American Standard Version of 1901
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Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
For that the leaders took the lead in Israel,For that the people offered themselves willingly,Bless ye Jehovah.
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes;I, even I, will sing unto Jehovah;I will sing praise to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir,When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom,The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped,Yea, the clouds dropped water.
The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah,Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,In the days of Jael, {Or, the caravans ceased}the highways were unoccupied,And the travellers walked through {Hebrew: crooked ways.}byways.
{Or, The villages were unoccupied}The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased,Until that I Deborah arose,That I arose a mother in Israel.
They chose new gods;Then was war in the gates:Was there a shield or spear seenAmong forty thousand in Israel?
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, {Or, Ye that offered yourselves willingly among the people, bless &c.}That offered themselves willingly among the people:Bless ye Jehovah.
Tell of it, ye that ride on white asses,Ye that sit on rich carpets,And ye that walk by the way.
{Or, Because of the voice of the archers…there let them rehearse}Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water,There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah,Even the righteous acts {Or, toward his villages}of his rule in Israel.Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.
Awake, awake, Deborah;Awake, awake, utter a song:Arise, Barak, and lead away thy captives, thou son of Abinoam.
{Or, Then go down, O remnant, for the nobles…O Jehovah, go down for me against the mighty Or, Then made he a remnant to have dominion over the nobles and the people; Jehovah made me have dominion over the mighty}Then came down a remnant of the nobles {Or, as otherwise read. The people of Jehovah came down for me against (or, among) the mighty}and the people;Jehovah came down for me {Or, among}against the mighty.
Out of Ephraim came down they whose root is in Amalek;After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples;Out of Machir came down {Or, lawgivers}governors,And out of Zebulun they that handle {Or, the staff of the scribe}the marshal's staff.
And {Or, my princes in Issachar}the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;As was Issachar, so was Barak;Into the valley they rushed forth at his feet.By the watercourses of ReubenThere were great resolves of heart.
Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds,To hear the pipings for the flocks?At the watercourses of ReubenThere were great searchings of heart.
Gilead abode beyond the Jordan:And Dan, why did he remain in ships?Asher sat still at the {Or, shore}haven of the sea,And abode by his creeks.
Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death,And Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.
The kings came and fought;Then fought the kings of Canaan.In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo:They took no gain of money.
From heaven fought the stars,From their courses they fought against Sisera.
The river Kishon swept them away,That ancient river, the river Kishon.O my soul, {Or, thou hast trodden down strength}march on with strength.
Then did the horsehoofs stampBy reason of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah.Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof,Because they came not to the help of Jehovah,To the help of Jehovah {Or, among}against the mighty.
Blessed {Or, of}above women shall Jael be,The wife of Heber the Kenite;Blessed shall she be {Or, of}above women in the tent.
He asked water, and she gave him milk;She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
She put her hand to the tent-pin,And her right hand to the workmen's hammer;And with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote through his head;Yea, she pierced and struck through his temples.
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay;At her feet he bowed, he fell;Where he bowed, there he fell down {Or, overpowered}dead.
Through the window she looked forth, and cried,The mother of Sisera cried through the lattice,Why is his chariot so long in coming?Why tarry the {Hebrew: steps.}wheels of his chariots?
Her wise ladies answered her, {Or, (Yet she repeateth her words unto herself)}Yea, she returned answer to herself,
Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil?A damsel, two damsels to every man;To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments,A spoil of dyed garments embroidered,Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?
So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah:But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might.And the land had rest forty years.
Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, {Hebrew: being yet shut up.}while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.
They {Or, drew the bow}were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
The chief was Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite,
and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite,
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites,
and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he that was least was {Or, over}equal to a hundred, and the greatest {Or, over}to a thousand.
These are they that went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David.
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if ye be come to betray me to mine adversaries, seeing there is no {Or, violence}wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
Then the Spirit {Hebrew: clothed.}came upon Amasai, who was chief of the {Another reading is, captains.}thirty, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands that were of Manasseh.
And they helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host.
For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God.
And these are the numbers of the heads of them that were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
And Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron; and with him were three thousand and seven hundred,
and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had {Hebrew: kept the charge of the house.}kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.
And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.
And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and that could order the battle array, and were not of double heart.
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
And of the Danites that could set the battle in array, twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, forty thousand.
And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.
All these being men of war, that could order the battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them.
Moreover they that were nigh unto them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.
And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
And he said,Jehovah came from Sinai,And rose from Seir unto them;He shined forth from mount Paran,And he came from the ten thousands of {Hebrew: holiness.}holy ones:At his right hand {Or, was fire, a law Or, as otherwise read, were streams for them}was a fiery law for them.
Yea, he loveth the {Or, tribes}people;All {Or, their holy ones}his saints are in thy hand:And they sat down at thy feet;Every one {Or, received}shall receive of thy words.
Moses commanded us a law,An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
And {Or, there was a king}he was king in Jeshurun,When the heads of the people were gathered,All the tribes of Israel together.
Let Reuben live, and not die; {Or, But}Nor let his men be few.
And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said,Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah,And bring him in unto his people. {Or, Let his hands be sufficient for them}With his hands he contended {Or, for them}for himself;And thou shalt be a help against his adversaries.
And of Levi he said,Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with {Or, him whom thou lovest}thy godly one,Whom thou didst prove at Massah,With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him;Neither did he acknowledge his brethren,Nor knew he his own children:For they have observed thy word,And keep thy covenant.
They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances,And Israel thy law:They shall put incense {Hebrew: in thy nostrils.}before thee,And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar.
Bless, Jehovah, his substance,And accept the work of his hands:Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him,And of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
Of Benjamin he said,The beloved of Jehovah shall dwell in safety by him;He covereth him all the day long,And he dwelleth between his shoulders.
And of Joseph he said,Blessed of Jehovah be his land,For the precious things of heaven, for the dew,And for the deep that coucheth beneath,
And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun,And for the precious things of the growth of the {Or, months}moons,
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains,And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof,And the good will of him that dwelt in the bush.Let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph,And upon the crown of the head of him {Or, that is prince among}that was separate from his brethren.
{Or, His firstling bullock}The firstling of his herd, majesty is his;And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox:With them he shall {Or, gore}push the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth:And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,And they are the thousands of Manasseh.
And of Zebulun he said,Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out;And, Issachar, in thy tents.
They shall call the peoples unto the mountain;There shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness:For they shall suck the abundance of the seas,And the hidden treasures of the sand.
And of Gad he said,Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad:He dwelleth as a lioness,And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.
And he {Or, chose Hebrew: saw.}provided the first part for himself,For there was {Or, a ruler's portion}the lawgiver's portion reserved;And he came {Or, to}with the heads of the people;He executed the righteousness of Jehovah,And his ordinances with Israel.
And of Dan he said,Dan is a lion's whelp,That leapeth forth from Bashan.
And of Naphtali he said,O Naphtali, satisfied with favor,And full with the blessing of Jehovah,Possess thou the {Or, sea}west and the south.
And of Asher he said,Blessed be Asher {Or, above sons}with children;Let him be acceptable unto his brethren,And let him dip his foot in oil.
Thy {Or, shoes}bars shall be iron and brass;And as thy days, so shall thy {Or, rest Or, security}strength be.
There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun,Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help,And in his excellency on the skies.
The eternal God is thy dwelling-place,And underneath are the everlasting arms.And he thrust out the enemy from before thee,And said, Destroy.
And Israel dwelleth in safety,The fountain of Jacob alone,In a land of grain and new wine;Yea, his heavens drop down dew.
Happy art thou, O Israel:Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah,The shield of thy help,And the sword of thy excellency!And thine enemies shall {Or, yield feigned obedience}submit themselves unto thee;And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Issachar is a strong ass,Couching down between the sheepfolds:
And he saw {Or, rest}a resting-place that it was good,And the land that it was pleasant;And he bowed his shoulder to bear,And became a servant under taskwork.
And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid;
and their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam;
{Isaiah 9:1, 2}The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, {Greek: The way of the sea.}Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan,Galilee of the {Greek: nations: and so elsewhere.}Gentiles,
Zebulun shall dwell at the {Hebrew: beach.}haven of the sea;And he shall be for a {Hebrew: beach.}haven of ships;And his border shall be {Or, by}upon Sidon.
And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judæa, because the Jews sought to kill him.
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called {That is, The towns of Jair.}Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; forasmuch as Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
And it came to pass after the plague, that Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as Jehovah commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt.
Reuben, the first-born of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
These are the families of the Reubenites; and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.
And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against Jehovah,
and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.
Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah died not.
The sons of Simeon after their families: of {In Genesis 46:10, Exodus 6:15, Jemuel.}Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of {In 1 Chronicles 4:24, Jarib.}Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;
of {In Genesis 46:10, Zohar.}Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
The sons of Gad after their families: of {In Genesis 46:16, Ziphion.}Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
of {In Genesis 46:16, Ezbon.}Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;
of {In Genesis 46:16, Arodi.}Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;
of {In Genesis 46:13, Iob.}Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
These are the sons of Gilead: of {In Joshua 17:2, Abiezer. See Judges 6:11, 24:34}Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
These are the families of Manasseh; and they that were numbered of them were fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of {In 1 Chronicles 7:20, Bered.}Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of {In Genesis 46:21, Ehi; in 1 Chronicles 8:1, Aharah.}Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
of {In Genesis 46:21, Muppin, and Huppim.}Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
And the sons of Bela were {In 1 Chronicles 8:3, Addar.}Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
These are the sons of Dan after their families: of {In Genesis 46:23, Hushim.}Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Berites.
Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;
of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one according to those that were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.
Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.
And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begat Amram.
And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
And unto Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah.
And they that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, every male from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
For Jehovah had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.
And of Zebulun he said,Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out;And, Issachar, in thy tents.
They shall call the peoples unto the mountain;There shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness:For they shall suck the abundance of the seas,And the hidden treasures of the sand.
And {Or, my princes in Issachar}the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;As was Issachar, so was Barak;Into the valley they rushed forth at his feet.By the watercourses of ReubenThere were great resolves of heart.
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
Moreover they that were nigh unto them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.