, What hast, thou, to do, to recount my statutes? Or that thou hast taken up my covenant upon thy mouth?

⁹ Lest I be full, and deny, and say––Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.

² If thou wilt swear, By the life of Yahweh! in faithfulness, in justice, and in righteousness, Then shall the nations bless themselves in him, And, in him, shall they glory.

³³ Again, ye have heard that it was said, to them of olden time, Thou shalt not swear falsely,––but shalt render unto the Lord, thine oaths. ³⁴ But, I, tell you––not to swear, at all: Neither by heaven, because it is the, throne of God,–– ³⁵ Nor by the earth, because it is his, footstool; nor by Jerusalem, because, it is the, city, of the Great King; ³⁶ Nor, by thine own head, mayest thou swear, because thou art not able to make, one hair, white or black. ³⁷ But let your word be, Yea, yea,––Nay, nay; and, what goeth beyond these, is, of evil.

¹⁶ Alas for you, blind guides! that say––Whosoever shall swear by the Temple, it is, nothing, but, whosoever shall swear by the gold of the Temple, is bound: ¹⁷ Foolish and blind! for which is, greater, The gold, or the Temple that hath hallowed the gold? ¹⁸ And, whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is, nothing, but, whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, is bound: ¹⁹ Blind! for which is greater, The gift, or the altar that halloweth the gift? ²⁰ He therefore that hath sworn by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that is upon it; ²¹ And, he that hath sworn by the Temple, sweareth by it, and by him who dwelleth therein; ²² And, he that hath sworn by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him who sitteth thereupon.

⁶³ But, Jesus, was silent. And, the High–priest, said unto him: I put thee on oath, by the Living God, that, to us, thou say––Whether, thou, art the Christ, the Son of God. ⁶⁴ Jesus saith unto him: Thou, hast said; Moreover, I say unto you––Hereafter, ye will see the Son of Man, sitting on the right hand of power, and coming upon the clouds of heaven.

²³ But, I, call upon God, as a witness, against my own soul,––that, to spare you, not yet, have I come unto Corinth:

¹⁶ For, men, by the greater one, swear, and, with them, an end of all gainsaying by way of confirmation is, the oath: ¹⁷ Wherein God, being, more abundantly disposed to shew forth unto the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel, mediated, with an oath,––

¹² But, before all things, my brethren, do not swear,––either by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your Yea be yea, and your Nay nay,––lest, under judgment, ye fall.

³ And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it,––because, therein, rested he from all his work which God, by creating, had made.

²³ And he said unto them––That, is what Yahweh spake. The observance of a holy sabbath to Yahweh, is tomorrow,––what ye would bake, bake, and, what ye would boil, boil, and, all that is left over, put by you, to keep until the morning. ²⁴ So they put it by until the morning, as Moses had commanded,––and it gave no unpleasant odour, neither was there, a worm, therein. ²⁵ Then said Moses––Eat ye it today, for, a sabbath, is today, unto Yahweh,––today, ye shall not find it in the field. ²⁶ Six days, shall ye gather it,––but, on the seventh day, a sabbath, it shall not be therein. ²⁷ And it came to pass, on the seventh day, that there went forth some of the people to gather,––but they found not. ²⁸ Then said Yahweh unto Moses,––How long have ye refused to keep my commandments and my laws? ²⁹ See, because, Yahweh, hath given you the sabbath, for this cause, is, he, giving you, on the sixth day, food for two days,––abide ye every man in his place, let no man go forth from his dwelling, on the seventh day. ³⁰ So the people rested on the seventh day.

¹² Six days, shalt thou do thy work, but, on the seventh day, shalt thou keep sabbath,––that thine ox may rest, and thine ass, and that the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.

¹³ Thou thyself, therefore, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying,––Surely, my sabbaths, shall ye keep,––for, a sign, it is betwixt me and you, to your generations, that ye may know that, I––Yahweh, do hallow you. ¹⁴ Therefore shall ye keep the sabbath, for, holy, it is unto you,––he that profaneth it, shall be, surely put to death; verily, whosoever doeth, therein, any work, that soul shall be cut off, from the midst of its people: ¹⁵ Six days, shall work be done, but, on the seventh day, is a holy sabbath–keeping of rest, unto Yahweh,––whosoever doeth work on the sabbath day, shall be, surely put to death. ¹⁶ Therefore shall the sons of Israel keep the sabbath,––by making it a Day of Rest to your generations, as an age–abiding covenant:

³ Ye shall, every one, revere, his father and his mother, And, my sabbaths, shall ye observe,––I––Yahweh, am your God.

³⁰ My sabbaths, shall ye observe, And, my sanctuary, shall ye revere,––I, am Yahweh.

³ Six days, shall work be done, but, on the seventh day, shall there be a sabbath of sacred rest, a holy convocation, no work, shall ye do,––a sabbath, shall it be unto Yahweh, in all your dwellings.

² My sabbaths, shall ye observe, And, my sanctuary, shall ye revere,––I, am Yahweh.

⁴ For, thus, saith Yahweh––Of the eunuchs, Who shall keep my sabbaths, And choose what I delight in,––And lay firm hold on my covenant, ⁵ That I will give unto them––In my house, And within my walls, A sign and a name, better than sons and daughters,––A name age–abiding, will I give him, which shall not be cut off. ⁶ And, as for the sons of the foreigner––Who have joined themselves unto Yahweh, To wait upon him, and, To love the name of Yahweh, To become his, for servants,––Every one who keepeth the sabbath, lest he profane it, And who layeth firm hold on my covenant,

²¹ Six days, shalt thou labour, but, on the seventh day, shalt thou rest,––in plowing time and in harvest, shalt thou rest.

² Six days, shall work be done, but, on the seventh day, shall there be to you a holy sabbath–keeping, unto Yahweh,––whosoever doeth work therein, shall be put to death.

¹⁴ But the synagogue–ruler, answering, being greatly displeased that, on the Sabbath, Jesus had healed, began saying unto the multitude––Six days, there are, in which men ought to get their work done; On them, therefore, come and be healed, and, not on the day of rest.

² Thus God finished, on the seventh day, his work which he had made, and rested, on the seventh day, from all his work which he had made. ³ And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it,––because, therein, rested he from all his work which God, by creating, had made.

²⁷ And it came to pass, on the seventh day, that there went forth some of the people to gather,––but they found not. ²⁸ Then said Yahweh unto Moses,––How long have ye refused to keep my commandments and my laws?

⁹ And, a sojourner, shalt thou not drive away,––seeing that, ye yourselves, know the soul of a sojourner; for, sojourners, became ye in the land of Egypt.
¹⁰ And, six years, shalt thou sow thy land,––and shalt gather the yield thereof; ¹¹ but, the seventh year, shalt thou let it rest and be still, so shall the needy of thy people eat, and, what they leave, shall the wild–beast of the field eat,––in like manner, shalt thou deal with thy vineyard, with thine oliveyard. ¹² Six days, shalt thou do thy work, but, on the seventh day, shalt thou keep sabbath,––that thine ox may rest, and thine ass, and that the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.

¹³ Thou thyself, therefore, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying,––Surely, my sabbaths, shall ye keep,––for, a sign, it is betwixt me and you, to your generations, that ye may know that, I––Yahweh, do hallow you.

³² While the sons of Israel were in the desert, they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day. ³³ And they who found him gathering sticks, brought him near, unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto all the assembly. ³⁴ And they put him in ward,––because it was not clear what they should do unto him. 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.

¹⁴ but, the seventh day, is a sabbath unto Yahweh thy God,––thou shalt do no work––thou, nor thy son nor thy daughter, nor thy servant nor thy handmaid, nor thine ox nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy sojourner who is within thy gates, that, thy servant and thy handmaid, may rest, as well as thou. ¹⁵ So shalt thou remember that, a servant, wast thou, in the land of Egypt, and that Yahweh thy God brought thee forth from thence, with a firm hand, and with a stretched–out arm,––for this cause, hath Yahweh thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day:

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.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant, that is poor and needy,––of thy brethren or of thy sojourners that are in thy land, within thy gates; ¹⁵ for his day, shalt thou give his hire, neither shall the sun, go in upon it, for, poor, he is, and, unto it, is he lifting up his soul,––lest he cry out against thee, unto Yahweh, and it be, in thee, a sin. ¹⁶ Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, nor shall, sons, be put to death for fathers,––every man, for his own sin, shall he put to death. ¹⁷ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the sojourner [or] the fatherless,––neither shalt thou take in pledge the garment of a widow; ¹⁸ so shalt thou remember that, a servant, becamest thou in Egypt, and that Yahweh thy God, redeemed thee, from thence,––therefore, am I commanding thee to do this thing. ¹⁹ When thou cuttest down thy harvest in thy field, and forgettest a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not turn back to fetch it, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, shall it belong,––that Yahweh thy God, may bless thee, in all the work of thy hands. ²⁰ When thou beatest thine olive–tree, thou shalt not glean after thee,––to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, shall it belong. ²¹ When thou cuttest off the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not go about picking after thee,––to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, shall it belong: ²² so shalt thou remember that, a servant, becamest thou in the land of Egypt,––therefore, am I commending thee to do this thing.

³¹ and, if the peoples of the land should be bringing in wares, or any corn on the sabbath day, to sell, we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day,––and that we would remit the seventh year, and the loan of every hand.

¹⁵ In those days, saw I in Judah––some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves and lading asses, moreover also wine, grapes, and figs, and every kind of burden, which they were bringing into Jerusalem on the sabbath day,––so I protested against it, as a day for them to sell provisions. ¹⁶ And, men of Tyre, dwelt therein, who were bringing in fish––and every kind of ware for sale,––and were selling, on the sabbath, to the sons of Judah, and in Jerusalem; ¹⁷ so I contended with the nobles of Judah,––and said unto them, What is this wicked thing which, ye, are doing, and profaning the sabbath day? ¹⁸ Was it not, thus, your fathers did, and our God brought upon us all this calamity, and upon this city?––and, ye, would add indignation against Israel, by profaning the sabbath! ¹⁹ And it came to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem made a shadow before the sabbath, then gave I word, and they shut the doors, and I gave word, that they should not open them, until after the sabbath,––and, some of my young men, set I near the gates, so that no burden should be brought in, on the sabbath day. ²⁰ But the traders and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice. ²¹ Therefore I testified against them, and said unto them, Wherefore are ye lodging against the wall? if ye do it again, a hand, will I thrust upon you,––From that time, they came not on the sabbath.

⁵⁶ And, returning, they made ready spices and perfumes. And, on the Sabbath, indeed, they were quiet, according to the commandment;

¹ In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. ² Now, the earth, had become waste and wild, and, darkness, was on the face of the roaring deep,––but, the Spirit of God, was brooding on the face of the waters.

²⁸ And God blessed them, and God said to them––Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it,––and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.

¹⁷ between me and the sons of Israel, a sign, it is, unto times age–abiding,––for, in six days, did Yahweh make the heavens and the earth, and, on the seventh day, he rested, and was refreshed.

⁴ In whose hand, are the hidden recesses of the earth, And, the peaks of the mountains, are his; ⁵ Whose, is the sea, for, he, made it, And, the dry land, his hands, did form. ⁶ Enter! let us bow down, and bend low, Let us kneel, before Yahweh our maker;
⁷ For, he, is our God, And, we, are the people of his pasture, and the flock of his hand. Today, if, to his voice, ye will hearken,

²⁷ And he was saying unto them––The Sabbath, for man, was made, and not, man, for, the Sabbath: ²⁸ So that the Son of Man is, Lord, even of the Sabbath.

⁷ And, on the first of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul went on to discourse with them, being about to depart on the morrow; and he prolonged his discourse until midnight.

¹⁵ And, he that smiteth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death.

¹⁷ And, he who revileth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death.

³² Before a hoary head, shalt thou rise up, And shalt honour the presence of an elder,––So shalt thou stand in awe of thy God––I, am Yahweh.

²⁶ I take both the heavens and the earth to witness against you, today, that ye shall, perish, speedily from off the land which ye, are passing over the Jordan to possess,––ye shall not prolong your days thereupon; for, ye shall surely be laid waste;

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.

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:

¹⁵ A weight, full and just, shalt thou have, a measure, full and just, shalt thou have,––that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee.

⁴⁷ for it is not, too small a thing, for you, for, it, is your life,––and, hereby, shall ye prolong your days upon the soil whereunto ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.

¹⁹ So Bath–sheba went in unto King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah,––and the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself down to her, and sat down upon his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the mother of the king, and she sat on his right hand.

¹² And, as soon as Elisha saw it, he, began crying out––My father! my father! The chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof! But, when he could see him no longer, he took hold of his clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

⁸ Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother; ⁹ For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.

¹⁶ Length of days, is in her right hand, in her left, are riches and honour;

⁵ A foolish [son], spurneth the correction of his father, but, he that heedeth a reproof, sheweth prudence.

²⁰ Whoso revileth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.

²² Hearken to thy father here, who begat thee, and despise not, when she is old, thy mother. ²³ Truth, buy thou, but do not sell, wisdom, and correction, and understanding. ²⁴ Greatly shall exult, the father of a righteous man, and, he that begetteth a wise son, shall rejoice in him: ²⁵ Rejoice shall thy father and thy mother, yea she, shall exult, who bare thee.

²⁴ He that robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, companion, is he to one who wasteth.

¹¹ A generation! Its father, it revileth, and, its mother, it doth not bless.

¹⁷ The eye that mocketh a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young of the eagle shall eat it.

⁶ A son, will honour a father, and, a servant, his lord,–– If then, a father, I am, where is mine honour? And, if, a lord, I am, where is my reverence? saith Yahweh of hosts–– to you, ye priests, who despise my Name, and yet say, Wherein have we despised thy Name?

⁴ For, God, said––Honour thy father and thy mother, and––He that revileth father or mother, let him, surely die! ⁵ But, ye, say––Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother––A gift! Whatsoever, out of me, thou mightest be profited, ⁶ in nowise, shall honour his father or his mother––and so ye have cancelled, the word of God, for the sake of your, tradition.

¹⁹ Honour thy father and thy mother,––and––Thou shalt love thy neighbour as, thyself.

¹⁰ For, Moses, said––Honour thy father and thy mother, and––He that revileth father or mother, let him, surely die,––

¹⁹ The commandments, thou knowest,––Do not commit murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal; Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.

²⁰ The commandments, thou knowest:––Do not commit adultery, Do not commit murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness,––Honour thy father and mother,

²¹ Submitting yourselves one to another in reverence of Christ,––

¹ Ye children, be obedient unto your parents [in the Lord], for this is right: ² Honour thy father and thy mother,––which indeed is the first commandment with promise, ³ That it may come to be, well with thee, and thou shalt be long–lived upon the land.

²⁰ Ye children! be obedient unto your parents in all things, for, this, is, well pleasing, in the Lord;

⁸ And Cain said unto Abel his brother [Let us go into the field]. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
⁹ Then said Yahweh unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not, the keeper of my brother, am, I? ¹⁰ And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed–blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground. ¹¹ Now, therefore, accursed, art thou,––from the ground, which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed–blood of thy brother at thy hand. ¹² Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee,––A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth.
¹³ And Cain said unto Yahweh––Greater is my punishment than I can bear. ¹⁴ Lo! thou has driven me out, this day, from off the face of the ground, And, from thy face, shall I be hid,––So shall I become a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth, And it shall come to pass, whosoever findeth me, will slay me. ¹⁵ And Yahweh said to him––Not so! whosoever slayeth Cain, sevenfold, shall it be avenged. So Yahweh set, for Cain, a sign, that none finding him should smite him.
¹⁶ So Cain went forth from the presence of Yahweh,––and dwelt in the land of Nod, eastward of Eden. ¹⁷ And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bare Enoch,––Now it happened that he was building a city, so he called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. ¹⁸ And there was born to Enoch, Irad, and, Irad, begat Mehujael,––and, Mehujael, begat Methusael,––and, Methusael, begat Lamech.
¹⁹ And Lamech took to himself two wives,––the name of the one, was Adah, and, the name of the second, Zillah. ²⁰ And Adah bare Jabal,––he, was father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle; ²¹ and, the name of his brother, was Jubal,––he, was father of everyone handling lyre and flute. ²² And, as for Zillah, she also, bare Tubal–Cain, a sharpener of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron,––and, the sister of Tubal–Cain, was Naamah.
²³ Then said Lamech to his wives, Adah and Zillah! hear ye my voice, Ye wives of Lamech! give ear to my tale,––For, a man, have I slain, in dealing my wounds, Yea, a youth, in smiting my blows:

⁵ And surely, your blood, of your lives, will I require, From the hand of every living creature, will I require it,––and from the hand of man, From the hand of each one’s brother, will I require the life of man: ⁶ He that sheddeth man’s blood, by man, shall his blood be shed,––For, in the image of God, made he man.

¹⁴ But, when a man shall act presumptuously against his neighbour, to slay him with guile, from mine altar, shalt thou take him to die.

²⁰ And, when a man shall smite his servant or his handmaid with a rod, and he die, under his hand, he shall, surely be avenged;

²⁹ But, if, the ox, was wont to gore before that time and it hath been attested to his owner, and he hath not proceeded to put him under guard, and he causeth the death of man or woman, the ox, shall be stoned, and, his owner also, shall be put to death.

²¹ And, he that killeth a beast, shall make it good,––and, he that killeth a human being, shall be put to death.

¹⁶ If, then, with an instrument of iron, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is,––a manslayer, shall surely die. ¹⁷ Or, if, with a stone thrown by hand, whereby one might die, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is,––the manslayer, shall surely die. ¹⁸ Or, if, with hand–weapon of wood, wherewith one might die, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is,––the manslayer, shall surely die. ¹⁹ The blood–redeemer, he, shall put to death the manslayer,––when he lighteth upon him, he, shall put him to death. ²⁰ Or, if, with hate, he shall thrust at him, or hurl at him designedly, and he have died, ²¹ or, if, with enmity, he hath smitten him with his hand, and he is dead, then shall he that dealt the blow, be surely put to death, a manslayer, he is––the blood–redeemer, shall put to death the manslayer, when he lighteth upon him. ²² But, if, suddenly, without enmity, he shall thrust him, or hurl upon him any missile, without design; ²³ Or with any stone whereby one might die, without seeing [him], and it fall upon him, and he dieth; he, not being at enmity with him, nor seeking to harm him, ²⁴ then shall the assembly judge, between him that smote and the blood–redeemer,––according to these regulations; ²⁵ and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the blood–redeemer, and the assembly shall restore him unto his city of refuge, whither he had fled,––and he shall dwell therein, until the death of the high priest, who hath been anointed with the hallowing oil. ²⁶ But, if the manslayer, go out, of the bounds of his city of refuge, whereinto he hath fled; ²⁷ and the blood–redeemer, find him, outside the bounds of his city of refuge, then may the blood–redeemer slay the slayer, without being guilty of blood; ²⁸ for, in his city of refuge, should he have remained, until the death of the high priest,––and, after the death of the high priest, might he have returned into the land which he doth possess. ²⁹ So shall these serve you as a regulative statute unto your generations,––wheresoever ye may dwell. 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. ³¹ And ye shall accept no ransom for the life of him that slayeth, if he have unlawfully caused death,––but he, must surely be put to death. ³² And ye shall accept no ransom for him that hath fled to his city of refuge, if he should return to dwell in the land before the death of the priest. ³³ So shall ye not pollute the land wherein ye are, for, blood, doth pollute the land,––and, for the land, no propitiatory–covering can be made, as touching blood, that is shed therein, save with the blood of him that shed it; ³⁴ thou must not then make unclean the land wherein, ye, are dwelling, in the midst of which, I, have my habitation; for, I,––Yahweh, am making my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel.

¹⁷ Thou shalt not commit murder:

¹¹ But, when any man shall be hating his neighbour, and shall lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him so as to take away his life, that he dieth,––and shall then flee into one of these cities, ¹² then shall the elders of his city send and fetch him from thence,––and deliver him into the hand of the blood redeemer, that he die; 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.

⁹ Wherefore, hast thou despised the word of Yahweh, by doing that which is wicked in mine eyes? Uriah the Hittite, hast thou smitten with the sword, and, his wife, hast thou taken to thyself to wife, yea, him, hast thou slain with the sword of the sons of Ammon! ¹⁰ Now, therefore, the sword shall not depart from thy house, unto age–abiding times,––because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

¹⁶ Moreover also, innocent blood, did Manasseh shed in great abundance, till he had filled Jerusalem, from one end to the other, besides his committing the sins which he caused, Judah, to commit, in doing the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh.

²² Thus Joash the king, remembered not, the lovingkindness which Jehoiada his father had done for him, but slew his son,––and, as he died, he said, Yahweh see and require!

⁸ He abideth in the lurking–place of villages, In the hiding–places, he murdereth the innocent,––His eyes, for the unfortunate, are on the watch: ⁹ He lieth in wait in a hiding–place, like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled, by drawing him into his net: ¹⁰ He croucheth, he lieth down, then falleth he with his strong claws upon the unfortunate. ¹¹ He hath said in his heart, GOD hath forgotten,––He hath veiled his face, Oh he hath never seen!

¹¹ If they say––Come with us,––Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;

¹⁸ Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.

²¹ For lo! Yahweh, is coming forth out of his place, To visit the iniquity of earth’s inhabitant upon him,––Therefore shall the earth unveil her shed–blood, And throw a covering, no longer, over her slain.

¹⁵ Only, ye must, know, that, If, ye, do put, me, to death, verily, innocent blood, are ye, laying upon yourselves, and against this city, and against her inhabitants,––for, of a truth, did Yahweh send, me unto you, to speak in your ears, all these words.

²¹ Ye have heard, that it was said, to them of olden time,––Thou shalt not commit murder, and, whosoever shall commit murder, shall be, liable, to judgment. ²² But, I, say unto you, that, every one who is angry with his brother, shall be, liable, to judgment,––and, whosoever shall say to his brother, Worthless one!, shall be, liable, to the high council; and, whosoever shall say, Rebel!, shall be, liable, unto the fiery gehenna.

¹⁸ He saith unto him, Which? Jesus, said––These: Thou shalt not commit murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal,––Thou shalt not bear false witness;

⁴ And, when the natives saw the brute hanging out from his hand, they began to say, one to another––Doubtless, this man is, a murderer, whom, though brought safely through out of the sea, Justice, hath not suffered, to live.

⁹ For, this––Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not commit murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not covet, and if there is any different commandment, in this word, is summed up, [namely]––Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

²¹ envyings, drunkenness, revellings; ––and such things as these: as to which I forewarn you, even as I have forewarned you,––that, they who such things as these do practise, shall not inherit, God’s kingdom.

⁹ Knowing this––that, to a righteous man, law, doth not apply, but to the lawless and insubordinate, ungodly and sinful, irreligious and profane, smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers, murderers,

¹¹ For, he that hath said––Do not commit adultery, hath also said––Do not commit murder,––now, if thou dost not commit adultery, but dost commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law.

¹³ For, the judgment, [will be] without mercy, unto him that hath shewed no mercy: Mercy, boasteth, over judgment.

¹² Not just as, Cain, was, of the wicked one, and slew his brother! And, for what cause, slew he him? Because, his works, were, wicked, whereas, those of his brother, were, righteous. ¹³ Be not marveling, brethren, if, the world, is hating you:
¹⁴ We, know, that we have passed over out of death into life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth not, abideth in death. ¹⁵ Whosoever is hating his brother, is, a murderer; and ye know that, no murderer, hath life age–during, within him abiding.

²⁰ And, of the wife of thy neighbour, shalt thou not have carnal knowledge,––to commit uncleanness with her.

¹⁰ And, any man, who committeth adultery with the wife of any other man, he that committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour, shall, surely be put to death––the adulterer, and the adulteress.

¹⁸ Neither shalt thou commit adultery:

⁴ And David sent messengers, and fetched her, and she came in unto him, and he lay with her, she having purified herself from her uncleanness,––and she returned unto her own house. ⁵ And the woman, having conceived, sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

²⁷ And, when the time of mourning had passed, David sent and received her into his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing which David had done was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh.

¹⁵ Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks: ¹⁶ To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth; ¹⁷ Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten; ¹⁸ For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;

²⁴ To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger. ²⁵ Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes; ²⁶ Because, for the sake of an impure woman, [a man may be brought] even to a cake of bread,––and, a man’s wife, for a precious soul, may hunt! ²⁷ Can a man snatch up fire in his bosom, and, his clothes, not be burned? ²⁸ Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and, his feet, not be burned? ²⁹ So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour’s wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her! ³⁰ Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished; ³¹ Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give: ³² He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it; ³³ Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out;

¹⁸ Come! let us take our fill of endearments, until morning, let us delight ourselves with caresses; ¹⁹ For the husband is not in his house, he hath gone on a journey afar; ²⁰ A bag of silver, hath he taken in his hand, On the day of the full moon, will he enter his house. ²¹ She turneth him aside, with her great persuasiveness,––with the flattery of her lips, she compelleth him: ²² Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool. ²³ Until an arrow cleaveth his liver, as a bird hasteth into a snare, and knoweth not, that, for his life, it is!
²⁴ Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend, to the sayings of my mouth; ²⁵ Let not thy heart, turn aside to her ways, Do not go astray, in her paths. ²⁶ For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fall,––yea strong men, slain wholly by her: ²⁷ Ways to hades, are in her house, descending into the chambers of death.

⁸ Lusty, well–fed horses, had they become, Every man, unto his neighbour’s wife, would neigh! ⁹ For these things, shall I not punish? Demandeth Yahweh: Yea, on a nation such as this, must not my soul avenge herself?

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! ²³ Because they have committed vileness in Israel, And have committed adultery with the wives of their neighbours, And have spoken, as a word in my name, a falsehood, which I commanded them not,––And, I, am one who knoweth––and a witness, Declareth Yahweh.

⁵ Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood,––and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith Yahweh of hosts.

²⁷ Ye have heard, that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: ²⁸ But, I, say unto you, that, Every one who looketh on a woman so as to covet her, already, hath committed adultery with her, in his heart.

¹¹ and he saith unto them––Whosoever shall divorce his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her; ¹² And, if, she, divorcing her husband, marry another, she committeth adultery.

² For, the married woman, unto her living husband is bound by law; but, if her husband have died, she hath received a full release from the law of her husband. ³ Hence then, her husband being alive, an adulteress, shall she be called––if she become another man’s, but, if the husband have died, she is free from the law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she become another man’s.

³ But, fornication, and all impurity, or covetousness, let it not be named among you––even as becometh saints; ⁴ And shamelessness and foolish talking, or jesting,––which things are beneath you,––but, rather, giving of thanks; ⁵ For, this, ye know, if ye take note––that no fornicator, or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.

⁴ Let marriage be honourable in all, and the bed undefiled, for, fornicators and adulterers, God, will judge.

⁸ But, as for the timid, and disbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the false, their part, is in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone,––which is the second death.

¹⁶ And, he that stealeth a man of the sons of Israel and selleth him, or he be found in his hand, shall, surely be put to death.

¹ And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying–– ² When, any person, shall sin, and shall commit a trespass against Yahweh,––and shall withhold something of the truth from his neighbour, in respect of a deposit, or a pledge or anything plundered, or shall use extortion with his neighbour; ³ or shall find something lost and shall withhold something of the truth therein, and shall swear to a falsehood,––as regardeth a single thing of all that a son of earth may do, to commit sin thereby; ⁴ and so it shall come about that he shall commit sin and then become aware of his guilt, then shall he return the plunder which he had plundered, or the extortion which he had extorted, or the deposit that was deposited with him,––or the lost thing which he hath found: ⁵ or, in anything as to which he hath been swearing to a falsehood, then shall he make it good in the principal thereof, and, the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto,––to whomsoever it belongeth, to him, shall he give it, in the day he becometh aware of his guilt; ⁶ but, his guilt–bearer itself, shall he bring in unto Yahweh,––a ram without defect, out of the flock, by thine estimate as a guilt–bearer, unto the priest. ⁷ So shall the priest put a propitiatory–covering over him before Yahweh, and it shall be forgiven him,––on account of any one thing, of all which one might do, so as to become guilty therein.

¹¹ Ye shall not steal,––nor deceive nor lie, one man to another;

¹³ Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour nor rob [him], ––The wages of him that is hired shall not tarry with thee, until the morning.

³⁵ Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment,––in measures of extent, in weights, in measures of capacity: ³⁶ Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have,––I––Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt. ³⁷ Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes and all my regulations, and do them,––I, am Yahweh.

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.

¹³ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights,––a great and a small. ¹⁴ Thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures,––a great and a small. ¹⁵ A weight, full and just, shalt thou have, a measure, full and just, shalt thou have,––that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee. ¹⁶ For, an abomination unto Yahweh thy God, is every one that doeth these things,––every one that doeth unjustly.

¹⁹ For he hath oppressed––hath forsaken the poor, A house, hath he seized, which he cannot rebuild. ²⁰ Surely he hath known no peace in his inmost mind,––With his dearest thing, shall he not get away: ²¹ Nothing escaped his devouring greed,––For this cause, shall his prosperity not continue: ²² When his abundance is gone, he shall be in straits, All the power of distress, shall come upon him.

¹³ All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil; ¹⁴ Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all. ¹⁵ My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.

¹ A deceptive balance, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, a full weight, is his delight.

¹⁰ Therefore do they not know how to do right, Declareth Yahweh, who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.

⁴ Hear this, ye who pant after the needy, and to make an end of the oppressed of the land: ⁵ Who say, When will the new moon, pass away, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath that we may open grain? who diminish the ephah, and increase the shekel, and who falsify by deceitful weights: ⁶ Who buy––for silver––the poor, and the needy for a pair of shoes,––and that the refuse of the grain we may sell.

¹⁰ Even yet, are there, in the house of the lawless one, the treasures of lawlessness,––and the scant measure––accurst? ¹¹ Shall I be pure with lawless balances? or with bag of deceitful weights?

³ Of wickedness with both hands to make sure, the ruler, doth make demand––and the judge––for a recompense,––and, as for the great man, he, is putting into words the desire of his soul, So have they woven the net!

³ Then said he unto me, This, is the curse, which is going forth over the face of all the earth,––Because, every one who stealeth, on the one side, hath in one way been let off, and, every one who sweareth, on the other side, hath in another way been let off, ⁴ [therefore] have I brought it forth, Declareth Yahweh of hosts, And it shall enter––into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth by my name, falsely,––and it shall roost in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, both the timbers thereof, and the stones thereof.

¹⁹ For, out of the heart, come forth wicked designs,––murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, profane speakings:

¹³ and saith unto them––It is written, My house, a house of prayer, shall be called; but, ye, are making it, A den of robbers!

¹³ And, he, said unto them, Nothing more than what is appointed you, exact ye. ¹⁴ Then were questioning him, soldiers also, saying––What shall, even we, do? And he said unto them––Molest ye, no one, neither accuse falsely; and be content with your supplies.

⁶ Howbeit he said this, not that, for the destitute, he cared, but because, a thief, he was, and holding, the bag, used to carry away, what was cast therein.

¹⁰ Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners––shall inherit, God’s kingdom.

²⁸ Let, the stealer, no more, steal, but rather let him be toiling,––working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have [wherewith] to be giving away to him that hath need;

⁶ Not over–reaching and defrauding, in the matter, his brother; because, an avenger, is the Lord, concerning all these things,––even as we before told you, and solemnly called you to witness.

¹ Thou shalt not utter a false report. Do not lay thy hand with a lawless man, to become a witness helping forward violence and wrong.

⁶ Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one, in his quarrel. ⁷ From a matter of falsehood, thou shalt keep far away,––and, the innocent one and the righteous, do not thou slay, for I will not justify a lawless man.

¹⁶ Thou shalt not go about talebearing, among thy people, Thou shalt not stand by, over the blood of thy neighbour: I, am Yahweh.

¹⁵ One witness, shall not rise up, against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, with regard to any sin that he may commit,––at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, must a matter be establish. ¹⁶ When there shall rise up a wrongful witness against a man,––to answer against him, perversely, ¹⁷ then shall the two men who are at variance, stand before Yahweh,––before the priests and the judges, who shall be in those days; ¹⁸ and the judges shall make diligent inquisition,––and lo! if the witness be, a false witness and, falsely, have answered against his brother, 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 neither shall thine eye pity,––life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

⁸ That ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none to uncover mine ear as to the covenanting of my son with the son of Jesse? And none from among you that taketh pity upon me, and that uncovereth mine ear [to this], ––that, mine own son, hath stirred up, my servants, against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? ⁹ Then answered Doeg the Edomite––he, being stationed near the servants of Saul––and said,––I saw the son of Jesse coming into Nob, unto Ahimelech son of Ahitub; ¹⁰ Then enquired he for him of Yahweh, Provisions also, gave he unto him,––and, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, gave he unto him. ¹¹ Then the king sent to call Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, the priest, and all the house of his father––the priests, who were in Nob,––and they came, all of them, unto the king. ¹² And Saul said, Hear, I pray thee, thou son of Ahitub! And he said––Behold me! my lord. ¹³ And Saul said unto him, Wherefore have ye conspired against me, thou, and the son of Jesse,––in that thou gavest him bread and a sword, and didst enquire for him of God, that he might rise up against me, that he might lie in wait, as at this day? ¹⁴ Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said,––But who, among all thy servants, like David, is, faithful, being son–in–law to the king, and, cometh near to have audience with thee, and is, honoured in thy household? ¹⁵ Did I, that day, begin to enquire for him of God? Far from me! Let not the king impute to his servant such a thing, nor to any of the household of my father, for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more. ¹⁶ And the king said: Thou shalt, die, Ahimelech,––thou and all the household of thy father. ¹⁷ And the king said unto the runners that were stationed by him––Turn ye round and put to death the priests of Yahweh, because, their hand also, is with David, and because they knew that he was, in flight, and unveiled not mine ear. But the servants of the king were not willing to thrust forth their hand, to fall upon the priests of Yahweh. ¹⁸ Then said the king to Doeg, Turn, thou, and fall upon the priests. So Doeg the Edomite turned, and, himself, fell upon the priests, and put to death, that day, four score and five men bearing an ephod of linen; ¹⁹ Nob also, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings,––and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

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. ¹¹ So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did just as Jezebel had sent unto them,––as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them: ¹² they proclaimed a fast,––and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people. 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.

³ Hath not carried slander on his tongue, hath not done his friend a wrong, nor, a reproach, taken up against his neighbour;

⁵ He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend, him, will I root out; One of lofty eyes, and of an ambitious heart, him shall I not be able to endure. ⁶ Mine eyes, shall be upon the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me,––he that walketh in a blameless way, he, shall attend me. ⁷ There shall not dwell in the midst of my house, One who worketh deceit,––he that speaketh falsehoods, shall not be established before mine eyes;

¹⁸ He that concealeth hatred, hath false lips, and he that sendeth forth slander, the same, is a dullard.

¹³ He that goeth about talebearing, revealeth a secret, but, he that is faithful in spirit, concealeth a matter.

⁵ A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall not escape.

⁵⁹ Now, the High–priests and all the High–council, were seeking false–witness against Jesus, that they might, put him to death; ⁶⁰ and found not any, though many came forward as false–witnesses. At length, however, there came forward, two,

¹³ And they set up false witnesses, who said––This man, ceaseth not speaking things against this holy place and the law;

³¹ All bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and outcry, and profane speaking, let it be taken away from you, with all baseness;

¹⁰ fornicators, sodomites, man–stealers, liars, false–swearers,––and, if anything else, unto the healthful teaching, is opposed; ––

³ without natural affection, accepting no truce, given to intrigue, without self–control, uncivilized, unfriendly to good men,

¹¹ Be not speaking one against another, brethren! He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against law, and judgeth law; Now, if, upon law, thou art passing judgment, thou art not a doer of law, but a judge!

⁶ And, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes, and the tree was pleasant to make one knowing, then took she of the fruit thereof, and did eat,––and she gave to her husband also, along with her, and he did eat.

²³ That, not from a thread even unto a sandal–thong,––will I take, anything, that is thine,––Lest thou shouldst say, I, enriched Abram!

²³ Their herds, and their substance, and all their beasts, shall, they, not be, ours? Only, we must consent to them, that they may dwell with us.

²¹ When I saw among the spoil a certain goodly mantle of Babylonia and two hundred shekels of silver and a certain wedge of gold––fifty shekels the weight thereof, then I coveted them, then I took them,––and, there they are, hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

¹⁹ Wherefore, then, didst thou not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh,––but didst rush upon the spoil, and do that which was wrong in the sight of Yahweh?

² And it came to pass that, at eventide, David arose from his couch, and walked to and fro on the roof of the king’s house, when, from the roof, he saw a woman bathing herself,––the woman being exceeding beautiful to look upon. ³ And David sent and enquired after the woman,––and one said––Is not, this, Bath–sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite? ⁴ And David sent messengers, and fetched her, and she came in unto him, and he lay with her, she having purified herself from her uncleanness,––and she returned unto her own house.

¹ A covenant, I solemnised for mine eyes,––How then could I gaze upon a virgin?

⁹ If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, or, by the door of my neighbour, I have lien in wait,

³ For the lawless one hath boasted over the longing of his soul, and, the robber, hath blasphemed Yahweh.

³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not unto unjust gain.

²³ Above all that must be guarded, keep thou thy heart, for, out of it, are the issues of life.

²⁴ To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger. ²⁵ Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;

⁸ Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches,––neither [saith he] For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was!

¹⁰ He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver nor, he that loveth abundance, with revenue,––even this, was vanity. ¹¹ When blessings are increased, increased are the eaters thereof,––what profit, then, to the owner of them saving the sight of his eyes?

¹⁵ He that walketh righteously, And speaketh uprightly,––He that refuseth the gain of exactions, That shaketh his hands free from holding a bribe, That stoppeth his ear from hearkening to deeds of blood, And shutteth his eyes from giving countenance to wrong,

¹⁷ Because of his iniquitous gain, was I wroth––and smote him, Hiding myself that I might be wroth,––But he went on, turning aside in the way of his own heart.

⁸ Lusty, well–fed horses, had they become, Every man, unto his neighbour’s wife, would neigh!

¹⁷ Verily thou hast neither eyes, nor heart, save for thy plundering and for thy shedding of, innocent blood, and for oppression and for crushing, to do, them!

³¹ That they may come unto thee as people do, come, And may sit before thee, [as] my people, And they will hear thy words, But, the words themselves, will they not do,––though, fond with their mouths, they, seem to be, After their unjust gain, their heart, is going.

⁶ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Israel, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because they have sold––for silver––the righteous, and the needy––for a pair of shoes: ⁷ Who strive to bring the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and, the way of the oppressed, they pervert,––Yea, a man and his own father, go in unto the maid, to profane my holy Name!

² Thus do they covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them away,––and so they oppress the master and his household, the man and his inheritance.

⁹ Alas! for him who extorteth an extortion of wrong for his own house,––that he may set on high his nest, that he may be delivered from the grasp of calamity.

²⁸ But, I, say unto you, that, Every one who looketh on a woman so as to covet her, already, hath committed adultery with her, in his heart.

¹⁵ Is it not allowed me to do, what I please, with my own? or is, thine eye, evil, because I good?

¹⁵ And he said unto them––Mind and be guarding yourselves from all covetousness; for not, in one’s abundance, doth his life spring out of his possessions.

¹⁴ Now the Pharisees, who were, lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were openly sneering at him.

⁴ While it remained, was it not, as thine own, it remained? and, when sold, was it not, in thine own authority, that it still continued? Why was it that thou didst contrive in thy heart this deed? Thou hast not dealt falsely with men but, with God.

³³ The silver or gold or apparel of no one, did I covet:

⁷ What, then, shall we say? Is the law sin? Far be it! On the contrary, I had not discovered, sin, save through law, for even, of coveting, I had not been aware if, the law, had not kept on saying––Thou shall not covet;

³ But, fornication, and all impurity, or covetousness, let it not be named among you––even as becometh saints;

⁵ Make dead, therefore, your members that are on the earth––as regardeth fornication, impurity, passion, base coveting, and greed, the which, is idolatry,––

⁶ Now it is a great means of gain––godliness, with a sufficiency of one’s own; ⁷ For, nothing, brought we into the world, neither, to take anything out, are we able; –– ⁸ And, having sustenance and covering, we shall be content; ⁹ But, they who are determined to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful covetings, the which, sink men into ruin and destruction,–– ¹⁰ For, a root of all the vices, is the love of money, which, some, being eager for, have been seduced from the faith, and have pierced, themselves, about with many pangs.

⁵ Without fondness for money, be your way of life,––being content with the present things,––for, he, hath said: In nowise, thee, will I leave, no indeed! in nowise, thee, will I forsake:

¹⁶ And it came to pass, on the third day, when the morning had come, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a heavy cloud upon the mount, and the sound of a horn, loud exceedingly,––and all the people who were in the camp trembled. ¹⁷ And Moses brought forth the people, to meet God, out of the camp,––and they stationed themselves in the lower part of the mount. ¹⁸ And, Mount Sinai, smoked, all over, because Yahweh had come down thereon, in fire,––and the smoke thereof went up as the smoke of a furnace, and all the mountain trembled exceedingly.

⁷ Whither can I go from thy spirit? or whither, from thy face, can I flee? ⁸ If I ascend the heavens, there, thou art! If I spread out hades as my couch, behold thee!

²³ Am I, a God at hand, Demandeth Yahweh, And not a God afar off?

¹⁸ For ye have not approached––unto, a searching and scorching fire, and gloom, and mist, and tempest, ¹⁹ And a trumpets peal,––and a sound of things spoken:––from which they who heard excused themselves, lest there should be added to them, a word;

³⁰ So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; For I saw God, face to face; and my soul was delivered.

²⁰ But he said––Thou canst not see my face,––For no son of earth can see me, and live.

⁵ (I was standing between Yahweh and you, at that time, to declare unto you the word of Yahweh,––for ye shrank with fear from the presence of the fire, and went not up in the mount) saying:––

²³ And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice, out of the midst of the darkness, the mountain also burning with fire, then drew ye near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders, ²⁴ and ye said––Lo! Yahweh our God hath let us see, his glory and his greatness, his voice also, have we heard out of the midst of the fire,––this day, have we seen, that God may speak with man, who yet may live. ²⁵ Now, therefore, why should we die? for this great fire, will consume, us,––if, we ourselves, hear the voice of Yahweh our God any more, we shall die. ²⁶ For who [is there] of all flesh, that ever heard the voice of a Living God, speaking out of the midst of fire, as we, and yet lived? ²⁷ Go, thou, near, and hear, all that Yahweh our God shall say,––so shalt, thou, speak unto us, all that Yahweh our God shall speak unto thee, and we will hear and do.

¹⁶ according to all which thou didst ask of Yahweh thy God, in Horeb, in the day of the convocation, saying,––Let me no further hearken unto the voice of Yahweh my God, and, this great fire, let me not see any more, lest I die.

¹⁹ Why, then, the law? Because of the transgressions, it was added, until such time as the seed should come, unto whom the promise had been made, and was given in charge through messengers, at the hand of a mediator;

¹⁹ And a trumpets peal,––and a sound of things spoken:––from which they who heard excused themselves, lest there should be added to them, a word;

¹¹ And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely there is no fear of God, in this place,––therefore will they slay me for the sake of my wife.

¹ And it came to pass, after these things, that, God, did prove Abraham,––and he said unto him, Abraham! And he said, Behold me!

¹² Then he said, Do not put forth thy hand, unto the young man, neither do to him––anything at all,––for, now, know I that, one who reverest God, thou art, when thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from me.

²⁵ And he made outcry unto Yahweh, and Yahweh pointed out a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet,––There, he appointed him a statute and regulation, And, there, he put him to the proof. 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.

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.

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.

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.

¹² Now, therefore, O Israel, what is, Yahweh thy God, asking of thee,––but to revere Yahweh thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:

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.

¹⁴ Now, therefore, revere ye Yahweh, and serve him, in sincerity and in truth,––and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Yahweh.

²⁰ Then said Samuel unto the people––Do not fear, ye, have done all this wrong,––nevertheless, do not turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh, with all your heart;

¹⁵ whereas, the former pashas, who were before me, suffered themselves to be a burden upon the people, and took from them in bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver, even, their young men, bare rule over the people,––but, I, did not so, because of the fear of God.

²⁸ And said to the son of earth, Lo! the reverence of the Lord, that, is wisdom, and, to avoid evil, is understanding.

⁷ The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.

⁷ Do not become wise in thine own eyes, revere Yahweh, and avoid evil:

⁶ By lovingkindness and fidelity, shall iniquity be covered, and, in the revering of Yahweh, is a turning away from wrong.

¹³ Yahweh of hosts, him, shall ye hallow,––And let, him, be your fear, and let, him, inspire you with awe;

¹⁰ Do not fear, for, with thee, I am! Look not around, for, I, am thy God,––I have emboldened thee, Yea I have helped thee, Yea I have upheld thee, with my righteous, right–hand.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, on the third day, when the morning had come, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a heavy cloud upon the mount, and the sound of a horn, loud exceedingly,––and all the people who were in the camp trembled. ¹⁷ And Moses brought forth the people, to meet God, out of the camp,––and they stationed themselves in the lower part of the mount.

¹² Then, said Solomon,––Yahweh, said, that he would make his habitation in thick gloom:

¹ Then, said Solomon,––Yahweh, said, that he would make his habitation in thick gloom;

⁹ Then he stretched out the heaven, and came down,––and, thick gloom, was under his feet;

¹² Out of the brightness before him, his clouds rolled along, hail, and live coals of fire.

² Clouds and thick darkness, are round about him, Righteousness and justice, are the establishing of his throne.

² Putting on light, as a robe, Stretching out the heavens, as a curtain;

¹⁶ Who alone hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable,––Whom no man hath seen––nor can see: unto whom, be honour and might age–abiding. Amen.

¹³ And, upon Mount Sinai, camest thou down, and spakest with them out of the heavens,––and gavest them just regulations, and faithful laws, good statutes and commandments.

²⁵ Beware, lest ye excuse yourselves from him that speaketh; for, if, they escaped not, who excused themselves from him who on earth was warning, how much less, shall, we, who from him that warneth from the heavens, do turn ourselves away: ²⁶ Whose voice shook the earth, then, but, now, hath he promised, saying––Yet once for all, I, will shake––not only the earth, but, also the heaven.

³ Thou shalt not have other gods, besides me. ⁴ Thou shalt not make to thee an image, or any form, that is in the heavens above,––or that is in the earth beneath,––or that is in the waters, beneath the earth: ⁵ thou shalt not bow thyself down to them, nor be led to serve them––For, I, Yahweh, thy God, am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of fathers, upon sons, unto three [generations] and unto four, of them that hate me;

¹ And, when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him––Up, make for us gods, who shall go before us, for, as for this Moses––the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what hath befallen him. ² And Aaron said unto them, Break off the rings of gold, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters,––and bring them unto me. ³ And all the people of themselves brake off the rings of gold which were in their ears,––and brought them unto Aaron. ⁴ And he received [the gold] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf,––and they said––These, are thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up, out of the land of Egypt.

³¹ So Moses returned unto Yahweh, and said,––Oh now! this people hath sinned a great sin, and they have made for themselves––gods of gold.

⁴ And, when they rose up early in the morning of the morrow, lo! Dagon, was lying prostrate on his face to the earth, before the ark of Yahweh––and, the head of Dagon, and both the palms of his hands, had been cut off against the threshold, only, Dagon himself, was left to him. ⁵ For this cause, do not the priests of Dagon, nor any that enter into the house of Dagon, tread upon the threshold of Dagon, in Ashdod,––until this day.

³³ Yahweh, were they revering,––and yet, their own gods, were they serving, according to the custom of the nations from whence they had brought them away captive.

³⁹ But, as for you, O house of Israel, Thus, saith my Lord, Yahweh, Go, serve, every man, his own manufactured gods, Yet, afterwards, surely, Ye shall be ready to hearken unto me,––And, my holy name, shall ye profane no more, With your gifts, and, With your manufactured gods.

⁸ When they placed––Their, threshold by my, threshold, and their, door–post, beside, my, door–post, With only, the wall, between me and them, then defiled they my holy, Name by their abominations which they committed, Wherefore I devoured them, in mine anger.

⁴ they drank wine,––and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.

²³ but, against the Lord of the heavens, hast uplifted thyself, and, the vessels of his house, have they brought before thee, and, thou, and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have been drinking, wine, therein, and, gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which see not nor hear nor know, hast thou praised,––whereas, God, in whose hand thy breath is and whose are all thy ways, him, hast thou not glorified.

⁵ And them who bow down upon the housetops to the host of the heavens,––and them who bow down––who swear to Yahweh, and swear by Milcom;

²¹ Ye cannot be drinking––a cup of the Lord, and a cup of demons; ye cannot be partaking of, a table of the Lord, and a table of demons. ²² Or are we to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we mightier than he?

¹⁴ Be not getting diversely yoked with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness? ¹⁵ And what concord hath Christ with Beliar? Or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever? ¹⁶ And what agreement hath a shrine of God with idols? For, we, are [the] shrine of a God, that liveth:––even as God hath said––will dwell in them, and walk, and will be their God, and, they, shall be my people.

¹⁸ Let, no one, against you, be arbitrating, however wishful,––in respect of lowliness of mind, and of a religious observance of the messengers: upon what things he hath seen, taking his stand, in vain, puffed up by his carnal mind,–– ¹⁹ And not holding fast the head: from which, all the body, through means of its joints and uniting bands, receiving supply, and connecting itself together, groweth with the growth of God.

¹⁵ Outside, are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the unchaste, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one loving and doing falsehood.

² That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee, and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;

¹ Then called he unto Moses,––and Yahweh spake unto him, out of the tent of meeting, saying: ² Speak thou unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them–When, any man, would bring near from among you an oblation, unto Yahweh, from the beasts, from the herd or from the flock, shall ye bring near your oblation.
³ If, an ascending–sacrifice, be his oblation––of the herd, a male without defect, shall he bring near,––unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, shall he bring it, for its acceptance, before Yahweh. ⁴ Then shall he lean his hand, upon the head of the ascending–sacrifice,––and it shall be accepted for him, to put a propitiatory covering over him; 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. ⁶ Then shall he flay the ascending–sacrifice,––and cut it up into its pieces. ⁷ And the sons of Aaron the priest shall place fire, upon the altar,––and arrange wood, upon the fire. ⁸ And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall arrange the pieces, the head and the fat,––upon the wood, that is on the fire, that is on the altar. 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.
¹⁰ But, if, of the flock, be his oblation,––of the sheep or of the goats, for an ascending–sacrifice, a male without defect, shall he bring near. ¹¹ And he shall slay it on the side of the altar, northward, before Yahweh,––and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall dash its blood against the altar, round about. ¹² And he shall cut it up into its pieces, and its head, and its fat,––and the priest shall arrange them upon the wood, that is on the fire, that is on the altar. 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. ¹⁴ But, if, of birds, be the ascending–sacrifice of his oblation unto Yahweh, then shall he bring near, of the turtle–doves or of the young pigeons, his oblation. ¹⁵ And the priest shall bring it near unto the altar, shall nip off its head, and make a perfume at the altar,––and its blood shall be drained out upon the wall of the altar. ¹⁶ Then shall he take away its crop with its plumage,––and cast it beside the altar, eastward, into the place of fat ashes; ¹⁷ and he shall cleave it in its wings––he shall not divide it asunder, so shall the priest make a perfume therewith, at the altar, upon the wood, that is on the fire,––an ascending–sacrifice, it is, an altar–flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh.

¹ But, if, a peace–offering, be his oblation, if, of the herd, he himself, be bringing near,––whether male or female, without defect, shall he bring it near, before Yahweh. ² Then shall he lean his hand upon the head of his oblation, and slay it at the entrance of the tent of meeting,––and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall dash the blood against the altar, round about. ³ Then shall he bring near, out of the peace–offering, an altar–flame unto Yahweh,––the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards; ⁴ and the two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them, which is upon the loins,––and the caul upon the liver, upon the kidneys, shall he remove it. ⁵ Then shall the sons of Aaron make thereof a perfume, at the altar, upon the ascending–sacrifice, which is on the wood, which is on the fire,––an altar–flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh.
⁶ But, if, out of the flock, be his oblation, for a peace–offering unto Yahweh, whether male or female––without defect, shall he bring it near. ⁷ If, a young sheep, he himself, be bringing near as his oblation, then shall he bring it near, before Yahweh. ⁸ And he shall lean his hand upon the head of his oblation, and shall slay it, before the tent of meeting,––and the sons of Aaron shall dash the blood thereof against the altar, round about. ⁹ Then shall he bring near, out of the peace–offering, an altar–flame unto Yahweh, the fat thereof, the fat–tail thereof entire, close to the backbone, shall he remove it,––and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards; ¹⁰ and the two kidneys, with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins,––and the caul that is on the liver, on the kidneys, shall he remove it. ¹¹ Then shall the priest make a perfume, at the altar,––the food of an altar–flame, unto Yahweh. ¹² But, if, a goat, be his oblation, then shall he bring it near, before Yahweh. ¹³ And he shall lean his hand upon its head, and shall slay it, before the tent of meeting,––and the sons of Aaron shall dash its blood against the altar, round about. ¹⁴ Then shall he bring near therefrom, as his oblation, an altar–flame unto Yahweh,––the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards; ¹⁵ and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins,––the caul upon the liver, on the kidneys, shall he remove it. 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.

²⁴ Yahweh bless thee, and keep thee: ²⁵ Yahweh cause his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: ²⁶ Yahweh lift up his face unto thee, and appoint unto thee, peace. ²⁷ Thus shall they put my name upon the sons of Israel,––and, I myself, will bless them.

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.

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;

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

¹² And it was told King David, saying, Yahweh hath blessed the household of Obed–edom, and all that he hath, because of the ark of God. David therefore went and brought up the ark of God, out of the house of Obed–edom, unto the city of David, with rejoicing.

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.

⁴³ wilt, thou thyself, hear in the heavens, the settled place of thine abode, and act, according to all for which, the stranger, shall cry unto thee,––to the end that all the peoples of the earth may truly know thy Name, so as to revere thee, like thy people Israel, and to know that, thine own Name, hath been given unto this house, which I have built?

³ And Yahweh said unto him––I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, wherewith thou hast made supplication before me, I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my Name there unto times age–abiding,––and mine eyes and my heart shall be there, continually:

⁶ nevertheless I have made choice of Jerusalem, that my Name might be there,––and I have made choice of David, that he might be over my people Israel.

¹⁶ Now, therefore, have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my Name may be there, unto times age–abiding,––and mine eyes and my heart shall he there, all the days.

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.

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.

⁹ When ye return unto me and keep my commandments and do them, though it should be that ye have been driven out unto the uttermost part of the heavens, from thence, will I gather them, and bring them into the place that I have chosen to make a habitation for my Name there.

⁷ They have cast, into the fire, thy sanctuary, To the ground, have they profaned the habitation of thy Name.

² Now hath come into Salem, his pavilion, And his dwelling–place into Zion.

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

⁵ Yahweh will bless thee, out of Zion,––and behold thou the welfare of Jerusalem, all the days of thy life!

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;

³ May Yahweh, bless thee, out of Zion, even he that made heaven and earth.

¹⁰ And will ye then come in, and stand before me, in this house, whereon my Name hath been called, and say,––We have set ourselves free,––for the purpose of committing all these abominations? ¹¹ A den of robbers, hath this house, on which my Name hath been called, become, in your own eyes? I, also,––lo! I have seen it, Declareth Yahweh. 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!

¹¹ For, from the rising of the sun, even unto the going in thereof, great is my Name among the nations, and, in every place, incense, is offered to my Name, and a pure present,––for great is my Name among the nations, saith Yahweh of hosts.

²⁰ For, where there are two or three, gathered together into my name, there, am I, in their midst.

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.

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. 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. ²⁴ God is, spirit; and, they that worship him, in spirit and truth, must needs worship.

⁸ I am minded, therefore, that––the men in every place be offering prayer, uplifting hands of lovingkindness, apart from anger and disputings;

⁵ And thou shalt build there an altar unto Yahweh thy God,––an altar of stones, thou shalt not wield thereupon any tool of iron. ⁶ Of whole stones, shalt thou build the altar of Yahweh thy God,––then shalt thou cause to go up thereon ascending–sacrifices, unto Yahweh thy God;

³¹ as Moses, the servant of Yahweh, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, whereon had not been wielded any tool of iron,––and they caused to go up thereon, ascending–sacrifices unto Yahweh, and sacrificed peace–offerings.

³ Then said Moses unto Aaron––The very thing, that Yahweh spake, saying––In them that draw near to me, must I be hallowed, And, before the faces of all the people, must I get myself honour,––And Aaron, was dumb.

⁷ A GOD inspiring awe in the circle of the holy ones, exceedingly, And to be reverenced above all who are round about him.

¹ Keep thy foot, when thou goest unto the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than dullards to offer sacrifice,––for they make no acknowledgment of doing wrong.

²⁸ Wherefore, seeing that, of a kingdom not to be shaken, we are receiving possession, let us have gratitude––whereby we may be rendering divine service well–pleasingly unto God, with reverence and awe; ²⁹ For, even our God, is a consuming fire.

¹⁶ Inasmuch as it is written––Holy shall ye be, because, I, am holy.