THE BIBLICAL ANTIQUITIES OF

PHILO
OR THE HISTORY OF PHILO FROM THE BEGINNING OF
THE WORLD TO KING DAVID
CHAPTER I.
I. 1The beginning of the world. Adam begat three sons and one
daughter, Cain, Noaba, Abel and Seth. 2. And Adam lived after he
begat
Seth 700 years, and begat 12 sons and 8 daughters.
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". And these are the names of the males# $liseel, Suris,
$lamiel, %rabal, Naat, &arama, &asam, 'aathal, and Anath.
(. And these are his daughters# )hua, Ie*tas, Arebi*a, Sifa, Te*ia,
Saba, Asin.
+. And Seth lived 10+ years and begat Enos. And Seth lived
after he begat Enos 707 years, and begat " sons and 2
daughters.
!. And these are the names of his sons# $lidia, )honna, and 'atha#
and of his daughters, 'alida and Thila.
7. And Enos lived 180 years and begat Cainan. And Enos lived
after he begat Cainan 71+ years, and begat 2 sons and a
daughter.
8. And these are the names of his sons# )ho, and Thaal- and of the
daughter, Catennath.
.. And Cainan lived +20 years and begat Malalech. And Cainan
lived after he begat Malalech 7"0 years, and begat " sons and
2 daughters.
10. And these are the names of the males# Atha*h, So*er, /oha# and
the names of the daughters, Ana and /eua.
11. And Malalech lived 1!+ years and begat Jareth. And
Malalech lived after he begat Jareth 7"0 years, and begat 7
sons and + daughters.
12. And these are the names of the males# /eta, 'atha,
Cethar, 'elie, Suriel, /odo, 0thim. And these are the names of the
daughters# Ada and Noa, Iebal, 'ada, Sella.
1". And Jareth lived 172 years and begat Enoch. And Jareth
lived after he begat Enoch 800 years and begat ( sons and 2
daughters. 1(. And these are the names of the males# /ead,
Ana*, Soboa* and Ie*tar# and of the daughters, Tet1e*o, /esse.
1+. And Enoch lived 1!+ years and begat Matusalam. And
Enoch lived after he begat Matusalam 200 years, and begat +
sons and " daughters.
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1!. But Enoch pleased God at that time and as
not found, for God translated him.
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17. Now the names of his sons are# Ana1, &eum, A*haun, )heledi,
$lith- and of the daughters, Thei1, /e2th, /eath.
18. And Mathusalam lived 187 years and begot
!amech. And Mathusalam lived after he begat !amech 782
years, and begot 2 sons and 2 daughters.
1.. And these are the names of the males# Inab and 3aho-
and of the daughters, Aluma and Amuga.
20. And !amech lived "#$ years and begot a son,
and called him a**ording to his nati4it5 %oe, saying& 'his child
ill give rest to us and to the earth from those who are
therein, uon whom 6or in the da5 when7 a 4isitation shall be
made be*ause of the ini8uit5 of their e4il deeds.
21. And !amech lived after he begot %oe +8+
years.
22. And %oe lived "00 years and begot " sons,
Sem, Cham, and Japheth.
CHAPTER II.
II. %ut Cain dwelt in the earth trembling,
a**ording as 9od aointed unto him after he slew Abel his
brother- and the name of his wife was Theme*h.
2. And Cain (ne Theme*h his ife and she
conceived and bare Enoch.
". 1 Now Cain was 1+ 5ears old when he did these things-
and from that time he began to build *ities, until he had founded
se4en *ities. And these are
the names of the *ities# The name of the 2rst *it5 a**ording to
the name of his son $no*h. The name of the se*ond *it5 'auli,
and of the third /eeth, and the name of the fourth Te1e,
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and the name of the 2fth Ies*a- the name of the si:th Celeth, and the
name of the se4enth Iebbath.
(. And Cain li4ed after he begat $no*h 71+ 5ears and begat " sons
and 2 daughters. And these are the names of his sons# 0lad, /i1ah,
;osal- and of his daughters, Citha and 'aa*. And all the da5s of Cain
were 7"0 5ears, and he died.
+. 1 Then too< $no*h a wife of the daughters of Seth, whi*h bare him
Ciram and Cuuth and 'adab. %ut Ciram begat 'atusael, and 'atusael
begat /ame*h.
!. But !amech too( unto himself to ives& the name of the
one as Ada and the name of the other Sella. ). And Ada bare
him Iobab# he as the father of all that dell in tents and herd
*oc(s.
And again she bare him +obal, hich as the ,rst to teach all playing
of instruments 6lit. e4er5 salm of organs7. 8. 2 And at that
time, when the5 that dwelt on the earth had begun to do e4il,
e4er5 one with his neighbour=s wife, de2ling them, 9od was
angr5. And he began to la5 uon the lute 6(innor7 and the
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harp and on e4er5 instrument of sweet salmod5 6lit. salter57, and to
*orrut the earth.
.. But Sella bare 'ubal and 'isa and The>a, and this is that
Tubal whi*h showed unto men arts in lead and tin and iron and
*oer and sil4er and gold# and then began the inhabiters of
the earth to ma<e gra4en images and to worshi them.
10. " %o !amech said unto his to ives Ada
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and Sella& -ear my voice, ye ives of !amech, give heed to my
precept# for I ha4e *orruted men for m5self, and have ta(en aay
su*<lings from the breasts, that I might show m5 sons how to wor<
e4il, and the inhabiters of the earth. And now shall vengeance be
ta(en seven times of Cain, but of !amech seventy times seven.
CHAPTER III.
III. And it came to pass hen men had begun
to multiply on the earth, that beautiful daughters ere born unto
them. And the sons of God sa the daughters of men that they ere
e:*eeding fair, and too( them ives of all that they had
chosen. 2. 1 And God said& My spirit shall not ?udge among
these men for ever, because they are of *esh. but their years
shall be 120. @on whom he laid 6or wherein I ha4e set7 the ends of
the world, and in their hands wi*<ednesses were not ut out 6or the
law shall not be 8uen*hed7. ". And God sa that in all the dellers
upon earth or(s of evil ere ful,lled& and inasmuch as their
thought as upon ini/uity all their days, God said# + ill blot
out man and all things that ha4e budded uon the earth, for it
repenteth me that + have made him.
(. But %oe found grace and mer*5 before the
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Aaragrah *ontinuesB !ord, and these are his generations. %oe, hich as a
righteous man and unde2led in his generation,
pleased the !ord. @nto whom 9od said& 'he time of all men
that dell upon the earth is come, for their deeds are very
evil. And no ma(e thee an ar( of *edar wood, and thus shalt
thou ma(e it. "00 cubits shall be the length thereof, and
+0 cubits the breadth, and "0 cubits the height. And thou shall
enter into the ar(, thou and thy ife and thy sons and thy
sons0 ives ith thee. And + ill ma(e my covenant ith thee,
to destro5 all the
dwellers uon earth. %o of clean beasts and of the fols of
the heaven that are clean thou shalt ta(e by sevens male and
female, that their seed may be saved alive upon the earth. But
of unclean beasts and fols thou shalt ta(e to thee by tos
male and
female, and shalt ta(e provision for thee and for them
also.
+. And %oe did that hich God commanded him and
entered into the ar(, he and all his sons ith
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him. And it came to pass after 7 days that the
ater of the *ood began to be upon the earth. And in that day
all the depths ere opened and the great sring of ater and
the indos of heaven, and there as rain upon the earth (0
days and (0 nights.
!. And it was then the 1!+2
nd
61!+!
th
7 5ear from the time when 9od
had made the hea4en and the earth in the da5 when the earth was
*orruted with the inhabiters thereof b5 reason of the ini8uit5 of their
wor<s.
7. And when the Cood *ontinued 1(0 da5s uon the earth, Noe onl5
and the5 that were with him in the ar< remained ali4e# and when 9od
remembered Noe, he made the water to diminish.
8. And it *ame to ass on the .0
th
da5 that 9od
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dried the earth, and said unto %oe& Go out of the ar(, thou and
all that are with thee, and gro and multiply upon the earth. And %oe
ent out of the ar(, he an d his sons and his sons0 ives, and all the
beasts and creeping things and fols and cattle brought he forth with
him as 9od *ommanded him. 'hen built %oe an altar unto the !ord,
and too( of all the cattle and of the clean fols and o1ered burnt
o1erings on the altar# and it was
a**eted of the /ord for a sa4our of rest.
.. And God said& + ill not again curse the earth for man0s
sa(e, for the guise of man0s heart hath left o> 1 from his youth. And
therefore + ill not again destroy together all living as + have done.
%ut it shall be, when the dwellers uon earth ha4e sinned, I will ?udge
them b5 famine or b5 the sword or b5 2re or b5 estilen*e 6lit. death7,
and there shall be earth8ua<es, and the5 shall be s*attered
into la*es not inhabited 6or, the la*es of their habitation shall be
s*attered7. %ut I will not again soil the earth with the water of a
Cood, and in all the days of the earth seed time and harvest, cold and
heat, summer and autumn, day and night shall not cease, until
I remember them that dwell on the earth, even until the times
are ful2lled. 10. 2 %ut when the 5ears of the world shall be
ful2lled, then shall the light *ease and the dar<ness be 8uen*hed# and
I will 8ui*<en the dead and raise u from the earth them that slee#
and Dell shall a5 his debt and destru*tion gi4e ba*< that
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whi*h was *ommitted unto him, that I ma5 render unto e4er5 man
a**ording to his wor<s and a**ording to the fruit of their imaginations,
even until I ?udge between the soul and the Cesh. And the world shall
rest, and death shall be 8uen*hed, and Dell shall shut his mouth. And
the earth shall not be without birth, neither barren for them that dwell
therein# and none shall be olluted that hath been ?usti2ed in me 1.
And there shall be another earth and another hea4en, e4en an
e4erlasting habitation.
11. And the !ord spa(e further unto %oe and to his sons
saying& Behold + ill ma(e my covenant ith you and ith
your seed after you, and ill not
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again spoil the earth ith the ater of a *ood. And all that liveth and
moveth therein shall be to you for meal. %evertheless the
*esh ith the blood of the soul shall ye not eat. 2or he that
sheddeth man0s blood, his blood shall be shed. for in the
image of God as man made. And ye, gro ye and multiply
and ,ll the earth as the multitude of 2shes that
multil5 in the waters. And 9od said# This is the *o4enant that I ha4e
made betwi:t me and 5ou- and it shall be hen + cover the
heaven ith clouds, that my bo shall appear in the cloud,
and it shall be for a memorial of the covenant beti3t me and
you, and all the dellers upon earth.
CHAPTER IV.
IE. 2 And the sons of %oe hich ent forth of the ar( ere
Sem, Cham, and Japheth.
2. 'he sons of Japheth& Gomer, Magog, and Madai, Nidia1e*h,
'ubal, 'o*teras, Cene1, 4iphath, and 'hogorma, Elisa, Fessin,
Cethin, Tudant.
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And the sons of 9omer# Thele1, /ud, Feberlet.
And the sons of 'agog# Cesse, Thiha, )haruta, Ammiel, )himei,
9olo1a, Samana*h.
And the sons of Fuden# Sallus, )helu*ta )hallita.
And the sons of Tubal# )hanatono4a, $te4a.
And the sons of T5ras# 'aa*, Tabel, %allana, Samlamea*, $la1.
And the sons of 'elle*h# Amboradat, @ra*h, %osara.
And the sons of GGAsHH*ene1# Iubal, &araddana, Ana*.
And the sons of Deri# )huddet, Foad, Fehad1eat, $no*.
And the sons of Togorma# Abiud, Sahath, Asali, &ethir.
And the sons of $lisa# $t1aa*, &ene1, 'astisa, 3ira.
And the sons of &eti# 'a*1iel, Temna, Aela, )hinon.
And the sons of Tessis# 'e**ul, /oon, &elataban.
And the sons of Fuodennin# Itheb, %eath, )hene*h.
". And these are the5 that were s*attered abroad, and dwelt in the
earth with the )ersians and 'edes, and in the islands that are in the
sea. And )hene*h, the son of Fudeni, went u and *ommanded that
shis of the sea should be made# and then was the third art of the
earth di4ided.
(. Fomereth and his sons too< /ade*h- and 'agog and his sons too<
Fegal- 'adam and his sons too< %esto- Iuban 6sc. Ia4an7 and his sons
too< Ceel- Tubal and his sons too< )heed- 'ise*h and his sons too<
Nethi- GGTHHiras and his sons too< GG3JJHH- Fuodennut and his
sons too<
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Aaragrah *ontinuesB 9oda- 3ihath and his sons too< %osarra- Torgoma and
his sons too< ;ud- $lisa and his sons too< Thabola- Thesis 6sc.
Tarshish7 and his sons too< 'are*ham- Cethim and his sons too<
Thaan- Fudennin and his sons too< Caruba.
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+. And then began the5 to till the earth and to sow uon it# and when
the earth was athirst, the dwellers therein *ried unto the /ord and he
heard them and ga4e rain abundantl5, and it was so, when the rain
des*ended uon the earth, that the bow aeared in the *loud, and
the dwellers uon earth saw the memorial of the *o4enant and fell
uon their fa*es and sa*ri2*ed, o>ering burnt o>erings unto
the /ord.
!. %o the sons of Cham ere Chus, Mestra, and 5huni, and
Chanaan.
And the sons of Chus& Saba, and . . . Tudan.
And the sons of )huni# A$>untenusB, &eleutelu, 9elu*, /ehu*.
And the sons of Chanaan were S5dona, $ndain, 3a*in, Simmin, @ruin,
Nenugin, Amathin, Nehiti, Tela1, $lat, Cusin.
7. And Chus begat %embroth. -e began to be roud before
the !ord.
But Mestram begat !udin and 'egimin and /abin and /atuin
and )etrosonoin and Ceslun# thence came forth the 5hilistines
and the Caado*ians.
8. And then did the5 also begin to build *ities# and these are
the *ities whi*h the5 built# S5don, and the arts that lie about it, that
is 3esun, %eosa, 'a1a, 9erara, As*alon, Fabir, Camo, Tellun, /a*is,
Sodom and 9omorra, Adama and Seboim.
.. And the sons of Sem& Elam, Assur, Arpha3a, !u6i, Aram. And
the sons of Aram# 9edrum, $se. And Arpha3a begat Sale, Sale
begat -eber, and unto -eber ere born to sons& the name
of
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the one as 5halech, for in his days the earth as divided, and the
name of his brother as Jectan.
10. And Jectan begat -elmadam and Salastra and Ma6aam, 4ea,
7ura, 86ia, 7eglabal, Mimoel, Sabthphin, Evilac, +ubab.
And the sons of )hale*h# 3agau, 3ehuth,
&eheram, A*ulon, Sa*har, Siha1, Nabi, Suri, Se*iur,
)hala*us, 3aho, )halthia, &aldehal, &ahis, and Arteman,
Delihas. These are the sons of )hale*h, and these are their
names, and the5 too< them wi4es of the daughters of Ie*tan
and begat sons and daughters and 2lled the earth.
11. %ut 3agau too< him to wife 'el*ha the daughter of 3uth, and she
begat him Seru*h. And when the da5 of her deli4er5 *ame she said#
0f this *hild shall be born in the fourth generation one who shall set
his dwelling on high, and shall be *alled erfe*t, and unde2led, and
he shall be the father of nations, and his *o4enant shall not be
bro<en, and his seed shall be multilied for e4er.
12. And 4agau lived after he begat Seruch 11.
years and begat 7 sons and + daughters. And these are the
names of his sons# Abiel, 0bed, Salma, Fedasal, &ene1a,
A**ur, Nehes. And these are the names of his daughters#
Cedema, Ferisa, Seiha, )herita, Theila.
1". And Seruch lived 2. years and begat %achor. And Seruch lived
after he begat %achor !7 years and begat ( sons and " daughters.
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And these are the names of the males# &ela, &oba, Fi*a and )hodde.
And these are his daughters# Tehila, 0da, Seliha.
1(. And %achor lived "( years and begat 'hara. And %achor lived
after he begat 'hara 200 years and begat 8 sons and + daughters.
And these
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are the names of the males# 3e*a, Fedia, %ere*ha, Iosa*, Sithal,
Nisab, Nadab, Camoel. And these are his daughters# $s*a, Thiha,
%runa, Ceneta.
1+. And 'hara lived 70 years and begat Abram, %achor, and Aram.
And Aram begat !oth.
1!. 1 Then began the5 that dwelt on the earth to loo< uon the stars,
and began to rognosti*ate b5 them and to ma<e di4ination, and to
ma<e their sons and daughters ass through the 2re. %ut Seru*h and
his sons wal<ed not a**ording to them.
17. And these are the generations of Noe uon the earth a**ording to
their languages and their tribes, out of whom the nations were
di4ided uon the earth after the Cood.
CHAPTER V.
E. 2 Then *ame the sons of Cham, and made Nembroth a rin*e o4er
themsel4es# but the sons of Iaheth made )hene*h their *hief# and
the sons of Sem gathered together and set o4er them Ie*tan to be
their rin*e.
2. And when these three had met together the5 too< *ounsel that
the5 would loo< uon and ta<e a**ount of the eole of their
followers. And this was done while Noe was 5et ali4e, even that all
men should be gathered together# and the5 li4ed at one with ea*h
other, and the earth was at ea*e.
". Now in the "(0th 5ear of the going forth of
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Aaragrah *ontinuesB Noe out of the ar<, after that 9od dried u the Cood,
did the rin*es ta<e a**ount of their eole.
(. And ,rst )hene*h the son of Iaheth loo<ed uon them.
The sons of 9omer all of them assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres of
their *atain*ies were in number +,800.
%ut of the sons of 'agog all of them assing b5 a**ording to the
s*etres of their leading the number was !,200.
And of the sons of 'adai all of them assing b5 a**ording to the
s*etres of their *atain*ies were in number +,700.
And the sons of Tubal. all of them assing b5 a**ording to the
s*etres of their *atain*ies were in number .,(00.
And the sons of 'es*a all of them assing b5 a**ording to the
s*etres of their *atain*ies were in number +,!00.
The sons of Thiras all of them assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres of
their *atain*ies were in number 12,"00.
And the sons of 3ihaGGthHH assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres of
their *atain*ies were in number l(,+00.
And the sons of Thogorma assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres of
their *atain*5 were in number 1(,(00.
%ut the sons of $lisa assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres of their
*atain*5 were in number 1(,.00.
And the sons of Thersis all of them assing b5 a**ording to the
s*etres of their *atain*5 were in number 12,100.
The sons of Cethin all of them assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres of
their *atain*5 were in number 17,"00.
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And the sons of Foin assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres of their
*atain*ies were in number 17,700.
And the number of the *am of the sons of Iaheth, all of them men
of might and all girt with their armour, whi*h were set in the sight of
their *atains was 1(0,202 besides women and *hildren.
The a**ount of Iaheth in full was in number 1(2,000.
+. And Nembroth assed b5, he and the son6s7 of Cham all of them
assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres of their *atain*ies were found
in number 2(,800.
The sons of )hua all of them assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres of
their *atain*ies were in number 27,700.
And the sons of Canaan all of them assing b5 a**ording to the
s*etres of their *atain*ies were found in number "2,800.
The sons of Soba all of them assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres of
their *atain*ies were found in number (,"00.
The sons of /ebilla all of them assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres of
their *atain*ies were found in number 22,"00.
And the sons of Sata all of them assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres
of their *atain*ies were found in number 2+,"00.
And the sons of 3emma all of them assing b5 a**ording to the
s*etres of their *atain*ies were found in number "0,!00.
And the sons of Saba*a all of them assing b5 a**ording to the
s*etres of their *atain*ies were found in number (!,(00.
And the number of the *am of the sons of Cham, all of them might5
men, and furnished with
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armour, whi*h were set in the sight of their *atain*ies was in number
2((,.00 besides women and *hildren.
!. And Ie*tan the son of Sem loo<ed uon the sons of $lam, and the5
were all of them assing b5 a**ording to the number of the s*etres
of their *atain*ies in number (7,000.
And the sons of Assur all of them assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres
of their *atain*ies were found in number 7",000.
And the sons of Aram all of them assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres
of their *atain*ies were found in number 87,"00.
The sons of /ud all of them assing b5 a**ording to the s*etres of
their *atain*ies were found in number "0,!00.
AThe number of the sons of Cham was 7",000.B
%ut the sons of Arfa:at all of them assing b5 a**ording to the
s*etres of their *atain*ies were in number 11(,!00.
And the whole number of them was "(7,!00. 7. The number of the
*am of the sons of Sem, all of them setting forth in 4alour and in the
*ommandment of war in the sight of their *atain*ies was K i: K
besides women and *hildren.
8. 1 And these are the generations of Noe set forth searatel5,
whereof the whole number together was .1(,000. And all these were
*ounted while Noe was 5et ali4e, and in the resen*e of Noe "+0
5ears after the Cood. And all the da5s of Noe were .+0 5ears, and he
died.
CHAPTER VI.
EI. 2 Then all the5 that had been di4ided and
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dwelt uon the earth gathered together there after,
and dwelt together- and they set forth from the East and found a
plain in the land of Babylon& and there they delt, and they said
every man to his neighbour# %ehold, it will *ome to ass that
we shall be s*attered e4er5 man. from his brother, and in the
latter da5s we shall be 2ghting one against another. Now,
therefore, *ome and let us build for oursel4es a tower, the head
whereof shall rea*h unto hea4en, and we shall ma<e us a name and a
renown uon the earth.
2. And the5 said e4er5one to his neighbour# /et us ta<e bri*<s 6lit.
stones7, and let us, ea*h one, write our names uon the bri*<s and
burn them with 2re# and that whi*h is thoroughl5 burned shall be for
mortar and bri*<. 65erhaps, that whi*h is not thoroughl5 burned shall
be for mortar, and that whi*h is, for bri*<.7
". 1 And the5 too< e4er5 man their bri*<s, sa4ing 12 men, whi*h
would not ta<e them, and these are their names# Abraham, Na*hor,
/oth, 3uge, Tenute, &aba, Armodath, Iobab, $sar, Abimahel, Saba,
Auhin. (. And the eole of the land laid hands on them and brought
them before their rin*es and said# These are the men that ha4e
transgressed our *ounsels and will not wal< in our wa5s. And the
rin*es said unto them# Lherefore would 5e not set e4er5 man 5our
bri*<s with the eole of the landM And the5 answered and said# Le
will not set bri*<s with 5ou, neither will we be ?oined with 5our desire.
0ne /ord <now we, and him do we worshi. And if 5e should *ast us
into the 2re with 5our bri*<s, we will not
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*onsent to 5ou. +. And the rin*es were wroth and said# As the5 ha4e
said, so do unto them, and if the5 *onsent not to set bri*<s with 5ou,
5e shall burn them with 2re together with 5our bri*<s. !. Then
answered Ie*tan whi*h was the 2rst rin*e of the *atains# Not so, but
there shall be gi4en them a sa*e of 7 da5s. And it shall be, if the5
reent of their e4il *ounsels, and will set bri*<s along with us, the5
shall li4e- but if not, let them be burned a**ording to 5our word. %ut
he sought how he might sa4e them out of the hands of the eole- for
he was of their tribe, and he ser4ed 9od.
Gen.
11:2
7. And when he had thus said he too< them and shut them u in the
<ing=s house# and when it was e4ening the rin*e *ommanded +0
might5 men of 4alour to be *alled unto him, and said unto them# 9o
forth and ta<e toNnight these men that are shut u in mine house, and
ut ro4ision for them from m5 house uon 10 beasts, and the men
bring 5e to me, and their ro4ision together with the beasts ta<e 5e to
the mountains and wait for them there# and <now this, that if an5 man
shall <now what I ha4e said unto 5ou, I will burn 5ou with 2re.
8. And the men set forth and did all that their rin*e *ommanded
them, and too< the men from his house b5 night- and too< ro4ision
and ut it uon beasts and too< them to the hill *ountr5 as he
*ommanded them.
.. And the rin*e *alled unto him those 12 men and said to them# %e
of good *ourage and fear not, for 5e shall not die. ;or 9od in whom 5e
trust is might5, and therefore be 5e stablished in him, for he will
deli4er 5ou and sa4e 5ou. And now lo, I ha4e *ommanded So men to
ta<e A5ou withB ro4ision from m5 house, and go before 5ou
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into the hill *ountr5 1 and wait for 5ou in the 4alle5# and I will gi4e 5ou
other +0 men whi*h shall guide 5ou thither# go 5e therefore and hide
5oursel4es there in the 4alle5, ha4ing water to drin< that Coweth
down from the ro*<s# hold 5oursel4es there for "0 da5s, until the
anger of the eole of the land be aeased and until 9od send his
wrath uon them and brea< them. ;or I <now that the *ounsel of
ini8uit5 whi*h the5 ha4e agreed to erform shall not stand, for their
thought is 4ain. And it shall be when 7 da5s are e:ired and the5 shall
see< for 5ou, I will sa5 unto them# The5 ha4e gone forth and ha4e
bro<en the door of the rison wherein the5 were shut u and ha4e
Ced b5 night, and I ha4e sent 100 men to see< them. So will I turn
them from their madness that is uon them.
10. And there answered him 11 of the men sa5ing# Th5 ser4ants ha4e
found fa4our in th5 sight, in that we are set free out of the hands of
these roud men. 11. %ut Abram onl5 <et silen*e, and the rin*e
said unto him# Lherefore answerest thou not me, Abram, ser4ant of
9odM Abram answered and said# /o, I Cee awa5 toNda5 into the hill
*ountr5, and if I es*ae the 2re, wild beasts will *ome out of the
mountains and de4our us. 0r our 4i*tuals will fail and we shall die of
hunger- and we shall be found Ceeing from the eole of the land and
shall fall in our sins. And now, as he li4eth in whom I trust, I will not
remo4e from m5 la*e wherein the5 ha4e ut me# and if there be an5
sin of mine so that I be indeed burned, the will of 9od be done. And
the rin*e said unto him#
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Aaragrah *ontinuesB Th5 blood be uon th5 head, if thou refuse to go forth
with these. %ut if thou *onsent, thou shall be deli4ered. Oet if thou wilt
abide, abide as thou art. And Abram said# I will not go forth, but I will
abide here.
12. And the rin*e too< those 11 men and sent other +0 with them,
and *ommanded them sa5ing# Lait, 5e also, in the hill *ountr5 for 1+
da5s with those +0 whi*h were sent before 5ou- and after that 5e shall
return and sa5 Le ha4e not found them, as I said to the former ones.
And <now that if an5 man transgress one of all these words that I
ha4e so<en unto 5ou, he shall be burned with 2re. So the men went
forth, and he too< Abram b5 himself and shut him u where he had
been shut u aforetime.
1". And after 7 da5s were assed, the eole were gathered together
and sa<e unto their rin*e sa5ing# 3estore us the men whi*h would
not *onsent unto us, that we ma5 burn them with 2re. And the5 sent
*atains to bring them, and the5 found them not, sa4e Abram onl5.
And the5 gathered all of them to their rin*e sa5ing# The men whom
5e shut u are Ced and ha4e es*aed that whi*h we *ounselled. 1(.
And )hene*h and Nemroth said unto Ie*tan# Lhere are the men
whom thou didst shut uM %ut he said# The5 ha4e bro<en rison and
Ced b5 night# but I ha4e sent 100 men to see< them, and *ommanded
them if the5 2nd them that the5 should not onl5 burn them with 2re
but gi4e their bodies to the fowls of the hea4en and so destro5 them.
1+. Then said the5# This fello whi*h is found alone, let us burn him.
And the5 too< Abram and brought him before their rin*es and said to
him# Lhere are the5 that were with theeM And he said# Eeril5 at night I
slet, and when I awa<ed I found them not.
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1!. And the5 too< him and built a furna*e and <indled it with 2re, and
ut bri*<s burned with 2re into the furna*e. Then Ie*tan the rin*e
being ama1ed 6lit. melted7 in his mind too< Abram and ut him with
the bri*<s into the furna*e of 2re. 17. %ut 9od stirred u a great
earth8ua<e, and the 2re gushed forth of the furna*e and bra<e
out into Cames and sar<s of 2re and *onsumed all them that
stood round about in sight of the furna*e- and all the5 that
were burned in that da5 were 8",+00. %ut uon Abram was
there not an5 the
least hurt b5 the burning of the 2re.
18. And Abram arose out of the furna*e, and the 2er5 furna*e
fell down, and Abram was sa4ed. And he went unto the 11 men that
were hid in the hill *ountr5 and told them all that had befallen him,
and the5 *ame down with him out of the hill *ountr5 re?oi*ing in the
name of the /ord, and no man met them to a>right them that da5.
And the5 *alled that la*e b5 the name of Abram, and in the tongue
of the Chaldeans Feli, whi*h is being interreted, 9od.
CHAPTER VII.
EII. And it *ame to ass after these things, that the eole of the land
turned not from their e4il thoughts# and the5 *ame together again
unto their rin*es and said# The eole shall not be o4er*ome for
e4er# and now let us *ome together and build us a *it5 and a tower
whi*h shall ne4er be remo4ed.
2. And when the5 had begun to build, 9od saw the *it5 and the tower
whi*h the *hildren of men
were building, and he said& Behold, this is one people and their
speech is one, and this whi*h the5 ha4e begun to build the
Dan.
3:22
Dan.
3:27
Gen.
11:6
earth will not sustain, neither will the hea4en su>er it, beholding it#
and it shall be, if the5 be not now hindered, that the5 shall dare all
things that the5 shall ta<e in mind to do.
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". 'herefore, lo, + ill divide their speech, and s*atter them o4er all
*ountries, that the5 ma5 not <now e4er5 man his brother, neither
e4er5 man understand the see*h of his neighbour. And I will deli4er
them to the ro*<s, and the5 shall build themsel4es taberna*les of
stubble and straw, and shall dig themsel4es *a4es and shall li4e
therein li<e beasts of the 2eld, and thus shall the5 *ontinue before m5
fa*e for e4er, that the5 ma5 ne4er de4ise su*h things. And I will
esteem them as a dro of water, and li<en them unto sittle# 1 and
unto some of them their end shall *ome b5 water, and other of them
shall be dried u with thirst. (. And before all of them will I *hoose m5
ser4ant Abram, and I will bring him out from their land, and lead him
into the land whi*h mine e5e hath loo<ed uon from the beginning
when all the dwellers uon earth sinned before m5 fa*e, and I brought
on them the water of the Cood# and then I destro5ed not that land,
but reser4ed it. Therefore the fountains of m5 wrath did not brea<
forth therein, neither did the water of m5 destru*tion *ome down
uon it. ;or there will I ma<e m5 ser4ant Abram to dwell, and I will
ma<e m5 *o4enant with him, and bless his seed, and will be *alled his
9od for e4er.
+. Dowbeit when the eole that dwelt in the land had begun to build
the tower, 9od di4ided their see*h, and *hanged their li<eness. 2 And
. .!
the5 <new not e4er5 man his brother, neither did ea*h understand the
see*h of his neighbour. So it *ame to ass that when the builders
*ommanded their helers to bring bri*<s the5 brought water, and if
the5 as<ed for water, the others brought them straw. And so their
*ounsel was bro<en and the7, *eased building the *it5# and God
scattered them thence over the face of all the earth. 'herefore as
the name of that place called Confusion, because there God
confounded their speech, and scattered them thence over the face of
all the earth.
CHAPTER VIII.
EIII. But Abram ent forth thence and dell in the land of
Chanaan, and too( ith him !oth his
brothers son, and Sarai his ife. And be*ause Sarai was
barren and had no o>sring, then Abram
too< Agar her maid, and she bare him Ismahel. And
Ismahel begat 12 sons.
2. 1 Then /oth dearted from Abram and dwelt in
Sodom Abut Abram dwelt in the land of CamB. And the men of
Sodom were 4er5 e4il and sinners e:*eedingl5.
". And 9od aeared unto Abraham sa5ing# @nto th5
seed will I gi4e this land- and th5
Gen.
12:5
Gen.
16:1
Gen.
25:12
Gen.
13:12,
13:13
Gen.
13:14,
17:3
name shall be *alled Abraham, and Sarai th5 wife shall be
*alled Sara. Ana I will gi4e thee of her an eternal seed and
ma<e m5 *o4enant with
thee. And Abraham <new Sara his wife, and she
*on*ei4ed and bare Isaa*.
(. And Isaa* too< him a wife of 'esootamia,
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the daughter of %athuel, whi*h *on*ei4ed and bare him $sau
and Ia*ob. +. And $sau too< to him
for wi4es Iudin the daughter of %ereu, and %asemath the
daughter of $lon, and $libema the daughter of Anan, and
'anem the daughter of Samahel.
And GG%asemathHH bare him Adelifan, and the sons
of Adelifan ere 'emar, 9mar, Se1or, Getan, 'ena6,
Amalec. And Iudin bare Tena*is, Ieruebemas,
Bassemen, 4ugil# and the sons of 4ugil ere
%ai6ar,
Sama6a. and Elibema bare Au6, +ollam, Coro.
'anem bare Tenetde, Thenatela.
!. And Ia*ob too< to him for wi4es the daughters 9en. of /aban the
S5rian, /ia and 3a*hel, and two *on*ubines, %ala and &elha. And /ia
bare him 3uben, Simeon, /e4i, Iuda, Isa*har, &abulon, and Fina their
sister.
%ut 3a*hel bare Ioseh and %en?amin.
%ala bare Fan and Netalim, and &elha bare 9ad and Aser.
These are the 12 sons of Ia*ob and one daughter.
7. And Ia*ob dwelt in the land of Chanaan, and Si*hem the son of
$mor the Correan for*ed his daughter Fina and humbled her. And
Simeon and /e4i the sons of Ia*ob went in and slew all their *it5 with
the edge of the sword, and too< Fina their sister, and went out
then*e. 8. 1 And thereafter Iob too< her to wife and begat of her 1(
sons and ! daughters, e4en 7 sons and " daughters before he was
smitten with aPi*tion, and thereafter when he was made whole 7
sons and " daughters. And these are their names# $liha*, $rinoe,
Fiasat, )hilias, Fi>ar, &ellud, Thelon# and his daughters
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Aaragrah *ontinuesB 'eru, /ita1, &eli. And su*h as had been the names of
the former, so were the5 also of the latter.
.. Now Ia*ob and his 12 sons dwelt in the land of Chanaan# and his
sons hated their brother Ioseh, whom also the5 deli4ered into
$g5t, to )etehres the *hief of the *oo<s of )harao, and he
abode with him 1( 5ears.
10. And it *ame to ass after that the <ing of $g5t had seen a
dream, that the5 told him of Ioseh, and he de*lared him the
dreams. And it was so after he de*lared his dreams, that
)harao made him rin*e o4er all the land of $g5t. At that
time there was a famine in all the land, as
Ioseh had foreseen. And his brethren *ame down into $g5t
to bu5 food, be*ause in $g5t onl5 was there food. And Ioseh
<new his brethren, and was made <nown to them, and dealt
Gen.
17:16
Gen.
21:2,
21:3
Gen.
25:20
sqq.
Gen.
26:3,
36
Gen.
36:11
1
Chron.
1:36
Gen.
36:12
1
Chron.
1:37
Gen. 37
Gen. 41
Gen.
41,42,
etc.
not e4ill5 with them. And he sent and *alled his father out of the land
of Chanaan, and he *ame down unto him.
11. 1 And these are the names of the sons of +srael hich
came don into Egypt ith Jacob, ea*h one
with his house. 'he sons of 4euben, Enoch and 5hallud,
Esrom and Carmin. the sons of Simeon, %amuhel and +amin
and 7ot and +achin, and Saul the son of a Canaanitish
oman.
'he sons of !evi, Gerson, Caat and Merari& but the sons of
Juda, Auna, Selon, 5hares, :erami.
'he sons of +sachar, 'ola and 5hua, Job and Sombram.
'he sons of :abulon, Sarelon and +aillil. And Fina their sister
bare 1( sons and ! daughters.
And these are the generations of !ia hom she bare to
Jacob. All the souls of sons and daughters ere 72.
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12. %o the sons of 7an ere 8sinam. 1 'he sons of %eptalim,
%etaal, Neemmu, Surem, 0tisariel.
And these are the generations of Balla hich she
bare to Jacob. All the souls ere 8.
1". But the sons of Gad# . . . Sariel, Sua, Eisui,
'ohat and Sar# 2 their sister the daughter of Seriebel,
'el*hiel. 'hese are the generations of :elpha the wife of Ia*ob
hich she bare to him. And all the souls of sons and daughters
ere in number 10.
1(. And the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manassen#
and Ben;amin begat 9ela, Esbel, Abocmephec, @tundeus. And
these ere the souls hich 4achel bare to Jacob, 1(.
And the5 went down into $g5t and abode there 210 5ears.
CHAPTER IX.
IQ. " And it *ame to ass after the dearture of
Ioseh, the children of +srael ere multiplied and increased
greatly. And there arose another (ing in
Egypt hich (ne not Joseph& and he said to his
people& !o, this people is multiplied more than e.
Come let us ta(e counsel against them that they multiply not.
And the (ing of Egypt commanded
all his people saying& Every son that shall be born to the -e
bres, cast into the river, but (eep the females alive. And the
$g5tians answered their <ing sa5ing# /et us sla5 their males
and <ee their females, to gi4e them to our bondmen for
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wi4es# and he that is born of them shall be a bondman and ser4e us.
And this is that that did aear most e4il before the /ord.
2. Then the elders of the eole assembled the eole with mourning
and mourned and lamented sa5ing# An untimel5 birth ha4e the
wombs of our wi4es su>ered. 0ur fruit is deli4ered o4er to our
enemies and now we are *ut o>. Oet let us aoint us an ordinan*e,
Gen.
46:8
sqq.
Gen.
46:9,
46:10
Gen.
46:11,
46:12
Gen.
46:13,
46:14
Gen.
46:15
Gen.
46:23,
46:24
Gen.
46:25
Gen.
46:16,
46:17
Gen.
46:20,
46:21
Ex. 1:6,
1:7
Ex. 1:8
Ex. 1:9
Ex.
1:22
that no man *ome near his wife, lest the fruit of their womb be
de2led, and our bowels ser4e idols# for it is better to die *hildless,
until we <now what 9od will do.
". And Amram answered and said# It will sooner *ome to ass that the
age shall be utterl5 abolished and the immeasurable world fall, 1 or
the heart of the deths tou*h the stars, than that the ra*e of the
*hildren of Israel should be diminished. And it shall be, when the
*o4enant is ful2lled whereof 9od when he made it sa<e to Abraham
sa5ing# Surel5 th5 sons shall dwell in a land that is not theirs, and
shall be brought into bondage and aPi*ted (00 5ears.NNAnd lo, sin*e
the word was assed whi*h 9od sa<e to Abraham, there are "+0
5ears. 6And7 sin*e we ha4e been in bondage in $g5t it is 1"0 5ears.
(. Now therefore I will not abide b5 that whi*h 5e ordain, but will go in
and ta<e m5 wife and beget sons, that we ma5 be made man5 on the
earth. ;or 9od will not *ontinue in his anger, neither will he alwa5
forget his eole, nor *ast forth the ra*e of Israel to nought uon the
earth, neither did he in 4ain ma<e his *o4enant with our fathers# 5ea,
when as 5et we were not, 9od sa<e of these things. +. Now therefore
I will go and ta<e m5 wife, neither will I *onsent to
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the *ommandment of this <ing. And if it be right in 5our e5es, so let
us do all of us, for it shall be, when our wi4es *on*ei4e, the5 shall not
be <nown to be great with *hild until " months are ful2lled, li<e as
also our mother Thamar 1 did, for her intent was not to forni*ation,
but be*ause she would not searate herself from the sons of Israel
she too< thought and said# It is better for me to die for sinning with
m5 fatherNinNlaw than to be ?oined to 9entiles. And she hid the fruit of
her womb till the "rd month, for then was it er*ei4ed. And as she
went to be ut to death she aRrmed it 2 sa5ing# The man whose is
this sta> and this ring and goats<in, of him ha4e I *on*ei4ed. And her
de4i*e deli4ered her out of all eril. !. Now therefore let us also do
thus. And it shall be when the time of bringing forth is *ome, if it be
ossible, we will not *ast forth the fruit of our womb. And who
<noweth if thereb5 9od will be ro4o<ed, to deli4er us from our
humiliationM
7. And the word whi*h Amram had in his heart was leasing before
9od# and 9od said# %e*ause the thought of Amram is leasing before
me, and he hath not set at nought the *o4enant made between me
and his fathers, therefore, lo now, that whi*h is begotten of him shall
ser4e me for e4er, and b5 him will I do wonders in the house of Ia*ob,
and will do b5 him signs and wonders for m5 eole whi*h I ha4e
done for none other, and will erform in them m5 glor5 and de*lare
unto them m5 wa5s. 8. I the /ord will <indle for him m5 lam to dwell
in him, and will show him m5
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*o4enant whi*h no man hath seen, and manifest to him m5 great
e:*ellen*5, and m5 ?usti*e and ?udgments and will shine for him a
eretual light. ;or in an*ient da5s I thought of him, sa5ing# '5 sirit
shall not be a mediator among these men for e4er, for the5 are Cesh,
and their da5s shall be 120 5ears. 1
.. And Amram of the tribe of /e4i went forth and too< a wife of his
tribe, and it was so when he too< her, that the residue did after him
and too< their wi4es. Now he had one son and one daughter, and
their names were Aaron and 'aria,
10. And the sirit of 9od *ame uon 'aria b5 night, and she saw a
dream, 2 and told her arents in the morning sa5ing# I saw this night,
and behold a man in a linen garment stood and said to me# 9o and
tell th5 arents# behold, that whi*h shall be born of 5ou shall be *ast
into the water, for b5 him water shall be dried u, and b5 him will I do
signs, and I will sa4e m5 eole, and he shall ha4e the *atain*5
thereof alwa5. And when 'aria had told her dream her arents
belie4ed her not.
11. %ut the word of the <ing of $g5t re4ailed against the *hildren of
Israel and the5 were humiliated and oressed in the wor< of bri*<s.
12. %ut Io*habeth *on*ei4ed of Amram and hid the child in her womb
" months, for she *ould not hide it longer# be*ause the <ing of $g5t
had aointed o4erseers of the region, that when the Debrew women
brought forth the5 should *ast the males into the ri4er straightwa5.
And she too< her *hild and made him an ar< of the bar< of a
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ineNtree and set the ar< on the edge of the ri4er. 1". Now the bo5
was born in the *o4enant of 9od and in the *o4enant of his Cesh. 1(.
And it *ame to ass, when the5 *ast him out, all the elders gathered
together and *hode with Amram sa5ing# Are not these the words
whi*h we sa<e sa5ing# SIt is better for us to die *hildless than that
our fruit should be *ast into the waterMS And when the5 said so,
Amram hear<ened not to them.
1+. %ut the daughter of )harao *ame down to wash in the ri4er
a**ording as she had seen in a dream, 1 and her maids saw the ar<,
and she sent one of them and too< it and oened it. And when she
saw the *hild and loo<ed uon the *o4enant, 2 that is, the testament
in his Cesh, she said# De is of the *hildren of the Debrews. 1!. And she
too< him and nourished him and he be*ame her son, and she *alled
his name 'o5ses. %ut his mother *alled him 'el*hiel. " And the *hild
was nourished and be*ame glorious abo4e all men, and b5 him 9od
deli4ered the *hildren of Israel, as he had said
CHAPTER X.
Q. Now when the <ing of $g5t was dead another <ing arose, and
aPi*ted all the eole of Israel. %ut the5 *ried unto the /ord and he
heard them, and sent 'oses and deli4ered them out of the land of
$g5t# and 9od sent also uon
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them 10 lagues and smote them. Now these were the lagues,
namel5, blood, and frogs, and all manner of Cies, 1 hail, and death of
*attle, lo*usts and gnats, and dar<ness that might be felt, and the
death of the 2rstborn.
2. And when the5 had gone forth then*e and were ?ourne5ing,
the heart of the $g5tians was 5et again hardened, and the5
Ex.
14:8
sqq.
*ontinued to ursue them, and found them b5 the 3ed Sea. And the
*hildren of Israel *ried unto their 9od and sa<e to 'o5ses sa5ing# /o,
now is *ome the time of our destru*tion, for the sea is before us and
the multitude of enemies behind us, and we in the midst. Las it for
this that 9od brought us out, or are these the *o4enants whi*h he
made with our fathers sa5ing# To 5our seed will I gi4e the land
wherein 5e dwellM and now let him do with us that whi*h seemeth
good in his sight. ". Then did the *hildren of Israel se4er their
*ounsels into three di4isions of *ounsels, 2 be*ause of the fear of the
time. ;or the tribe of 3uben and of Isa*har and. of &abulon and of
S5meon said# Come, let us *ast oursel4es into the sea, for it is better
for us to die in the water than to be slain of our enemies. And the
tribe of 9ad and of Aser and of Fan and Netalim said# Na5, but let us
return with them, and if the5 will gi4e us our li4es, we will ser4e them.
%ut the tribe of /e4i and of Iuda and Ioseh and the tribe of %en?amin
said# Not so, but let us ta<e our weaons and 2ght them, and 9od will
be with us. (. 'oses also *ried unto the /ord and said# 0 /ord 9od of
our fathers, didst
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thou not sa5 unto me# 9o and tell the sons of /ia, 9od hath sent me
unto OouM And now, behold, thou hast brought th5 eole to the brin<
of the sea, and the enem5 follow after them# but thou, /ord,
remember th5 name. +. And 9od said# Lhereas thou hast *ried unto
me, ta<e th5 rod and smite the sea, and it shall be dried u. And when
'oses did all this, 9od rebu<ed the sea, and the sea was dried u# the
seas of waters stood still and the deths of the earth aeared, and
the foundations of the dwellingNla*e were laid bare at the noise of
the fear of 9od and at the breath of the anger of m5 /ord. 1
!. And Israel assed o4er on dr5 land in the midst of the sea. And the
$g5tians saw and went on to ursue after them, and 9od hardened
their mind, and the5 <new not that the5 were entering into the sea.
And so it was that while the $g5tians were in the sea 9od
*ommanded the sea 5et again, and said to 'oses# Smite the sea 5et
on*e again. And he did so. And the /ord *ommanded the sea and it
returned unto his wa4es, and *o4ered the $g5tians and their *hariots
and their horsemen unto this da5.
7. %ut as for his own eole, he led them forth
into the wilderness# fort5 5ears did he rain bread from hea4en
for them, and he brought them 8uails from the sea, and a well
of water following them 2
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brought he forth for them. And in a illar of *loud he led them b5 da5
and in a illar of 2re b5 night did he gi4e light unto them.
CHAPTER XI.
QI. And in the <rd month of the ;ourneying of the children of
+srael out of the land of Egypt, they came into the ilderness
of Sinai. And 9od remembered his word and said# I will gi4e
light unto the world, and lighten the habitable la*es, and
Ps.
78:52
Ex.
19:1
ma<e m5 *o4enant with the *hildren of men, and glorif5 m5 eole
abo4e all nations, for unto them will I ut forth an eternal e:altation 1
whi*h shall be unto them a light, but unto the ungodl5 a
*hastisement. 2. And he said unto 'oses# %ehold, I will *all thee toN
morrow# be thou read5 and tell m5 eole# S;or three da5s let not a
man *ome near his wife,S and on the "rd da5 I will sea< unto thee
and unto them, and after that thou shalt *ome u unto me. And I will
ut m5 words in th5 mouth and thou shalt enlighten m5 eole. ;or I
ha4e gi4en into th5 hands an e4erlasting law whereb5 I will ?udge all
the world. ;or this shall be for a testimon5. ;or if men sa5# SLe ha4e
not <nown thee, 2 and therefore we ha4e not ser4ed
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thee,S therefore will I ta<e 4engean*e uon them, be*ause the5 ha4e
not <nown m5 law.
". And 'oses did as 9od *ommanded him, and
san*ti2ed the eole and said unto them# Be ye ready on the
<rd day, for after " da5s will 9od ma<e his *o4enant with 5ou.
And the eole were san*ti2ed. (. And it came to pass on the
<rd day
that, lo, there ere voices of thunderings =lit. them that sounded> and
brightness of lightnings and the voice of instruments sounding aloud.
And there as fear upon all the people that ere in the camp. And
Moses put forth the people to meet God. +. 1 And behold the
mountains burned with 2re and the earth shoo< and the hills were
remo4ed and the mountains o4erthrown# the deths boiled,
and all the habitable la*es were sha<en# and the hea4ens
were folded u and the *louds drew u water. And Cames of
2re shone forth and thunderings and lightnings were multilied and
winds and temests made a roaring# the stars were gathered together
and the angels ran before, until 9od established the law of an
e4erlasting *o4enant with the *hildren of Israel, and ga4e unto them
an eternal *ommandment whi*h should not ass awa5.
!. And at that time the !ord spa(e unto his people
all these ords, saying& + am the !ord thy God hich brought
thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
'hou shalt not ma(e to thyself
graven gods, neither shalt thou ma<e an5 abominable image
of the sun or the moon or an5 of the ornaments of the hea4en,
nor the li(eness of all things that are upon the earth nor of
su*h as *ree in the
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waters or uon the earth. + am the !ord thy God, a ;ealous God,
re/uiting the sins of them that slee uon the li4ing *hildren of the
ungodl5, if the5 wal< in the wa5s of their fathers- unto the third and
fourth generation, doing 6or sheing7 mercy unto 1000 generations to
them that love me and (eep my commandments.
7. 'hou shall not ta(e the name of the !ord thy God in vain,
that m5 wa5s be not made 4ain. 2or God abominateth him
that ta(eth his name in vain.
Ex.
19:14
Ex.
19:16
Ex.
20:1
Ex.
20:4
Ex.
20:7
8. 1 ?eep the sabbath day to sanctify it. Si3 days do thy or(,
but the seventh day is the sabbath of the !ord. +n it thou shall
do no or(, thou and all th5
labourers, sa4ing that therein ye praise the !ord in the congregation
of the elders and glorify the 'ight5 0ne in the seat of the
aged. 2or in si3 days the !ord made heaven and earth, the sea
and all that are in them, and all the world, the wilderness that
is not inhabited, and all things that do labour, 2 and all the
order of the hea4en, and God rested
the seventh day. 'herefore God sancti,ed the seventh day,
be*ause he rested therein.
.. 'hou shalt love thy father and my mother and fear them#
and then shall th5 light rise, and I will *ommand the hea4en
and it shall a5 thee the rain thereof, and the earth shall
hasten her fruit and th5 da5s shall be man5, and thou shalt
dwell in th5 land, and shalt not be *hildless, for th5 seed shall
not fail, e4en that of them that dwell therein.
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10. 'hou shalt not commit adultery, for thine
enemies did not *ommit adulter5 with thee, but thou *amest
out with a high hand.
11. 'hou shall not (ill# be*ause thine enemies
got not the master5 o4er thee to sla5 thee, but thou beheldest
their death.
12. 'hou shalt not bear false itness against
thy neighbour, sea<ing falsel5, lest th5 wat*hmen 1 sea<
falsel5 against thee.
1". 'hou shall not covet thy neighbor0s house, nor
that hich he hath, lest others also *o4et th5 land.
1(. And when the /ord *eased sea<ing, the
eole feared with a great fear# and the5 saw the mountain burning
with tor*hes of 2re, and the5 said to 'oses# Spea( thou unto us, and
let not God spea( unto us, lest peradventure e die. ;or, lo, toNda5 we
<now that 9od sea<eth with man fa*e to fa*e, and man shall
li4e. And now ha4e we er*ei4ed of a truth how that the earth
bare the 4oi*e of 9od with trembling. And 'oses said unto
them# ;ear not, for this *ause *ame this 4oi*e unto 5ou, that
5e should not sin 6or, for this *ause, that he might ro4e. 5ou, 9od
*ame unto 5ou, that 5e might re*ei4e the fear of him unto 5ou, that
5e sin not7. 1+. And all the people
stood afar o1, but Moses dre near unto the cloud, <nowing that 9od
was there. And then 9od sa<e unto him his ?usti*e and
?udgements, and <et him b5 him (0 da5s and (0 nights. And
there did he *ommand him man5 things, and showed him the
tree of life, 2 whereof he *ut and
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too< and ut it into 'ara, and the water of 'ara was made sweet and
followed them in the desert (0 5ears, and went u into the hills with
them and *ame down into the lain. Also he *ommanded him
*on*erning the taberna*le and the ar< of the /ord, and the sa*ri2*e of
Ex.
20:8
Ps.
107:32
Gen.
2:3
Ex.
20:12
Ex.
20:1
Ex.
20:13
Ex.
20:16
Ex.
20:17
Ex.
20:18
Ex.
20:21
burnt o>erings and of in*ense, and the ordinan*e of the table and of
the *andlesti*< and *on*erning the la4er and the base thereof, and
the shoulderNie*e and the breastlate, and the 4er5 re*ious stones,
that the *hildren of Israel should ma<e them so# and he shewed him
the li<eness of them to ma<e them a**ording to the attern whi*h he
saw. And said unto him# 'a<e for me a san*tuar5 and the taberna*le
of m5 glor5 shall be among 5ou.
CHAPTER XII.
QII. 1 And 'oses *ame down# and whereas he was *o4ered with
in4isible lightNNfor he had gone down into the la*e where is the light
of the sun and moon,NNthe light of his fa*e o4er*ame the brightness of
the sun and moon, and he <new it
not. And it was so, when he *ame down to the *hildren of
Israel, the5 saw him and <new him not. %ut when he sa<e,
then the5 <new him. And this was li<e that whi*h was done in
$g5t
when Joseph (ne his brethren but they (ne not him. And it
*ame to ass after that, when 'oses <new that his fa*e was
be*ome glorious, he made him a 4eil to *o4er his fa*e.
2. %ut while he was in the mount, the heart of the eole was
*orruted, and they came together to Aaron saying& Ma(e us
gods that we ma5 ser4e them, as the other nations also ha4e.
;or this 'oses b5 whom the wonders were done before us,
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is ta<en from us. And Aaron said unto them# Da4e atien*e, for 'oses
will *ome and bring ?udgement near to us, and light u a law for us,
and set forth from his mouth the great e:*ellen*5 of 9od, and aoint
?udgements unto our eole. ". And when he said this, the5
hear<ened not unto him, that the word might be ful2lled whi*h was
so<en in the da5 when the eole sinned in building the tower, when
9od said# And now if I forbid them not, they ill adventure all that
they
ta(e in mind to do, and worse. %ut Aaron feared, be*ause the
eole was greatl5 strengthened, and said to them# %ring us
the earrings of 5our wi4es.
And the men sought e4er5 one his wife, and the5 ga4e them
straightwa5, and the5 ut them in the 2re and the5 were made
into a 2gure, and there *ame out a molten *alf.
(. 1 And the /ord said to 'oses# 'a<e haste
hen*e, for the eole is *orruted and hath dealt de*eitfull5 with m5
wa5s whi*h I *ommanded them. Lhat and if the romises are at an
end whi*h I made to their fathers when I said# To 5our seed will I gi4e
this land wherein 5e dwellM ;or behold the eole is not 5et
entered into the land, e4en though the5 bear my ?udgements,
yet ha4e the5 forsa<en me. And therefore I <now that if the5
enter the land the5 will do 5et greater ini8uities. Now therefore I also
will forsa<e them# and I will turn again and ma<e ea*e with them,
that a house ma5 be built for me among them- and that house also
Ex.
34:29,
etc.
Gen.
42:8
Ex. 32
Gen.
11:6
Ex.
32:2
Ex.
32:7
shall be done awa5, be*ause the5 will sin against me, and the
ra*e of men shall be unto me as a dro of a it*her, and shall
be *ounted as
sittle. +. And 'oses hasted and *ame down and
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saw the *alf, and he loo<ed uon the tables and saw that the5 were
not written# 1 and he hasted and bra<e them- and his hands were
oened and he be*ame li<e a woman tra4ailing of her 2rstborn, whi*h
when she is ta<en in her angs her hands are uon her bosom, and
she shall ha4e no strength to hel her to bring forth. !. And it *ame to
ass after an hour he said within himself# %itterness re4aileth not for
e4er, neither hath e4il the dominion alwa5. Now therefore will I arise,
and strengthen m5 loins# for albeit the5 ha4e sinned, yet shall not
these things be in 4ain that were
de*lared unto me abo4e. 7. 2 And he arose and bra<e the *alf and *ast
it into the water, and made the eole drin<. And it was so, if
an5 man=s will in his mind were that the *alf should be made,
his tongue was *ut o>, but if an5 had been *onstrained thereto
b5 fear, his fa*e shone.
8. And then 'oses went u into the mount and ra5ed the /ord,
sa5ing# %ehold now, thou art 9od whi*h hast lanted this 4ine5ard
and set the roots thereof in the dee, and stret*hed out the shoots of
it unto th5 most high seat. /oo< uon it at this time, for the 4ine5ard
hath ut forth her fruit and hath not <nown him that tilled her. And
now if thou be wroth with th5 4ine5ard and root it u out of the dee,
and wither u the shoots from th5 most high eternal seat, the dee
will *ome no more to nourish it, neither th5 throne to refresh that
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th5 4ine5ard whi*h thou hast burned. .. ;or thou art he that art all
light, and hast adorned th5 house 1 with re*ious stones and gold and
erfumes and si*es 6or and ?aser7, and wood of balsam and
*innamon, and with roots of m5rrh and *ostum 2 hast thou strewed
thine house, and with di4ers meats and sweetness of man5 drin<s
hast thou satis2ed it. If therefore thou ha4e not it5 uon th5
4ine5ard, all these things are done in 4ain, /ord, and thou wilt ha4e
none to glorif5 thee. ;or e4en if thou lant another 4ine5ard, neither
will that one trust in thee, be*ause thou didst destro5 the former. ;or
if 4eril5 thou forsa<e the world, who will do for thee that that thou
hast so<en as 9odM And now let th5 wrath be restrained from th5
4ine5ard the more GGbe*ause ofHH that thou hast said and that
whi*h remaineth to be so<en, and let not th5 labour be in 4ain,
neither let thine heritage be torn asunder in humiliation. 10. And 9od
said to him# %ehold I am be*ome mer*iful a**ording to th5 words.
Dew thee out therefore two tables of stone from the la*e when*e
thou hewedst the former, and write uon them again m5 ?udgements
whi*h were on the 2rst.
CHAPTER XIII.
sa.
40:1,
etc.
Ex.
32:20
QIII. And 'oses hasted and did all that 9od $:. "( *ommanded him,
and *ame down and made the tables GGand the taberna*leHH, and
the 4essels thereof, and the ar< and the lams and the table and the
altar of burnt o>erings and the altar " of in*ense and the
shoulderie*e and the breastlate and the re*ious stones and the
la4er and the bases and all things that were shewn him. And he
ordered all the 4estures of the riests, the girdles and the rest, the
mitre, the golden late and the hol5 *rown# he made also the
anointing oil for the
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riests, and the riests themsel4es he san*ti2ed. And when all things
were 2nished the *loud *o4ered all of them. 2. 1 Then 'oses *ried
unto the /ord, and 9od sa<e to him from the taberna*le sa5ing# This
is the law of the altar, whereb5 5e shall sa*ri2*e unto me and ra5 for
5our souls. %ut as *on*erning that whi*h 5e shall o>er me, o>er 5e of
*attle the *alf, the shee and the she goat# but of fowls the turtle and
the do4e. ", And
if there be leros5 in 5our land, and it so be that the leer is *leansed,
let them ta<e for the /ord two li4e 5oung birds, and wood of *edar and
h5sso and s*arlet- and he shall *ome to the riest, and he
shall <ill one, and <ee the other. And he shall order the leer
a**ording to all that I ha4e *ommanded in m5 law. (. 2 And it
shall be when the times *ome round to 5ou, 5e shall san*tif5 me with
a feastNda5 and re?oi*e before me at the feast
of the unlea4ened bread, and set bread before me, <eeing a
feast of remembran*e be*ause on that da5 5e *ame forth of
the land of $g5t. +. And
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in the feast of wee<s 5e shall set bread before me and ma<e me an
o>ering for 5our fruits. !. %ut the feast of trumets shall be for an
o>ering for 5our wat*hers, be*ause therein I o4ersaw m5 *reation,
that 5e ma5 be mindful of the whole world. In the beginning of the
5ear, when 5e show them me, I will a*<nowledge the number of the
dead and of them that are born, and the fast of mer*5. ;or 5e shall
fast unto me for 5our souls, that the romises of 5our fathers ma5 be
ful2lled. 7. Also the feast of taberna*les bring 5e to me# 5e shall ta<e
for me the leasant fruit of the tree, and boughs of almNtree and
willows and *edars, and bran*hes of m5rrh# and I will remember the
whole earth in rain, and the measure of the seasons shall be
established, and I will order the stars and *ommand the *louds, and
the winds shall sound and
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the lightnings run abroad, and there shall be a storm of thunder, and
this shall be for a eretual sign. Also the nights shall 5ield dew, 1 as
I sa<e after the Cood of the earth 8. when I 6or Then he7 ga4e him
re*et as *on*erning the 5ear of the life of Noe, and said to him#
These are the 5ears whi*h I ordained after the wee<s wherein I 4isited
the *it5 of men, at what time I shewed them 6or him7 the la*e of
birth and the *olour 6or and the serent7, and I 6or he7 said# This is.
the la*e of whi*h I taught the 2rst man sa5ing# If thou transgress not
that I bade thee, all things shall be sub?e*t unto thee. %ut he
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!e". 23
transgressed m5 wa5s and was ersuaded of his wife, and she was
de*ei4ed b5 the serent. And then was death ordained unto the
generations of men. .. And furthermore the /ord shewed 6or, And the
/ord said further# I shewed7 him the wa5s of aradise 2 and said unto
him# These are the wa5s whi*h men ha4e lost b5 not wal<ing in them,
be*ause the5 ha4e sinned against me.
10. And the /ord *ommanded him *on*erning the sal4ation of the
souls of the eole and said# If the5 shall wal< in m5 wa5s I will not
forsa<e them, but will alwa5 be mer*iful unto them, and will bless
their seed, and the earth shall haste to 5ield her fruit, and there shall
be rain for them to
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in*rease their gains, and the earth shall not be barren. Oet 4eril5 I
<now that the5 will *orrut their wa5s, and I shall forsa<e them, and
the5 will forget the *o4enants whi*h I made with their fathers. Oet will
I not forget them for e4er# for in the last da5s the5 shall <now that
be*ause of their sins their seed was forsa<en- for I am faithful in m5
wa5s.
CHAPTER XIV.
QIE. At that time God said unto him& Begin to
number my people from 20 years and upards unto (0 5ears, that I
ma5 show 5our tribes all that I de*lared unto their fathers in a strange
land. ;or b5 the +0th art of them did I raise them u out of the land
of $g5t, but (0 and . arts of them died in the land of $g5t. 2.
Lhen thou hast ordered them and numbered them 6or, Lhile 5e
abode there. And when thou hast numbered them, et*.7, write
the tale of them, till I ful2l all that I sa<e unto their fathers,
and set them 2rml5 in their own land# for I will not diminish
an5 word of those I ha4e so<en unto their fathers, e4en of those
whi*h I said to them# Oour seed shall be as the stars of hea4en for
multitude. %5 number shall the5 enter into the land, and in a short
time shall the5 be*ome without number. ". Then 'oses went down
and numbered them, and the number of the eole was !0(,++0. But
the
tribe of !evi numbered he not among them, for so as it commanded
him- onl5 he numbered them that were uwards of +0 5ears,
of whom the number was (7,"00. Also he numbered them that
were below 20 5ears, and the number of them was 8+0,8+0.
And he loo<ed o4er the tribe of /e4i and the whole number of
them was CQQ. CCQF. FCQQ. CC. FCCC. 1
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(. And 'oses de*lared the number of them to 9od- and 9od said to
him# These are the words whi*h I sa<e to their fathers in the land of
$g5t, and aointed a number, e4en 210 5ears, unto all that saw m5
wonders. Now the number of them all was .000 times 10,000, 200
times .+,000 men, besides women, and I ut to death the whole
multitude of them 1 2 be*ause the5 belie4ed me not, and the +0th
art of them I was left and I san*ti2ed them unto me. Therefore do I
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*ommand the generation of m5 eole to gi4e me tithes of their
fruits, to be before me for a memorial of how great oression I ha4e
remo4ed from them. +. And when 'oses *ame down and de*lared
these things to the eole, the5 mourned and lamented and abode in
the desert two 5ears.
CHAPTER XV.
QE. And 'oses sent sies to s5 out the land, e4en 12 men, for so was
it *ommanded him. And when the5 had gone u and seen the land,
the5 returned to him bringing of the fruits of the land, and troubled
the heart of the eole, sa5ing# Oe will not be able to inherit the land,
for it is shut u with iron bars b5 their might5 men. 2. %ut two
men out of the 12 sa<e not so, but said# /i<e as hard iron *an
o4er*ome the stars, or as weaons *an *on8uer the lightnings,
or the fowls of the air ut out the thunder, so *an these men resist the
/ord. ;or the5 saw how that as the5 went u the lightnings of the
stars shone and the thunders followed, sounding with them. ". And
these are the names of the men# " Chaleb the son of
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Aaragrah *ontinuesB Iehone, the son of %eri, the son of %atuel, the son of
9aliha, the son of &enen, the son of Selimun, the son of Selon, the
son of Iuda. The other, Iesus the son of Naue, the son of $lihat, the
son of 9al, the son of Nehelien, the son of $mon, the son of Saul, the
son of Fabra, the son of $>rem, the son of Ioseh. (. %ut the eole
would not hear the 4oi*e of the twain, but were greatl5 troubled, and
sa<e sa5ing# %e these the words whi*h 9od sa<e to us sa5ing# I will
bring 5ou into a land Cowing with mil< and hone5M And how now doth
he bring us u that we ma5 fall on the sword, and our women shall go
into *ati4it5M +. And when the5 said thus, the glor5 of 9od aeared
suddenl5, and he said to 'oses# Foth this eole thus erse4ere to
hear<en unto me not at allM /o now the *ounsel whi*h hath gone forth
from me shall not be in 4ain. I will send the angel of mine anger uon
them to brea< u their bodies with 2re in the wilderness. And I will
gi4e *ommandment to mine angels whi*h wat*h o4er them that the5
ra5 not for them, for I will shut u their souls in the treasuries of
dar<ness, and I will sa5 to m5 ser4ants their fathers# %ehold, this is
the seed unto whi*h I sa<e sa5ing# @our seed shall come into a land
that is not theirs,
and the nation hom they shall serve + ill ;udge. And I ful2lled m5
words and made their enemies to melt awa5, and sub?e*ted angels
under their feet, and ut a *loud for a *o4ering of their heads,
and *ommanded the sea, and the deths were bro<en before
their fa*e and walls of water stood u. !. And there hath not
been the li<e of this word sin*e the da5 when I said# /et the
waters under the hea4en be gathered into one la*e, unto this da5.
And I brought them out, and slew their enemies and led them before
me unto the 'ount
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15:13,
15:14
Aaragrah *ontinuesB Sina. And I bowed the hea4ens and *ame down to
<indle a lam for m5 eole, and to set bounds to all *reatures. And I
taught them to ma<e me a san*tuar5 that I might dwell among them.
%ut the5 ha4e forsa<en me and be*ome faithless in m5 words, and
their mind hath fainted, and now behold the da5s shall *ome when I
will do unto them as the5 ha4e desired and I will *ast forth their
bodies in the wilderness. 7. And 'oses said# %efore thou didst ta<e
seed wherewith to ma<e man uon the earth, did I order his wa5sM
therefore now let th5 mer*5 su>er us unto the end, and th5 it5 for
the length of da5s.
CHAPTER XVI.
QEI. 1 At that time did he gi4e him *ommandment *on*erning the
fringes# and then did Choreb rebel and 200 men with him and sa<e
sa5ing# Lhat if a law whi*h we *annot bear is ordained for usM
2. And 9od was wroth and said# I *ommanded the earth and it
ga4e me man, and unto him were born at the 2rst two sons.
And the elder arose and slew the 5ounger, and the earth
hasted and swallowed his blood. %ut I dro4e forth Cain, and *ursed
the earth and sa<e unto Sion sa5ing# Thou shalt not an5 more
swallow u blood. And
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now are the thoughts of men greatl5 olluted. ". /o, I will *ommand
the earth, and it shall swallow u bod5 and soul together, and their
dwelling shall be in dar<ness and in destru*tion, and the5 shall not die
but shall ine awa5 until I remember the world and renew the earth.
And then shall the5 die and not li4e, and their life shall be ta<en awa5
out of the number of all men# neither shall Dell 4omit them forth
again, and destru*tion shall not remember them, and their dearture
shall be as that of the tribe of the nations of whom I said, SI will not
remember them,S that is, the *am of the $g5tians, and the eole
whom I destro5ed with the water of the Cood. And the earth shall
swallow them, and I will not do an5 more unto them. 1
(. And when 'oses sa<e all these words unto the eole, Choreb,
and his men were 5et unbelie4ing. And Choreb sent to *all his se4en
sons whi*h were not of *ounsel with him. +. %ut the5 sent to him in
answer sa5ing# As the ainter showeth not forth an image made b5
his art unless he be 2rst instru*ted, so we also when we re*ei4ed the
law of the 'ost 'ight5 whi*h tea*heth us his wa5s, did not enter .
therein sa4e that we might wal< therein. 0ur father begat us AnotB,
but the 'ost 'ight5 formed us, and now if we wal< in his wa5s we
shall be his *hildren. %ut if thou belie4e not, go thine own wa5. And
the5 *ame not u unto him.
!. And it *ame to ass after this that the earth
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oened before them, and his sons sent unto him sa5ing# If th5
madness be still uon thee, who shall hel thee in the da5 of th5
destru*tionM and he hear<ened not unto them. And the earth oened
her mouth and swallowed them u, and their houses, and four times
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was the foundation of the earth mo4ed to swallow u the men, as it
was *ommanded her. And thereafter Choreb and his *oman5
groaned, until the 2rmament of the earth should be deli4ered ba*<. 1
7. %ut the assemblies of the eole said unto 'oses# Le *annot abide
round about 2 this la*e where Choreb and his men ha4e been
swallowed u. And he said to them. Ta<e u 5our tents from round
about them, neither be 5e ?oined to their sins. And the5 did so.
Footnotes
120#1 QEI. 1. In Num. 1+#"7 the ordinan*e of fringes immediatel5
re*edes the stor5 of Torah- and the two are brought into *onne:ion
b5 the Targum on, Numbers and b5 others# Jerahmeel ++ *onne*ts
them in this fashion# Sand when 9od *ommanded 'oses to tell the
*hildren of Israel to ma<e themsel4es fringes, Torah arose in the
night, and, wea4ing (00 garments of blue, ut them on (00 men.
Then, standing before 'oses, he said to him# SFo these garments
re8uire fringes, as the5 are now made wholl5 of this blueMS 'oses
relied# STorah, does a house full of hol5 boo<s re8uire a 'e1u1ahMS
SOes,S said Torah. SSo also do these garments re8uire fringes.S This
en*ounter of Torah with 'oses is the last of se4eral whi*h are told at
some length in Jerahmeel.
121#1 ". it aears that Torah and his *oman5 are to be annihilated
at the 2nal ?udgement. 'he people of hom + said& + ill not
remember them. Comare 5ir(e 4. Elie6er "". SAll the dead will rise at
the resurre*tion of the dead, e:*et the generation of the ;lood.S
Christianit5 61 )eter "7 did not re*ogni1e this e:*etion.
122#1 !. until the ,rmament 6A)7 or foundation 6E37 of the earth
should be restored& /uous/ue redderetur ,rmamentum terrae.
)robabl5 to be understood in the same sense as the words of "# ero
innouans terram.
122#2 The 'SS. ha4e# in Sina of this la*e.
CHAPTER XVII.
QEII. Then was the lineage of the riests of 9od de*lared b5 the
*hoosing of a tribe, and it was said unto 'oses# 'a(e throughout
every tribe one rod and put them in the tabernacle, and then shall the
rod of him to whomsoe4er m5 glor5 shall sea<, *ourish, and + ill
ta(e aay the murmuring from my people. 2. And 'oses did
so and set 12 rods, and the rod of Aaron *ame out, and ut
forth blossom and yielded seed of almonds. ". And this
li<eness whi*h was born there was li<e unto the wor< whi*h
Israel wrought while he was in 'esootamia with /aban the S5rian,
when he too< rods of almond, and ut them at the gathering of
waters, and the *attle *ame to drin< and were di4ided among the
eeled rods, and brought forth A<idsB white and se*<led and artiN
*oloured. (. There
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fore was the s5nagogue of the eole made li<e unto a Co*< of shee,
and as the *attle brought forth a**ording to the almond rods, so was
the riesthood established b5 means of the almond rods.
CHAPTER XVIII.
QEIII. At that time 'oses slew Seon and
0g, the <ings of the Amorites, and di4ided all their land unto
his eole, and the5 dwelt therein. 2. %ut %ala* was the <ing
of 'oab, that li4ed
o4er against them, and he was greatl5 afraid, and sent to %alaam the
son of %eor the interreter of dreams, whi*h dwelt in
'esootamia, and *harged him sa5ing# %ehold I <now how
that in the reign of m5 father Sefor, when the Amorites fought
against him, thou didst *urse them and the5 were deli4ered u
before him. And no come and curse
this people, for they are many, more than e, and ill do thee
great honour. ". And %alaam said#
/o, this is good in the sight of %ala*, but he <noweth not that the
*ounsel of 9od is not as man=s *ounsel. And he <noweth not
that the sirit whi*h is gi4en unto us is gi4en for a time, and
our wa5s are not guided e:*et 9od will. %o therefore abide ye
here, and + ill see hat the !ord ill say to me this night. (. And in
the night God said unto him& Aho are the men that are come unto
theeM And %alaam said# Lherefore, /ord, dost thou temt the
ra*e of manM The5 therefore *annot sustain it, for thou
<newest more than the5, all that was in the world, before thou
foundedst it. And now enlighten th5 ser4ant if it be right that I
go with them. +. And 9od said to him# Las it not *on*erning this
eole that I sa<e unto Abraham in a 4ision sa5ing# 'hy seed shall
be as the stars of
heaven, when I raised him u abo4e the 2rmament and
showed him all the orderings of the stars, and re8uired of him
his son for a burnt o>eringM and
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he brought him to be laid uon the altar, but I restored him to his
father. And be*ause he resisted not, his o>ering was a**etable in m5
sight, and for the blood of him did I *hoose this eole. And then I
said unto the angels that wor< subtill5# 1
Said I not of him# 'o Abraham ill + reveal all that + doM
!. Ia*ob also, when he wrestled in the dust with the angel that
was o4er the raises, did not let him go until he blessed him. And
now, behold, thou thin<est to go with these, and *urse them whom I
ha4e *hosen. %ut if thou *urse them, who is he
that shall bless theeM 7. And Balaam arose in the morning and said&
Go your ay, for God ill not have me to come ith you. And
they ent and told Balac all that was said of %alaam. And
Balac sent yet again other men to Balaam sa5ing# %ehold, I
<now that when thou o>erest burnt o>erings to 9od, 9od will
be re*on*iled with man, and now as< 5et again of th5 /ord, and
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entreat b5 burnt o>erings, as man5 as he will. ;or if erad4enture he
will be roitiated in m5 ne*essit5, thou shalt ha4e th5 reward, if so
be 9od a**et th5 o>erings. 8. And %alaam said to them# /o, the son
of Sehor is foolish, and <noweth not that he
dwelleth hard b5 6lit. round about7 the dead# 2 And
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no tarry here this night and + ill see hat God ill say unto
me. And 9od said to him# 9o with them, and th5 ?ourne5 shall be an
o>en*e, and %ala* himself shall go unto destru*tion. And he arose
and went with them. .. And his sheNass *ame b5 the wa5 of the desert
and saw the angel, and he oened the e5es of %alaam and he saw the
angel and worshied him on the earth. And the angel said to him#
Daste and go on, for what thou sa5est shall *ome to ass with him.
10. And he *ame unto the land of 'oab and
built an altar and o>ered sa*ri2*es# and when he had seen a art of
the eole, the sirit of 9od abode not in him, and he too< u his
arable and said# /o, %ala* hath brought me hither unto the mount,
sa5ing# Come, run into the 2re of these men. GG/oHH I *annot abide
that GG2reHH whi*h waters 8uen*h, but that 2re whi*h *onsumeth
water who shall endureM And he said to him# It is easier to ta<e awa5
the foundations and all the tomost art of them, and to 8uen*h the
light of the sun and dar<en the shining of the moon, than for
him who will to root u the lanting of the 'ost 'ight5 or soil
his 4ine5ard. And Balac himself hath not <nown it, be*ause his
mind is u>ed u, to the intent his destru*tion ma5 *ome
swiftl5. 11. ;or behold, I see the heritage whi*h the 'ost 'ight5
showed me in the night, and lo the da5s *ome when 'oab shall be
ama1ed at that whi*h befalleth her, for %ala* desired to ersuade the
'ost 'ight5 with gifts and to ur*hase de*ision 1 with mone5.
0ughtest thou not to ha4e as<ed what he sent uon )harao and uon
his land be*ause he would bring them into bondageM %ehold an
o4ershadowing 4ine, desirable e:*eedingl5, and who shall be
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?ealous against it, for it withereth notM %ut if an5 sa5 in his *ounsel
that the 'ost 'ight5 hath laboured in 4ain or *hosen them to no
urose, lo now I see the sal4ation of deli4eran*e whi*h is to *ome
unto them. I am restrained in the see*h of m5 4oi*e and I *annot
e:ress that whi*h I see with mine e5es, for but a little is left to me of
the hol5 sirit whi*h abideth in me, sin*e I <now that in that I was
ersuaded of %ala* I ha4e lost the da5s of m5 life# 12. /o, again I see
the heritage of the abode of this eole, 1 and the light of it shineth
abo4e the brightness of lightning, and the running of it is swifter than
arrows. And the time shall *ome when 'oab shall groan, and the5
that ser4e Cham 6ChemoshM7 shall be wea<, e4en su*h as too< this
*ounsel against them. %ut I shall gnash m5 teeth be*ause I was
de*ei4ed and did transgress that whi*h was said to me in the night.
Oet m5 rohe*5 shall remain manifest, and m5 words shall li4e, and
the wise and rudent shall remember m5 words, for when I *ursed I
erished, and though I blessed I was not blessed. And when he had so
said he held his ea*e. And
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%ala* said# Th5 9od hath defrauded thee of man5 gifts from
me.
1". Then %alaam said unto him# 2 Come and let
us ad4ise what thou shalt do to them. Choose out the most *omel5
women that are among 5ou and that are in 'idian and set
them before them na<ed, and adorned with gold and ?ewels,
and it shall be when the5 shall see them and lie with them,
the5 will sin against their /ord and fall into 5our hands,
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for otherwise thou *anst not subdue them. 1(. And so sa5ing %alaam
turned awa5 and returned to his la*e. And thereafter the eole
were led astra5 after the daughters of 'oab, for %ala* did all that
%alaam had showed him.
CHAPTER XIX.
QIQ. At that time 'oses slew the nations, and ga4e half of the soils
to the eole, and he began to de*lare to them the words of the law
whi*h 9od sa<e to them in 0reb. 2. And he sa<e to them, sa5ing#
/o, I slee with m5 fathers, and shall go
unto m5 eole. %ut I <now that 5e will arise and forsa<e the words
that were ordained unto 5ou b5 me, and 9od will be wroth with
5ou and forsa<e 5ou and deart out of 5our land, and bring
against 5ou them that hate 5ou, and the5 shall ha4e dominion
o4er 5ou, but not unto the end, for he will remember the
*o4enant whi*h he made with 5our fathers. ". %ut then both 5e and
5our sons and
all 5our generations after 5ou will arise and see< the da5 of m5
death and will sa5 in their heart# Lho will gi4e us a sheherd
li<e unto 'oses, or su*h another ?udge to the *hildren of Israel,
to ra5 for our sins at all times, 1 and to be heard for
our
ini8uitiesM (. 2 Dowbeit, this day + call heaven and earth to
itness against you, for the hea4en shall hear this and the
earth shall ta<e it in with her ears, that 9od hath
re4ealed the end of the world,
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that he might *o4enant with 5ou uon his high la*es, and hath
<indled an e4erlasting lam among 5ou. 3emember, 5e wi*<ed, how
that when I sa<e unto 5ou, 5e answered sa5ing# All that 9od hath
said unto us we will hear and do. %ut if we transgress or *orrut our
wa5s, he shall *all a witness against us and *ut us o>. +. %ut <now 5e
that 5e did eat the bread of angels (0 5ears. And now behold I do
bless 5our tribes, before m5 end *ome. %ut 5e, <now 5e m5 labour
wherein I ha4e laboured with 5ou sin*e the da5 5e *ame u out of the
land of $g5t.
!. And when he had so said, 9od sa<e unto him the third time,
sa5ing# %ehold, thou goest to slee with th5 fathers, and this eole
will arise and see< me, and will forget m5 law wherewith I ha4e
enlightened them, and I shall forsa<e their
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seed for a season. 7. %ut unto thee will I show the land before thou
die, but thou shall not enter therein in this age, lest thou see the
gra4en images whereb5 this eole will be de*ei4ed and led out of
the wa5. I will show thee the la*e wherein the5 shall ser4e me
7(0 6l. 8+07 5ears. And thereafter it shall be deli4ered into the
hand of their enemies, and the5 shall destro5 it, and strangers
shall *omass it about, and it shall be in that da5 as it was in
the da5 when I bra<e the tables of the *o4enant whi*h I made with
thee in 0reb# and when the5 sinned, that whi*h was written therein
4anished awa5. Now that da5 was the 17th da5 of the (th month.
8. And 'oses went u into 'ount 0reb, as 9od had bidden him, and
ra5ed, sa5ing# %ehold, I ha4e ful2lled the time of m5 life, e4en 120
5ears. And now I ra5 thee let th5 mer*5 be with th5 eole and let
th5 *omassion be *ontinued uon thine heritage, /ord, and th5 longN
su>ering in th5
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la*e uon the ra*e of th5 *hoosing, for thou hast lo4ed them more
than all. .. And thou <nowest that I was a sheherd of shee, and
when I fed the Co*< in the desert, I brought them unto th5 'ount
0reb, and then 2rst saw I thine angel in 2re out of the bush- but thou
*alledst me out of the bush, and I feared and turned awa5 m5 fa*e,
and thou sentest me unto them, and didst deli4er them out of $g5t,
and their enemies thou didst sin< in the water. And thou ga4est them
a law and ?udgements whereb5 the5 should li4e. 2or hat man is he
that hath
not sinned against theeM Dow shall thine heritage be
established e:*et thou ha4e mer*5 on themM 0r who shall 5et
be born without sinM Oet wilt thou *orre*t them for a season,
but not in anger.
10. Then the /ord shewed him the land and all that is therein and
said# This is the land whi*h
I will gi4e to m5 eole. And he shewed him the la*e from when*e
the *louds draw u water to water all the earth, and the la*e when*e
the ri4er re*ei4eth his water, and the land of $g5t, and the la*e of
the 2rmament, from when*e the hol5 land onl5 drin<eth. 1 De
shewed him also the la*e from when*e it rained manna for
the eole, and e4en unto the aths of aradise. And he
shewed him the measures of the san*tuar5, and the number of
the o>erings, and the sign whereb5 men shall interret 6lit. begin to
loo<- uon7 the hea4en, and said# These are the things whi*h were
forbidden to the sons of men be*ause the5 sinned. 11. And now, th5
rod wherewith the
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signs were wrought shall be for a witness between me and m5 eole.
And when the5 sin I shall be wroth with them and remember m5 rod,
and sare them a**ording to m5 mer*5, and th5 rod shall be in m5
sight for a remembran*e all the da5s, 1 and shall be li<e unto the bow
wherein I made a *o4enant with Noe when he *ame out of the ar<,
sa5ing# I will set m5 bow in the *loud, and it shall be a sign between
me and men that the water of a Cood be no more uon the earth. 12.
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%ut thee will I ta<e hen*e and gi4e thee slee 2 with th5 fathers and
gi4e thee rest in th5 slumber, and bur5 thee in ea*e, and all the
angels shall lament for thee, and the hosts of heaven shall be
sorrowful. %ut there shall not an5, of angels or men, <now th5
seul*hre wherein thou art to be buried, but thou shalt rest therein
until I 4isit the world, and raise thee u and th5 fathers out of the
earth Aof $g5tB " wherein 5e shall slee, and 5e shall *ome together
and dwell in an immortal habitation that is not sub?e*t unto time. 1".
%ut this hea4en shall be in m5 sight as a Ceeting *loud, and li<e
5esterda5 when it is ast, and it shall be when I draw near to 4isit the
world, I will *ommand the 5ears and *harge the times, and the5 shall
be shortened, and the stars shall be hastened, and the light of
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the sun ma<e seed to set, neither shall the light of the moon endure,
be*ause I will hasten to raise u 5ou that slee, that in the la*e of
san*ti2*ation whi*h I shewed thee, all the5 that *an li4e ma5 dwell
therein.
1(. And 'oses said# If I ma5 as< 5et one thing of thee, 0 /ord,
a**ording to the multitude of th5 mer*5, be not wroth with me. And
shew me what measure of time hath assed b5 and what remaineth.
1+. And the /ord said to him# An instant, the tomost art of a hand, 1
the fulness of a moment, 2 and the dro of a *u. And time hath
ful2lled all. ;or (U ha4e assed b5, and 2U remain. "
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1!. And 'oses when he heard was 2lled with under standing, and his
li<eness was *hanged gloriousl5# and he died in glor5 a**ording to the
mouth of the !ord, and he buried him as he had romised him, and
the angels lamented at his death, and lightnings and tor*hes and
arrows went before him with one a**ord. And on that da5 the
h5mn of the hosts was not said be*ause of the dearture of
'oses. Neither was there an5 da5 li<e unto it sin*e the /ord
made man uon earth, neither shall there be an5 su*h for e4er, that
he should ma<e the h5mn of the angels to *ease be*ause of a man-
for he lo4ed him greatl5- and he buried him with his own hands on an
high la*e of the earth, and in the light of the whole world.
CHAPTER XX.
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QQ. And at that time 9od made his *o4enant with Iesus the son of
Naue whi*h remained of the men that sied out the land# for the lot
had fallen uon them that the5 should not see the land be*ause the5
sa<e e4il of it, and for this *ause that generation died. 2. Then said
9od unto Iesus the son of Naue# Lherefore mournest thou, and
wherefore hoest thou in 4ain, thin<ing that 'oses shall 5et li4eM Now
therefore thou waitest to no urose, for 'oses is dead. Ta<e the
garments of his wisdom and ut them on thee, and gird th5 loins with
the girdle of his <nowledge, and thou shalt be *hanged and be*ome
another man. Fid I not sea< for thee unto 'oses m5 ser4ant, sa5ing#
SDe shall lead m5 eole after thee, and into his hand will I deli4er the
<ings of the AmoritesSM ". And Iesus too< the garments of wisdom and
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ut them on, and girded his loins with the girdle of understanding.
And it *ame to ass when he ut it on, that his mind was <indled and
his sirit stirred u, and he said to the eole# /o, the former
generation died in the wilderness be*ause the5 sa<e against their
9od. And, behold now, <now, all 5e *atains, this da5 that if 5e go
forth in the wa5s of 5our 9od, 5our aths shall be made straight. (.
%ut if 5e obe5 not his 4oi*e, and are li<e 5our fathers, 5our wor<s shall
be soiled, and 5e 5oursel4es bro<en, and 5our name shall erish out
of the land, and then where shall be the words whi*h 9od sa<e unto
5our fathersM ;or e4en if the heathen sa5# It ma5 be 9od hath failed,
be*ause he hath not deli4ered his eole, 5et whereas the5 er*ei4e
that he hath *hosen to himself other eoles, wor<ing for them great
wonders, the5 shall understand that the 'ost 'ight5 a**eteth not
ersons. %ut be*ause 5e sinned through 4anit5, therefore he too< his
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ower from 5ou and subdued 5ou. And now arise and set Oour heart to
wal< in the wa5s of 5our /ord and he shall dire*t 5ou.
+. 1 And the eole said unto him# /o, this da5 see we that whi*h
$ldad and 'odat rohesied in the da5s of 'oses, sa5ing# After that
'oses resteth, the *atainshi of 'oses shall be gi4en unto Iesus the
son of Naue. And 'oses was not en4ious, but re?oi*ed when he heard
them- and then*eforth all the eole belie4ed that thou shouldest
lead them, and di4ide the land unto them in ea*e# and now also if
there be *onCi*t, be strong and do 4aliantl5, for thou onl5 shalt be
leader in Israel. !. And when he heard that, Iesus thought to send
sies into Ieri*ho. And he *alled Cene1 and Seenamias his
brother, the two sons of Caleh, and sa<e to them, sa5ing# I
and 5our father were sent of 'oses in the wilderness
and went u with other ten men# and the5 returned and sa<e e4il of
the lands and melted the heart of the eole, and the5 were s*attered
and the heart of the eole with them. %ut I and 5our father
onl5 ful2lled the word of the /ord, and lo, we are ali4e this da5.
And now will I send 5ou to s5 out the land of Ieri*ho. Fo li<e
unto 5our father and 5e also shall li4e. 7. And the5 went u
and sied out the *it5. And when the5 brought ba*< word, the eole
went u and besieged the *it5 and burned it with 2re.
8. And after that 'oses was dead, the manna *eased to *ome
down for the *hildren of Israel, and then began the5 to eat the
fruits of the land. And these are the three things whi*h 9od
ga4e his eole
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for the sa<e of three ersons, that is, the well of the water of 'ara for
'aria=s sa<e, and the illar of *loud for Aaron=s sa<e, and the manna
for the sa<e of 'oses. And when these three *ame to an end, those
three gifts were ta<en awa5 from them. 1
.. Now the eole and Iesus fought against the Amorites, and when
the battle wa:ed strong against their enemies throughout all the da5s
of Iesus, "0 and . <ings whi*h dwelt in the land were *ut o>. And
Iesus ga4e the land b5 lot to the eole, to e4er5 tribe a**ording to
the lots, a**ording as he had re*ei4ed *ommandment. 10. Then
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*ame Caleh unto him and said# Thou <nowest how that we two were
sent b5 lot b5 'oses to go with the sies, and be*ause we
ful2lled the word of the /ord, behold we are ali4e at this da5#
and now if it be wellNleasing in th5 sight, let there be gi4en
unto m5 son Cene1 for a ortion the territor5 of the three 6or
the tribe of the7 towers. And Iesus blessed him, and did so.
CHAPTER XXI.
QQI. And when Iesus was be*ome old and
wellNstri*<en in 5ears, 9od said to him# %ehold, thou wa:est old and
wellNstri*<en in da5s, and the land is be*ome 4er5 great, and there is
none to di4ide it 6or ta<e it b5 lot7, and it shall be after th5 dearture
this eole will mingle with the inhabitants of the land and go
astra5 after other gods, and I shall forsa<e them as I testi2ed
in m5 word unto 'oses- but do thou testif5 unto them before
thou diest. 2. And Iesus said# Thou <nowest more than all, 0 /ord,
what mo4eth the heart of the sea before it rageth, and thou hast
tra*<ed out the *onstellations and numbered the
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stars, and ordered the rain. Thou <nowest the mind of all generations
before the5 be born. And now, /ord, gi4e unto th5 eole an heart of
wisdom and a mind of ruden*e, and it shall be when thou gi4est
these ordinan*es unto thine heritage, the5 shall not sin before thee
and thou shall not be wroth with them. ". Are not these the words
whi*h I sa<e before thee, /ord, when A*har stole of the *urse, and
the eole were deli4ered u before thee, and I ra5ed in th5 sight
and said# Lere it not better for us, 0 /ord, if we had died in the 3ed
Sea, wherein thou drownedst our enemiesM or if we had died in the
wilderness, li<e our fathers, than to be deli4ered into the hand of the
Amorites that we should be blotted out for e4erM (. Oet if th5 word be
about us, no e4il shall befall us# for e4en though our end be remo4ed
unto death, thou li4est whi*h art before the world and after the world-
and whereas a man *annot de4ise 1 how to ut one generation before
another, he saith S9od hath destro5ed his eole whom he *hoseS#
and behold, we shall be in Dell# 5et thou wilt ma<e th5 word ali4e. And
now let the fulness of th5 mer*ies ha4e atien*e with th5 eole, and
*hoose for thine heritage a man whi*h shall rule o4er th5 eole, he
and his generation. +. Las it not for this that our father Ia*ob sa<e,
sa5ing# A prince shall not
depart from Juda, nor a leader from his loins. And now *on2rm
the words so<en aforetime, that the nations of the earth and
tribes of the world ma5 learn that thou art e4erlasting. !. And
he said furthermore# 0 /ord, behold the da5s shall *ome
. 1"7
and the house of Israel shall be li<e unto a brooding do4e whi*h
setteth her 5oung in the nest and will not forsa<e them nor forget her
la*e. So, also, these shall turn from their deeds and 2ght against the
sal4ation that shall be born unto them.
7. And Iesus went down from 9algala and
)os.
14:6
sqq.
)os. 23
Gen.
49:10
built an altar of 4er5 great stones, and brought no iron uon them, as
'oses had *ommanded, and set u great stones on mount 9ebal, and
whitened them and wrote on them the words of the law 4er5 lainl5#
and gathered all the eole together and read in their ears all the
words of the law. 8. And he *ame down with them and o>ered uon
the altar ea*eNo>erings, and the5 sang man5 raises, and lifted u
the ar< of the *o4enant of the /ord out of the taberna*le with timbrels
and dan*es and lutes and hars and salteries and all instruments of
sweet sound. .. And the riests and /e4ites were going u before the
ar< and re?oi*ing with salms, and the5 set the ar< before the
altar, and lifted u on it 5et again ea*eNo>erings 4er5 man5,
and the whole house of Israel sang together with a loud 4oi*e
sa5ing# %ehold, our /ord hath ful2lled that whi*h he sa<e with
our fathers sa5ing# To 5our, seed will I gi4e a land wherein to dwell, a
land Cowing with mil< and hone5. And lo, he hath brought us. into the
land of our enemies and hath deli4ered them bro<en in heart before
us, and he is the 9od whi*h sent to our fathers in the se*ret la*es of
souls, sa5ing# %ehold, the /ord hath done all that he sa<e unto us.
And now <now we of a truth that 9od hath *on2rmed all the words of
the law whi*h he sa<e to us in 0reb- and if our heart <ee his wa5s it
will be well with us, and with our sons after us. 10. And Iesus blessed
them and said# The /ord grant
. 1"8
5our heart to *ontinue therein 6or in him7 all the da5s, and if 5e deart
not from his name, the *o4enant of the /ord shall endure with 5ou.
And he grant that it be not *orruted, but that the dwellingNla*e of
9od be builded among 5ou, as he sa<e when he sent 5ou into his
inheritan*e with mirth and gladness.
CHAPTER XXII.
QQII. And it *ame to ass after these things, when Iesus and all Israel
had heard that the *hildren of 3uben and the *hildren of 9ad and the
half tribe of 'anasse whi*h dwelt about Iordan had built them an altar
and did o>er sa*ri2*es thereon and had made riests for the
san*tuar5, all the eole were troubled abo4e measure and *ame
unto them to Silon. 2. And Iesus and all the elders sa<e to
them sa5ing# Lhat be these wor<s whi*h are done among 5ou,
while as 5et we are not settled in our landM Are not these the
words whi*h 'oses sa<e to 5ou in the wilderness sa5ing# See that
when 5e enter into the land 5e soil not 5our doings, and *orrut all
the eoleM And now wherefore is it that our enemies ha4e so mu*h
abounded, sa4e be*ause 5e do *orrut 5our wa5s and ha4e made all
this trouble, and therefore will the5 assemble against us and
o4er*ome us.
". And the *hildren of 3uben and the *hildren of 9ad and the
half tribe of 'anasse said unto Iesus and all the eole of
Israel# /o now hath 9od enlarged the fruit of the womb of men,
and hath set u a light that that whi*h is in dar<ness ma5 see,
for he <noweth what is in the se*ret la*es of the dee, and
)os.
8:30
)os. 22
)os.
22:21
sqq.
with him light abideth. Now the /ord 9od of our fathers <noweth if an5
of us or if we oursel4es ha4e done this thing in the wa5 of ini8uit5, but
onl5 for our osterit5=s sa<e, that their heart be not searated from
the
. 1".
Aaragrah *ontinuesB /ord our 9od lest the5 sa5 to us# %ehold now, our
brethren whi*h be be5ond Iordan ha4e an altar, to ma<e o>erings
uon it, but we in this la*e that ha4e no altar, let us deart from the
/ord our 9od, be*ause our 9od hath set us afar o> from his wa5s, that
we should not ser4e him. (. And then 4eril5 sa<e we among
oursel4es# /et us ma<e us an altar, that the5 ma5 ha4e a 1eal to see<
the /ord. And 4eril5 there be some of us that stand b5 and <now that
we are 5our brothers and stand guiltless before 5our fa*e. Fo 5e
therefore that whi*h is leasing in the sight of the /ord. +. And Iesus
said# Is not the /ord our <ing mightier than woo sa*ri2*esM And
wherefore taught 5e not 5our sons the words of the /ord whi*h 5e
heard of usM ;or if 5our sons had been occupied in the meditation of
the law of the /ord, their mind would not ha4e been led aside after a
san*tuar5 made with hands. 0r <now 5e not that when the eole
were forsa<en for a moment in the wilderness when 'oses went u to
re*ei4e the tables, their mind was led astra5, and the5 made
themsel4es idolsM And e:*et the mer*5 of the 9od of 5our fathers
had <et us, all the s5nagogues should ha4e be*ome a b5word, and
all the sins of the eole should ha4e been bla1ed abroad be*ause of
5our foolishness. !. Therefore now go and dig down the san*tuaries
that 5e ha4e builded 5ou, and tea*h 5our sons the law, and the5 shall
be meditating therein da5 and night, that the /ord ma5 be with them
for a witness and a ?udge unto them all the da5s of their life. And 9od
shall be witness and ?udge between me and 5ou, and between m5
heart and 5our heart, that if 5e ha4e done this thing in subtlet5 it shall
be a4enged uon 5ou, be*ause 5ou would destro5 5our brothers# but
if 5e ha4e
. 1(0
done it ignorantl5 as 5e sa5, 9od will be mer*iful unto 5ou for 5our
sons= sa<e. And all the eole answered# Amen, Amen.
7. And Iesus and all the eole of Israel o>ered for them 1,000 rams
for a sinNo>ering 6lit. the word of e:*using7, and ra5ed for them and
sent them awa5 in ea*e# and the5 went and destro5ed the
san*tuar5, and fasted and wet,
both the5 and their sons, and ra5ed and said# 0 9od of our fathers,
that <nowest before the heart of all men, thou <nowest that
our wa5s were not wrought in ini8uit5 in th5 sight, neither
ha4e we swer4ed from th5 wa5s, but ha4e ser4ed thee all of
us, for we are the wor< of th5 hands# now therefore remember
th5 *o4enant with the sons of th5 ser4ants.
8. And after that Iesus went u unto 9algala, and reared u the
taberna*le of the /ord, and the ar< of the *o4enant and all the 4essels
thereof, and set it u in Silo, and ut there the Femonstration and the
Truth 6i.e. the @rim and 'hummim7. And at that time $lea1ar the riest
whi*h ser4ed the altar did tea*h b5 the Femonstration all them of the
&cts
1:24
eole that *ame to in8uire of the /ord, for thereb5 it was shown unto
them, but in the new san*tuar5 that was in 9algala, Iesus aointed
e4en unto this da5 the burnt o>erings that were o>ered b5 the
*hildren of Israel e4er5 5ear. .. ;or until the house of the /ord was
builded in Ierusalem, and so long as the o>erings were made in the
new san*tuar5, the eole were not forbidden to o>er therein,
be*ause the Truth and the Femonstration re4ealed all things in Silo.
And until the ar< was set b5 Solomon in the san*tuar5 of the /ord
the5 went on sa*ri2*ing there unto that da5. %ut $lea1ar the son of
Aaron the riest of the /ord ministered in Silo.
CHAPTER XXIII.
QQIII. And Iesus the son of Naue ordered
the eole and di4ided unto them the land, being a might5 man of
4alour. And while 5et the ad4ersaries of Israel were in the land, the
da5s of Iesus drew near that he should die, and he sent and *alled all
Israel throughout all their land with their wi4es and their *hildren, and
said unto them# 9ather 5oursel4es together before the ar< of the
*o4enant of the /ord in Silo and I will ma<e a *o4enant with
5ou before I die. 2. And when all the eole were gathered
together on the 1!th da5 of the "rd month before the fa*e of the /ord
in Silo with their wi4es and their *hildren, Iesus said unto them# Dear,
0 Israel, behold I ma<e with 5ou the *o4enant of this law whi*h the
/ord ordained with our fathers in 0reb, and therefore tarr5 5e here
this night and see
what 9od will sa5 unto me *on*erning Oou. ". And as the eole
waited there that night, the /ord aeared unto Iesus in a
4ision and sa<e sa5ing# A**ording to all these words will I
sea< unto this eole. (. And Iesus *ame in the morning and
assembled all the eole and said unto them# Thus saith the /ord#
0ne ro*< was there
from when*e I digged out 5our father, and the *utting of that ro*<
brought forth two men, whose names were Abraham and Na*hor, and
out of the *hiselling of that la*e were born two women whose names
were Sara and 'el*ha. And the5 dwelled together be5ond the
ri4er. And Abraham too< Sara to ife and Na*hor too< 'el*ha.
+. And when the eole of the land were led astra5, e4er5 man
after his own de4i*es, Abraham belie4ed in me and was not
led aside after them. And I sa4ed him out of the 2re and too< him and
brought him o4er into all the land of Chanaan. And I sa<e unto him in
a 4ision sa5ing# @nto
. 1(2
th5 seed
will I gi4e this land. And he said unto me# %ehold now thou
hast gi4en me a wife and she is barren. And how shall I ha4e
seed of that womb that is shut uM !. And I said unto him#
'a(e for me a calf of three years old and a sheBgoat of three
years and a ram of three years, a turtledove and a pigeon. And
he too< them as I *ommanded
)os. 24
#$%.
22:19
sa.
51:1,
51:2
Gen. 15
Gen.
15:9
him. And + sent a sleep upon him and *omassed him about
with fear, and + set before
him the la*e of 2re wherein the wor<s of them that *ommit
ini8uit5 against me shall be a4enged, and I showed him the tor*hes of
2re whereb5 the righteous whi*h ha4e belie4ed in me shall be
enlightened. 1 7. And I said unto him# These shall be for a witness
between me and thee that I will gi4e thee seed of the womb that is
shut u. And I will li<en thee unto the do4e, be*ause thou hast
re*ei4ed for me the *it5 whi*h th5 sons shall 6begin to7 build in
m5 sight. %ut the turtleNdo4e I will li<en unto the rohets
whi*h shall be born of thee. And the ram will I li<en unto the wise men
whi*h shall be born of thee and enlighten th5 sons. %ut the *alf I will
li<en unto the multitude of the eoles whi*h shall be multilied
through thee. And the sheNgoat I will li<en unto the women whose
wombs I will oen and the5 shall bring forth. These things shall be for
a witness betwi:t us that I will not transgress m5 words.
8. And I ga4e him Isaa* and formed him in the womb of her that bare
him, and *ommanded it that it should restore him 8ui*<l5 and render
him unto me in the 7th month. And for this
. 1("
*ause e4er5 woman that bringeth forth in the 7th month, her *hild
shall li4e# be*ause uon him did I *all m5 glor5, and showed forth the
new age. .. And I ga4e unto Isaa* Ia*ob and $sau, and unto $sau I
ga4e the land of Seir for an heritage. And Ia*ob and his sons went
down into $g5t. And the $g5tians brought 5our fathers low, as 5e
<now, and I remembered 5our fathers, and sent 'oses m5 friend and
deli4ered them from then*e and smote their enemies.
10. And I brought them out with a high hand and led them through
the 3ed Sea, and laid the *loud under their feet, and brought them
out through the deth, and brought them beneath the mount Sina,
and I boed the heavens and came
don, and I *ongealed the Came of the 2re, and stoed u the
srings of the dee, and imeded the *ourse of the stars, and tamed
the sound of the thunder, and 8uen*hed the fulness- of the wind, and
rebu<ed the multitude of the *louds, and sta5ed their motions, and
interruted the storm of the hosts, that I should not brea< m5
*o4enant, for all things were mo4ed at m5 *oming down, and
all things were 8ui*<ened at m5 ad4ent, and I su>ered not m5
eole to be s*attered, but ga4e unto them m5 law, and
enlightened them, that if the5 did these things the5 ma5 li4e and
ha4e length of da5s and not die. 11. And I ha4e brought 5ou into this
land and gi4en 5ou 4ine5ards. Oe dwell in *ities whi*h 5e built not.
And I ha4e ful2lled the *o4enant whi*h I sa<e unto 5our fathers.
12. And now if 5e obe5 5our fathers, I will set m5 heart uon 5ou for
e4er, and will o4ershadow 5ou, and 5our enemies shall no more 2ght
against 5ou, and 5our land shall be renowned throughout all the world
and 5our seed be ele*t in the midst
. 1((
of the eoles, whi*h shall sa5# %ehold the faithful eole- be*ause
the5 belie4ed the /ord, therefore hath the /ord deli4ered them and
Gen.
15:12
15:17
Ps.
18:9
lanted them. And therefore will I lant 5ou as a desirable 4ine5ard
and will rule 5ou as a belo4ed Co*<, and I will *harge the rain and the
dew, and the5 shall satisf5 5ou all the da5s of 5our life. 1". And it
shall be at the end that the lot of e4er5 one of 5ou shall be in eternal
life, both for 5ou and 5our seed, and I will re*ei4e 5our souls and la5
them u in ea*e, until the time of the age is ful2lled, and I restore
5ou unto 5our fathers and 5our fathers unto 5ou, and the5 shall <now
at 5our hand that it is not in 4ain that I ha4e *hosen 5ou. These are
the words that the /ord hath so<en unto me this night. 1(. And all
the eole answered and said# The /ord is our 9od, and him onl5 will
we ser4e. And all the eole made a great feast that da5 and a
renewal 1 thereof for 28 da5s.
CHAPTER XXIV.
QQIE. And after these da5s Iesus the son of Naue assembled all the
eole 5et again, and said unto them# %ehold now the /ord hath
testi2ed
unto 5ou this da5# I ha4e *alled hea4en and earth to witness to
5ou that if 5e will *ontinue to ser4e the /ord 5e shall be unto
him a e*uliar eole. %ut if 5e will not ser4e him and will
obe5 the gods of the Amorites in whose land 5e dwell, sa5 so
this da5 before the /ord and go forth.
But + and my house ill serve the !ord. 2. And all the eole
lifted u their 4oi*e and wet sa5ing# )erad4enture the /ord
will a**ount us worth5, and it is better for us to die in the fear
of him, than to be destro5ed out of the land.
. 1(+
". And Iesus the son of Naue blessed the eole and <issed them and
said unto them# /et 5our words be for mer*5 before our /ord, and let
him send his angel, and reser4e 5ou# 3emember me after m5 death,
and remember ye 'oses the friend of the /ord. And let not the words
of the *o4enant whi*h he hath made with 5ou deart from 5ou all the
da5s of 5our life. And he, sent them awa5 and the5 dearted e4er5
man to his inheritan*e.
(. %ut Iesus laid himself uon his bed, and sent and *alled )hine,s the
son of $lea1ar the riest and said unto him# %ehold now I see with
mine e5es the transgression of this eole wherein the5 will begin to
de*ei4e# but thou, strengthen th5 hands in the time that thou art with
them, And he <issed him and his father and his sons and blessed him
and said# The /ord 9od of 5our fathers dire*t 5our wa5s and the ays
of this eole. +. And when he *eased sea<ing unto them, he dre
up his feet into the bed and slet
with his fathers. And his sons laid their hands
upon his eyes.
!. And then all Israel gathered together to bur5 him, and
the5 lamented him with a great lamentation, and thus said the5 in
their lamentation# Lee 5e for the wing of this swift eagle, for he hath
Cown awa5 from us. And wee 5e for the strength of this lion=s whel,
for he is hidden from us. Lho now will go and reort unto 'oses the
Dt.
4:26,
etc.
)os.
24:15
Gen.
49:33
Gen.
46:4
righteous, that we ha4e had fort5 5ears a leader li<e unto himM And
the5 ful2lled their mourning and buried him with their own
hands in the mount E1raim and returned e4er5 man unto his
tent. And after the death of Iesus the land of Israel was at rest.
CHAPTER XXV.
QQE. And the )hilistines sought to 2ght with
. 1(!
the men of Israel# 1 and the5 in8uired of the /ord and said# Shall we
go u and 2ght against the
. 1(7
Aaragrah *ontinuesB )hilistinesM and 9od said to them# If 5e go u with a
ure heart, 2ght- but if 5our heart is de2led, go not u. And the5
in8uired 5et again sa5ing# Dow shall we <now if all the heart of the
eole be ali<eM and 9od said to them# Cast lots among 5our tribes,
and it shall be unto e4er5 tribe that *ometh under the lot, that it shall
be set aart into one lot, and then shall 5e <now whose heart is *lean
and whose is de2led. 2. And the eole said# /et us 2rst aoint o4er
us a rin*e, and so *ast lots. And the angel of the /ord said to them#
Aoint. And the eole said# Lhom shall we aoint that is worth5,
/ordM And the angel of the /ord said to them# Cast the lot uon the
tribe of Caleb, and he that is shown b5 the lot, e4en he shall
. 1(8
be 5our rin*e. And the5 *ast the lot for the tribe of Caleb and it *ame
out uon Cene1, and the5 made him ruler o4er Israel. ". And Cene1
said to the eole# %ring 5our tribes unto me and hear 5e the word of
the /ord. And the eole gathered together and Cene1 said to them#
Oe <now that whi*h 'oses the friend of the /ord *harged 5ou, that 5e
should not transgress the law to the right hand or to the left. And
Iesus also who was after him ga4e 5ou the same *harge. And now, lo,
we ha4e heard of the mouth of the /ord that 5our heart is de2led. And
the /ord hath *harged us to *ast lots among 5our tribes to <now
whose heart hath dearted from the /ord our 9od. Shall not the fur5
of anger *ome uon the eoleM %ut I romise 5ou this da5 that e4en
if a man of mine own house *ome out in the lot of sin, he shall not be
sa4ed ali4e, but shall be burned with 2re. And the eole said# Thou
hast so<en a good *ounsel, to erform it.
(. And the tribes were brought before him, and there were found of
the tribe of Iuda "(+ men, and of the tribe of 3uben +!0, and of the
tribe of Simeon 77+, and of the tribe of /e4i 1+0, and of the tribe of
&abulon !++ 6or !(+7, and of the tribe of Isa*har !!+, and of the tribe
of 9ad "80. 0f the tribe of Aser !!+, and of the tribe of 'anasse (80,
and of the tribe of $>raim (!8, and of the tribe of %en?amin 2!7. And
all the number of them that were found b5 the lot of sin was !110.
And Cene1 too< them all and shut them u in rison, till it should be
<nown what should be done with them. 1
. 1(.
+. And Cene1 said# Las it not of this that 'oses the friend of the /ord
sa<e sa5ing# 'here is a
)os.
24:30
strong root among you bringing forth gall and bitternessM Now
blessed be the /ord who hath re4ealed all the de4i*es of these men,
neither hath he su>ered them to *orrut his eole b5 their e4il
wor<s. %ring hither therefore the Femonstration and the Truth and *all
forth $lea1ar the riest, and let us in8uire of the /ord b5 him. !. Then
Cene1 and $lea1ar and all the elders and the whole s5nagogue ra5ed
with one a**ord sa5ing# /ord 9od of our fathers, re4eal unto th5
ser4ants the truth, for we are found not belie4ing in the wonders
whi*h thou didst for our fathers sin*e thou broughtest them out of the
land of $g5t unto this da5. And the /ord answered and said# ;irst as<
them that were found, and let them *onfess their deeds whi*h the5
did subtill5, and afterwards the5 shall be burned with 2re. 7.
And Cene1 brought them forth and said to them# %ehold now
5e <now how that A*hiar *onfessed when the lot fell on him,
and de*lared all that he had done. And now de*lare unto me
all 5our wi*<edness and 5our in4entions# who <noweth, if 5e tell us
the truth, e4en though 5e die now, 5et 9od will ha4e mer*5 uon 5ou
when he shall 8ui*<en the deadM 8. And one of them named $las said
unto him# Shall not death *ome now uon us, that we shall die b5 2reM
Ne4ertheless I tell thee, m5 /ord, there are none in4entions li<e unto
these whi*h we ha4e made wi*<edl5. %ut if thou wilt sear*h out the
truth lainl5, as< se4erall5 the men of e4er5 tribe, and so shall some
one of them that stand b5 er*ei4e the di>eren*e of their sins. .. And
Cene1 as<ed them of his own tribe and the5 told him# Le desired to
imitate and ma<e the *alf that the5 made in the wilderness. And after
that he as<ed the men
. 1+0
of the tribe of 3uben, whi*h said# Le desired to sa*ri2*e unto the
gods of them that dwell in the land. And he as<ed the men of the tribe
of /e4i, whi*h said# Le would ro4e the taberna*le, whether it were
hol5. And he as<ed the remnant of the tribe of Isa*har, whi*h said# Le
would in8uire b5 the e4il sirits of the idols, to see whether the5
re4ealed lainl5# and he as<ed the men of the tribe of &abulon, whi*h
said# Le desired to eat the Cesh of our *hildren and to learn whether
9od hath *are for them. And he as<ed the remnant of the tribe of
Fan, whi*h said# The Amorites taught us that whi*h the5 did, that we
might tea*h our *hildren. And lo, the5 are hid under the tent of $las, 1
who told thee to in8uire of us. Send therefore and thou shall 2nd
them. And Cene1 sent and found them. 10. 2 And thereafter as<ed he
them that were left o4er of the tribe of 9ad, and the5 said# Le
*ommitted adulter5 with ea*h other=s wi4es. And he as<ed ne:t the
men of the tribe of Aser, whi*h said# Le found se4en golden images
whi*h the Amorites *alled the hol5 N5mhs, and we too< them with
the re*ious stones that were set uon them, and hid them# and lo,
now
. 1+1
the5 are laid u under the to of the mount S5*hem. 1 Send therefore
and thou shalt 2nd them. And Cene1 sent men and remo4ed them
then*e. 11. Now these are the N5mhs whi*h when the5 were *alled
uon did show unto the Amorites their wor<s in e4er5 hour. ;or these
Dt.
29:18
are the5 whi*h were de4ised b5 se4en e4il men after the Cood, whose
names are these# GM ChamH Chanaan, )huth, Selath, Nembroth,
$lath, Fesuath. Neither shall there be again an5 li<e similitude in the
world gra4en b5 the hand of the arti2*er and adorned with 4ariet5 of
ainting, but the5 were set u and 2:ed for the *onse*ration =i.e. the
hol5 la*eM7 of idols. %o the stones were re*ious, brought from the
land of $uilath, among whi*h was a *r5stal and a rase 6or one
*r5stalline and one green7, and the5 shewed their fashion, being
*ar4ed after the manner of a stone ier*ed with oenNwor<, 2 and
another of them was gra4en on the to, and another as it were
mar<ed with sots 6or li<e a sotted *hr5sorase7 " so shone with its
gra4ing as if it shewed the water of the dee l5ing beneath.
12. And these are the re*ious stones whi*h the Amorites had in their
hol5 la*es, and the ri*e
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of them was abo4e re*<oning. ;or when an5 entered in b5 night, he
needed not the light of a lantern, so mu*h did the natural light of the
stones shine forth. Lherein that one ga4e the greatest light whi*h
was *ut after the form of a stone ier*ed with oenNwor<, and was
*leansed with bristles- 1 for if an5 of the Amorites were blind, he went
and ut his e5es thereuon and re*o4ered his sight. Now when Cene1
found them, he set them aart and laid them u till he should <now
what should be*ome of them.
1". And after that he as<ed them that were left of the tribe of
'anasse, and the5 said# Le did onl5 de2le the /ord=s sabbaths. And
he as<ed the forsa<en of the tribe of $>raim, whi*h said# Le desired
to ass our sons and our daughters through the 2re, that we might
<now if that whi*h was said were manifest. And he as<ed the forsa<en
of the tribe of %en?amin, whi*h said# Le desired at this time to
e:amine the boo< of the law, whether 9od had lainl5 written that
whi*h was therein, or whether 'oses had taught it of himself.
CHAPTER XXVI.
QQEI. And when Cene1 had ta<en all these words and written them in
a boo< and read them before the /ord, 9od said to him# Ta<e the men
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and that whi*h was found with them and all their goods and ut them
in the bed of the ri4er )hison, and burn them with 2re that mine anger
ma5 *ease from them. 2. And Cene1 said# Shall we burn these
re*ious stones also with 2re, or san*tif5 them unto thee, for among
us there are none li<e unto themM And 9od said to him# If 9od should
re*ei4e in his own name an5 of the a**ursed thing, what should man
doM Therefore now ta<e these re*ious stones and all that was found,
both boo<s and men# and when thou dealest so with the men, set
aart these stones with the boo<s, for 2re will not a4ail to burn them,
and afterwards I will shew thee how thou must destro5 them. %ut the
men and all that was found thou shalt burn with 2re. And thou shalt
assemble all the eole, and sa5 to them# Thus shall it be done unto
e4er5 man whose heart turneth awa5 from his 9od. ". And when the
2re hath *onsumed those men, then the boo<s and the re*ious
stones whi*h *annot be burned with 2re, neither *ut with iron, nor
blotted out with water, la5 them uon the to of the mount beside the
new altar- and I will *ommand a *loud, and it shall go and ta<e u
dew and shed it uon the boo<s, and shall blot out that whi*h is
written therein, for the5 *annot be blotted out with an5 other water
than su*h as hath ne4er ser4ed men. And thereafter I will send m5
lightning, and it shall burn u the boo<s themsel4es.
(. %ut as *on*erning the re*ious stones, I will *ommand mine angel
and he shall ta<e them and go and *ast them into the deths of the
sea, and I will *harge the dee and it shall swallow them u, for the5
ma5 not *ontinue in the world be*ause the5 ha4e been olluted b5
the idols of the Amorites, And I will *ommand another angel, and he
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shall ta<e for me twel4e stones out of the la*e when*e these se4en
were ta<en- and thou, when thou 2ndest them in the to of the mount
where he shall la5 them, ta<e and ut them on the shoulderNie*e
o4er against the twel4e stones whi*h 'oses set therein in the
wilderness, and san*tif5 them in the breastlate 6lit. ora*le7 a**ording
to the twel4e tribes# and sa5 not, Dow shall I <now whi*h stone I shall
set for whi*h tribeM /o, I will tell thee the name of the tribe answering
unto the name of the stone, and thou shall 2nd both one and other
gra4en. +. And Cene1 went and too< all that had been found and the
men with it, and assembled all the eole again, and said to them#
%ehold, 5e ha4e seen all the wonders whi*h 9od hath shewed us unto
this da5, and lo, when we sought out all that had subtill5 de4ised e4il
against the /ord and against Israel, 9od hath re4ealed them
a**ording to their wor<s, and now *ursed be e4er5 man that de4iseth
to do the li<e among 5ou, brethren. And all the eole answered
Amen, Amen. And when he had so said, he burned all the men with
2re, and all that was found with them, sa4ing the re*ious stones.
!. And after that Cene1 desired to ro4e whether the stones *ould be
burned with 2re, and *ast them into the 2re. And it was so, that when
the5 fell therein, forthwith the 2re was 8uen*hed. And Cene1 too< iron
to brea< them, and when the sword tou*hed them the iron thereof
was melted- and thereafter he would at the least blot out the boo<s
with water- but it *ame to ass that the water when it fell uon them
was *ongealed. And when he saw that, he said# %lessed be 9od who
hath done so great wonders for the *hildren of men, and made Adam
the 2rstN*reated and shewed him all things- that when Adam had
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sinned thereb5, then he should den5 him all these things, lest if he
shewed them unto the ra*e of men the5 should ha4e the master5
o4er them.
7. And when he had so said, he too< the boo<s and the stones and
laid them on the to of the mount 1 b5 the new altar as the /ord had
*ommanded him, and too< a ea*eNo>ering and burntNo>erings, and
o>ered uon the new altar 2000, o>ering them all for a burnt
sa*ri2*e. And on that da5 the5 <et a great feast, he and all the
eole together. 8. And 9od did that night as he sa<e unto Cene1,
for he *ommanded a *loud, and it went and too< dew from the i*e of
aradise and shed it uon the boo<s and blotted them out. And after
that an angel *ame and burned them u, and another angel too< the
re*ious stones and *ast them into the heart of the sea, and he
*harged the deth of the sea, and it swallowed them u. And another
angel went and brought twel4e stones and laid them hard b5 the
la*e when*e he had ta<en those se4en. And he gra4ed thereon the
names of the twel4e tribes.
.. And Cene1 arose on the morrow and found those twel4e stones on
the to of the mount where himself had laid those se4en. And
the gra4ing
of them was so as if the form of e5es was ortra5ed uon
them.
10. 2 And the 2rst stone, whereon was written
the name of the tribe of 3uben, was li<e a sardine
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stone. The se*ond stone was gra4en with a tooth 6or i4or57,
and therein was gra4en the name of the tribe of Simeon, and the
li<eness of a toa1 was seen in it- and on the third stone was gra4en
the name of the tribe of /e4i, and it was li<e unto an emerald. %ut the
fourth stone was *alled a *r5stal, wherein was gra4en the name of the
tribe of Iuda, and it was li<ened to a *arbun*le. The 2fth stone was
green, and uon it was gra4en the name of the tribe of Isa*har, and
the *olour of a sahire stone was therein. And of the si:th stone the
gra4ing was as if it had been ins*ribed, 6or as a *hr5sorase7 se*<led
with di4erse mar<ings, and thereon was written the tribe of &abulon,
And the ?aser stone was li<ened unto it.
11. 0f the se4enth stone the gra4ing shone and shewed within itself,
as it were, enclosed the water of the dee, and therein was written
the name of the tribe of Fan, whi*h stone was li<e a ligure. %ut the
eighth stone was *ut out with adamant, and therein was written the
name of the tribe of Netalim, and it was li<e an ameth5st. And of the
ninth stone 1 the gra4ing was ier*ed, and it as from 'ount 0hir,
and therein was written the tribe of 9ad, and an agate stone was
li<ened unto it. And of the tenth stone the gra4ing was hollowed, and
ga4e the li<eness of a stone of Theman, and there was written the
tribe of Aser, and a *hr5solite was li<ened unto it. And the ele4enth
stone was an ele*t stone from /ibanus, and thereon was written the
name of the tribe of Ioseh, and a ber5l was. li<ened to it. And the
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twelfth stone was *ut out of the height of Sion 1 6or the 8uarr57, and
uon it was written the tribe of %en?amin- and the on5: stone was
li<ened unto it.
12. And 9od said to Cene1# Ta<e these stones and ut them in the ar<
of the *o4enant of the /ord with the tables of the *o4enant whi*h I
ga4e unto 'oses in 0reb, and the5 shall be there with them until Iahel
arise 2 to build an house in m5 name, and then he shall set them
before me uon the two *herubim, and the5 shall be in m5 sight for a
memorial of the house of Israel. 1". And it shall be when the sins of
m5 eole are 2lled u, and their enemies ha4e the master5 o4er
Cf.
*ech.
39
+ee Ex.
28:17
sqq.
their house, that I will ta<e these stones and the former together with
the tables, and la5 them u in the la*e when*e the5 were brought
forth in the beginning, and the5 shall be there until I remember the
world, and 4isit the dwellers uon earth. And then will I ta<e them and
man5 other better than the5, from that place whi*h eye hath
not seen " nor ear heard neither hath it come up into
the heart of man, until the li<e *ometh to ass
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unto the world, and the ?ust shall ha4e no need for the light of
the sun nor of the shining of the moon, for the light of the re*ious
stones shall be their light. 1(. And Cene1 arose and said# %ehold what
good things 9od hath done for men, and be*ause of their sins
ha4e the5 been deri4ed of them all. And now <now I this da5
that the ra*e of men is wea<, and their life shall be a**ounted
as nothing. 1+. And so sa5ing, he too< the stones from the
la*e where the5 were laid, and as he too< them there was as
it were the light of the sun oured out uon them, and the earth
shone with their light. And Cene1 ut them in the ar< of the *o4enant
of the /ord with the tables as it was *ommanded him, and there the5
are unto this da5. 1
CHAPTER XXVII.
QQEII. And after this he armed of the eole "00,000 men and went
u to 2ght against the Amorites, 2 and slew on the 2rst da5 800,000
men, and on the se*ond da5 he slew about +00,000. 2. And when the
third da5 *ame, *ertain men of the eole sa<e e4il against Cene1,
sa5ing# /o now, Cene1 alone lieth in his house with his wife and his
*on*ubines, and sendeth us to battle, that we ma5 be destro5ed
before our enemies. ". And when the ser4ants of Cene1 heard, the5
brought him word. And he *ommanded a *atain of 2ft5, and he
brought of them thirt5Nse4en men "
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who sa<e against him and shut them u in ward. (. And their names
are these# /e and @1, %etul, $hal, Fealma, Anah, Fesa*, %esa*,
9ethel, Anael, Ana1im, Noa*, Cehe*, %oa*, 0bal, Iabal, $nath, %eath,
&elut, $hor, $1eth, Fesah, Abidan, $sar, 'oab, Fu1al, A1ath,
)hela*, Igat, &ohal, $liesor, $*ar, &ebath, Sebath, Nesa*h and &ere.
And when the *atain of 2ft5 had shut them u as Cene1
*ommanded, Cene1 said# Lhen the /ord hath wrought sal4ation for
his eole b5 m5 hand, then will I unish these men. +. And so sa5ing,
Cene1 *ommanded the *atain of 2ft5, sa5ing# 9o and *hoose of m5
ser4ants "00 men, and as man5 horses, and let no man of the eole
<now of the hour when I shall go forth to battle- but onl5 in what hour
I shall tell thee, reare the men that the5 be read5 this night. !. And
Cene1 sent messengers, sies, to see where was the multitude of the
*am of the Amorites. And the messengers went and sied, and saw
that the multitude of the *am of the Amorites was mo4ing among
the ro*<s de4ising to *ome and 2ght against Israel. And the
messengers returned and told him a**ording to this word. And Cene1
sa.
64:4,
etc.
sa.
60:19,
60:20
arose b5 night, he and "00 horsemen with him, and too< a trumet in
his hand and began to go down with the "00 men. And it *ame to
ass, when he was near to the *am of the Amorites, that he said to
his ser4ants# Abide here and I will go down alone and 4iew the *am
of the Amorites. And it shall be, if I blow with the trumet 5e shall
*ome down, but if not, wait for me here.
7. And Cene1 went down alone, and before he went down he ra5ed,
and said# 0 /ord 9od of our fathers, thou hast shewn unto th5 ser4ant
the mar4ellous things whi*h thou hast reared to do
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b5 th5 *o4enant in the last da5s# and now, send unto th5 ser4ant one
of th5 wonders, and I will o4er*ome thine ad4ersaries, that the5 and
all the nations and th5 eole ma5 <now that the /ord deli4ereth not
b5 the multitude of an host, neither b5 the strength of horsemen,
when the5 shall er*ei4e the sign of deli4eran*e whi*h thou shalt
wor< for me this da5 6or horsemen, and that thou, /ord, wilt erform a
sign of sal4ation with me this da57. %ehold, I will draw m5 sword out
of the s*abbard and it shall glitter in the *am of the Amorites# and it
shall be, if the Amorites er*ei4e that it is I, Cene1, then I shall <now
that thou hast deli4ered them into mine hand. %ut if the5 er*ei4e not
that it is I, and thin< that it is another, then I shall <now that thou hast
not hear<ened unto me, but hast deli4ered me unto mine enemies.
%ut and if I be indeed deli4ered unto death, I shall <now that be*ause
of mine ini8uities the /ord hath not heard me, and hath deli4ered me
unto mine enemies- but he will not destro5, his inheritan*e b5 m5
death.
8. And he set forth after he had ra5ed, and heard the multitude of
the Amorites sa5ing# /et us arise and 2ght against Israel# for we <now
that our hol5 N5mhs are there among them and will deli4er them
into our hands. .. And Cene1 arose, for the sirit of the /ord *lothed
him as a garment, and he drew his sword, and when the light of it
shone uon the Amorites li<e shar lightning, the5 saw it, and said# Is
not this the sword of Cene1 whi*h hath made our wounded man5M
Now is the word ?usti2ed whi*h we sa<e, sa5ing that our hol5
N5mhs ha4e deli4ered them into our hands. /o, now, this da5 shall
there be feasting for the Amorites, when our enem5 is
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deli4ered unto us. Now, therefore, arise and let e4er5one gird on his
sword and begin the battle.
10. And it *ame to ass when Cene1 heard their words, he was
*lothed with the sirit of might and *hanged into another man, and
went down into the *am of the Amorites and began to smite them.
And the /ord sent before his fa*e the angel Ingethel 6or 9ethel7, who
is set o4er the hidden things, and wor<eth unseen, 6and another7
angel of might heling with him# and Ingethel smote the Amorites
with blindness, so that e4er5 man that saw his neighbour *ounted
them his ad4ersaries, and the5 slew one another. And the angel
&eruel, who is set o4er strength, bare u the arms of Cene1 lest the5
should er*ei4e him- and Cene1 smote of the Amorites fort5 and 24e
thousand men, and the5 themsel4es smote one another, and fell fort5
and 24e thousand men. 11. And when Cene1 had smitten a great
multitude, he would ha4e loosened his hand from his sword, for the
handle of the sword *la4e, 1 that it *ould not be loosed, and his right
hand had ta<en into it the strength of the sword.
Then the5 that were left of the Amorites Ced into the mountains- but
Cene1 sought how he might loose his hand# and he loo<ed with his
e5es and saw a man of the Amorites Ceeing, and he *aught him and
said to him# I <now that the Amorites are *unning# now therefore shew
me how I ma5 loose m5 hand from this sword, and I will let thee go.
And the Amorite said# 9o and ta<e a man of the Debrews and <ill him,
and while his blood is 5et warm hold thine hand beneath and re*ei4e
his blood, so shall thine hand be loosed. And 6&ene1 said# As the /ord
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li4eth, if thou hadst said, Ta<e a man of the Amorites, I would ha4e
ta<en one of them and sa4ed thee ali4e# but forasmu*h as thou
saidest Sof the DebrewsS that thou mightest show thine hatred, th5
mouth shall be against th5self, and a**ording as thou hast said, so
will I do unto thee. And when he had thus said Cene1 slew him, and
while his blood was 5et warm, he held his hand beneath and re*ei4ed
it therein, and it was loosed.
12. And Cene1 dearted and ut o> his garments, and *ast himself
into the ri4er and washed, and *ame u again and *hanged his
garments, and returned to his 5oung men. Now the /ord *ast uon
them a hea45 slee in the night, and the5 slet and <new not an5
thing of all that Cene1 had done. And Cene1 *ame and awa<ed them
out of slee- and the5 loo<ed Auon himB with their e5es and saw, and
behold, the 2eld was full of dead bodies# and the5 were astonished in
their mind, and loo<ed e4er5 man on his neighbour. And Cene1 said
unto them# Lh5 mar4el 5eM Are the wa5s of the /ord as the wa5 of
menM ;or with men a multitude re4aileth, but with 9od that whi*h he
aointeth. And therefore if 9od hath willed to wor< deli4eran*e for
this eole b5 m5 hands, wherefore mar4el 5eM Arise and gird on
e4er5 man 5our swords, and we will go home to our brethren.
1". And when all Israel heard the deli4eran*e that was wrought b5 the
hands of Cene1, all the eole *ame out with one a**ord to meet him,
and said# %lessed be the /ord whi*h hath made thee ruler o4er his
eole, and hath shown that those things are sure whi*h he sa<e
unto thee# that whi*h we heard b5 see*h we see now with our e5es,
for the wor< of the word of 9od is manifest.
1(. And Cene1 said unto them# As< now 5our
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brethren, and let them tell 5ou how greatl5 the5 laboured with me in
the battle. And the men that were with him said# As the /ord li4eth,
we fought not, neither <new we anything, sa4e onl5 when we awa<ed,
we saw the 2eld full of dead bodies. And the eole answered# Now
<now we that when the /ord aointeth to wor< deli4eran*e for his
eole, he hath no need of a multitude, but onl5 of san*ti2*ation.
1+. And Cene1 said to the *atain of 2ft5 whi*h had shut u those
men in rison# %ring forth those men that we ma5 hear their words.
And when he had brought them forth, Cene1 said to them# Tell me,
what saw 5e in me that 5e murmured among the eoleM And the5
said# Lh5 as<est thou usM Lh5 as<est thou usM Now therefore
*ommand that we be burned with 2re, for we die not for this sin that
we ha4e now so<en, but for that former one wherein those men were
ta<en whi*h were burned in their sins- for then we did *onsent unto
their sin, sa5ing# )erad4enture the eole will not er*ei4e us- and
then we did es*ae the eole. %ut now ha4e we been 6rightl57 made
a ubli* e:amle 1 b5 our sins in that we fell into slandering of thee.
And Cene1 said# If 5e 5oursel4es therefore witness against 5oursel4es,
how shall I ha4e *omassion uon 5ouM And Cene1 *ommanded them
to be burned with 2re, and *ast their ashes into the la*e where the5
had burned the multitude of the sinners, e4en into the broo< )hison.
1!. And Cene1 ruled o4er his eole 2ft5 and se4en 5ears, and there
was fear uon all his enemies all his da5s.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
QQEIII. And when the da5s of Cene1 drew
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nigh that he should die, he sent and *alled all men 6or all the elders7,
and the two rohets Iabis and )hinees, and )hinees the son of
$lea1ar the riest, 1 and said to them# %ehold now, the /ord hath
showed me all his mar4ellous wor<s whi*h he hath reared to do for
his eole in the last da5s.
2. And now will I ma<e m5 *o4enant with 5ou this da5, that 5e forsa<e
not the /ord 5our 9od after m5 dearting. ;or 5e ha4e seen all the
mar4els hich came uon them that sinned, and all that the5
de*lared, *onfessing their sins of their own a**ord, and how the /ord
our 9od made an end of them for that the5 transgressed his
*o4enant. Lherefore now sare 5e them of 5our house and 5our sons,
and abide in the wa5s of the /ord 5our 9od, that the /ord destro5 not
his inheritan*e.
". And )hinees, the son of $lea1ar the riest, said# If Cene1 the ruler
bid me, and the rohets and the eole and the elders, I will sea< a
word whi*h I heard of m5 father when he was aNd5ing, and will not
<ee silen*e *on*erning the *ommandment whi*h he *ommanded me
when his soul was being re*ei4ed. And Cene1 the ruler and the
rohets said# /et )hinees sa5 on. Shall an5 other sea< before the
riest whi*h <eeeth the *ommandments of the /ord our 9od, and
that, seeing that truth ro*eedeth out of his mouth, and out of his
heart a shining lightM
(. Then said )hinees# '5 father, when he was aNd5ing, *ommanded
me sa5ing# Thus shalt thou
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sa5 unto the *hildren of Israel when the5, are gathered together unto
the assembl5# The /ord aeared unto me the third da5 before this in
a dream in the night, and said unto me# %ehold, thou hast seen, and
th5 father before thee, how greatl5 I ha4e laboured for m5 eole-
and it shall be after th5 death that this eole shall arise and *orrut
their wa5s, dearting from m5 *ommandments, and I shall be
e:*eeding wroth with them. Oet will I remember the time whi*h was
before the ages, even in the time when there was not a man, and
therein was no ini8uit5, when I said that the world should be, and the5
that should *ome should raise me therein, and I will lant a great
4ine5ard, and out of it will I *hoose a lant, and order it and *all it b5
m5 name, and it shall be mine for e4er. %ut when I ha4e done all that I
ha4e so<en, ne4ertheless m5 lanting, whi*h is *alled after me, will
not <now me, the lanter thereof, but will *orrut his fruit, and will not
5ield me his fruit. These are the things whi*h m5 father *ommanded
me to sea< unto this eole.
+. And Cene1 lifted u his 4oi*e, and the elders, and all the eole
with one a**ord, and wet with a great lamentation until the e4ening
and said# Shall the sheherd destro5 his Co*< to no urose, e:*et it
*ontinue in sin against himM And shall it not be he that shall sare
a**ording to the abundan*e of his mer*5, seeing he hath sent great
labour uon usM
!. 1 Now while the5 were set, the hol5 sirit that
dwelt in Cene1 leat uon him and too< awa5 from
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him his bodily sense, and he began to rohes5, sa5ing#
%ehold now I see that whi*h I loo<ed not for, and er*ei4e that I <new
not. Dear<en now, 5e that dwell on the earth, e4en as the5 that
so?ourned therein rohesied before me, when the5 saw this hour,
even before the earth was *orruted, that 5e ma5 <now the
rohe*ies aointed aforetime, all 5e that dwell therein. 7. %ehold
now I see Cames that burn not, and I hear srings of water awa<ed
out of slee, and the5 ha4e no foundation, neither do I behold the
tos of the mountains, nor the *ano5 of the 2rmament, but all things
unaearing and in4isible, whi*h ha4e no la*e whatsoe4er, and
although mine e5e <noweth not what it seeth, mine heart shall
dis*o4er that whi*h it ma5 learn 6or sa57. 8. Now out of the Came
whi*h I saw, and it burned not, I beheld, and lo a sar< *ame u and
as it were builded for itself a Coor under hea4en, and the li<eness of
the Coor thereof was as a sider sinneth, in the fashion of a shield.
And when the foundation was laid, I beheld, and from that sring
there was stirred u as it were a boiling froth, and behold, it *hanged
itself as it were into another foundation- and between the two
foundations, e4en the uer and the lower, there drew near out of the
light of the in4isible la*e as it were forms of men, and the5 wal<ed to
and fro# and behold, a 4oi*e sa5ing# These shall be for a foundation
unto men and the5 shall dwell therein 7000 5ears. .. And the lower
foundation was a a4ement and the uer was of froth, and the5 that
*ame forth out of the light of the in4isible la*e, the5 are those that
shall dwell therein, 1 and
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the name of that man is GAdamH. And it shall be, when he hath 6or
the5 ha4e7 sinned against me and the time is ful2lled, that the sar<
shall be
8uen*hed and the sring shall *ease, and so the5 shall be *hanged.
E,e-.
8:1
10. And it *ame to ass after Cene1 had so<en these words that he
awa<ed and his sense returned unto him# but he <new not that whi*h
he had so<en neither that whi*h he had seen, but this onl5 he said to
the eole# If the rest of the
righteous be su*h after the5 are dead, it is better for them to
die to the *orrutible world, that the5 see not sin. And when
Cene1 had so said, he died and slet with his fathers, and the
eole mourned for him "0 da5s.
Footnotes
1!(#1 QQEIII. 1. The Sto prophets Jabis and 5hinees, and 5hinees the
son of Elea6arS are susi*ious. I should not wonder if originall5 there
had been but one rohet, Iabis, and )hinees the son of $lea1ar. The
lural prophetae, whi*h o**urs again in ", might be a *onse8uential
*hange.
1!+#1 ! se/. There are se4eral resemblan*es in this se*tion to the
di*tion of $1e<iel. The Sirit *omes uon Tena1 as he sits among the
elders# so in $1e<. 8#1 620#1, 20#27. fundamentum ma5 be *omared
with VWXYZ[\] 6$1e<. 1227- subdiuum with . 1!! ]^_Y`ab, 6.#", 10#(7-
imagines hominum with c\ad[\] eb_Yfgah 61#.7- similitudo with
i\ad[V`V 61#107- ecce uo3 dicens with jkal m[bn ogXYpb[_Xb Waq
VWXYXf\]WaV 61#2+7.
1!!#1 .. they are those that shall dell therein, and the name of . 1!7
that man is r. A uts an asteris< after Sdwell thereinS as well as at the
end of the senten*e. E3 read# these are they hich shall have the
name of that man# /ui habebunt nomen eius hominis. I sa5s Sand the
light whi*h is between them and illumines the ath of man is
Ierusalem, and there the men will dwell.S
I do not thin< that an5 m5sti*al name 2lled the blan<, or that there
was an5 mention of a de2nite la*e, su*h as Ierusalem# the lines on
whi*h the 4ision is drawn are too broad to admit of this. SAdamS is the
most li<el5 sulement, if we *onsider the words whi*h *ome ne:t#
Sand it shall be when he hath sinned against me, and the time is
ful2lled.S
CHAPTER XXIX.
QQIQ And after these things the eole aointed &ebul ruler o4er
them, and at that time he gathered the eole together and said unto
them# %ehold now, we <now all the labour wherewith
Cene1 laboured with us in the da5s of his life. Now if he had
had sons, the5 should ha4e been rin*es o4er the eole, but
inasmu*h as his daughters are 5et ali4e, let them re*ei4e a
greater inheritan*e among the eole, be*ause their father in
his life refused to gi4e it unto them, lest he
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should be *alled *o4etous and greed5 of gain. And the eole said# Fo
all that is right in thine e5es. 2. Now Cene1 had three daughters
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whose names are these# $thema the 2rstborn, the se*ond )heila, the
third &elha. And &ebul ga4e to the 2rstborn all that was round about
the land of the )hsni*ians, and to the se*ond he ga4e the oli4e 5ard
of A**aron, and to the third all the tilled land that was about A1otus.
And he ga4e them husbands, namel5 to the 2rstborn $lisehan, to the
se*ond 0diel, and to the third Foel. 1
". Now in those da5s &ebul set u a treasur5 for the /ord and said
unto the eole# %ehold, if an5 man will san*tif5 unto the /ord gold
and sil4er, let him bring it to the /ord=s treasur5 in S5lo# onl5 let not
an5 that hath stu> belonging to idols thin< to san*tif5 it to the /ord=s
treasures, for the /ord desireth not the abominations of the a**ursed
things, lest 5e disturb the s5nagogue of the /ord, for the wrath that is
assed b5 suR*eth. And all the eole brought that whi*h
their heart mo4ed them to bring, both men and women, e4en
gold and sil4er. And all that was brought was weighed, and it
was 20 talents of gold, and 2+0 talents of sil4er. (. And &ebul
?udged the eole twent5 and 24e 5ears. And when he had
a**omlished his time, he sent and *alled all the eole and said# /o,
now I deart to die. /oo< 5e to the testimonies whi*h the5 that went
before us testi2ed, and let not 5our heart be li<e unto the wa4es of
the sea, but li<e as the wa4e of the sea under standeth not sa4e onl5
those things whi*h are in the sea, so let 5our heart also thin< uon
nothing
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sa4e onl5 those things whi*h belong unto the law. And &ebul slet
with his fathers, and was buried in the seul*hre of his father.
CHAPTER XXX.
QQQ Then had the *hildren of Israel no man whom the5 might aoint
as ?udge o4er them# and their heart fell awa5, and the5 forgot the
romise, and transgressed the wa5s whi*h 'oses and Iesus the
ser4ants of the /ord had *ommanded them, and were led awa5 after
the daughters of the Amorites, and ser4ed their gods. 2. And the /ord
was wroth with them, and sent his angel and said#
%ehold, I *hose me one eole out of all the tribes of the earth, and I
said that m5 glor5 should abide with them in this world, and I sent
unto them 'oses m5 ser4ant, to de*lare unto them m5 great ma?est5
and m5 ?udgements, and the5 ha4e transgressed m5 wa5s.
Now therefore behold I will stir u their enemies and the5 shall
rule o4er them, and then shall all the eoleAsB sa5# %e*ause
we ha4e transgressed the wa5s of 9od and of our fathers, therefore
are these things *ome uon us. Oet there shall a woman rule o4er
them whi*h shall gi4e them light (0 5ears.
". And after these things the /ord stirred u against them Iabin <ing
of Asor, and he began to 2ght against them, and he had as *atain of
his might Sisara, who had 8000 *hariots of iron. And he *ame unto the
mount $>rem and fought against the eole, and Israel feared him
greatl5, and the eole *ould not stand all the da5s of Sisara.
Cf. 2
Chr.
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(. And when Israel was brought 4er5 low, all the *hildren of Israel
gathered together with one a**ord unto the mount of Iuda and said#
Le did *all oursel4es blessed more than all eole, and now, lo, we
are brought so low, more than all nations, that we *annot dwell in our
land, and our enemies bear rule o4er us. And now who hath done all
this
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unto usM Is it not our ini8uities, be*ause we ha4e forsa<en the /ord
9od of our fathers, and ha4e wal<ed in those things whi*h *ould not
ro2t usM Now therefore *ome let us fast se4en da5s, both men and
women, and from the least 6sic7 e4en to the su*<ing *hild. Lho
<noweth whether 9od will be re*on*iled unto his inheritan*e, that he
destro5 not the lanting of his 4ine5ardM
+. And after the eole had fasted 7 da5s, sitting in sa*<*loth, the
/ord sent unto them on the 7th da5 Febbora, who said unto them#
Can the shee 1 that is aointed to the slaughter answer before him
that sla5eth it, when both he that sla5eth G . . . H and he that is slain
<eeeth silen*e, when he is sometimes ro4o<ed against itM Now 5e
were born to be a Co*< before our /ord. And he led 5ou into the height
of the *louds, and subdued angels beneath 5our feet, and aointed
unto 5ou a law, and ga4e 5ou *ommandments b5 rohets, and
*hastised 5ou b5 rulers, and shewed 5ou wonders not a few, and for
5our sa<e *ommanded the luminaries and the5 stood still in the
la*es where the5 were bidden, and when 5our enemies *ame uon
5ou he rained hailstones uon them and destro5ed them, and 'oses
and Iesus and Cene1 and &ebul ga4e 5ou *ommandments. And 5e
ha4e not obe5ed them. !. ;or while the5 li4ed, 5e shewed 5oursel4es
as it were obedient unto 5our 9od, but when the5 died, 5our heart
died also. And 5e be*ame li<e unto iron that is thrust into the 2re,
whi*h when it is melted b5 the Came be*ometh as water, but when it
is *ome out of the 2re returneth unto its hardness. So 5e also, while
the5 that admonish 5ou burn 5ou, do show
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the e>e*t, and when the5 are dead 5e forget all things. 7. And now,
behold, the /ord will ha4e *omassion uon 5ou this da5, not for 5our
sa<es, but for his *o4enant=s sa<e whi*h he made with 5our fathers
and for his oath=s sa<e whi*h he sware, that he would not forsa<e 5ou
for e4er. %ut <now 5e that after m5 de*ease 5e will begin to sin in
5our latter da5s. Lherefore the /ord will erform mar4ellous things
among 5ou, and will deli4er 5our enemies into 5our hands. ;or 5our
fathers are dead, but 9od, whi*h made a *o4enant with them, is life.
CHAPTER XXXI.
QQQI. And Febbora sent and *alled %ara*h and said to him# Arise and
gird u th5 loins as a man, and go down and 2ght against Sisara, ;or I
see the *onstellations greatl5 mo4ed in their ran<s and rearing to
2ght for 5ou. 1 I see also
the lightnings unmo4eable in their *ourses, and setting forth
to sta5 the wheels of the *hariots of them that boast in the
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might of Sisara, who saith# I will surel5 go down in the arm of m5
might to 2ght against Israel, and will di4ide the soil of them among
m5 ser4ants, and their fair women will I ta<e unto me for *on*ubines.
Therefore hath the /ord so<en *on*erning him that the arm of a
wea< woman shall o4er*ome him, and maidens shall ta<e his soil,
and he also himself shall fall into the hands of a woman.
2. And when Febbora and the eole and %ara*h went down to meet
their enemies, immediatel5 the /ord disturbed the goings of his stars,
and sa<e unto them sa5ing# Dasten and go 5e, for our 6or 5our7
enemies fall uon 5ou# *onfound their arms and brea< the strength of
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hearts, for I am *ome that m5 eole ma5 re4ail. ;or though it be
that m5 eole ha4e sinned, 5et will I ha4e mer*5 on them. And when
this was said, the stars went forth as it was *ommanded them and
burned u their enemies. And the number of them that were gathered
6or burned7 and slain in one hour was go times .7,000 men. %ut
Sisara the5 destro5ed not, for so it was *ommanded them.
". And when Sisara had Ced on his horse to deli4er his soul, Iahel the
wife of Aber the Cinean de*<ed herself with her ornaments and *ame
out to meet him# now the woman was 4er5 fair# and when she saw
him she said# Come in and ta<e food, and slee# and in. the e4ening I
will send m5 ser4ants with thee, for I <now that thou wilt remember
me and re*omense me. And Sisara *ame in, and when he saw roses
s*attered uon the bed he said# If I be deli4ered, 0 Iahel, I will go unto
m5 mother and thou shalt 6or Iahel shall7 be m5 wife. (. And
thereafter was Sisara athirst and he said to Iahel# 9i4e me a
little water, for I am faint and m5 soul burneth b5 reason of the
Came whi*h I beheld in the stars. And Iahel said unto him# 3est
a little while and then thou shalt drin<. +. And when Sisara was
fallen aslee, Iahel went to the Co*< and mil<ed mil< therefrom. And
as she mil<ed she said# %ehold now, remember, 0 /ord, when thou
didst di4ide e4er5 tribe and nation uon the earth, didst thou not
*hoose out Israel onl5, and didst not li<en him to an5 beast sa4e onl5
unto the ram that goeth before the Co*< and leadeth itM %ehold
therefore and see how Sisara hath thought in his heart sa5ing# I will
go and unish the Co*< of the 'ost 'ight5. And lo, I will ta<e of the
mil< of the beasts whereunto thou didst li<en th5 eole, and will go
and
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gi4e him to drin<, and when he hath drun< he shall be*ome wea<, and
after that I will <ill him. And this shall be the sign that thou shalt gi4e
me, 0 /ord, that, whereas Sisara sleeeth, when I go in, if he wa<e
and as< me forthwith, sa5ing# 9i4e me water to drin<, then I shall
<now that m5 ra5er hath been heard.
!. So Iahel returned and entered in, and Sisara awa<ed and said to
her# 9i4e me to drin<, for I burn mightil5 and m5 soul is inCamed. And
Iahel too< wine and mingled it with the mil<
and ga4e him to drin<, and he dran< and fell aslee.
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7. %ut Iahel too< a sta<e in her left hand and drew near unto him
sa5ing# If the /ord gi4e me this sign I shall <now that Sisara shall fall
into m5 hands. %ehold I will *ast him uon the ground from o> the
bed whereon he sleeeth, and it shall be, if he er*ei4e it not, that I
shall <now that he is deli4ered u. And Iahel too< Sisara and
ushed
him from o> the bed uon the earth, but he er*ei4ed it not,
for he was e:*eeding faint. And Iahel said# Strengthen in me, 0
/ord, mine
arm this da5 for th5 sa<e and th5 eole=s sa<e, and for them
that ut their trust in thee. And Iahel =too< the sta<e and set it
uon his temle
and smote with the hammer. And as he died Sisara= said to Iahel# /o,
ain hath *ome uon me, Iahel, and I die li<e a woman. And
Iahel said unto him# 9o boast th5self before th5 father in hell,
and tell him that thou hast fallen into 6or sa5, I ha4e been
deli4ered into7 the hands of a woman. And she made an end
and slew him and laid his bod5 there until %ara*h should return.
8. Now the mother of Sisara was *alled Theme*h,
and she sent unto her friends sa5ing# Come, let us
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go forth together to meet m5 son, and 5e shall see the
daughters of the Debrews whom m5 son will bring hither to be his
*on*ubines.
.. %ut %ara*h returned from following after Sisara and was greatl5
4e:ed be*ause he found him not, and Iahel *ame forth to meet him,
and said# Come, enter in, thou blessed of 9od, and I will deli4er thee
thine enem5 whom thou followedst after and hast not found.
And %ara*h went in and found Sisara dead, and said# %lessed
be the /ord whi*h sent his sirit and said# Into the hands of a
woman shall Sisara be deli4ered. And when he had so said he *ut o>
the head of Sisara and sent it unto his mother, and ga4e her a
message sa5ing# 3e*ei4e th5 son whom thou didst loo< for to *ome
with soil.
CHAPTER XXXII.
QQQII. 'hen 7ebbora and Barach the son of Abino and all the eole
together sang an h5mn unto the /ord in that day, sa5ing# %ehold,
from on high hath the /ord shewn unto us his glor5, e4en as he did
aforetime when he sent forth his 4oi*e to *onfound the tongues of
men. And he *hose out our nation, and too< Abraham our father out
of the 2re, and *hose him before all his brethren, and <et him
from the 2re and deli4ered him from the bri*<s of the building
of the tower, and ga4e him a son in the latter da5s of his old age, and
brought him out of the barren womb, and all the angels were ?ealous
against him, and the orderers of the hosts en4ied him. 1 2. And it
*ame to ass, when the5 were ?ealous against him, 9od said unto
him# Sla5 for me the fruit of th5 bell5 and o>er for m5
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sa<e that whi*h I ga4e thee. And Abraham did not gainsa5 him and
set forth immediatel5. And as he went forth he said to his son# /o,
now, m5 son, I o>er thee for a burnt o>ering and deli4er thee into his
hands who ga4e thee unto me. ". And the son said to his father# Dear
me, father. If a lamb of the Co*< is a**eted for an o>ering to the /ord
for an odour of sweetness, and if for the ini8uities of men shee are
aointed to the slaughter, but man is set to inherit the world, how
then sa5est thou now unto me# Come and inherit a life se*ure, and a
time that *annot be measuredM Lhat and if I had not been born in the
world to be o>ered a sa*ri2*e unto him that made meM And it shall be
m5 blessedness be5ond all men, for there shall be no other such
thing- and in me shall the generations be instru*ted, and b5 me the
eoles shall understand that the /ord hath a**ounted the soul of a
man worth5 to be a sa*ri2*e unto him. (. And when his father had
o>ered him uon the altar and had bound his feet to sla5 him, the
'ost 'ight5 hasted and sent forth his 4oi*e from on high sa5ing# Till
not th5 son,
neither destro5 the fruit of th5 bod5# for now ha4e I showed forth
myself that I might aear to them that <now me not, and
ha4e shut the mouths of them that alwa5s sea< e4il against
thee. And th5 memorial shall be before me for e4er, and th5
name and the name of this thy son from one generation to another.
+. And to Isaa* he ga4e two sons, whi*h also were from a womb shut
u, for at that time their mother was in the third 5ear of her marriage.
And it shall not be so with an5 other woman, neither shall an5 wife
boast herself so, that *ometh near to her husband in the third 5ear.
And there were born to him two sons, e4en Ia*ob and $sau. And
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Aaragrah *ontinuesB 9od lo4ed Ia*ob, but $sau he hated be*ause of his
deeds.
!. And it *ame to ass in the old age of their father, that Isaa* blessed
Ia*ob and sent him into 'esootamia, and there he begat 12 sons,
and the5 went down into $g5t and dwelled there.
7. And when their enemies dealt e4ill5 with them, the eole *ried
unto the /ord, and their ra5er was heard, and he brought them out
then*e, and led them unto the mount Sina, and brought forth unto
them the foundation of understanding whi*h he had reared from
the birth of the world- and then the foundation was mo4ed, the hosts
sed forth the lightnings uon their *ourses, and the winds sounded
out of their storehouses, and the earth was stirred from her
foundation, and the mountains and the ro*<s trembled in their
fastenings, and the *louds lifted u their wa4es against the Came of
the 2re that it should not *onsume the world. 8. Then did the deth
awa<e from his srings, and all the wa4es of the sea *ame together.
Then did )aradise gi4e forth the breath of her fruits, and the *edars of
/ibanus were mo4ed from their roots. And the beasts of the 2eld were
terri2ed in the dwellings of the forests, and all his wor<s gathered
together to behold the /ord when he ordained a *o4enant with the
*hildren of Israel. And all things that the 'ost 'ight5 said, these hath
he obser4ed, ha4ing for witness 'oses his belo4ed.
Gen.
22:11
.. And when he was d5ing God aointed unto him the 2rmament, 1
and shewed him these witnesses whom now we ha4e, sa5ing# /et the
hea4en whereinto
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thou hast entered and the earth wherein thou hast wal<ed until now
be a witness between me and thee and m5 eole. ;or the sun and
the moon and the stars shall be ministers unto us 6or 5ou7.
10. And when Iesus arose to rule o4er the eole, it *ame to ass in
the da5 wherein he fought against the enemies, that the e4ening
drew near, while 5et the battle was strong, and Iesus said to the sun
and the moon# 0 5e ministers that were aointed between the 'ost
'ight5 and his sons, lo now, the battle goeth on still, and do 5e
forsa<e 5our oR*eM Stand still therefore toNda5 and gi4e light unto his
sons, and ut dar<ness uon our enemies. And the5 did so.
11. And now in these da5s Sisara arose to ma<e us his bondmen, and
we *ried unto the /ord our 9od, and he *ommanded the stars and
said# Feart out of 5our ran<s, and burn mine enemies, that the5 ma5
<now m5 might. And the stars *ame down and o4erthrew their *am
and <et us safe without an5 labour.
12. Therefore will we not *ease to sing raises, neither shall our
mouths <ee silen*e from telling of his mar4ellous wor<s# for he hath
remembered his romises both new and old, and hath shown us his
deli4eran*e,# and therefore doth Iahel boast herself among women,
be*ause she alone hath brought this good wa5 to su**ess, in that with
her own
hands she slew Sisara.
1". 0 earth, go thou, go, 5e hea4ens and lightnings, go, 5e
angels and hosts, Ago 5eB and tell the fathers in the treasureNhouses of
their souls, and sa5# The 'ost 'ight5 hath not forgotten the least of
all the romises whi*h he made with us, sa5ing# 'an5 wonders will I
erform for 5our sons. And now from this da5 forth it shall be
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<nown that whatsoe4er 9od hath said unto men that he will erform,
he will erform it, e4en though man die. 1(. Sing raises, sing raises,
0 Febbora 6or, if man dela5 to sing raises to 9od, 5et sing thou, 0
Febbora7, and let the gra*e of an hol5 sirit awa<e in thee, and begin
to raise the wor<s of the /ord# for there shall not again arise su*h a
da5, wherein the stars shall bear tidings and o4er*ome the enemies of
Israel, as it was *ommanded them. ;rom this time forth if Israel fall
into a strait, let him *all uon these his witnesses together with their
ministers, and the5 shall go uon an embass5 to the most Digh, and
he will remember this da5, and will send a deli4eran*e to his
*o4enant. 1+. And thou, Febbora, begin to sea< of that thou sawest
in the 2eld# how that the eole wal<ed and went forth safel5, and the
stars fought on their art 6or, how that, li<e eoles wal<ing, so went
forth the stars and fought7. 3e?oi*e, 0 land, o4er them that dwell in
thee, for in thee is the <nowledge of the /ord whi*h buildeth his
stronghold in thee. ;or it was of right that 9od too< out of thee the rib
of him that was 2rst formed, <nowing that out of his rib Israel should
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be born. And th5 forming shall be for a testimon5 of what the /ord
hath done for his eole.
1!. Tarr5, 0 5e hours of the da5, and hasten not onward, that we ma5
de*lare that whi*h our understanding *an bring forth, for night will
*ome uon us. And it shall be li<e the night when 9od smote the
2rstborn of the $g5tians for the sa<e of his 2rstborn. 17. And then
shall I *ease from m5 h5mn be*ause the time will be hastened 6or
reared7 for his righteous ones. ;or I will sing unto him as in the
renewing of the *reation, and the eole shall remember this
deli4eran*e, and it
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shall be for a testimon5 unto them. /et the sea also bear witness, with
the dees thereof, for not onl5 did 9od dr5 it u before the fa*e of our
fathers, but he did also o4erthrow the *am from its setting and
o4er*ame our enemies.
18. And when Febbora made an end of her words she went u with
the eole together unto Silo, and the5 o>ered sa*ri2*es and burnt
o>erings and sounded uon the broad trumets. 1 And when the5
sounded and had o>ered the sa*ri2*es, Febbora said# This shall be for
a testimon5 of the trumets between the stars and the /ord of them
CHAPTER XXXIII.
QQQIII. And Febbora went down then*e, and ?udged Israel (0 5ears.
And it *ame to ass when the da5 of her death drew near, that she
sent and gathered all the eole and said unto them# Dear<en now,
m5 eole. %ehold, I admonish 5ou as a woman of 9od, and gi4e 5ou
light as one of the ra*e of women- obe5 me now as 5our mother, and
gi4e ear to m5 words, as men that shall 5oursel4es die. 2. %ehold, I
deart to die b5 the wa5 of all Cesh, whereb5 5e also shall go# onl5
dire*t 5our heart unto the /ord 5our 9od in the time of 5our life, for
after 5our death 5e will not be able to reent of those things wherein
5e li4e. ". ;or death is now sealed u, and a**omlished, and the
measure and the time and the 5ears ha4e restored that whi*h was
*ommitted to them. ;or e4en if 5e see< to do e4il in hell after 5our
death, 5e will not be able, be*ause the desire of sin shall *ease, and
the e4il *reation 2 shall lose its ower, and hell,
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whi*h re*ei4eth that that is *ommitted to it, will not restore it unless it
be demanded b5 him that *ommitted it. Now, therefore, m5 sons,
obe5 5e m5 4oi*e while 5e ha4e the time of life and the light of the
law, and dire*t 5our wa5s. (. And when Febbora sa<e these words,
all the eole lifted u their 4oi*e together and wet, sa5ing# %ehold
now, mother, thou diest and forsa<est th5 sons- and to whom dost
thou *ommit themM )ra5 thou, therefore, for us, and after th5
dearture th5 soul shall be mindful of us for e4er. +. And Febbora
answered and said to the eole# Lhile a man 5et li4eth he *an ra5
for himself and for his sons- but after his end he will not be able to
entreat nor to remember an5 man. Therefore, hoe not in 5our
fathers, for the5 will not ro2t 5ou unless 5e be found li<e unto
them. %ut then 5our li<eness shall be as the stars of the
hea4en, whi*h ha4e been manifested unto 5ou at this time.
!. And Febbora died and slet with her fathers and was buried in the
*it5 of her fathers, and the eole mourned for her 70 da5s. And as
the5 bewailed her, thus the5 sa<e a lamentation, sa5ing# %ehold, a
mother is erished out of Israel, and an hol5 one that bare rule in the
house of Ia*ob, whi*h made fast the fen*e about her generation, and
her generation shall see< after her. And after her death the land had
rest se4en 5ears.
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7:102-4