Numbers 27 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Then came the daughters of Salpaad, son of Opher, son of Galaad, son of Machir, of the community of Manasses, one of the sons of Joseph [now these were their names; Maala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa] ² and standing before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the chiefs, and before the whole congregation, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, they said, ³ Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among the congregation which conspired against the Lord, in the assembly of Kore. Because he died for his own sin, and had no sons, ⁴ let not the name of our father be blotted out from among his community. Seeing he hath not a son, give us a possession among our father's brethren. ⁵ Whereupon Moses laid their case before the Lord. ⁶ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁷ The daughters of Salpaad have spoken right. Thou shalt give them the possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers, and vest in them their father's lot. ⁸ And thou shalt say to the children of Israel, If any man die, and hath no son, you shall vest his inheritance in his daughter; ⁹ and if he hath no daughter, you shall give his inheritance to his brother; and if he hath no brothers, you shall ¹⁰ give his inheritance to his father's brother; ¹¹ and if there be no brothers of his father, you shall give the inheritance to one of his house, who is the nearest of kin to him, of his tribe, that he may inherit what belonged to him. And this shall be to the children of Israel a rule of decision, as the Lord commanded Moses. ¹² Then the Lord said to Moses, Go up that mountain which is on the bank of the Jordan; that mount Nabo, and take a view of the land of Chanaan, which I give to the children of Israel, by a possessory right. ¹³ And when thou hast seen it, thou shalt be gathered to thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered on mount Hor, ¹⁴ because you transgressed my command in the wilderness of Sin. When the people resisted the hallowing of me, you did not hallow me at the water before them. [This alludeth to the water of strife at Kades in the wilderness.] ¹⁵ Upon this Moses said to the Lord, ¹⁶ Let the Lord, the God of the spirits, and of all flesh, look out a man to be set over this congregation, ¹⁷ who shall go out before them, and come in before them; and who shall lead them out, and bring them in; so that the congregation of the Lord may not be like a flock which hath no shepherd. ¹⁸ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Take as thy associate Joshua, son of Nave, a man who hath a spirit in him, and thou shalt lay thy hands on him, ¹⁹ and set him before Eleazar, the priest, and give him a charge before the whole congregation, and give a charge before them concerning ²⁰ him. And thou shalt put some of thy glory on him, that the ²¹ children of Israel may hearken to him. And he shall stand before Eleazar, the priest, and they shall ask him the determination of the manifestations before the Lord. And at his command they shall go out; and at his command he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation, shall come in. ²² So Moses did as the Lord commanded him; and having taken Joshua, he set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation, ²³ and laid his hands on him, and made him his associate, as the Lord commanded Moses.

³³ Now Salpaad the son of Opher had no sons; but he had daughters, and these were the names of Salpaad's daughters, Maala and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa.

¹ Then came the chiefs of the community of the children of Galaad, son of Machir, son of Manasses, of the tribe of the children of Joseph, and spoke before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the chiefs of the patriarchal houses of the Israelites, ² and said, The Lord hath commanded our lord to give the land of inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and the Lord hath commanded our lord to give the inheritance of Salpaad, our brother, to his daughters. ³ Now they may become wives to one of the communities of the Israelites, and their lot may be taken from the possession of our fathers, and added to the inheritance of that tribe among which they may be married; so their inheritance may be taken from the lot of our inheritance; ⁴ and though there may be a jubilee of the children of Israel, still their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe among whom they may have been married, and their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our patriarchal tribe. ⁵ Whereupon Moses gave a charge to the children of Israel, by the command of the Lord, saying, In regard to what the tribe of the children of Joseph say, ⁶ This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded the daughters of Salpaad, saying, Let them marry whom they please, but they must marry men of the community of their father, ⁷ so there shall be no transferring of inheritance among the children of Israel, from one tribe to another. Because the children of Israel must be kept together, every one in the inheritance of the patriarchal family of his tribe, ⁸ therefore every daughter, who by being next of kin, inheriteth a possession among the tribes of Israel, must marry one of the community of her father, that the children of Israel may inherit by nearness of kin, every one the inheritance of his father's family: ⁹ by which means the allotment will not be transferred from one tribe to another; but the Israelites will be kept together every one in his inheritance. ¹⁰ Accordingly they did, for the daughters of Salpaad, in the manner the Lord commanded Moses, ¹¹ and Thersa, and Egla, and Melcha, and Nua, and Maala, the daughters of Salpaad, were married to their cousins. ¹² They were married to men of the tribe of Manasses, one of the sons of Joseph, and their inheritance was kept in the tribe, to which the community of their father belonged.

³ Now Salpaad, son of Opher, had no sons, but only daughters; and these were the names of the daughters of Salpaad, Maala, and Noua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa; ⁴ and they stood before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua, and before the chiefs and said, God hath, by the ministry of Moses, commanded to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Accordingly there was a possession given them, by the command of the Lord, among their father's brothers, ⁵ and their lot happened to be on the borders of Anassa, the plain of Labek, a part of the land of Galaad, on the bank of the Jordan, ⁶ because the daughters of the children of Manasses had a possession in the midst of their brethren; and Galaad belonged to the rest of the children of Manasses.

¹⁵ And Machir took to wife a sister of Apphin and a sister of Sapphin. The sister of the one was named Moocha, and the sister of the other Sapphaad. And to him by Sapphaad daughters only were born;

²⁸ There is in him no distinction of Jew and Greek, no distinction of bondman and freeman, no distinction of male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.

¹³ And on the morrow Moses sat to administer justice to the people, and all the people attended on Moses from early in the morning till late in the evening. ¹⁴ And when Jothor saw all that he did for the people, he said, What is this that thou dost for the people? Why hast thou sitten alone and all the people attended thee from morning till night?

¹⁹ Now therefore hearken to me and I will advise thee; and God be with thee. Be thou to the people as the Oracle of God; and lay their cases before God; ²⁰ and testify to them the statutes of God and his law; and point out to them the ways in which they shall walk, and the works which they shall do: ²¹ but look out for thyself from among all the people, for able, pious men, men of integrity who hate pride; and set these over them as rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens; ²² and let them administer justice to the people on all occasions: and the matter which is too high for them, they shall lay before thee; but causes easily determined they themselves shall decide. Thus they will remove a burden from thee and help thee. ²³ If thou do this God will strengthen thee so that thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall go to their place with peace. ²⁴ So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he said. ²⁵ And when Moses had chosen able men from among all Israel and made them rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, ²⁶ with orders to administer justice to the people on all occasions, and that they should lay before him the matter which was too high for them; but the causes easily determined they themselves should decide;

³³ And they who found him gathering wood on the sabbath day, brought him before Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation of the children of Israel; ³⁴ and they committed him to custody, for it had not been determined what should be done to him.

⁸ And if any cause which requireth judicial decision; an action of murder, an action of appeal, a case of leprosy, an action of plaint and denial; any causes which require decision in any of your cities, be too difficult for thee, thou shalt arise, and go up to the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen, ⁹ and there come to the priests, the Levites, or to the judge, who 10 ever he may be in those days, and they shall inquire, and declare to thee the sentence of judgment, ¹⁰ and thou shalt act according to what they declare to thee from the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen: and thou shalt be careful to do according to what is expounded to thee for law.

³⁵ I the Lord have spoken. In this manner I will assuredly deal with this wicked congregation, which hath risen up against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die,

¹ . When Kore son of Issaar, son of Kaath, son of Levi, spoke, backed by Dathan and Abiron, the son of Eliab, and by Ami, son of Phaleth, son of Reuben,; ² when they rose up against Moses, with two hundred and fifty men of the sons of Israel, leaders of the congregation, eminent for counsel and men of renown; ³ when they rose in a body against Moses and Aaron, and said, Be it known to yon that the whole congregation are holy, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you set yourselves against the congregation of the Lord?

¹⁹ and Kore had collected against them all his company, at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony, the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole congregation.

³² and the earth opened; and it swallowed up them, and their households, and all the men who were with Kore, and all their cattle. ³³ And they, and all that belonged to them, went down alive to the mansions of the dead, and the earth covered them. And they were destroyed from among the congregation. ³⁴ And all the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry; for they said, Perhaps the earth may swallow us up. ³⁵ And there went forth a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who were offering incense!

⁴⁹ Now they who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died on the account of Kore.

⁹ and the sons of Eliab were Namuel; and Dathan, and Abiron. These were the head families of the congregation. These were they who conspired against Moses and Aaron, in the company of Kore in the insurrection against the Lord. ¹⁰ And the earth, opening its mouth, swallowed them up with Kore, at the time when his company died; when the fire consumed the two hundred and fifty, and they were made a sign;

⁶⁴ and among them there was not a man of those who had been reviewed by Moses and Aaron, when they reviewed the Israelites in the wilderness of Sina. ⁶⁵ Because the Lord said to them, they shall assuredly die in the wilderness; therefore there was not one of them left, save Chaleb son of Jephonne, and Joshua son of Nave.

⁴ for all souls are mine. As the soul of the father so also the soul of the son is mine. The soul that sinneth it shall die.

²¹ therefore Jesus said to them again, I am. going away, and you will seek me and die in your sins. Whither I go you cannot come.

²⁴ therefore I said to you, You will die in your sins: for if you do not believe that I am, you will die in your sins.

¹² on this account; as sin entered into this world by one man, and death by sin, and so death for which all sinned passed through unto all men:

²¹ that as sin had reigned by death, so favour might reign by means' of a justification for everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

²³ For die wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹¹ Upon which Moses made supplication before the Lord God and said, Shouldst thou, Lord, be provoked to wrath against thy people, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with thine uplifted arm,

⁴ and they stood before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua, and before the chiefs and said, God hath, by the ministry of Moses, commanded to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Accordingly there was a possession given them, by the command of the Lord, among their father's brothers,

¹³ Let his children be for destruction; In one generation let his name be blotted out.

⁹ The righteous have light continually; but the light of the wicked is extinguished. Deceitful souls are led astray by sins; but the righteous exercise pity and compassion.

¹⁵ And Moses said to his father in law, Because the people come to me to have a determination from God. ¹⁶ For when a controversy happeneth among them and they come to me, I administer justice to every one, and teach them the statutes of God and his law. ¹⁷ Thereupon Moses' father in law said to him, Thou dost not transact this business right. ¹⁸ Both thou and this people with thee must needs be worn down by this intolerable service. This business is too fatiguing for thee. Thou canst not perform it thyself alone. ¹⁹ Now therefore hearken to me and I will advise thee; and God be with thee. Be thou to the people as the Oracle of God; and lay their cases before God;

²² And there I will make myself known to thee and speak to thee from above the propitiatory, from between the two cherubs which are on the ark of the testimony, touching all that I give thee in charge to the children of Israel.

¹² And when they had committed him to custody, to pass sentence on him by the decree of the Lord, ¹³ the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

⁸ whereupon Moses said to them, Stand here; and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.

³⁴ and they committed him to custody, for it had not been determined what should be done to him.

⁴ that I might order the trial of myself, and that he would stop my mouth with arguments

⁵ Trust in God with thy whole heart; and be not elated for thine own wisdom. ⁶ Shew it in all thy ways, that it may make thy paths straight.

⁵ Let them be awed at the presence of him, who is the father of the fatherless, and the judge of them who are widows. God is in a place consecrated to him: ⁶ God settleth the lonely in a family, having brought out with strength them who had been bound; in like manner them who were rebellious; them, whose habitation is now in tombs.

¹ Then came the chiefs of the community of the children of Galaad, son of Machir, son of Manasses, of the tribe of the children of Joseph, and spoke before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the chiefs of the patriarchal houses of the Israelites, ² and said, The Lord hath commanded our lord to give the land of inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and the Lord hath commanded our lord to give the inheritance of Salpaad, our brother, to his daughters.

⁵ Let them be awed at the presence of him, who is the father of the fatherless, and the judge of them who are widows. God is in a place consecrated to him:

¹¹ [p] By means of the hand of his brother my neighbour, there is indeed no place for thine orphan to be left that it may live. [J] But I will cause it to live. In me the widows have trusted.

²⁵ And if thy brother who is with thee become poor, and sell any part of his possession; when he who is next of kin to him cometh, he shall redeem what his brother hath sold.

⁴⁹ his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any of his blood relations, of the same tribe, may redeem him; and if he be able he may redeem himself.

²⁹ These shall be your rules of decision, for your generations, in all your dwellings.

³ And when they had taken their seats, Boaz said to the kinsman, With respect to that portion of the field which belonged to our brother Elimelech, and which is given to Noemin, who is returned from the country of Moab, ⁴ I have promised to open thine ear, saying, Purchase it in the presence of these men who are sitting here, even in the presence of the elders of my people. If thou wilt do the kinsman's part, do it; but if thou wilt not perform the office of a kinsman, tell me, that I may know; for there is none besides thee to perform the office of a kinsman, except myself, who am next after thee. And he said, I will do the kinsman's part. ⁵ Then Boaz said, On the clay thou purchasest the field of Noemin, thou must purchase it with Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance. ⁶ Thereupon the relation said, "I cannot take upon me the office of a kinsman, lest I mar my own inheritance. Take thou upon thyself that office of a kinsman which is my right; for I cannot perform it."

²⁵ So from that day forward this was the rule, and it became a statute, and an established custom in Israel even to this day.

⁸ Accordingly Anameel son of Salom my father's brother came to me in the court of the prison and said, Buy thee my field which is in the land of Benjamin, that at Anathoth, for the right of purchase is in thee as thou art the eldest. Upon this I knew that it was a word of the Lord,

⁴⁷ And they removed from Gelmon-deblathaim, and encamped on the mountains Abarim, over against Nabo. ⁴⁸ And they removed from the mountains Abarim, and encamped on the west of Moab, by the Jordan, opposite to Jericho.

²³ I also supplicated the Lord, at that time, saying, ²⁴ Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy majesty, and thy power, and thy mighty hand, and thy outstretched arm; for what god is there in heaven, or on earth, who can do as thou hast done, or according to thy majesty. ²⁵ Let me cross over, and see that land, that good land which is beyond the Jordan, and that goodly mountain Antilibanus. ²⁶ But the Lord overlooked me, because of you, and would not hearken to me. And the Lord said to me, Let this suffice thee. Speak no more on this subject. ²⁷ Go up to the top of the craggy mountain, and raise thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and take a view of it with thine eyes; for thou shalt not cross this Jordan.

⁴⁸ Then the Lord spoke to Moses that day, saying, ⁴⁹ Go up the mountain Abarim, to that mount Nabo, which is in the land of Moab, fronting Jericho, and take a view of the land of Chanaan, which I give to the children of Israel; ⁵⁰ and die on the mount to which thou goest up, and be gathered to thy people, in the same manner as thy brother Aaron died on mount Or, and was gathered to his people, ⁵¹ because you disobeyed my word among the children of Israel, at the water of strife, at Kades, in the wilderness of Sin. ⁵² Because you did not hallow me among the children of Israel, thou shalt see the land at a distance, but shalt not go in thither.

¹ Then Moses went up from Araboth Moab to mount Nabo, to the top of Phasga, which is over against Jericho, and the Lord shewed him all the land of Galaad, even to Dan, ² and all the land of Nephthaleim, and all the land of Ephraim, and Manasses, and all the land of Juda, even to the farther sea, ³ and the wilderness, and the country around Jericho, the city of palm trees, even to Segor. ⁴ And the Lord said to Moses, This is the land which I solemnly promised to Abraham, and Isaak, and Jacob, saying, To your seed I will give it. I have pointed it out to thine eyes, but thou shalt not go thither.

⁸ And Abraham declining died in a good old age, an old man and full of days and he was added to his people.

¹⁷ And these were the years of the life of Ismael, one hundred and thirty seven years, and he declining died and was added to his race.

²⁴ Let Aaron be gathered to his people. For you shall not enter the land which I have given the children of Israel for a possession, because you provoked me at the water of strife. ²⁵ Take Aaron thy brother, and Eleazar his son, and make them go up to mount Hor, ²⁶ in the view of the whole congregation, and strip Aaron of his robes, and put them on Eleazar his son: and let Aaron be composed, and die there. ²⁷ So Moses did as the Lord commanded him; And having taken them up to mount Hor, in the view of the whole congregation, ²⁸ he stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron died on the top of the mount. And Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

² Avenge the cause of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and afterward thou shalt be gathered to thy people.

³⁸ And Aaron the priest went up at the command of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year of the children of Israel's coming out of Egypt, in the fifth month, the first day of the month.

⁶ then the children of Israel removed out of Beroth, the country belonging to the children of Jakin, into Misidai, the country where Aaron died, and where he was buried, and Eleazar executed the office of priest in his stead.

⁵⁰ and die on the mount to which thou goest up, and be gathered to thy people, in the same manner as thy brother Aaron died on mount Or, and was gathered to his people,

⁷ and he called the name of that place, Temptation and Upbraiding, because of the upbraiding of the Israelites, and because they tempted the Lord and said, Is the Lord among us or not?

¹ When the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came to the wilderness of Sin, in the first month, the people took up their abode at Kades; and there Mariam died, and there she was buried.

⁸ Take thy staff, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother; and speak to that rock before them, and it will give its water. And you shall bring water for them from that rock, and give drink to the congregation, and their cattle. ⁹ So Moses took the staff which was before the Lord, as the Lord commanded. ¹⁰ And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation, at some distance over against the rock, and he said to them, Hear me, ye rebels! Can we bring water for you out of this rock? ¹¹ Then Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock twice with the staff, and there gushed out much water, so that the congregation, and their cattle, drank. ¹² Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you have not believed, to sanctify me before the children of Israel, therefore you shall not lead this congregation into the land which I have given them. ¹³ This is the water of Strife, because the children of Israel uttered reproaches before the Lord, and he was hallowed among them.

²⁴ Let Aaron be gathered to his people. For you shall not enter the land which I have given the children of Israel for a possession, because you provoked me at the water of strife.

³⁷ With me also the Lord was angry on your account, and said, Neither shalt thou go in there.

³² When they provoked him at the water of strife it went ill with Moses on their account. ³³ For they provoked his spirit and he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

²² At this they fell on their faces and said, God, the God of the spirits even of all flesh! If one man hath sinned, is the wrath of the Lord against the whole congregation?

¹⁴ Now when the Lord said to Moses, Behold the time of thy death approacheth, call Joshua, and stand at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony, and I will give him a charge; thereupon Moses went with Joshua to the tabernacle of the testimony, and they stood at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony,

¹³ even now, [when, Lo! the king whom you have chosen; and behold the Lord hath set a king over you;]

⁵ Therefore I propose to build a house for the name of the Lord my God; as the Lord my God spoke to my father David, saying, Thy son, whom I will set on thy throne in thy stead, shall build the house to my name.

¹⁵ and I will give you pastors according to mine own heart, and they shall tend and feed you with knowledge.

⁴ And I will raise up shepherds for them who will feed them. And they shall no more be terrified nor affrighted, saith the Lord. ⁵ Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous shoot, who shall reign king and understand and execute judgment and justice on the earth.

¹¹ For thus saith the Lord, Lord, Lo! I myself will seek my sheep and watch over them. ¹² As a shepherd searcheth for his flock when mist and murky air overspread his scattered sheep: so will I diligently seek my sheep, and bring them from every place, where they have been dispersed in the day of mist and murky darkness. ¹³ And I will lead them out from among the nations, and gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land, and feed them on the mountains of Israel, and in the vales and in all the habitable part of the land. ¹⁴ I will feed them in good pasture. On the lofty mountain of Israel shall be their folds; there they shall lie down and rest there in luxurious ease, and be fed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. ¹⁵ I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will give them repose, and they shall know that I am the Lord. Thus saith the Lord, Lord, ¹⁶ I will seek the lost, and bring back the stray; and bind up the bruised and strengthen the weak: and I will watch the strong, and feed them with judgment.

²³ And I will set up over them one shepherd who shall feed them, even my servant David, who shall be their shepherd:

²⁴ And my servant David shall be chief among them. He shall be singly the shepherd of all. Because they will walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and practise them,

³⁸ Supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest to send forth labourers for his harvest.

¹¹ I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd exposeth his life for the sheep.

²⁸ Take heed therefore to yourselves and to the whole flock among which the holy spirit hath made you overseers to tend the congregation of God which he hath purchased with his own blood.

⁹ Well then: we have had fathers of our flesh who have corrected us, and we have reverenced them; shall we not much more submit ourselves to the father of our spirits, and live?

² Tend the flock of God which is among you, watching over it, not by constraint, but willingly; not with a view to sordid gain, but with a ready mind; ³ not as exercising dominion over the lots, but as being examples to the flock. ⁴ And when the chief shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive an unfading crown of glory.

² he said to them, I am now a hundred and twenty years old. I shall no more be able to go out, and come in before you: for the Lord hath said to me, Thou shalt not cross the Jordan.

²⁰ We will be like all the nations, and our king shall judge us, and 21 go out before us, and fight our battles.

¹³ and removed him from about his person, and made him a captain over a thousand, and he went out and came in before the people.

² Heretofore, while Saul was king over us, It was thou who didst lead out and bring in Israel; and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

⁷ Now therefore, Lord my God, as thou hast appointed me thy servant in the room of my father David, and I am but a little child and know not how to go out and come in,

¹⁷ Thereupon he said, Is not this the case? I saw all Israel dispersed on the mountains like a flock which hath no shepherd; and the Lord said, Is not the Lord, their God? Let every one return to his house in peace.

¹⁰ grant me now wisdom and understanding that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people which is so great?

¹⁶ Whereupon he said, I saw Israel scattered upon the mountains like sheep, which have no shepherd. And the Lord said, They have no leader, let them return every man to his house in peace.

⁵ so that my flock is dispersed for want of shepherds, and is become a prey to all the wild beasts of the field.

² Because the prophesiers spoke of labours, and the diviners told false visions and lying dreams; gave false comfort, therefore they were dried up. Like sheep they were afflicted. Because there was no healing;

⁷ Awake, sword, against my shepherds, and against my chief citizen, saith the Lord Almighty; I will smite the shepherds and the sheep shall be scattered and I will bring my hand on the little ones.

³⁶ And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them because they were fainty and forlorn, like sheep without a shepherd.

⁶ but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel:

²⁴ And he in reply said, My mission is only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

³⁴ When Jesus landed and saw a great multitude, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep which have no shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.

³ To him the doorkeeper openeth and the sheep hearken to his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. ⁴ And when he hath brought out his own sheep, he goeth before them and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

⁹ I am the door. If any enter in by me, it shall be safe, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

²⁵ For you were like sheep going astray, but are now brought back to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.

³⁸ And Pharao said to all his servants, Can we find such a man as this who hath in him the spirit of God?

⁹ upon which Moses said to Joshua, Select for thyself able men and go out and draw up in array to-morrow against Amalek; when lo I have stood on the top of that hill with the staff of God in my hand.

¹⁷ and I will come down and talk with thee there, and I will take a portion of the spirit which is upon thee, and put it upon them; and they will help thee to bear the burden of this people, so that thou shalt not bear them thyself alone.

²⁵ the Lord descended in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took a portion of the spirit which was upon him, and put it on the seventy elders. And soon as the spirit rested on them, they prophesied. ²⁶ Now there were two who had not joined them, but were left in the camp. The name of the one was Eldad and the name of the other, Modad; and the spirit rested on them. They were of those who were written down, but they had not come to the tabernacle. And when they prophesied in the camp, ²⁷ there ran a young man, who told Moses, saying, Eldad and Modad are prophesying in the camp. ²⁸ Upon which Joshua the son of Nave, who was the chosen attendant of Moses, addressing him said, My lord Moses, forbid them. ²⁹ But Moses said to him, Thou shouldst not envy, on my account. that the people of the Lord had all been made prophets when the Lord put his spirit on these!

⁸ of the tribe of Ephraim, Ause, son of Nave;

¹⁶ These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to examine the land: [now Moses had surnamed Ause, son of Nave, Joshua.]

²³ and laid his hands on him, and made him his associate, as the Lord commanded Moses.

²⁸ And give a charge to Joshua, and strengthen and encourage him; for he shall cross over before this people, and shall give them the possession of all this land which thou hast seen.

⁷ Then Moses called Joshua, and said to him before all Israel, Be courageous, and strong; for thou shalt go before this people, into the land which the Lord solemnly promised your lathers to give them; and thou shalt put them in possession of it; ⁸ and the Lord, who marcheth with thee, will not leave thee nor forsake thee. Fear not, nor be dismayed.

²³ And the Lord gave a charge to Joshua, and said, Be courageous, and strong, for thou shalt conduct the children of Israel into the land which the Lord solemnly promised them, and he will be with thee.

⁹ as Joshua son of Nave was filled with a spirit of wisdom, [for Moses had laid his hands upon him] the children of Israel hearkened to him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses.

¹⁰ The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war against Cousarsathaim, and the Lord delivered Cousarsathaim, king of Syrian Mesopotamia, into his hands; and his hand prevailed against Cousarsathaim,

²⁹ the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthae, and he marched through Galaad, and Manasses, and passed the watch tower of Galaad, into the border of the children of Ammon.

¹³ So Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And a Spirit of the Lord came upon David, from that day forward. Then Samuel arose and went to Armathaim. ¹⁴ And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul; and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.

¹⁸ Then one of his servants answered and said, Behold I have seen a son of Jessai the Bethlemite. He is skilled in music, and is a man of understanding and a warrior, graceful in speech, and of a comely appearance, and the Lord is with him.

¹⁴ I have heard of thee that there is in thee a spirit of a god, and that light and knowledge and extraordinary wisdom have been found in thee.

³⁴ For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God; for God giveth him not the spirit by measure.

³ look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men of good reputation, full of a holy spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint to this office.

⁶ whom they set before the apostles, who having prayed, laid their hands on them.

¹⁵ who having gone down, prayed for them that they might receive a holy spirit. ¹⁶ For it had not yet fallen on any of them, and they were only baptized to the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁷ Then they laid their hands on them and they received a holy spirit. ¹⁸ When Simon saw that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the holy spirit was given, he offered them money, ¹⁹ saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands he may receive a holy spirit.

³ So having fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they dismissed them.

⁶ and Paul having laid his hands on them, the holy spirit came upon them and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

⁴ Now, there are diversities of gifts, but the same spirit; ⁵ and there are diversities of offices, but the same Lord; ⁶ and there are diversities of energies, but it is the same God who by his inward operation worketh all these effects in all. ⁷ Now, this manifestation of the spirit is given to every one for that which is profitable. ⁸ For to one is given, by the spirit, a word of wisdom; and to another, a word of knowledge according to the same spirit; ⁹ and to another, faith, by the same spirit; and to another, gifts of healing, by the same spirit; ¹⁰ and to another, mighty powers of working miracles; and to another, the gift of prophecy; and to another, that of discerning spirits; and to another, divers languages; and to another, the interpretation of languages. ¹¹ Now, it is one and the same spirit who effecteth all these, distributing his own as he pleaseth, to every one.

¹⁴ Neglect not the gift which is in thee, which was given thee by prophesy with the laying on of the hands of the assembled elders.

²² Lay hands upon no one hastily, nor be a partaker in the sins of others. Keep thyself pure.

² of the doctrine concerning baptism, and the laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment, proceed to the consecration.

¹ When he, having called together the twelve disciples, gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure diseases; ² and was sending them to proclaim the reign of God, and to heal the sick; ³ he said to them, Take nothing for the journey; neither staves, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money, nor two coats apiece. ⁴ And into whatever house you enter, abide there till you leave the place. ⁵ And wherever they will not receive you, when you are leaving that city, shake off the dust from your feet, for a testimony against them.

² and he said to them, The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the labourers are few. Entreat therefore the Lord of the harvest to send forth labourers for his harvest. ³ Go ye. Behold I send you forth like lambs among wolves. ⁴ Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor sandals. And salute no one by the way. ⁵ And into whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house. ⁶ And if the son of peace be there, your peace will rest upon it; but if not, it will return to you. And ⁷ continue in the same family, eating and drinking such things as they have. For the labourer is worthy of his wages. Go not from one family to another. ⁸ And into whatever city you enter, when they entertain you eat such things as are set before you. ⁹ And heal the sick therein, and say to them, The reign of God is come near to you. ¹⁰ But whatever city you enter, when they do not receive you, go out into the streets thereof and say, ¹¹ The very dust of this city of yours which cleaveth to us, we wipe off for you: nevertheless, know this, that the reign of God hath come nigh unto you.

²⁸ Take heed therefore to yourselves and to the whole flock among which the holy spirit hath made you overseers to tend the congregation of God which he hath purchased with his own blood. ²⁹ For this I know, that after my departure there will enter in among you grievous wolves, not sparing the flock. ³⁰ Yes, even from among yourselves men will start up, speaking perverse things to draw the disciples after them. ³¹ Watch therefore, remembering that for the space of three years I did not cease, night nor day, with tears to warn every one.

¹⁷ And say to Archippus, Be careful to discharge the office which thou hast received from the Lord.

²¹ I charge thee before the God and Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, to observe these things without prejudging, and to do nothing by partiality.

¹³ I charge thee in the presence of God, who giveth life to all, and of Christ Jesus who witnessed before Pontius Pilate the good confession, ¹⁴ to keep thyself, in respect to this command, unspotted, irreprehensible, until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵ which, in his own proper times will be displayed by him, who is the blessed and only potentate, the king of kings and the lord of lords, ¹⁶ who alone hath immortality, who inhabiteth light inaccessible, whom no man hath seen, or can see, to whom be honour and everlasting dominion. Amen. ¹⁷ Charge them who are rich in this present state not to be high minded; not to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God who imparteth to us richly all things for enjoyment;

¹ I therefore charge thee in the presence of the God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his glorious appearance and reign, ² proclaim the word; be intent thereon, in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. ³ For a time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine: But when they have an itch of hearing they will, according to their own desires, heap up for themselves teachers, ⁴ who will turn their attention from the truth, and they will be turned aside to fables. ⁵ Be thou therefore watchful on all occasions. Endure hardships: perform the work of a publisher of the glad tidings. Discharge thy ministerial office completely. ⁶ For I am now about to be poured out as a libation; and the time of my departure is at hand.

¹⁶ Thereupon they answered and said to Joshua, All that thou commandest we will do. And wherever thou sendest us we will go. ¹⁷ As we have hearkened to Moses in all things, so will we hearken to thee. Let but the Lord our God be with thee, as he was with Moses, ¹⁸ and whosoever shall disobey thee, and not hearken to all thy commands which thou shalt give him let him be put to death. But be thou strong and courageous.

⁶ and the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and be changed into another man.

⁹ Accordingly, soon as he turned his back to depart from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all the signs came to pass that day.

⁹ And when they had crossed, Elias said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken up from thee. Whereupon Elisha said, Let there be, I pray thee, a double portion of thy spirit on me. ¹⁰ And Elias said, Thou hast put me to a stand by this request. If thou seest me taken up from thee, it shall be so to thee; but if not; it cannot be granted.

¹⁵ And when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him, saw him, they said, The spirit of Elias hath rested on Elisha, so they went to meet him, and made obeisance to him by bowing to the ground.

²³ So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David and prospered, and all Israel obeyed him

²⁵ and the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel, and gave him royal glory, such as no king had before him.

³⁰ And upon the oracle of judgment thou shalt put the Manifestation and the Truth. And it shall be on the breast of Aaron, when he goeth into the sanctuary, before the Lord. And Aaron shall carry the judgments of the Israelites upon his breast before the Lord continually.

⁸ and put on it the oracle; and upon the oracle he put the manifestation and the truth.

¹⁷ who shall go out before them, and come in before them; and who shall lead them out, and bring them in; so that the congregation of the Lord may not be like a flock which hath no shepherd.

⁸ And of Levi he said Assign ye to Levi his manifestations, And his truth to this man for the Holy One Whom they tried at Temptation. Whom they reviled at the water of Contradiction.

¹⁴ Then the rulers took some of their provisions, and did not consult the Lord.

¹ Now, after the decease of Joshua, the children of Israel inquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us as our leader against the Chananites, to conduct the war against them?

¹⁸ And they arose, and went up to Baithel, and inquired of God. And the children of Israel said, Who shall go up as our commander in chief to battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said Juda shall go up as commander in chief.

²³ The sons of Israel had indeed gone up, and wept before the Lord till evening, and inquired of the Lord saying, Shall we again proceed to draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin our brethren And the Lord said, Go up against them.

²⁶ Upon this all the children of Israel, even the whole people went up and came to Baithel, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted the whole day till evening, and offered whole burnt offerings and sacrifices before the Lord. ²⁷ For in those days the ark of the covenant of the Lord their God was there, ²⁸ and Phineas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, stood before it in those days. And the children of Israel inquired of the Lord saying, Shall we proceed again to go out to battle against the children of Benjamin our brethren? And the Lord said, Go up. To-morrow I will deliver them into your hands.

¹⁰ and he inquired of God for him, and gave him victuals. He gave him also the sword of Goliath. ¹¹ Upon this the king sent for Abimelech, son of Achitob, and all his father's sons, the priests at Nomba; and when they all came to the king, ¹² Saul said, Hear now thou son of Achitob! And he said, Here I am. Speak, my lord. ¹³ Then Saul said to him, Why hast thou conspired against me, thou and the son of Jessai, that thou shouldst give him bread, and a sword, and consult God for him to make him my enemy, as is now the case? ¹⁴ And Abimelech answered the king and said, Who among all thy servants was like David, in high trust, and the king's son in law, and thy prime minister, and highly honoured in thy house? ¹⁵ Have I now begun to consult God for him? Xo. Let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against all my father's house. For thy servant knew nothing of all these things, less or more.

⁹ And David knew it; for Saul did not conceal his mischievous intention respecting him. Therefore David said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod of the Lord.

⁶ And Saul inquired of the Lord; but the Lord did not answer him; neither by dreams, nor by manifestations, nor by prophets.

⁷ And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Abimelech, Bring hither the ephod.

⁶³ yet the Athersastha ordered them not to eat of the most holy meats until there should arise a priest with the Manifestation and the Truth.

⁶⁵ yet the Athersastha ordered, that they should not eat of the most holy meats, until a priest should arise with the Manifestation.

¹⁹ and set him before Eleazar, the priest, and give him a charge before the whole congregation, and give a charge before them concerning