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And some of {Or, the teachers}them that are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.
Hide thy face from my sins,And blot out all mine iniquities.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
He hath laid my vine waste, and {Or, broken}barked my fig-tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it {Or, down}away; the branches thereof are made white.
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain.
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Jehovah: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the {Hebrew: Aramean.}Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
These are the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the {That is, the deep valley running north and south of the Dead Sea.}Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.
Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.
And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovah our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
And the king of Assyria sent {The title of an Assyrian officer.}Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following Jehovah they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
when the king of Babylon's army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities.
Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields thereof, Azekah and the {Hebrew: daughters.}towns thereof. So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt {Or, carry them away}receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O {Hebrew: inhabitress.}inhabitant of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations,And will sing praises unto thy name.
Envy thou not the man of violence,And choose none of his ways.
Who devise mischiefs in their heart;Continually do they {Or, stir up wars}gather themselves together for war.
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords;They have spread a net by the wayside;They have set gins for me. [Selah
and Cabbon, and {Or, Lahmas}Lahmam, and Chitlish,
And there was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
Of the Gershonites: {In chapter 6:17, Libni.}Ladan and Shimei.
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan.
The sons of {In chapter 6:17, Libni.}Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers' houses belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: {In chapter 23:8, Jehiel.}Jehieli.
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing {Or, gum tragacanth Or, storax}spicery and {Or, mastic}balm and {Or, ladanum}myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
And their father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and myrrh, {That is, pistachio nuts}nuts, and almonds;
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
And the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
The {Or, oracle concerning}burden of the beasts of the South.Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
The lion, which is mightiest among beasts,And turneth not away for any;
And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing {Hebrew: power of restraint.}authority, {Or, that might do any hurt}that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.
Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to {In 2 Samuel 3:15, Paltiel.}Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from {In 1 Samuel 25:44, Palti.}Paltiel the son of Laish.
Cry aloud with thy voice, O daughter of Gallim! hearken, O Laishah! O thou poor Anathoth!
And their border was from Heleph, from the {Or, oak (or, terebinth) of Bezaanannim}oak in Zaanannim, and Adaminekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and the goings out thereof were at the Jordan;
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, {Psalm 22:1}Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, {Or, why didst thou forsake me?}why hast thou forsaken me?
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, {Psalm 22:1.}My God, my God, {Or, why didst thou forsake me?}why hast thou forsaken me?
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not;And in the night season, {Or, but find no rest}and am not silent.
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methushael; and Methushael begat Lamech.
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, {Or, an instructor of every artificer}the forger of every cutting instrument of {Or, copper (and so elsewhere)}brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
And Lamech said unto his wives:Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech:For {Or, I will slay}I have slain a man {Or, to my wounding, And a young man to my hurt}for wounding me,And a young man for bruising me:
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters.
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall {Hebrew: nahem, to comfort.}comfort us {Hebrew: from.}in our work and {Hebrew: from.}in the toil of our hands, which cometh {Hebrew: from.}because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
What, my son? and what, O son of my womb?And what, O son of my vows?
Give not thy strength unto women,Nor thy ways to {Or, as otherwise read, them that destroy}that which destroyeth kings.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine;Nor for princes {Another reading is, to desire strong drink.}to say, Where is strong drink?
Lest they drink, and forget {Hebrew: that which is decreed.}the law,And pervert the justice due to {Hebrew: all the sons of the affliction.}any that is afflicted.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,And wine unto the bitter in soul:
Let him drink, and forget his poverty,And remember his misery no more.
Open thy mouth for the dumb,In the cause of all such as are {Or, ready to pass away Hebrew; the sons of passing away.}left desolate.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously,And minister justice to the poor and needy.
For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.
Salute the brethren that are in Laodicea, and {The Greek may represent Nympha.}Nymphas, and the church that is in {Some ancient authorities read her.}their house.
And when {Greek: the}this epistle hath been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye also read the epistle from Laodicea.
saying, What thou seest, write in a book and send it to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
And, behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I retain no strength.
In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha.
and with difficulty coasting along it we came unto a certain place called Fair Havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
And there was also a superscription over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
This title therefore read many of the Jews, {Or, for the place of the city where Jesus was crucified was nigh at hand}for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city; and it was written in Hebrew, and in Latin, and in Greek.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.
The common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death;
The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare witness.
and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,
And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.
But Abraham said, {Greek: Child.}Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning,Fair as the moon, {Or, pure}Clear as the sun,Terrible as an army with banners?
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the hurt of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai,
And he said unto them,Out of the eater came forth food,And out of the strong came forth sweetness.And they could not in three days declare the riddle.
and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the {See marginal note on chapter 5:46.}publican; {Or, Jacob}James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus;
and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and {Or, Jacob}James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus, and Simon the {Or, Zealot See Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13.}Cananæan,
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding:Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness,And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
But I have understanding as well as you;I am not inferior to you:Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
And when any one offereth an oblation of a meal-offering unto Jehovah, his oblation shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meal-offering.
Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away,I will get me to the mountain of myrrh,And to the hill of frankincense.
Spikenard and saffron,Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense;Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the {Or, young camels}dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall {Hebrew: bring good tidings of the praises.}proclaim the praises of Jehovah.
To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet {Or, calamus}cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.
And they said, Behold, there is {Or, the feast}a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causeth to err shall be in the jaws of the peoples.
Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands {Hebrew: were melted.}dropped from off his hands.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and {Or, he called that place}that place was called {That is, The hill of the jawbone.}Ramath-lehi.
But God clave the hollow place that is in {Or, the jawbone}Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore {Or, he called the name thereof}the name thereof was called {That is, The spring of him that called.}En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, unto this day.
And Samson said,With the jawbone of an ass, {Hebrew: heap, two heaps.}heaps upon heaps,With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and {Or, he called that place}that place was called {That is, The hill of the jawbone.}Ramath-lehi.
Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.
And they come to Jesus, and behold {Or, this demoniac}him that was possessed with demons sitting, clothed and in his right mind, even him that had the legion: and they were afraid.
And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him.
For a fire is gone out of Heshbon,A flame from the city of Sihon:It hath devoured Ar of Moab,The lords of {Or, Bamoth}the high places of the Arnon.
And a fire was kindled in their company;The flame burned up the wicked.
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
A Psalm of David, {Or, to make memorial}to bring to remembrance.O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath;Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; {Or, to make memorial}to bring to remembrance.Make haste, O God, to deliver me;Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Jehovah, the God of Israel:
And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each {Or, pile}row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
He that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth {Or, a meal-offering}an oblation, as he that offereth swine's blood; he that {Hebrew: maketh a memorial of.}burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations:
and the third row a {Or, amber}jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
And the border of the children of Dan went out {Or, from them, and &c.}beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against {In Judges 18:29, Laish.}Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing {Hebrew: power of restraint.}authority, {Or, that might do any hurt}that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.
And he said, ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then say ye unto me, What aileth thee?
And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.
and the {Words of uncertain meaning, but probably denoting four kinds of lizards.}gecko, and the {Words of uncertain meaning, but probably denoting four kinds of lizards.}land-crocodile, and the {Words of uncertain meaning, but probably denoting four kinds of lizards.}lizard, and the {Words of uncertain meaning, but probably denoting four kinds of lizards.}sand-lizard, and the chameleon.
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a {Hebrew: letheeh.}half-homer of barley;
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, {Or, an instructor of every artificer}the forger of every cutting instrument of {Or, copper (and so elsewhere)}brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock;
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death;He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.
He hath torn me in his wrath, and {Or, hated}persecuted me;He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth:Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
And Jehovah said unto her,Two nations are in thy womb,And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels:And the one people shall be stronger than the other people;And the elder shall serve the younger.
Let peoples serve thee,And nations bow down to thee:Be lord over thy brethren,And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee:Cursed be every one that curseth thee,And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.
Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples:Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity {Or, be it unto me}that is in me.
Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed,A high tower in times of trouble;
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be {From the root lavah.}joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail: (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand);
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
At that time Jehovah set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
Then came near the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel;
the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
the son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the place of toll, and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
And after these things he went forth, and beheld a {See marginal note on chapter 3:12.}publican, named Levi, sitting at the place of toll, and said unto him, Follow me.
And Levi made him a great feast in his house: and there was a great multitude of {See marginal note on chapter 3:12.}publicans and of others that were sitting at meat with them.
Let them curse it that curse the day,Who are {Or, skilful}ready to rouse up leviathan.
In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the {Or, gliding Or, fleeing}swift serpent, and leviathan the {Or, winding}crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.
There go the ships;There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play {Or, with him See Job 41:5.}therein.
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces;Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Now those that sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?
Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or shall the cold waters {Or, of strange lands that flow down be &c.}that flow down from afar be {Or, plucked up}dried up?
turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
He maketh them also to skip like a calf;Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.
But there arose certain of them that were of the synagogue called the synagogue of the {Or, Freemen}Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.
and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were {Or, work of bright sapphire}a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness.
And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
and he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and {Hebrew: devoted.}utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king thereof.
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
And they journeyed from Rimmon-perez, and encamped in Libnah.
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge host, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? yet, because thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand.
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of {Or, Lidebir}Debir;
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning;And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain;My speech shall distil as the dew,As the small rain upon the tender grass,And as the showers upon the herb.
They also that err in spirit {Hebrew: shall know understanding.}shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall receive instruction.
For I give you good doctrine;Forsake ye not my {Or, teaching}law.
For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure,And I am clean in thine eyes.
And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the {Hebrew: howling creatures.}wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yea, {Hebrew: Lilith.}the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest.
Give diligence to come before winter. Eubulus saluteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
And Jehovah said, Call his name {That is, Not my people.}Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be {Hebrew: for you.}your God.
As he saith also in Hosea, {Hosea 2:23}I will call that my people, which was not my people;And her beloved, that was not beloved.
who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof;
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
And the priest shall take one of the he-lambs, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah:
And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand;
And if he be poor, and cannot get so much, then he shall take one he-lamb for a trespass-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil;
and the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah.
having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.
And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And Jehovah said unto him, Call her name {That is, That hath not obtained mercy.}Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them.
Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
As he saith also in Hosea, {Hosea 2:23}I will call that my people, which was not my people;And her beloved, that was not beloved.
who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? Bury therefore thy dead.
If the ox gore a man-servant or a maid-servant, there shall be given unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
This they shall give, every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel for an offering to Jehovah.
And he will {Hebrew: swallow up.}destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that covereth all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.
And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth;
And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Do thou unto them as unto Midian,As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,
And the children of Lotan were Hori and {In 1 Chronicles 1:39, Homam.}Heman; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
These are the chiefs that came of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,
And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of {Or, foreign divinities}strange {Greek: demons.}gods: because he {See marginal note on chapter 5:42.}preached Jesus and the resurrection.
My heart crieth out for Moab; her {Or, as otherwise read, fugitives}nobles flee unto Zoar, {Or, as a heifer three years old}to Eglath-shelishi-yah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.
For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Timothy my fellow-worker saluteth you; and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.
The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and {In Genesis 10:23, Mash.}Meshech.
Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
{Hebrew: Cush.}Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of {Or, the land of the covenant}the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for ministering.
and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow-workers.
And Jacob took him rods of fresh {Or, storax-tree}poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
And he called the name of that place {That is, The house of God}Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him.
And Jacob said unto Joseph, {Hebrew: El Shaddai.}God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the {Hebrew: shoulder.}side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.
And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.)
And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.
And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
And it came to pass, as Peter went throughout all parts, he came down also to the saints that dwelt at Lydda.
And all that dwelt at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
And as Lydda was nigh unto Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men unto him, entreating him, Delay not to come on unto us.
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul.
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they {Or, exhorted}comforted them, and departed.
they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:
And when the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituræa and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.
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But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, When Lysias the {Or, military tribune Greek: chiliarch.}chief captain shall come down, I will determine your matter.
they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:
And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.
And when they had {Greek: brought good tidings. Compare chapter 5:42.}preached the gospel to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch,
And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek.
The same was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
persecutions, sufferings; what things befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: and out of them all the Lord delivered me.
Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.