{
  "testament": "Old Testament",
  "books": [
    {
      "name": "Genesis",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–2 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "Or SBL, NE, and WH Or"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "–8. Proverbs The Beginning of Knowledge (Prov. 9:1–12) 18 1 These are the proverbs of Solomon son of 2 David, king of Israel, for gaining wisdom and discipline, 3 for comprehending words of insight, and for receiving instruction in wise living a 4 and in righteousness, justice, and equity. To impart prudence to the simple 5 and knowledge and discretion to the young, let the wise listen and gain instruction, 6 and the discerning acquire wise counsel by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise. 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of b knowledge, The Enticement of Sin but fools despise wisdom and discipline. 8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your 9 mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head 10 and a pendant around your neck. 11 My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them. If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for 12 blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, let us swallow them alive like Sheol, 13 and whole like those descending into the Pit. 14 We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder. Throw in your lot with us; 15 let us all share one purse”— my son, do not walk the road with them 16 or set foot upon their path. 17 For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood. How futile it is to spread the net simple where any bird can see it! fool a 4 b 7 19 But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their o"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 26,
              "text": "26 7 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the and livestock, and over all the earth itself every creature that crawls upon it.” a 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. b 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that 29 crawls upon the earth.” 30 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains And to seed. They will be yours for food. every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for 31 food.” And it was so. And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morn- The Seventh Day (Ex. 16:22–30 ; Heb. 4:1–11) ing—the sixth day. 2 2 Thus the heavens and the earth were com- And by the pleted in all their vast array. seventh day God had finished the work He had c been doing; so on that day He rested from all His 3 work. Then God blessed the seventh day and sancti- fied it, because on that day He rested from all the Man and Woman in the Garden work of creation that He had accomplished. 4 d This is the account of the heavens and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 27,
              "text": ";"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–3 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "Or"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "(see also LXX) ; see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) 12 13 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all For sin was in the world before the law sinned. was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come. 14 e 1 let us have f 2 exult How then was it reckoned—being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumci-"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "| 7 22 man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh. And from the rib that the LORD God had taken 23 from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him. And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ 24 for out of man she was taken.” For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will 25 become one flesh. b And the man and his wife were both naked, The Serpent’s Deception"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s 10 keeper?” 20 For dust you are, a and to dust you shall return.” And Adam named his wife Eve, The Expulsion from Paradise would be the mother of all the living. 21 because she And the LORD God made garments of skin for 22 Adam and his wife, and He clothed them. Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also 23 from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever. . .” 24 Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from So He drove out the which he had been taken. man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword Cain and Abel"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "LXX See"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–32 ; 10:1–32 ; 11:10–26) 1 2 Adam, Seth, Enosh, 3 4 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, a Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah. The sons of Noah: 5 Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, 6 Meshech, and Tiras. b The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, 7 and Togarmah. 8 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites. h i The sons of Aram: 18 Meshech. Uz, Hul, Gether, and Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and 19 Shelah was the father of Eber. j Two sons were born to Eber: One was because in his days the named Peleg, earth was divided, and his brother was 20 named Joktan. 21 And Joktan was the father of Almodad, k 22 Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 23 Uzal, Diklah, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these Obal, Hadoram, 24 were sons of Joktan. 25 26 So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah, 27 Eber, Peleg, Reu, and Abram (that is, Abraham). Serug, Nahor, Terah, The Descendants of Abraham (Gen. 25:12–18) l The sons of Ham: 9 Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 28 29 c The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. 10 The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. d Cush was the father of Nimrod, who 11 began to be a mighty one on the earth. Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, 12 the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naph- tuhites, (from whom the Philistines came), and 13 the Caphtorites. the Pathrusites, the Casluhites e f g 14 And Canaan was the father of Sidon and of the Hittites, his firstborn, the 15 Jebusites, the Amorites,"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "Jesus Blesses the Children"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": ". Greek Enōs f 12 h 19"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 32,
              "text": ". e 12 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate (see is a variant of of the Sidonians, the Some translators adjust the Hebrew word order to ; see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "| 9 21 22 e When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah. And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with 23 God 300 years and had other sons and daugh- 24 ters. So Enoch lived a total of 365 years. f Enoch walked with God, and then he was no From Methuselah to Noah more, because God had taken him away. 25 26 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he be- came the father of Lamech. And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 27 782 years and had other sons and daughters. So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and 28 then he died. 29 g When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son. saying, “May this And he named him Noah, one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands 30 caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.” And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. So Lamech lived a total of 777 32 years, and then he died. 31 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the Corruption on the Earth"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "Noah’s Favor with God 8 Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the 9 LORD. This is the account of Noah. Noah was a 10 righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. And Noah had three 11 sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 12 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, And God looked upon the and full of violence. a earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living on the earth had corrupted their creatures Preparing the Ark"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–24 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "| 11 Exiting the Ark 13 In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the By the twenty-seventh day of ground was dry. 15 the second month, the earth was fully dry. 14 16 17 Then God said to Noah, “Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their Bring out all the living creatures that wives. are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and 18 multiply upon it.” 19 So Noah came out, along with his sons Every living and his wife and his sons’ wives. creature, every creeping thing, and every bird— everything that moves upon the earth—came out Noah Builds an Altar of the ark, kind by kind. 20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And tak- ing from every kind of clean animal and clean 21 bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar. When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every incli- nation of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I 22 have done. As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night The Covenant of the Rainbow shall never cease.” 9 2 3 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the The fear"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "demand an accounting from anyone who takes 6 the life of his fellow man: Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image 7 God has made mankind. But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.” 8 9 11 10 Then God said to Noah and his sons with him, “Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and with and your descendants after you, every living creature that was with you— the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the And I establish My covenant with you: ark. Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to 12 destroy the earth.” 13 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all gen- I have set My rainbow in the erations to come: clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant be- 14 tween Me and the earth. 15 Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the I will remem- rainbow appears in the clouds, ber My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the And waters become a flood to destroy all life. whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting cove- nant between God and every living creature of 17 every kind that is on the earth.” 16 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and Noah’"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 10,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "); most Hebrew manuscripts and the Caphtorites (from whom the Philistines came) Or foremost and of Heth h 17 g 13 ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": ". the Casluhites, f 13 Hebrew division j 19 Peleg most Hebrew manuscripts do not include Shelah k 22 means . . Shem, Arphaxad, Cainan, Shelah LXX and Syriac (see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": "); Ebal is a variant of Shem, Arphaxad, Or ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "LXX and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": "); Hebrew The sons of Aram ; see also"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 13 territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the 31 eastern hill country. These are the sons of Shem, according to their 32 clans, languages, lands, and nations. All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, accord- ing to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the The Tower of Babel flood."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "12 13 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became And after he had become the father of Shelah. a the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years 14 and had other sons and daughters. 15 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became And after he had become the the father of Eber. father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had 16 other sons and daughters. 17 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the fa- And after he had become ther of Peleg. the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had 18 other sons and daughters. 19 When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the And after he had become the fa- father of Reu. ther of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other 20 sons and daughters. 21 When Reu was 32 years old, he became the fa- And after he had become ther of Serug. the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had 22 other sons and daughters. 23 When Serug was 30 years old, he became the And after he had become the father of Nahor. father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had 24 other sons and daughters. 25 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the And after he had become the father of Terah. father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had 26 other sons and daughters. When Terah was 70 years old, he became the Terah’s Descendants father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27 28 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran During his father became the father of Lot. Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in 29 Ur of the Chaldeans. 32 Ter"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 12,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9) right. 26 Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had oc- curred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to 2 Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar. 3 4 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you. Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will con- firm the oath that I swore to your father Abra- ham. I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all na- tions of the earth will be blessed, because Abra- ham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My Isaac Deceives Abimelech commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” 6 7 5 So Isaac settled in Gerar. But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, be- a 26 Jacob cause she is so beautiful.” d 20 Esek he grasps the heel contention he deceives b 30 Edom means means e 21 Sitnah or enmity . hostility . means or"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": ","
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "); Hebrew or or 28 burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your Be careful to God, but you may eat the meat. obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good A Warning against Idolatry and right in the eyes of the LORD your God."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": ";"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 13,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "b 14 d 8 e 10 Some translators close this quotation after verse 16 or 21. h 13"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 14,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 15 11 well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD de- stroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted 12 company. 13 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot set- tled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent But the men of Sodom were toward Sodom. God Renews the Promise to Abram wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD. 14 After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south for all the land that you see, and east and west, 16 I will give to you and your offspring forever. 15 a I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the 17 earth, then your offspring could be counted. Get up and walk around the land, through its 18 length and breadth, for I will give it to you.” b So Abram moved his tent and went to live near of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an the Oaks The War of the Kings altar to the LORD. c 14 2 In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king 3 of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). d 4 The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Sid- For twelve years dim (that is, the Salt Sea they had been subject to Chedorlaom"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "22 a 9 arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Sid- dim against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Ari- Abram Rescues Lot och king of Ellasar—four kings against five. 10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled 11 to the hill country. 12 The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went They also carried off Abram’s on their way. nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was 13 living in Sodom. c b 14 Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of the Oaks Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by And when Abram heard that treaty his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they 15 set out in pursuit as far as Dan. to Abram. 16 During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as He retrieved far as Hobah, north of Damascus. all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the Melchizedek Blesses Abram rest of the people."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "–24 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "15 16 4"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 15,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "–21) planned to do to them.” 56 2 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Com- mand the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be al- lotted to you as an inheritance with these bound- 3 aries: 34 d 4 Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run e from the end of the Salt Sea, cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will 5 go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon, where it will turn from Azmon, join the f 6 Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea. Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on 7 the west. 8 9 Your northern border will run from the and from Great Sea directly to Mount Hor, Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to continue to Ziphron, and end at Zedad, Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on 10 the north. 11 And your eastern border will run straight then go from Hazar-enan to Shepham, down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth. Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the the mountains beyond the river Salt Sea. 12 g d 3 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses, “Speak 52 to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, you must a 45 Iyim drive out before you all the inhabitants of the c 49 the Ascent of Sco"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "–14;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 16,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 17,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "| 17 8 Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along “Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he the road to Shur. said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she 9 replied. So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to 10 your mistress and submit to her authority.” Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous 11 to count.” The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a d son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of 12 affliction. He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; 13 he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.” e 14 So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me, ” for she said, “Here I have seen the One f Therefore the well was called who sees me!” It is located between Kadesh and Beer-lahai-roi. 15 Bered. And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave 16 the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar Abraham to Father Many Nations bore Ishmael to him. 17 g 2 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I Walk before Me and be am God Almighty. I will establish My covenant between blameless. 3 Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.” 4 i 5 Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, “As for"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make 7 nations of you, and kings will descend from you. I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your de- scendants after you, to be your God and the God 8 of your descendants after you. And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be The Covenant of Circumcision their God.” 9 10 God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the gen- erations after you. This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be You are to circumcise the flesh of circumcised. your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the cove- 12 nant between Me and you. 11 13 Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, includ- ing those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are Whether they are born in not your offspring. your household or purchased, they must be cir- cumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an 14 everlasting covenant. But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My 15 covenant.” a 16 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be And I will bless her and will surely give Sarah. you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of p"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 18,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": ", and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 19,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–11) 19 Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself But she a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah. was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. 2 3 b her hus- After she had been there four months, band got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her 4 father’s house, and when her father saw him, he His father-in-law, the gladly welcomed him. girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he re- mained with him three days, eating, drinking, 5 and lodging there. 6 On the fourth day, they got up early in the morn- ing and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a So they morsel of bread, and then you can go.” sat down and the two of them ate and drank to- gether. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart The man got up to depart, but his be merry.” father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night. the son of Manasseh 7 Some Hebrew and LXX manuscripts and Vulgate; other Hebrew and LXX manuscripts LXX 8 9 On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please re- fresh your heart.” So they waited until late after- When the man noon and the two of them ate. got up to depart with his concubine and his serv- ant, his father"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "| 19 9 “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. 10 “There, in the tent,” he replied. Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” 11 Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the en- And Abraham and Sarah trance to the tent. were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleas- 13 ure?” 12 14 And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At old?’ the appointed time I will return to you—in about 15 a year—and Sarah will have a son.” a But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” Abraham Intercedes for Sodom “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.” 16 When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with 17 them to see them off. 18 And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham Abraham will surely what I am about to do? become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be For I have chosen him, so that he will blessed. command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may 20 bring upon Abraham what He has promised.” 19 21 Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin I will go dow"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "3 17 But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them 4 and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. 5 Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded They called out to Lot, saying, the house. “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations 6 with them!” 7 8 Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the “Please, my brothers,” he door behind him. pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing! Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protec- 9 tion of my roof.” “Get out of the way!” they replied. And they de- clared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on 10 Lot and moved in to break down the door. 11 But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into And the house with them, and shut the door. they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied them- Lot Flees to Zoar selves trying to find the door. 12 13 Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs because we are to you? Get them out of here, about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He h"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "–29) ” 20 When asked by the Pharisees when the king- dom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The king- 21 dom of God will not come with observable signs. Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your 22 midst. ” d 24 23 Then He said to the disciples, “The time is com- ing when you will long to see one of the days of People the Son of Man, but you will not see it. will tell you, ‘Look, there He is!’ or ‘Look, here He For just is!’ Do not go out or chase after them. as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in But first He must suffer many things His day. leper a 12 and be rejected by this generation. d 21 within you left within your grasp e 35 25 or TR includes A Or ; see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 21,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "–3. 1046 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 21 So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down 34 or when she got up. The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can pre- 35 serve our father’s line.” So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay 36 down or when she got up. 37 a 38 Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today. The younger daugh- ter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech today. b 20 Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled be- 2 tween Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is Gerar, my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah 3 brought to him. One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is 4 a married woman.” Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he re- 5 plied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent? Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have do"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "Sarah Turns against Hagar (Gal. 4:21–30) 24 9 a 10 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son, and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my 11 son Isaac!” b 12 Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly But God because it concerned his son Ishmael. said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything c that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your off- But I will also make a spring will be reckoned. nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is 14 your offspring.” 13 15 Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beer- When the water in the skin was gone, sheba. Then she left the boy under one of the bushes. she went off and sat down nearby, about a bow- shot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up 17 her voice and wept. 16 d 18 Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has Get heard the voice of the boy where he lies. up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for Then God I will make him into a great nation.” opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave 20 the boy a d"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "k 29 also LXX)"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 22,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–10 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 23,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "| 23 22 the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and of Aram), 23 Bethuel.” 24 And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, brother Nahor. whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, The Death and Burial of Sarah Tahash, and Maacah. 23 2 Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old. She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Heb- ron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went 3 out to mourn and to weep for her. g 4 Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites, “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site 5 among you so that I can bury my dead.” 6 The Hittites replied to Abraham, “Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us 7 will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.” 8 9 Then Abraham rose and bowed down before “If you are the people of the land, the Hittites. willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar to sell me the cave of Machpelah on my behalf that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so 10 that I may have a burial site.” Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who 11 had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hit- “No, my lord. Listen to tite answered Abraham, me. I give you the field, and I give you the c"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "12 the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the mer- 17 chants. 18 So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, cave that was in it, and all the trees within the the to boundaries of the field were deeded over Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the 19 Hittites who had come to the gate of his city. After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre So the (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to A Wife for Isaac Abraham as a burial site. 20 24 3 2 By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him So Abraham instructed the chief in every way. servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh, and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the but will Canaanites among whom I am dwelling, go to my country and my kindred to take a wife 5 for my son Isaac.” 4 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you 6 came?” 7 Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there. The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and prom- ised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 24,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "1 Samuel 13:21"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 58,
              "text": "| 25 camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD 45 has appointed for my master’s son. And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me 46 a drink.’ She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the cam- 47 els. Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Na- hor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring 48 on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists. Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his 49 son. Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so 50 that I may go elsewhere.” 51 Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter. Re- bekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as 52 the LORD has decreed.” When Abraham’s servant heard their words, 53 he bowed down to the ground before the LORD. Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Re- bekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother Then he and the men with him and her mother. ate and drank and spent the night there. 54 When"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 59,
              "text": "59 9 60 So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and And they blessed Rebekah and said to his men. her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. 61 May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.” Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So Isaac Marries Rebekah the servant took Rebekah and left. 62 63 Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai- Early in the roi, for he was living in the Negev. evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, 64 and looking up, he saw the camels approaching. 65 And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, and asked the she got down from her camel servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” 66 “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she Then the took her veil and covered herself. 67 servant told Isaac all that he had done. And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his Abraham and Keturah (1 Chronicles 1:32–33) mother’s death. 25 2 Now Abraham had taken another wife, and she bore him Zim- named Keturah, 3 ran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Le- 4 tushites, and the Leummites. The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. 5 All these were descendants of Keturah. 6 Abraham left everything he owned"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 25,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "–28 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": "m 33"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 26,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "| 27 8 When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac Abimelech sent for caressing his wife Rebekah. Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” 9 Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on 10 account of her.” “What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have 11 slept with your wife, and you would have So Abimelech warned brought guilt upon us.” all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man Isaac’s Prosperity or his wife will surely be put to death.” 12 14 13 Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the and he became richer and LORD blessed him, He richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy. owned so many flocks and herds and servants So the Philis- that the Philistines envied him. tines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his fa- 16 ther Abraham. 15 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, 17 for you are much too powerful for us.” 18 So Isaac left that place and encamped in Isaac re- the Valley of Gerar and settled there. opened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given 19 them. c 20 Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water But the herdsmen o"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "5 afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and mul- tiply your descendants for the sake of My servant 25 Abraham.” So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. Isaac’s Covenant with Abimelech His servants also dug a well there. 26 Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the com- 27 mander of his army. “Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. 28 “You hated me and sent me away.” 29 “We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. that you will Let us make a covenant with you not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the 30 LORD.” 31 So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate And they got up early the next and drank. morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in 32 peace. a 33 On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have So he called it found water!” they told him. Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Esau’s Wives Beersheba. 34 b When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. And Isaac Blesses Jacob"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 28,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "| 29 36 a So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Ja- cob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for 37 me?” But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my 38 son?” Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” 39 Then Esau wept aloud. His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be 40 away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above. You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, 41 you will tear his yoke from your neck.” Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother 42 Jacob.” 44 43 When the words of her older son Esau were re- layed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you. So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran. Stay with him for 45 a while, until your brother’s fury subsides— until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. 46 Why should I lose both of you in one da"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "a 4 bless you and make you fruitful God Almighty and multiply you, so that you may become a com- And may He give the blessing pany of peoples. of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a 5 foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.” So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Re- Esau Marries Mahalath bekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau. 6 7 Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Ca- and that Jacob had obeyed his naanite woman,” 8 father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram. 9 And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of Esau went to Ishmael the Canaanite women, and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition Jacob’s Ladder to the wives he already had. 10 11 Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for On reaching a certain place, he spent Haran. the night there because the sun had set. And tak- ing one of the stones from that place, he put it un- 12 der his head and lay down to sleep. b 14 13 And there at the top And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder. the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the Your descendants land on which you now"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": ". Greek 952 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 30,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 31 12 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and uncle’s sheep. He told Rachel that he was Re- wept aloud. bekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran 13 and told her father. When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He em- braced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had hap- Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel pened. 14 Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own 15 flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month, La- ban said to him, “Just because you are my rela- tive, should you work for nothing? Tell me what 16 your wages should be.” 18 Leah had weak eyes, Now Laban had two daughters; the older was a 17 named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel. but Rachel was shapely Since Jacob loved Rachel, he an- and beautiful. swered, “I will serve you seven years for your 19 younger daughter Rachel.” 20 Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you So Jacob than to another. Stay here with me.” served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but 21 a few days because of his love for her. Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with 22 her.” 23 So Laban invited all the men of that place and But when evening came, prepared a feast. Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Ja- cob, and he slept with her. And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her 25 maidservant. 24 When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Ja"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "Gad and Asher 9 10 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as 11 a wife. And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. So she 12 named him Gad. Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” a b 13 c When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a sec- Leah said, “How happy I am! For the ond son, women call me happy.” So she named him 14 Asher. Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s 15 mandrakes.” But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you 16 tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.” When Jacob came in from the field that even- ing, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night. 17 18 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived Then Leah said, and bore a fifth son to Jacob. “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant 19 to my husband.” So she named him Issachar. d 20 Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to “God has given me a good gift,” she said. Jacob. “This time my husband will honor me, because I e have borne him six sons.” And she named him 21 Zebulun. After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and Joseph named her Dinah. 22 23 24 Then God remembered Rac"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 31,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 32,
              "text": "| 33 14 And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any 15 portion or inheritance left in our father’s house? Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squan- Surely all the dered what was paid for us. wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever 17 God has told you.” 18 16 Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels, and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father 19 Isaac in the land in Canaan. b c father’s household Moreover, Jacob deceived Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, 20 idols. Rachel stole her Laban the Aramean 21 by not telling him that he was running away. So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the and headed for the hill country of d Euphrates, Laban Pursues Jacob Gilead. 22 23 24 On the third day Laban was informed that Ja- So he took his relatives with him, cob had fled. pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead. But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Ja- 25 cob, either good or bad.” 27 Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill coun- try of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and La- 26 ban and his relatives camped there as well. Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war! Why did you r"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 33,
              "text": "for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen 33 the idols. 34 So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent Now Rachel had and entered Rachel’s tent. taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but 35 found nothing. Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched but could not find 36 the household idols. 37 Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin You of mine have you so hotly pursued me? have searched all my goods! Have you found an- ything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between 38 the two of us. 39 I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock. I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from As it me for what was stolen by day or night. was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost 41 by night, and sleep fled from my eyes. 40 42 Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daugh- ters and six years for your flocks—and you have If the God of my changed my wages ten times! father, th"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 32,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 30,
              "text": ". 230 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 33,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "| 35 23 He took and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. them and sent them across the stream, along c 24 with all his possessions. 25 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man When the wrestled with him until daybreak. man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it Then the man said, “Let me as they wrestled. go, for it is daybreak.” 26 But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you 27 bless me.” “What is your name?” the man asked. 28 “Jacob,” he replied. d e Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, because you have strug- gled with God and with men, and you have 29 prevailed.” but Israel, And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then 30 he blessed Jacob there. f So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “In- deed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life 31 was spared.” g 32 Penuel, The sun rose above him as he passed by and he was limping because of his hip. Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, be- cause the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near Jacob Meets Esau that tendon. 33 Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau com- ing toward him with four hundred men. 2 So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, He put the maidser- and the two maidservants. vants and their children in front, Leah and her 3 children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear. But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the groun"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "6 7 Jacob answered, “These are the children God Then the has graciously given your servant.” maidservants and their children approached and Leah and her children also ap- bowed down. proached and bowed down, and then Joseph and 8 Rachel approached and bowed down. “What do you mean by sending this whole com- pany to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob 9 answered. “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau re- 10 plied. “Keep what belongs to you.” But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is a 11 like seeing the face of God, since you have re- Please accept my gift ceived me favorably. that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob 12 pressed him until he accepted. Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I 13 will go ahead of you.” But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the chil- dren are frail, and I must care for sheep and cat- tle that are nursing their young. If they are driven 14 hard for even a day, all the animals will die. Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at 15 Seir.” “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find fa- 16 vor in the sight of my lord.” b 17 but Jacob went on to Succoth, So that day Esau started on his way"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 35,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "| 37 3 Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I garments. will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me 4 wherever I have gone.” a So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the 5 oak near Shechem. 6 As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons. So Jacob and everyone with him 7 arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Ca- naan. There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from 8 his brother. b c Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was d below Bethel. So Jacob e buried under the oak 9 named it Allon-bacuth. f After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, 10 God appeared to him again and blessed him. And God said to him, “Though your name is Ja- g you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, ” So God named him cob, your name will be Israel. 11 Israel. h And God told him, “I am God Almighty. 12 Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you. The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will 13 give this land to your descendants after you.” Then God went up from the place where He 14 had spoken with him. 15 So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anoin"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "19 20 7 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Jacob set up a pil- Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). lar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this The Sons of Jacob (1 Chronicles 2:1–2) day. 21 22 Israel again set out and pitched his tent be- yond the Tower of Eder. While Israel was liv- ing in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. 23 Jacob had twelve sons: The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, 24 Issachar, and Zebulun. The sons of Rachel were Joseph and 25 Benjamin. The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah 26 were Dan and Naphtali. And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to The Death of Isaac him in Paddan-aram. 27 Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abra- 28 ham and Isaac had stayed. 29 And Isaac lived 180 years. Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob The Descendants of Esau (1 Chron. 1:35–37) buried him. 36 2 This is the account of Esau (that is, Esau took his wives from the Edom). daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the 3 Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and grand- and Basemath daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, And daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth and Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, to Reuel, Jalam, and Korah. Thes"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "–26 ; 38:1–30) chiefs of Edom. 2 These were the sons of Israel: 2 The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Ebal, Shepho, 41 The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. and Onam. e The son f of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hemdan, 42 Ithran, and Cheran. g Eshban, The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. The Kings of Edom"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 36,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–19) 48 35 The sons of Esau: 36 Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. a The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Zepho, 37 Amalek. The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, The Descendants of Seir"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "); most Hebrew manuscripts g 42 is a variant of h 43 LXX (see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "–30) Shammah, and Mizzah. 38 The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, 39 and Dishan. b The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. 40 Timna was Lotan’s sister. d c 1 Chronicles 2:9 | 371 i When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth 49 on the Euphrates reigned in his place. When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of 50 Achbor reigned in his place. j When Baal-hanan died, Hadad reigned in and his his place. His city was named Pau, wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of 51 Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab. Then Hadad died. 52 53 54 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, Now the chiefs of Edom were Timna, Alvah, Jeth- eth, Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel, and Iram. These were the The Sons of Israel"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": ". Hebrew Jaakan ; also called in Joshua 7 and Joshua 22. Hebrew , a variant of ; see verse 18. 372 | 1 Chronicles 2:10 10 Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a 11 leader of the descendants of Judah. a Nahshon was the father of Salmon, 12 Salmon was the father of Boaz. and Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed 13 was the father of Jesse. b 16 15 14 Abinadab was born second, Shimea Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; third, Ozem Their sisters sixth, and David seventh. were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons 17 of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose c 18 father was Jether the Ishmaelite. d Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were the 19 sons of Azubah: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, Hur was who bore to him Hur. the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of 21 Bezalel. 20 23 22 Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she Segub was the father of bore to him Segub. Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land e But Geshur and Aram captured of Gilead. Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were de- 24 scendants of Machir the father of Gilead. g After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his f wife Abijah bore 25 of Tekoa. to him Ashhur the father The sons of Jerahmeel the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": "); Hebrew before an Israelite king ruled over them LXX (see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 26,
              "text": "); Hebrew l 6 most MT manuscripts troubler manuscripts, some LXX manuscripts, and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31) is a variant of Achan Hebrew means Hebrew e 41 Shephi ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 27,
              "text": "); Hebrew the River j 50 k 6 Zimri Many MT manuscripts, some LXX manuscripts, Vulgate, and Syriac (see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 31,
              "text": "–43) The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 43 h These are the kings who reigned in the land of the Edom before any king reigned over Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named 44 Dinhabah. When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from 45 Bozrah reigned in his place. When Jobab died, Husham from the land 46 of the Temanites reigned in his place. When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of 47 his city was Avith. When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah Zebulun, 3 Gad, and Asher. Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him 4 to death. Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all. 5 The sons of Perez: 6 Hezron and Hamul. k The sons of Zerah: l 7 Zimri, five in all. Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara m — n The son of Carmi: 8 who brought trouble upon Israel Achar, by violating the ban on devoted things. The son of Ethan: 9 Azariah. The sons who were born to Hezron: o a 36 Zephi d 40 Hamran i 48 reigned in his place. b 39 Homam Hemam Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. c 40 sons f 41 Alian Many Hebrew manuscripts, some LXX manuscripts, and Syriac (see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 39,
              "text": "); Darda ; see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 37,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": ". c 27 Or When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!” But he would not punish his son Amnon, And Absalom prepared a feast fit for a king. And the spirit of the DSS and LXX include And the watchman . . . . f 39 LXX and Vulgate include Or Or LXX; Hebrew does not include MT; DSS and LXX 5 17 2 Samuel 14:29 | 293 “What troubles you?” the king asked her. 6 “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my hus- band is dead. And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one 7 to separate them, and one struck the other and Now the whole clan has risen up killed him. against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remain- ing ember by not preserving my husband’s name 8 or posterity on the earth.” “Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I 9 will give orders on your behalf.” But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne 10 be guiltless.” “If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring 11 him to me, and he will not trouble you again!” “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed,"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "–30) twelve patriarchs. 9 10 Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was and rescued him from all his trou- with him bles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed 11 him ruler over Egypt and all his household. 12 Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food. When Jacob heard that there was grain in 13 Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit. e On their second visit, Joseph revealed his iden- tity to his brothers, and his family became Then Joseph sent for his fa- known to Pharaoh. Israel Oppressed in Egypt"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "| 39 and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, accord- ing to their settlements in the land they pos- Joseph’s Dreams sessed. Esau was the father of the Edomites. 37 2 Now Jacob lived in the land where his fa- ther had resided, the land of Canaan. This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a 3 bad report about them. Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other e sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his 4 old age; so he made him a robe of many colors. When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him 5 and could not speak a kind word to him. 6 Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it 7 He to his brothers, they hated him even more. said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down 8 to mine.” “Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his 9 statements. Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and 10 eleven stars were bowing down to me.” 11 He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brot"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "14 Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” 15 So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are 16 you looking for?” “I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing 17 their flocks?” “They have moved on from here,” the man an- swered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found 18 them at Dothan. 20 19 Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the dis- tance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him. “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another. “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall 21 see what becomes of his dreams!” 22 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Jo- seph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into he said. this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his 23 father. So when Joseph came to his brothers, they 24 stripped him of his robe—the robe of many col- ors he was wearing— and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, 25 with no water in it. And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their c"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 39,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "| 41 “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned 25 to death!” As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and 26 cord and staff are these?” Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations The Birth of Perez and Zerah with her again. 27 28 When the time came for Tamar to give birth, And as she was there were twins in her womb. giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she an- But when he pulled his hand back nounced. b and his brother came out, she said, “You have 30 broken out first!” So he was named Perez. 29 c Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife Zerah. 39 Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Pot- iphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had And the LORD was with Jo- taken him there. seph, and he became a successful man, serving in 3 the household of his Egyptian master. 2 4 When his master saw that the LORD was with Joseph him and made him prosper in all he did, found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. 5 Potiphar put him in charge of his household and From entrusted him wit"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "8 3 But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care. No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great 10 evil and sin against God?” 9 11 Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her. One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside. She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he es- Joseph Falsely Imprisoned caped and ran outside. 13 12 14 When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house, she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could. When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me 16 and ran out of the house.” 15 17 So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home. Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you 18 brought us came to me to make sport of me, but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak 19 beside me and ran out of the house.” When his master heard the story his wife told 20 him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with a"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 41,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 32,
              "text": "| 43 21 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birth- day, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. Pharaoh re- stored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his 23 interpretation. 22 a The chief cupbearer, however, did not remem- The Dreams of Pharaoh ber Joseph; he forgot all about him. 41 3 2 After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, the Nile, came up from the river and began to graze After them, seven other cows, among the reeds. sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood 4 beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river. And the cows that were sickly and thin de- 5 voured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. 6 Then Pharaoh woke up, but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of Af- grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk. ter them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, And the thin thin and scorched by the east wind. heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it 8 was a dream. 7 In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one 9 could interpret them for him. 10 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “To- Pharaoh was once an- day I"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 33,
              "text": "33 34 Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a dis- cerning and wise man and set him over the land Let Pharaoh take action and appoint of Egypt. a commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the 35 of Egypt during the seven years of harvest Under the authority of Pharaoh, let abundance. them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to This food be preserved as food in the cities. will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Joseph Given Charge of Egypt Then the country will not perish in the famine.” 37 36 38 This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his offi- b cials. So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find an- yone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God 39 abides?” Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has 40 made all this known to you, there is no one as dis- You shall be in charge cerning and wise as you. of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I 41 be greater than you.” 42 Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you Then Pharaoh re- over all the land of Egypt.” moved the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine 43 linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck. He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with So men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” 44 he placed him over all the land of Egypt. c And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I am Phar- aoh, but without your permis"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 42,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 38,
              "text": "| 45 he took Simeon from them and had him bound Joseph’s Brothers Return to Canaan before their eyes. 25 a Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. and they loaded This order was carried out, 27 the grain on their donkeys and departed. 26 28 At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack. “My silver has been returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my sack.” Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has 29 done to us?” 30 When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them: “The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying 31 on the country. 32 But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies. We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our 33 father in the land of Canaan.’ Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go. But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and 35 you can trade in the land.’ 34 ” As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 43,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "The Return to Egypt with Benjamin Joseph’s Hospitality to His Brothers 43 2 16 Now the famine was still severe in the land. So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their fa- ther said to them, “Go back and buy us a little 3 more food.” 4 But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your If you will send our brother brother is with you.’ 5 with us, we will go down and buy food for you. But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again 6 unless your brother is with you.’ ” “Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Is- rael asked. “Why did you tell the man you had 7 another brother?” They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possi- bly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother 8 here’?” 9 And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children. I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may If we had I bear the guilt before you all my life. not delayed, we could have come and gone twice 11 by now.” 10 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry t"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 44,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": "| 47 31 Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private Then he washed his face and room to weep. came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, 32 “Serve the meal.” 33 They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, They were since that was detestable to them. seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at When the por- one another in astonishment. tions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank Benjamin and the Silver Cup freely with Joseph. 34 44 2 Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the Put my cup, the silver one, in mouth of his sack. the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” 3 So the steward did as Joseph had instructed. 4 At daybreak, the men were sent on their way They had not gone far from with their donkeys. the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, Is ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil? this not the cup my master drinks from and uses 6 for divination? What you have done is wicked!’ ” 5 a b When the steward overtook them, he relayed 7 these words to them. 8 “Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants co"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 29,
              "text": "one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been 29 torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since. Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair 30 down to Sheol in sorrow.’ 31 So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is sees that the boy wrapped up in the boy’s life, is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant Indeed, our father down to Sheol in sorrow. your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my 33 life.’ 32 34 Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return For how can I go back to my with his brothers. father without the boy? I could not bear to see Joseph Reveals His Identity the misery that would overwhelm him.” 45 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” 2 So none of them were with Joseph when he made But he wept so himself known to his brothers. loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Phar- 3 aoh’s household soon heard of it. Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because 4 they were terrified in his presence. Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. 5 6 “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 46,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "–27) 1 2 family: These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his 3 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; 4 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali; 5 Gad and Asher. a The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in 6 Egypt. 7 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that but the Israelites were fruitful generation died, and increased rapidly; they multiplied and be- came exceedingly numerous, so that the land was Oppression by a New King"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": ". Job ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": ". is a variant of Abiezer ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": ". is a variant of f 30 Iezer SP, LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac is a variant of ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 26,
              "text": "| 49 11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and 12 Merari. The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 13 The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. c d The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, 14 and Shimron. Job, The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and 15 Jahleel. e These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in addition to his in Paddan-aram, daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three. 16 The Children of Zilpah f g The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, 17 Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. 18 The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter The Children of Rachel Leah—sixteen in all. 19 The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph 20 and Benjamin. Manasseh and Ephraim were born to h Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath 21 daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, 22 Huppim, and Ard. These are the sons of Rachel born to The Children of Bilhah Jacob—fourteen in all. 23 24 The son of Dan: Hushim. The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, 25 and Shillem. These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all. 26 a 10 Jemuel Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, Canaanite woman. c 13 and Shaul the son of a Nemuel Jashub 1 Chronicles 4:24. is another name for g 16 Arodi ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 27,
              "text": "27 a And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family Jacob Arrives in Egypt who went to Egypt were seventy 28 in all. b 29 Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Jo- seph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen, Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, 30 embraced him, and wept profusely. Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you 31 are still alive!” Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the The men are land of Canaan have come to me. shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they 33 own.’ 32 34 When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What you are to say, ‘Your serv- is your occupation?’ ants have raised livestock ever since our youth— both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be al- lowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all Jacob Settles in Goshen shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.” 47 So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My fa- ther and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the 2 land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.” And he chose five of his brothers and presented 3 them before Pharaoh. “What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Jo- seph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 48,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "| 51 Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh 48 2 Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two When Jacob was sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel c 3 rallied his strength and sat up in bed. 4 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting 5 possession.’ And now your two sons born to you in Egypt be- fore I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine. Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in 7 the territory they inherit. 6 d Now as for me, when I was returning from Pad- dan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” 8 (that is, Bethlehem). When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, 9 “Who are these?” Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I 10 may bless them.” Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced 11 them. “I never expected to see your face again,” I"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "15 4 although Manasseh was the firstborn. blessed Joseph and said: Then he Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, “May the God before whom my fathers because you went up to your father’s bed, 5 Abraham and Isaac walked, 16 the God who has been my shepherd all my a 6 life to this day, onto my couch, and defiled it. c Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence. the angel who has redeemed me from all May I never enter their council; harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, 17 and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.” When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from “Not so, my fa- Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s. ther!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put 19 your right hand on his head.” 18 But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his 20 offspring shall become a multitude of nations.” may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, 7 and hamstring oxen on a whim. Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob 8 and scatter them in Israel. d Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your 9 enemies; your father’s sons shall b"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 50,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "| 53 19 a I await Your salvation, O LORD. 20 Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels. 21 22 Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies. b Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns. Joseph is a fruitful vine— c 23 a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall. The archers attacked him with bitterness; 24 they aimed at him in hostility. Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, 25 in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of d Israel, by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, 26 with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb. The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. e May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers. 27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; 28 in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.” These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a The Death of Jacob suitable blessing. 29 31 Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers 30 in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite. The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purc"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "Joseph Comforts His Brothers 15 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the 16 evil that we did to him.” 17 So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded, ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please for- give the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” 18 When their message came to him, Joseph wept. His brothers also came to him, bowed down 19 before him, and said, “We are your slaves!” 20 But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in As for you, what you in- the place of God? tended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to a 23 born placed at birth Or or Exodus The Israelites Multiply in Egypt"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "Or or left the land of Egypt in the fifth generation marching out boldly ; similarly in verses 8 and 17 Or ; literally 68 |"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Exodus",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) went to Egypt. 7 Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaugh- The Children of Leah ters—all his offspring. 8 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who 9 went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, 10 Hezron, and Carmi. b a The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin,"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "); LXX (see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "–22) ther Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all. 15 14 16 f So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died. Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at 17 Shechem for a price he paid in silver. 18 As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt in- Then another king, creased greatly in number. 19 who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt. He exploited our people and oppressed our fa- thers, forcing them to abandon their infants so The Birth and Adoption of Moses they would die."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–10 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "7 20 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to 8 nurse the child for you?” “So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have 21 something to eat.” “Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And 9 the girl went and called the boy’s mother. Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” 10 So the woman took the boy and nursed him. a When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her and explained, “I son. She named him Moses The Rejection and Flight of Moses drew him out of the water.”"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "–22) 22 23 24 When Moses was forty years old, he decided to And visit his brothers, the children of Israel. Joseph was he was of great sta- e 13 ; the Roman Province of Asia was located in what is now western Turkey. And they were carried back g 20 f 16"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "–14 (see also LXX)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "j 46 verse 38 k 50"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": ". h 1 . Cited in"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": ". j 5 Angel ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "–10 ; also in Or a dwelling place for the house of Jacob."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "Psalm i 15 See"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "Or or or Literally Or when he saw one of them being mistreated, Mo- ses went to his defense and avenged him by strik- 25 ing down the Egyptian who was oppressing him. He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they 26 did not. The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mis- 27 treating each other?’ But the man who was abusing his neighbor 28 pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you a Do you want to kill me ruler and judge over us? At this as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where The Call of Moses he lived as a foreigner and had two sons."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "19 8"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "| 57 spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, 9 Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. So I will stretch out My hand and strike him. the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform 21 among them. And after that, he will release you. 10 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them. Therefore, go! I am send- ing you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israel- 11 ites out of Egypt.” a But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of 12 Egypt?” “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of 13 you will worship God on this mountain.” b Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Is- raelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His 14 name?’ What should I tell them?” c God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has 15 sent me to you.’ ” God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abra- ham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every genera- 16 tion. Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me an"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "The Appointment of Aaron 26 10 “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of 11 speech and tongue.” And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach 13 you what to say.” 12 But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send some- 14 one else.” 16 15 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do. He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him. But take this staff in your hand so Moses Leaves for Egypt you can perform signs with it.” 18 17 So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the The People Believe Moses and Aaron circumcision.) 27 28 Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed And Moses told Aaron everything the him. LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He 29 had commanded him to perform. 30 Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all and Aaron relayed the elders of"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": ". Tilgath-pilneser Heb.; some LXX manuscripts (see also Josh. 19:8) Tiglath-pileser 376 | 1 Chronicles 5:11 The Descendants of Gad 11 The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as 12 Salecah: Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then 13 Jaanai and Shaphat, who lived in Bashan. 14 Their kinsmen by families were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber— seven in all. These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz. Ahi son of Abdiel, the 16 son of Guni, was head of their family. 15 They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, 17 and throughout the pasturelands of Sharon. All of them were recorded in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and 18 Jeroboam king of Israel. The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half- tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors— valiant men who carried the shield and sword, 19 drew the bow, and were trained for battle. They waged war against the Hagrites, as well 20 as Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 21 And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers. They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—50,000 camels, 22 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took 100,000 captives, and many others fell slain, because"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "| 59 So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh Go and says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw. get your own straw wherever you can find it; but 12 your workload will in no way be reduced.’ 11 ” 13 So the people scattered all over the land of The task- Egypt to gather stubble for straw. masters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was 14 provided.” Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you The Cry of the Israelites did before?” 15 16 So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way? No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is 17 with your own people.” 18 “You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sac- Now get to work. You will rifice to the LORD.’ be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full 19 quota of bricks.” The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not re- When they duce your daily quota of bricks.” left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, 21 who stood waiting to meet them. 20 “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you hav"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "17 3 The sons of Gershon were Libni and 18 Shimei, by their clans. The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, 19 Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years. The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites accord- 20 ing to their records. And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and 21 Moses. Amram lived 137 years. The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, 22 and Zichri. a The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, 23 Elzaphan, and Sithri. And Aaron married Elisheba, the daugh- ter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar 24 and Ithamar. b The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. 25 Korahites. These were the clans of the Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. 26 These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans. 27 It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.” Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of 28 Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. 29 Now on the day that the LORD spoke to Moses He said to him, “I am the LORD; tell in Egypt, 30 Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I say to you.” But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would God Commands Moses and Aaron Pharaoh listen to me?” 7 2 The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your You are to brother Aaron will be"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": ". is a variant of d 27 Eliab Gershon c 26 33 1 Chronicles 6:53 | 377 From the Kohathites: 34 g 36 35 Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, son of Elkanah, the the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the the son of Zuph, the son son of Toah, of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zeph- aniah, the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Ko- hath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 37 38 39 Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand: 40 41 the son of Malchijah, Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of h Shimea, the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the 42 son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 43 44 On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari: 45 46 Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, the son of Mahli, the son of Mu- shi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 47 The Descendants of Aaron i 49 Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God. But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offer- ings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make ato"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "The Hebrew word traditionally translated as Hebrew was used for But I know that the king of Egypt will not b 12 a 10 allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels hand bosom Cited in"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "; here and in verse 10, in contrast to Moses’ staff, which became a Or ; also in verse 22 or Or or ; see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 8,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "| 61 And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the wa- ters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may be- come blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and 20 stone.” a 21 Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to The fish in the Nile died, and the river blood. smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the 22 land of Egypt. 23 But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hard- ened, and he would not listen to Moses and Instead, Aaron, just as the LORD had said. 24 Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and So all the did not take any of this to heart. Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the 25 river. And seven full days passed after the LORD had The Second Plague: Frogs struck the Nile. 8 3 2 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may But if you refuse to let them go, I worship Me. The will plague your whole country with frogs. Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your official"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "21 what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that a But if you will not let My they may worship Me. people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the 22 ground where they stand will be full of flies. But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way 23 you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land. between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomor- 24 row.’ I will make a distinction ” b And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was 25 ruined by swarms of flies. Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this 26 land.” But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us? We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He com- 28 mands us.” 27 Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacri- fice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but 29 you must not go very far. Now pray for me.” “As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and h"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "(see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 10,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 63 The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no 34 longer poured down on the land. When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said The Eighth Plague: Locusts through Moses. 35 10 a Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform 2 these miraculous signs of Mine among them, and that you may tell your children and grand- children how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, 3 so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.” 4 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the He- brews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. But if you refuse to let My 5 people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow. They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour what- ever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields. They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’ 7 Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence. ” 6 Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us?"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has 13 left behind.” So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By 14 morning the east wind had brought the locusts. 15 The locusts swarmed across the land and set- tled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never be- fore had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be. They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of 16 Egypt. Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron 17 and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, 18 that He may remove this death from me.” 19 So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and ap- pealed to the LORD. And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not 20 a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt. b a But the LORD hardened The Ninth Plague: Darkness he would not let the Israelites go. 21 Pharaoh’s heart, and Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable 22 darkn"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 12,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–13) vites.” 9 3 In the first month of the second year after Is- rael had come out of the land of Egypt, the 2 LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai: “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. You are to observe it at the ap- pointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and 4 ordinances.” 5 a So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Pass- and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, over, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the 6 LORD had commanded Moses. But there were some men who were unclean a 3 due to a dead body, so they could not observe the between the two evenings of the fourteenth by day 7 Passover on that day. And they came before Mo- and said to Moses, ses and Aaron that same day “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the 8 appointed time?” “Wait here until I find out what the LORD com- 10 9 mands concerning you,” Moses replied. 11 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descend- ants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to Such people are to observe it at twi- the LORD. light on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleav- they may not ened bread and bitter herbs; leave any of it until morning"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "–20. calendar, usually occurring within the months of March and April. to Jerusalem; it is also known as Sukkot, the autumn feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; it is later called the Feast of Weeks (see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": "| 65 leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh 16 must be cut off from Israel. On the first day you are to hold a sacred assem- bly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare 17 the meals—that is all you may do. e So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divi- sions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this 18 day as a permanent statute for the generations to In the first month you are to eat unleav- come. ened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth 19 day until the evening of the twenty-first day. For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leav- ened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation You are not to eat anything leavened; of Israel. 21 eat unleavened bread in all your homes.” 20 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select 22 for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaugh- ter the Passover lamb. Take a cluster of hys- sop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house un- 23 til morning. When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer 24 to enter your ho"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 29,
              "text": "The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn Instructions for the Passover 29 43 Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as 30 well as all the firstborn among the livestock. During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house The Exodus Begins without someone dead. 31 32 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you Take your flocks and herds as have requested. well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless 33 me also.” And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For 34 otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!” So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in knead- 35 ing bowls wrapped in clothing. 36 Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of sil- ver and gold, and for clothing. And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this 37 way they plundered the Egyptians. a 38 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Suc- coth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides And a mixed multitude women and children. also went up with them, along with great droves 39 of livestock"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 46,
              "text": "and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 13,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–16) LORD your God will bless you in all you do. 19 20 You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn Each year you and your house- of your flock. hold are to eat it before the LORD your God in the 21 place the LORD will choose. But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, 22 or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God. Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat But you it as they would a gazelle or a deer. must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread water. (Ex. 12:14–28 ; Lev. 23:4–8 ; Num. 28:16–25) 23 c Observe the month of Abib and cele- brate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your 2 God brought you out of Egypt by night. You are to offer to the LORD your God the Pass- over sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place 3 the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remem- ber for the rest of your life the day you left the 4 land of Egypt. No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until 5 morning. 6 You are not"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "Or"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 14,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "| 67 day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place be- Pharaoh Pursues the Israelites fore the people. 2 14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp be- fore Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite 3 Baal-zephon. d 4 For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’ Phar- aoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” 5 So this is what the Israelites did. And I will harden When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we 6 done? We have released Israel from serving us.” 7 So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his He took 600 of the best army with him. chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with 8 officers over all of them. e 9 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, The Egyp- who were marching out defiantly. tians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horse- men and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near 10 Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon. 11 As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the They said to Moses, “Was it because LORD. there were no gra"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "Parting the Red Sea 15 17 16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go for- And as for you, lift up your staff and ward. stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his The Egyp- army and chariots and horsemen. tians will know that I am the LORD when I am honored through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his 19 horsemen.” 18 a 20 And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before so that it came them and stood behind them, b between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the 21 other. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry and the Isra- land. So the waters were divided, elites went through the sea on dry ground, with 23 walls of water on their right and on their left. 22 24 And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and At morning watch, followed them into the sea. however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, He and He threw their camp into confusion. caused their chariot wheels"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 16,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": ". ; that is, approximately 2.87 to 3.45 miles (4.62 to 5.55 kilometers) SBL, NA, NE, and WH 37 38 Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive For I have come down from heaven, not away. to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who 39 sent Me. 40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day. For it is My Fa- ther’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I 41 will raise him up at the last day.” 42 At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I 43 have come down from heaven?’” 44 45 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus re- plied. “No one can come to Me unless the Fa- ther who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone 46 who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me— not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He 47 has seen the Father. a 48 49 Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has Your fa- I am the bread of life. eternal life. 50 thers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they This is the bread that comes down from died. 51 heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. I am"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 69 could not drink the water there because it was 24 bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.) 25 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?” And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. 26 There the LORD made for them a statute and an saying, ordinance, and there He tested them, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am 27 the LORD who heals you.” Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, Manna and Quail from Heaven and they camped there by the waters. 16 c 2 On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim which is between and came to the Desert of Sin, And there in the desert the Elim and Sinai. 3 whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to 4 starve this whole assembly to death!” Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test w"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are 9 not against us but against the LORD.” Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole con- gregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for 10 He has heard your grumbling.’ ” And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD 11 appeared. 12 a Then the LORD said to Moses, “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twi- light you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that 13 I am the LORD your God.’ ” That evening quail came and covered the 14 camp, and in the morning there was a layer of When the layer of dew dew around the camp. had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the de- When sert floor, as fine as frost on the ground. the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. 15 16 So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the This is what the LORD has given you to eat. LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as for much as he needs. You may take an omer 17 each person in your tent.’ ” b 18 c So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, When they measured it by the and some less. omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and Each one he who gathered little had no shortfall. 19 gathered as much as he needed to eat. 20 Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep But they did not listen any of it u"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "See 1 Corinthians 16:3–4. Or 1040 | 2 Corinthians 9:8 a should give what he has decided in his heart to 8 give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God And God is able to make loves a cheerful giver. all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written: 9 “He has scattered abroad His gifts to b 10 the poor; His righteousness endures forever.” 11 righteousness. Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will produce thanks- For this ministry of service is not giving to God. only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving 13 to God. 12 14 Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient con- fession of the gospel of Christ, and for the gener- osity of your contribution to them and to all the And their prayers for you will express others. their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. Thanks be to God for Paul’s Apostolic Authority His indescribable gift! 15 10 2 Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold I beg you that when I come I may when away. not need to be as bold as I expect toward those 3 who p"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "–30) 4 2 Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of For we you be deemed to have fallen short of it. also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who 3 comprehended it. a Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: b “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’ ” 4 And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world. For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.” And again, as He says in the passage 6 above: “They shall never enter My rest.” 5 c 7 Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobe- God again designated a certain day as dience, “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you 8 hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.” 9 d 10 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of For whoever enters God’s rest also rests God. 11 from his own work, just as God did from His. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the The Living Word (2 Timothy 3:10–17) same pattern of disobedience. 12 13 For"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 36,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 17,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) unclean until evening.” 20 In the first month, the whole congrega- tion of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and 2 was buried. 3 4 Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron. The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD! Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here? Why have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegran- 6 ates—and there is no water to drink!” 5 8 Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of 7 Meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them. And the LORD said to Moses, “Take the staff and assemble the congre- gation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their 9 livestock.” 10 11 So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s pres- Then ence, just as he had been commanded. Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congrega- 12 tion and their livestock were able t"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": ". the Sea of Reeds destruction quarreling means d 4 b 2 means . Or moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. 14 Now the Arnon is the border between the Moab- Therefore it is stated in ites and the Amorites. the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah 15 and the wadis of the Arnon, even the slopes of the wadis 16 that extend to the site of Ar a and lie along the border of Moab.” From there they went on to Beer, 17 the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the peo- ple so that I may give them water.” Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, 18 all of you sing to it! The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” 19 20 From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah, and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and and from Bamoth to from Nahaliel to Bamoth, the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah over- The Defeat of Sihon"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 18,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 71 15 d 16 And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner. “Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation The Visit of Jethro to generation.” 18 e 3 Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and 2 how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. f After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her, along with her two sons. One son was named Ger- 4 shom, for Moses had said, “I have been a for- eigner in a foreign land.” The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from 5 the sword of Pharaoh.” g Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where He he was encamped at the mountain of God. sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two 7 sons.” 6 8 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent. Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encoun- tered along the way, and how the LORD had 9 delivered them. 10 And Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the LORD had done for Israel, whom He had rescued Jethro de- from the hand of the Egyptians. clared, “Blesse"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "Jethro Advises Moses"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 19,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "–13 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 20,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–17) on the mountain. 5 At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not “I am the go up the mountain. And He said: LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 7 6 e 8 You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, 9 on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth but generations of those who hate Me, showing loving devotion to a thousand gen- erations of those who love Me and keep My 11 commandments. 10 f You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in 12 vain. Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded Or e 7 ; Syriac besides Me That is, the Dead Sea Note that"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "–6; Deuteron- Osorkon made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire ; see also LXX. is likely an abbreviation for 21 34 2 Kings 18:8 | 359 22 23 When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Ne- bat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from fol- lowing the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin. The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them. Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, Samaria Resettled where they are to this day. 24 Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to re- place the Israelites. They took possession of Sa- 25 maria and lived in its towns. 26 Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them. So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them 27 off.” Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Sa- maria, and have him go back to live there and 28 teach the requirements of the God of the land.” Thus one of the priests they had car"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": ";"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": ";"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "; Deuteronomy causes her to commit adultery Greek alms h 38 d 31 e 32 m 1 BYZ and TR ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": ";"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "–21 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "| 73 “Be prepared for the washed their clothes. third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw The LORD Visits Sinai near to a woman.” 16 On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the Then Moses brought the peo- camp trembled. ple out of the camp to meet with God, and they 18 stood at the foot of the mountain. 17 Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a fur- 19 nace, and the whole mountain quaked violently. And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God an- 20 swered him in the thunder. 21 The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses and the LORD said to him, “Go down went up, and warn the people not to break through to see Even the the LORD, lest many of them perish. priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against 23 them.” 22 But Moses said to the LORD, “The people can- not come up Mount Sinai, for You solemnly warned us, ‘Put a boundary around the mountain 24 ” and set it apart as holy.’ And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, 25 or He will break out against them.” So Moses went down to the people and spoke The Ten Commandments (De. 5:"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "20 21 “Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.” And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached Idolatry Forbidden (1 Corinthians 10:14–22) the thick darkness where God was. 22 23 Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from You are not to make any gods along- heaven. side Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods 24 of silver or gold. You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace of- ferings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, 25 I will come to you and bless you. Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it. And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your Hebrew Servants"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "–26) you can stand up under it. 14 15 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I Run Your Race to Win may share in its blessings. 24 25 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize. Everyone who com- petes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we There- do it for a crown that is imperishable. fore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am No, I discipline my body and beating the air. make it my slave, so that after I have preached to Warnings from Israel’s Past others, I myself will not be disqualified."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": ";"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 21,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–11) poor and needy in your land. 12 b If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the sev- 13 enth year you must set him free. 14 And when you release him, do not send him You are to furnish him away empty-handed. liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, 15 and your winepress. You shall give to him as the Remember LORD your God has blessed you. that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am 16 giving you this command today. 17 But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your then take household and is well off with you, an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And 18 treat your maidservant the same way. Do not regard it as a hardship to set your serv- make courageous a 7 ant free, because his six years of service were make strong sells himself b 12 16"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": ";"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": ";"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 22,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "| 75 8 If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double. If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s 9 property. c In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a don- key, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back dou- 10 ble to his neighbor. d 11 If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching, an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no 12 restitution. But if the animal was actually stolen from the 13 neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner. If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for 14 the torn carcass. If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution. If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If Laws of Social Responsibility the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss. 16 15 17 If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "22 23 24 You must not mistreat any widow or orphan. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me My an- in distress, I will surely hear their cry. ger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and 25 your children will be fatherless. If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to 26 him; you are not to charge him interest. 27 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, because his cloak is return it to him by sunset, the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will 28 hear, for I am compassionate. a You must not blaspheme God or curse the 29 ruler of your people. 30 You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn You shall do likewise with your of your sons. cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day 31 you are to give them to Me. You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; Justice and Mercy you are to throw it to the dogs. 23 2 witness. “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert jus- And do not show tice by siding with the crowd. 4 favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit. 3 If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or don- 5 key, you must return it to"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": "(see also LXX) Or That is, at nine tonight 35 18"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 23,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "–19)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": ") or Jerusalem; it is later called (see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "–33) 12 If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep 13 His covenant and the loving devotion that He He will love you and swore to your fathers. bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land— your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land You that He swore to your fathers to give you. will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or live- 15 stock. 14 16 And the LORD will remove from you all sick- ness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will You must de- inflict them on all who hate you. stroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to 17 you. 18 19 You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive But do not be afraid of them. Be them out?” sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt: the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God 20 will do the same to all the peoples you now fear. 21 Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hid- Do not be terrified ing from you have perished. by them, for the LORD your God, who is among 22 you, is a great and a"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 24,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "SBL does not include Or i 19 BYZ, TR the Holy of Holies h 16 d 5 Or"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "| 77 20 21 Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in 22 him. 23 But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes. For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, 24 Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them. You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to 25 pieces. a So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will No take away sickness from among you. woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I 27 will fulfill the number of your days. 26 I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run. I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and 29 Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. 28 I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate 30 and wild animals would multiply against you. Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the 31 land. b And I will establish your borders from the Red to the Sea of the Philistines,"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 25,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "Offerings for the Tabernacle"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": ". 20 holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and But the Kohathites are not what he is to carry. to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a The Duties of the Gershonites moment, or they will die.”"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "–16) with gold, and their five bases were bronze. 37 Bezalel went on to construct the ark of a acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a 2 cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. 3 4 He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and And he out, and made a gold molding around it. cast four gold rings for its four feet, two rings on Then he made one side and two on the other. poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. He inserted the poles into the rings on the The Mercy Seat"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "–22) sides of the ark in order to carry it. 6 5 b 8 7 He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. He made two cherubim of hammered one cherub gold at the ends of the mercy seat, 9 on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold. And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking to- The Table of Showbread ward the mercy seat."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": "–30 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 31,
              "text": "–40 ; 37:17–24) 2 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of 3 the lampstand.’ ” And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing to- ward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD 4 had commanded Moses. This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the Cleansing the Levites LORD had shown Moses. 5 6 7 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean. This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify 8 themselves. 11 Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are 9 to take a second young bull for a sin offering. Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting 10 and assemble the whole congregation of Israel. You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon Aaron is to present the Levites before them. the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Is- rael, so that they may perform the service of the And the Levites are to lay their hands on LORD. the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, 13 to make atonement for the Levites. 12 14 You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 39,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 40,
              "text": "; see also"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 26,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–6) 7 8 9 All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully Each curtain was twenty- worked into them. eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the And he joined five curtains were the same size. of the curtains together, and the other five he 11 joined as well. 10 a 12 He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the He made fifty end curtain in the second set. loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined He also made fifty up opposite one another. gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit. a 9 b 15 c 19 d 21 13 The Eleven Curtains of Goat Hair"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "–14) 14 He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent 15 over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all. b Each of the eleven curtains was the same 16 size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide. 17 He joined five of the curtains into one set and He made fifty loops the other six into another. along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, 18 and fifty loops along the edge of the correspond- He also made fifty ing curtain in the second set. 19 bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit. c Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of The Frames and Bases"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "–30) fine leather. 20 21 d e Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia Each frame was ten wood for the tabernacle. Two cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle 23 in this way. 22 24 He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle, with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two ba- 25 ses for each frame, one under each tenon. 26 For the second side of the tabernacle, the north and forty silver side, he made twenty frames 27 bases—two bases under each frame. 28 29 He made six frames for the rear of the taber- and two frames for the nacle, the west side, coupled two back corners of the tabernacle, together from bottom to top and fitted into a 30 single ring. He made both corners in this way. So there were eight frames and sixteen silver 31 bases—two under each frame. 32 He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for five the frames on one side of the tabernacle, for those on the other side, and five for those on 33 the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west. 34 He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the And he overlaid the frames with gold other. and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold. Each of the ten curtains was approximately 42 feet long and 6 feet wide (12.8 meters long and 1.8 meters wide). Each of the eleven curtains was approximately 45 feet long and 6 fe"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 29,
              "text": "| 79 35 And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and pet- For the six branches that extend from the als. lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud The buds and branches under the third pair. are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, 37 hammered out of pure gold. 36 38 Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in 39 The wick trimmers and their trays front of it. The lampstand and all must be of pure gold. a these utensils shall be made from a talent of pure 40 gold. b See to it that you make everything according to The Ten Curtains for the Tabernacle the pattern shown you on the mountain."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 30,
              "text": "30 So you are to set up the tabernacle according The Veil"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 31,
              "text": "–35) 13"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 27,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–8) a 38 b 2 Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits He made a horn at each of its four cor- high. ners, so that the horns and altar were of one 3 piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze. 4 He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and He made a grate of bronze mesh for firepans. the altar under its ledge, halfway up from the 5 bottom. 6 7 At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast And he made four rings as holders for the poles. the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He The Bronze Basin"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "–19) entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 9 c Then he constructed the courtyard. The south 10 11 side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with The north silver hooks and bands on the posts. side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and The west side bands of the posts were silver. and had curtains, with ten was fifty cubits long 13 posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the And the east side, toward the posts were silver. 14 sunrise, was also fifty cubits long. 12 d e 15 The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three And the curtains on the other side were bases. 16 also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and All the curtains around the three bases as well. The courtyard were made of finely spun linen. bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of a 1 He constructed b 1 17 the posts was silver. So all the posts of the court- 18 yard were banded with silver. f g 19 The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five long with four posts and four bronze cubits high, bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the All the tent bands and the plating of their tops. pegs for the tabernacle and for the surroun"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "–21) pointed feasts of the LORD. 2 24 “Com- Then the LORD said to Moses, mand the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps 3 burning continually. b 4 Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continu- ally before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the genera- tions to come. He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD The Showbread"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 28,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "–14) courtyard. 39 From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy gar- ments for Aaron, just as the LORD had com- a 2 manded Moses. 3 4 Bezalel made the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, They hammered out thin and scarlet yarn. sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled crafts- man. They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached at two of its corners, so it could be fastened. And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had com- 6 manded Moses. 5 7 They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of Then they fastened them on the sons of Israel. the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had The Breastpiece"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "–30) commanded Moses. 8 He made the breastpiece with the same work- manship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, pur- 9 ple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen. It was square when folded over double, a span b 10 long and a span wide. c And they mounted on it four rows of gem- stones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an 11 emerald; the second row had a turquoise, a 12 sapphire, and a diamond; the third row had a jacinth, an agate, and 13 an amethyst; and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, a 2 He made b 9 and a jasper. Literally c 10 length and width. Hebrew word is uncertain; possibly ."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 31,
              "text": "–43) 22 23 d They made the robe of the ephod entirely with an of blue cloth, the work of a weaver, opening in the center of the robe like that of a garment, with a collar around the opening so 24 that it would not tear. 25 They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen on the lower They also made bells of pure hem of the robe. 26 gold and attached them around the hem between alternating the bells and the pomegranates, pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had 27 commanded Moses. 28 For Aaron and his sons they made tunics of as well as the fine linen, the work of a weaver, turban of fine linen, the ornate headbands and and the undergarments of finely spun linen, 29 d 23 The breastpiece, when folded over, was approximately 9 inches or 22.9 centimeters in both The meaning of the The precise identification of some of these gemstones is uncertain. a coat of mail 94 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 32,
              "text": "| 81 28 “Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along 2 with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Itha- Make holy garments mar, to serve Me as priests. for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and 3 splendor. 4 You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that These are the gar- he may serve Me as priest. ments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they They shall use gold, may serve Me as priests. along with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine The Ephod"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 33,
              "text": "4 a center. Around the opening shall be a woven col- lar with an opening like that of a garment, so 33 that it will not tear. 34 Make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scar- let yarn all the way around the lower hem, with alternating the gold gold bells between them, bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of 35 the robe. Aaron must wear the robe whenever he minis- ters, and its sound will be heard when he enters or exits the sanctuary before the LORD, so that he 36 will not die. You are to make a plate of pure gold and b engrave on it as on a seal: 37 HOLY TO THE LORD. 38 Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the tur- And ban; it shall be on the front of the turban. it will be worn on Aaron’s forehead, so that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so 39 that they may be acceptable before the LORD. 40 You are to weave the tunic with fine linen, make the turban of fine linen, and fashion an em- Make tunics, sashes, and head- broidered sash. bands for Aaron’s sons, to give them glory and 41 splendor. After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me 42 as priests. 43 Make linen undergarments to cover their bare Aaron and flesh, extending from waist to thigh. his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to min- ister in the Holy Place,"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 29,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9) 2 “Take Aaron Then the LORD said to Moses, and his sons, their garments, the anointing 3 oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and and assemble the basket of unleavened bread, the whole congregation at the entrance to the 4 Tent of Meeting.” 5 So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the And Moses said to them, “This Tent of Meeting. 6 is what the LORD has commanded to be done.” 7 8 Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and He put the tunic on washed them with water. Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He tied the woven band of the ephod around him and Then he put the breastpiece fastened it to him. 9 on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece. Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy dia- dem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had 10 commanded him. a The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the And you breast belongs to Aaron and his sons. 33 are to give the right thigh to the priest as a con- The son of tribution from your peace offering. Aaron who presents the blood and fat of the peace offering shall have the right thigh as a por- 34 tion. I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contri- bution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a per- manent portion from the sons of Israel.’ Lights and Perfections a 8"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "–30) manded Moses. 22 After that, Moses presented the other ram, the 23 ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on Aa- ron’s right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he splattered the blood on all 25 sides of the altar. 24 26 And Moses took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh. And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh. He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave of- 28 fering. 27 Then Moses took these from their hands and a 4 burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. a cow a bull Or or ; also in verses 18 and 19 29 This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD. He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of or- dination—and waved it before the LORD as a 30 wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him. Next, Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprin- kled them"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 38,
              "text": "–44) LORD had instructed through Moses. 23 2 28 “Com- Then the LORD said to Moses, mand the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My food offerings, as a pleasing aroma to 3 Me. 4 And tell them that this is the food offering you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt of- fering each day: two unblemished year-old male Offer one lamb in the morning and the lambs. other at twilight, along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed 6 with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives. 5 e d f 7 This is a regular burnt offering established at Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, a food offering c 21 quarreling The drink offering accompanying to the LORD. e 5 A tenth of an ephah ; see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 30,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–10) pure gold. 25 f He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, 26 and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece. And he overlaid with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns. Then he made a molding of 27 gold around it. He made two gold rings below the molding on 28 opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it. And he made the poles of acacia wood and 29 overlaid them with gold. He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer. c 10 The ark was approximately 3.75 feet long, 2.25 feet wide, and 2.25 feet high (114.3 centimeters long, 68.6 centimeters The mercy seat was approximately 3.75 feet long and 2.25 feet wide (114.3 centi- The table was approximately 3 feet long, 1.5 feet wide, and 2.25 feet high wide, and 68.6 centimeters high). meters long and 68.6 centimeters wide). (91.4 centimeters long, 45.7 centimeters wide, and 68.6 centimeters high). inches or 7.4 centimeters. proximately 1.5 feet in length and width, and 3 feet high (45.7 centimeters in length and width, and 91.4 centimeters high). is approximately 75.4 pounds or 34.2 kilograms of gold. is approximately 2.9 d 12 A handbreadth The altar was ap- e 24 A talent f 25 92 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "| 83 23 Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh along with (since this is a ram for ordination), one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened Put all these in bread that is before the LORD. the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them Then take before the LORD as a wave offering. them from their hands and burn them on the al- tar atop the burnt offering as a pleasing aroma 26 before the LORD; it is a food offering to the LORD. 25 24 27 28 Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordina- tion and wave it before the LORD as a wave offer- Consecrate for ing, and it will be your portion. Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offer- ing that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordina- This will belong to Aaron and his sons as tion. a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the 29 LORD from their peace offerings. 30 The holy garments that belong to Aaron will belong to his sons after him, so they can be anointed and ordained in them. The son who succeeds him as priest and enters the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place must wear Food for the Priests them for seven days. 31 33 32 You are to take the ram of ordination and boil At the entrance to the its flesh in a holy place. Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to e"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "10 Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your genera- tions he shall make atonement on it annually of atonement. with the blood of the sin offering The Census Offering The altar is most holy to the LORD.” (2 Samuel 24:1–9 ; 1 Chronicles 21:1–6) a 11 12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come Every- upon them when they are numbered. one who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is 14 an offering to the LORD. 13 b c 16 Everyone twenty years of age or older who 15 crosses over must give this offering to the LORD. In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half Take the shekel, nor shall the poor give less. atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD The Bronze Basin"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "–16 ; 1 Chronicles 21:1–6) 24 Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of 2 Israel and Judah.” n So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.” d 20 two sons of Ariel b 19 In the Thirty Heb.; Syr- Shammah the Harodite, a 18 26 Elika the Harodite, Helez the Paltite, Most Heb. manuscripts (see also 1 Chronicles 11:20); two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of Ishhai Sibbecai the Thirty f 27 c 20 the Thirty e 24 g 29 (were): iac Or Heb.; some LXX manuscripts i 30 Hiddai Hurai scripts and Vulgate (see also 1 Chronicles 11:30); most MT manuscripts Hashem l 33 cles 11:31. is a variant of m 33 ; see 1 Chronicles 11:32. Sachar Some LXX manuscripts (see also 1 Chronicles 11:34); Hebrew n 2 Or ; see 1 Chronicles 11:34. Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts ; see 1 Chronicles 11:35. LXX ; see 2 Samuel 21:18 and 1 Chronicles 11:29. j 30 from the ravines Or Heleb h 29 Ittai Literally Ithai Some Hebrew manu- ; see 1 Chroni- Jonathan, 33 Shammah is a variant of to Joab and the army commanders with him is a variant of k 32 Jashen 306 | 2 Samuel 24:3 3 But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a 4 thing?” Never"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "–21) made the altar with boards so that it was hollow. 8 Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the The Courtyard"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 31,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–11) the altar of burnt offering with its bronze 30 grate, its poles, and all its utensils; 17 the basin with its stand; the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the gate 18 of the courtyard; the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for 19 the courtyard, along with their ropes; and the woven garments for ministering in the holy place—both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.” The People Offer Gifts 20 Then the whole congregation of Israel with- And every- drew from the presence of Moses. a 7 one whose heart stirred him and whose spirit 21 31 Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the And He has son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, 32 and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship, to design artistic works in gold, silver, and to cut gemstones for settings, and to bronze, carve wood, so that he may be a master of every 34 artistic craft. 33 35 And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others. He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, em- broiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft. Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals; also in verse 23 90 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "–17) commandment; his guilt remains on him.” 32 34 33 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath Those who found the man gathering wood day. brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole con- and because it had not been de- gregation, clared what should be done to him, they placed 35 him in custody. And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is 36 to stone him outside the camp.” So the whole congregation took the man out- side the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses. You have gone too far a 3 b 5 God has visited and knows those who are His"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 32,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–35 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "Or Lord’s, and the fullness thereof— twice in this verse e 26 WH, NE, and Tischendorf"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "| 85 3 4 Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron. He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you 5 up out of the land of Egypt!” When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a 6 feast to the LORD.” So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and got up to 7 indulge in revelry. c 8 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for them- selves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of 9 the land of Egypt.’ ” 10 The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked peo- ple. Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will 11 make you into a great nation.” 12 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from t"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "17 31 When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is 18 in the camp.” But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of 19 defeat; I hear the sound of singing!” 20 As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering Then he took them at the base of the mountain. the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the 21 Israelites to drink it. “What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a 22 sin?” 23 “Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on They told me, ‘Make us gods who will go evil. before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has 24 happened to him!’ So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I 25 threw it into the fire, out came this calf!” a 26 Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock So Moses to their enemies. stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” 27 And all the Levites gathered around him. He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp fro"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 33,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 34,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9) outstretched arm.” 10 2 At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark And I will write on the tablets the of wood. words that were on the first tablets, which you 3 broke; and you are to place them in the ark.” d So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up 4 the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Command- that He had spoken to you on the moun- ments tain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. and I went back The LORD gave them to me, down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; a 22 Taberah and there they have remained. burning 5 b 22 Massah 6 e The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene- jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was 7 buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest. From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with 8 streams of water. 9 At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pro- nounce blessings in His name, as they do to this That is why Levi has no portion or inher- day. itance among his brothers; the LORD is his inher- 10 itance, as the LORD your God promised him. I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "–35) 7 8 Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face will not of Moses because of its fleeting glory, 9 the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? For if the ministry of condemnation was glori- ous, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness! Indeed, what was once glorious 11 has no glory now in comparison to the glory that For if what was fading away came surpasses it. with glory, how much greater is the glory of that 12 which endures! 10 13 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are We are not like Moses, who would very bold. put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from 14 gazing at the end of what was fading away. But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old 15 covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in And even to this day Christ can it be removed. 16 when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the 17 veil is taken away. 18 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit And we, who of the Lord is, there is freedom. with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, The Light of the Gospel who is the Spirit. 4 b 2 we do not lose heart. Therefore, since God in His mercy has given In- us this ministry, stead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not p"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "| 87 2 Be ready in the first tablets, which you broke. 3 morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop. No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks 4 or herds may graze in front of the mountain.” So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and tak- ing the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up 5 Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him. And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with 6 him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD. Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, 7 abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, b maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” 9 8 Moses immediately bowed down to the ground “O Lord,” he said, “if I have in- and worshiped. deed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your The LORD Renews the Covenant inheritance.” (2 Corinthians 3:7–18) 10 And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose 15 name is Jealous, is a jealous God. 16 Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will in- And vite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to 17 do the same. 18 You shall make no molten gods for yourselves. a b You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened For seven days at the appointed time in Bread. you are to eat unleavened the month of Abib, bread as I commanded you. For in the month of 19 Abib you came out of Egypt. 20 The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your You must livestock, whether cattle or sheep. redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty- 21 handed. Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and c 22 harvesting, you must rest. d And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the 23 at the turn of the year. Feast of Ingathering Three times a year all your males are to appear For I before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": ") or the Feast of Tabernacles was the first month of the ancient Hebrew lunar the Feast of Pentecost That is, Shavuot, the late spring feast of pilgrimage That is, (see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 35,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "–9) 2 25 “Tell the Then the LORD said to Moses, Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose This is the offering you are heart compels him. to accept from them: 3 4 gold, silver, and bronze; blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; 5 fine linen and goat hair; a ram skins dyed red and fine leather; 6 acacia wood; olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the 7 fragrant incense; 8 and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. 9 And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that You must make the I may dwell among them. tabernacle and design all its furnishings accord- The Ark of the Covenant"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 30,
              "text": "–35) from his people.” 37 38 2 3 “See, I Then the LORD said to Moses, have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, to and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship, 5 design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve 6 wood, so that he may be a master of every craft. 4 Moreover, I have selected Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, as his assistant. c 13 20 gerahs 31 Or e 23 250 shekels d 23 500 shekels is approximately 0.2 ounces or 5.7 grams; also in verse 15. is is approximately 12.6 pounds or 5.7 f 23 250 shekels equivalent to one shekel (approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams). kilograms of myrrh. h 24 A hin proximately 6.3 pounds or 2.9 kilograms of cane. g 24 500 shekels is approximately 6.3 pounds or 2.9 kilograms of cinnamon. i 36 The Testimony is approximately 12.6 pounds or 5.7 kilograms of cassia. is ap- is approximately 0.97 gallons or 3.67 liters of olive oil. refers to the stone tablets in the ark of the covenant inscribed with the Ten Commandments. 9 8 I have also given skill to all the craftsmen, that a 7 they may fashion all that I have commanded you: the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat upon it, and all the other fur- the table with its utensils, nishings of the tent— the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering with 10 all its"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 35,
              "text": "| 89 6 gold, silver, and bronze; blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; 7 fine linen and goat hair; a ram skins dyed red and fine leather; 8 acacia wood; olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the 9 fragrant incense; The Skilled Craftsmen and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. 10 Let every skilled craftsman among you come and make everything that the LORD has com- manded: 11 the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, 12 and bases; the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and 13 the veil to shield it; the table with its poles, all its utensils, 14 and the Bread of the Presence; the lampstand for light with its 15 accessories and lamps and oil for the light; the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance 16 to the tabernacle; prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for 22 all its services, and for the holy garments. So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and ear- rings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a 23 wave offering to the LORD. 24 Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them. And all who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. A"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 36,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "The People Bring More than Enough 36 “So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything com- manded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work 2 of constructing the sanctuary.” Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had 3 gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to They received from Mo- come and do the work. ses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. 4 Meanwhile, the people continued to bring so freewill offerings morning after morning, 5 that all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all and the work on the sanctuary left their work said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has 6 commanded us to do.” After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were since what they restrained from bringing more, already had was more than enough to perform all The Ten Curtains for the Tabernacle the work."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "–13) 26 “You are to construct the tabernacle it- self with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and Each cur- cherubim skillfully worked into them. tain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four 3 cubits wide —all curtains the same size. 2 c 4 Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well. Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same for the end curtain 5 in the second set. 6 Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the Make fifty loops line up opposite one another. gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a The Eleven Curtains of Goat Hair unit."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "–19) 7 You are to make curtains of goat hair for the 8 tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all. Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same 9 size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide. d Join five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another. Then fold the sixth curtain over double at the front of the tent. a 39 A talent Make fifty loops along the edge of the end cur- tain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge 11 of the corresponding curtain in the second set. Make fifty bronze clasps and put them through 12 the loops to join the tent together as a unit. 13 As for the overlap that remains of the tent cur- tains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle. And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of 14 the tabernacle to cover it. e f Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine The Frames and Bases"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "–34) leather. 15 16 You are to construct upright frames of acacia g Each frame is to be wood for the tabernacle. 17 ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. h Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the taber- 18 nacle in this way. 19 Construct twenty frames for the south side of with forty silver bases under the tabernacle, the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, 20 one under each tenon. 21 For the second side of the tabernacle, the north and forty silver ba- side, make twenty frames 22 ses—two bases under each frame. 23 24 Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, and two frames for the two back the west side, coupled together corners of the tabernacle, 25 from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners. So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases— 26 two under each frame. 27 You are also to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the taber- five for those on the other side, and five nacle, for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the 28 west. The central crossbar in the middle of the 29 frames shall extend from one end to the other. Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold. b 40 is approximately 75.4 pounds or 34.2 kilograms of gold. Cited in"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 35,
              "text": "–36) to the pattern shown you on the mountain. 31 32 Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it. Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and And hang the veil standing on four silver bases. from the clasps and place the ark of the Testi- b behind the veil. So the veil will separate mony 34 the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. 33 a 35 Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony And place the table out- in the Most Holy Place. side the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the The Curtain for the Entrance (Ex. 36:37–38) south side. 36 37 For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scar- let yarn, and finely spun linen. Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with The Bronze Altar"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 37,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5) ing to the pattern I show you. 10 And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a Overlay half wide, and a cubit and a half high. it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a 12 gold molding around it. 11 b 13 Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the 14 And make poles of acacia wood and other. Insert the poles into overlay them with gold. 15 the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it. The poles are to remain in the rings of the c And place in- ark; they must not be removed. The Mercy Seat"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "–9) which I will give you. side the ark the Testimony, 17 16 d e 18 And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat, one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from And the cherubim are to one piece of gold. a 5 b 10 19 20 have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each 21 other, looking toward the mercy seat. Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the 22 Testimony that I will give you into the ark. f And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the The Table of Showbread Israelites."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "–16 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "–24 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "–29) I am the LORD their God. 30 2 d Its horns must be of one piece. “You are also to make an altar of acacia It is to wood for the burning of incense. 3 be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cu- Over- bits high. lay with pure gold the top and all the sides and 4 horns, and make a molding of gold around it. And make two gold rings below the molding on 5 opposite sides to hold the poles used to carry it. Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay 6 them with gold. e f 7 Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony —before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you. And Aaron is to burn fragrant 8 incense on it every morning when he tends the When Aaron sets up the lamps at twi- lamps. light, he must burn the incense perpetually g 9 before the LORD for the generations to come. On this altar you must not offer unauthorized incense or a burnt offering or grain offering; nor are you to pour a drink offering on it. c 40 b 40 A tenth of an ephah a quarter hin of pressed oil Heb. e 6 d 2 about 2.6 pounds or 1.2 kg of flour). is approx. 2 dry quarts or 2.2 liters (probably ; that is, approx. 0.97 quarts or 0.92 liters g 9 f 8 The altar was approximately 1.5 feet in length and width, and 3 feet high (45.7 cm in length and width, and 91.4 cm between the two evenings the ark of the covenant ; also in verse 41 Hebrew strange high). That is, ; also in verse 26 Hebrew Or 84 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 29,
              "text": "| 91 35 Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scar- let yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim 36 skillfully worked into it. He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold The Curtain for the Entrance (Ex. 26:36–37) hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts. 37 For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain 38 embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, together with five posts and finely spun linen, and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands Constructing the Ark"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 38,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them. 27 “You are to build an altar of acacia wood. c The altar must be square, five cubits 2 long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with 3 bronze. 4 Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for re- moving ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its Construct for it a meat forks, and its firepans. 5 grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh. Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the 6 mesh comes halfway up the altar. 7 Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the The poles altar and overlay them with bronze. are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles 8 are on two sides of the altar when it is carried. Construct the altar with boards so that it is hol- low. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain. a 33 the ark of the covenant b 33 The Courtyard"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": ") to make atonement for your lives.” 18 17 19 And the LORD said to Moses, “You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and with which Aaron the altar, and put water in it, 20 and his sons are to wash their hands and feet. Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the LORD, they must wash with Thus they are water so that they will not die. to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to The Anointing Oil come.” 22 23 21 d Then the LORD said to Moses, 24 est spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane, 500 shekels of cassia —all according to the sanctuary shekel— purification offering a 10 “Take the fin- e half that b 13 A half shekel g f h 25 Prepare from these a sa- and a hin of olive oil. cred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a 26 perfumer; it will be a sacred anointing oil. 27 Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the the table and all its uten- ark of the Testimony, 28 sils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of the altar of burnt offering and all its incense, You are utensils, and the basin with its stand. to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy. Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve 31 Me as priests. 30 29 33"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "–20) 9 d 10 You are also to make a courtyard for the taber- nacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands 11 on the posts. on one side, Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks The curtains on the and bands on the posts. west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits 13 wide, with ten posts and ten bases. 12 e 14 f 15 The east side of the courtyard, toward the sun- rise, is to be fifty cubits wide. Make the cur- tains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three and the curtains on the posts and three bases, other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts 16 and three bases. g The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cu- bits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It 17 shall have four posts and four bases. 19 All the posts around the courtyard shall have 18 silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases. h The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits i long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze ba- ses. All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs The Oil for the Lamps"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "–31 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 39,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) linen. 6 5 8 7 They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, It shall have two shoulder and scarlet yarn. pieces attached at two of its corners, so it can be fastened. And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod must be of one piece, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and 9 scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen. 10 Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the six of their names names of the sons of Israel: 11 on one stone and the remaining six on the other, Engrave the names in the order of their birth. of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the Fasten both stones in gold filigree settings. stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a me- 13 morial before the LORD. 14 12 Fashion gold filigree settings and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and at- The Breastpiece"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "–21) tach these chains to the settings. 15 You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Con- struct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet It must be yarn, and with finely spun linen. square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide. a 16 b 17 16 a b And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a 18 topaz, and an emerald; in the second row a turquoise, a 19 sapphire, and a diamond; in the third row a jacinth, an agate, and 20 an amethyst; and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. 21 Mount these stones in gold filigree settings. The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a 22 seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes. 23 25 For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold. You are also to make two 24 gold rings and fasten them to the two corners of the breastpiece. Then fasten the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the and fasten the other ends of the breastpiece, two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the 26 front. Make two more gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the 27 inside edge next to the ephod. 28 Make two additional gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near its seam just above its woven waistband. The ri"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 29,
              "text": "| 93 These stones were mounted in gold filigree set- 14 tings. The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve 15 tribes. 16 For the breastpiece they made braided chains They also made two like cords of pure gold. gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fas- tened the two rings to the two corners of the Then they fastened the two gold breastpiece. chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the and they fastened the other ends breastpiece, of the two chains to the two filigree settings, at- taching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod 19 at the front. 17 18 They made two more gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, 20 on the inside edge next to the ephod. 21 They made two additional gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near the seam Then they tied just above its woven waistband. the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, Additional Priestly Garments just as the LORD had commanded Moses."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 30,
              "text": "sash of finely spun linen, embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had 30 commanded Moses. They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an in- scription on a seal: 31 a HOLY TO THE LORD. Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had com- Moses Approves the Work manded Moses. 32 So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did eve- 33 rything just as the LORD had commanded Moses. Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and 34 bases; b the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, 35 covering; and the veil of the c the ark of the Testimony 36 and the mercy seat; with its poles the table with all its utensils and the 37 Bread of the Presence; the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil 38 for the light; the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the 39 entrance to the tent; the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; 40 the basin with its stand; the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of 41 Meeting; and the woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary, both the holy g"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 40,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–33 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 34,
              "text": "–38) ” 15 b On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and 16 appeared like fire above the tabernacle from It remained that way evening until morning. continually; the cloud would cover the taber- 17 nacle by day, and at night it would appear like Whenever the cloud was lifted from above fire. the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wher- 18 ever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would At the LORD’s command the Israelites camp. set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the 19 tabernacle, they remained encamped. Even when the cloud lingered over the taber- nacle for many days, the Israelites kept the b 16 Sometimes LORD’s charge and did not set out. 20 Hebrew does not include ; also in verses 5 and 11 LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; Hebrew the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s 21 command and set out at the LORD’s command. Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they would set out. Whether it was by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up, 22 they would set out. 23 Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set They camped at the LORD’s command, out. and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge ac"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 38,
              "text": "| 95 32 21 Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set Then he brought the mercy seat atop the ark. the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, 22 just as the LORD had commanded him. 23 Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil. He arranged the bread on it before the 24 LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him. and from it Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet. They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded 33 Moses. And Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses fin- The Cloud and the Glory ished the work."
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Leviticus",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–17) anything he may have done to incur guilt.” 8 9 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Command Aa- ron and his sons that this is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth of the altar all night, until morning, and 10 the fire must be kept burning on the altar. And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the 11 fire has consumed and place them beside it. Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and carry the ashes outside the 12 camp to a ceremonially clean place. The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of The fire shall be kept the peace offerings on it. burning on the altar continually; it must not be The Grain Offering"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–16) extinguished. 14 13 15 Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in The priest is to remove a front of the altar. handful of fine flour and olive oil, together with is approximately 2 dry quarts or 2.2 liters (probably about 2.6 pounds or 1.2 kilograms of flour). is approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams of silver. 100 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–17) equally to all the sons of Aaron. 11 d e 12 Now this is the law of the peace offering that If he offers it in one may present to the LORD: thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour 13 mixed with oil. 14 Along with his peace offering of thanksgiving he is to present an offering with cakes of leav- From the cakes he must present ened bread. one portion of each offering as a contribution to 15 the LORD. It belongs to the priest who sprinkles The meat of the the blood of the peace offering. sacrifice of his peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day he offers it; none of it 16 may be left until morning. 17 If, however, the sacrifice he offers is a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, but the remainder may But any meat of the be eaten on the next day. 18 sacrifice remaining until the third day must be burned up. If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be d 9 e 9 That is, a shallow pan for baking or frying Or That is, a deep pan or stew pan That is, a shal- is approximately 2 dry quarts or 2.2 liters (probably about 2.6 pounds or 1.2 kilograms of flour). low pan for baking or frying accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the 19 one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity. Meat that"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–35 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 97 12 13 If one’s offering is a goat, he is to present it be- He must lay his hand on its fore the LORD. head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meet- ing. Then Aaron’s sons shall splatter its blood on 14 all sides of the altar. 16 15 And from his offering he shall present a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the en- both kidneys trails, all the fat that is on them, with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kid- Then the priest is to burn the food on the neys. altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the 17 fat is the LORD’s. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any Laws for Sin Offerings (Lev. 5:1–13 ; 6:24–30) fat or any blood.” 2 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Is- raelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s com- 3 mandments and does what is forbidden by them: a 7 If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull 4 without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed. He must bring the bull to the en- trance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, 5 lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD. Then the anointed priest shall 6 take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting. The priest is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times be- fore the LORD, in front of the veil"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "13 16 14 15 Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the no- tice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing when they become aware of what is forbidden, the sin they have committed, then the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and pre- The elders sent it before the Tent of Meeting. of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be Then the slaughtered before the LORD. 17 anointed priest is to bring some of the bull’s and he is to dip blood into the Tent of Meeting, his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times He is also before the LORD in front of the veil. to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the 19 base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance And he is to remove all to the Tent of Meeting. He shall the fat from it and burn it on the altar. offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atone- 21 ment on their behalf, and they will be forgiven. Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is 22 the sin offering for the assembly. 18 20 23 24 When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments When he of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt. becomes aware of the sin he has"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–13) 23 24 25 And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, 26 the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the The priest who offers it LORD; it is most holy. shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the Anything courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must 28 wash it in a holy place. 27 30 The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the 29 pot must be scoured and rinsed with water. Any male among the priests may eat it; it is But no sin offering may be eaten if most holy. its blood has been brought into the Tent of Meet- ing to make atonement in the Holy Place; it must a 20 A tenth of an ephah be burned. b 21 c 21 baked The Guilt Offering (Lev. 5:14–19 ; Lev. 6:1–7) 7 2 4 3 “Now this is the law of the guilt offering, The guilt offering must which is most holy: be slaughtered in the place where the burnt of- fering is slaughtered, and the priest shall splatter And all the fat its blood on all sides of the altar. from it shall be offered: the fat tail, the fat that both kidneys with the fat on covers the entrails, them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, The which is to be removed with the kidneys. 6 priest shall burn them on the altar as a food of- fering to the LORD; it is a guilt offering. Every male among the pri"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "–19 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "–13) 15 1 2 Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying, “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or 3 the flock. If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD. He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for 5 him. 4 And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to pre- sent the blood and splatter it on all sides of the 6 altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it 7 into pieces. 8 The sons of Aaron the priest shall put a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. Then Aa- ron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, 9 including the head and the fat, atop the burning wood on the altar. The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offer- 10 ing, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 11 If, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male. He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to 12 splatter its blood against the altar on all sides. He i"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "–23) food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 2 2 “When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it, and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, to- gether with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, a food offering, The remainder of a pleasing aroma to the LORD. the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings 4 to the LORD. 3 Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either un- leavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened 5 wafers coated with oil. b If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a 6 it must be unleavened bread made of Crumble it and pour oil griddle, fine flour mixed with oil. 7 on it; it is a grain offering. c If your offering is a grain offering cooked in a 8 pan, it must consist of fine flour with oil. 9 When you bring to the LORD the grain offering made in any of these ways, it is to be presented The to the priest, and he shall take it to the altar. priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as a 10 food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. But the remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy 11 part of the food offerings to the LORD. If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt b 5"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "| 99 Sins Requiring a Guilt Offering"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "all the frankincense from the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as a 16 pleasing aroma to the LORD. 18 17 Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of It must not be baked with leaven; I Meeting. have assigned it as their portion of My food offer- ings. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the Any male among the sons of Aa- guilt offering. ron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the food offerings to the LORD for the genera- tions to come. Anything that touches them will 19 become holy.” 20 b a Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is the of- fering that Aaron and his sons must present to the LORD on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, 21 half of it in the morning and half in the evening. you It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle; c are to bring it well-kneaded and present it as a 22 grain offering broken in pieces, a pleasing The priest, who is one of aroma to the LORD. Aaron’s sons and will be anointed to take his place, is to prepare it. As a permanent portion for Every the LORD, it must be burned completely. grain offering for a priest shall be burned com- The Sin Offering pletely; it is not to be eaten.”"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "–30) 35 5 “If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned 2 of it, he shall bear the iniquity. Or if a person touches anything unclean— whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is 3 unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty. Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is un- 4 aware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty. Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath— even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he 5 is guilty in the matter. 6 If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he and he must confess the sin he has committed, must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will 7 make atonement for him concerning his sin. If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin 8 He is offering and the other as a burnt offering. to bring them to the priest, who shall first pre- sent the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its 9 head at the front of its neck without severing it; then he is to sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood is drained out at the base of"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–10) 13 14 15 b 16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering. Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the 17 ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven. c 18 If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, He he is guilty and shall bear his punishment. is to bring to the priest an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock as a guilt offering. Then the priest will make atonement on his be- half for the wrong he has committed in igno- It is a guilt rance, and he will be forgiven. offering; he was certainly guilty before the LORD.” a 11 A tenth of an ephah b 15 d 19 flock or its equivalence he has paid full compensation c 15 A shekel 19 d Or Or 6"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "–21) frankincense, as a food offering to the LORD. 16 3 2 “If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blem- He is to lay his hand on the ish before the LORD. head of the offering and slaughter it at the en- trance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall splatter the blood on all sides of 3 the altar. 4 5 From the peace offering he is to bring a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the en- trails, all the fat that is on them, both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kid- neys. Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burn- ing wood, as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to 6 the LORD. If, however, one’s peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female 7 without blemish. 8 If he is presenting a lamb for his offering, he must present it before the LORD. He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons 9 shall splatter its blood on all sides of the altar. And from the peace offering he shall bring a food offering to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat 10 that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them, both kidneys with the fat on them near the 11 loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to re- mo"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 8,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–13) Aaron and his descendants. 29 “Now this is what you are to do to conse- crate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as 2 priests: Take a young bull and two rams without along with unleavened bread, unleav- blemish, ened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wa- fers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine put them in a basket, and present wheat flour, them in the basket, along with the bull and the a 32 two rams. offering 3 5 Then present Aaron and his sons at the en- trance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them Take the garments and clothe Aa- with water. ron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastplate. Fasten the Put the ephod on him with its woven waistband. turban on his head and attach the holy diadem to Then take the anointing oil and the turban. 8 anoint him by pouring it on his head. 7 6 9 Present his sons as well and clothe them with Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his tunics. sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this The Order of the Sacrifices"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "| 101 35 36 This is the portion of the food offerings to the LORD for Aaron and his sons since the day they were presented to serve the LORD as On the day they were anointed, the priests. LORD commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for 37 the generations to come. This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the 38 ordination offering, and the peace offering, which the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. Moses Consecrates Aaron and His Sons"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "The Priests’ Sin Offering 14 15 Moses then brought the bull near for the sin of- fering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement 16 could be made on it. Moses also took all the fat that was on the en- trails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it all on the altar. But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned out- The Priests’ Burnt Offering side the camp, as the LORD had commanded him. 18 17 20 21 19 Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. Moses slaughtered the ram and splattered the blood on all sides of the altar. He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat. He washed the entrails and legs with water and burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD, just as the LORD had com- The Ram of Ordination"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "-36) way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons. 10 12 11 You are to present the bull at the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to And you shall lay their hands on its head. slaughter the bull before the LORD at the en- trance to the Tent of Meeting. Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the 13 altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar. But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; 15 it is a sin offering. 14 c 16 Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons You are to shall lay their hands on its head. 17 slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splatter it Cut the ram into pieces, on all sides of the altar. wash the entrails and legs, and place them with its head and other pieces. Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the 19 LORD. 18 20 21 Take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons Slaughter the are to lay their hands on its head. ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the remaining blood on all And take some of the blood sides of the altar. on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, as"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 10,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) man with his clan and his family. 3 This is the account of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount a 4 Sinai. strange b 9 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then Abihu, Eleazar, and Ith- amar. These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed 4 priests, who were ordained to serve as priests. a Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the pres- ence of the LORD when they offered unauthor- ized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime The Duties of the Levites of their father Aaron. 5 6 7 8 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to They are to perform duties for him assist him. and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the taber- They shall take care of all the furnishings nacle. of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the 9 tabernacle. b 10 Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among So you shall appoint Aaron and the Israelites. his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle 11 must be put to death.” 12 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Be- hold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Isra- 13 elite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": ". shekel (approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams). Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to per- form the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who ap- 39 proached the sanctuary was to be put to death. The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s com- mand, including all the males a month old or The Redemption of the Firstborn more, was 22,000. 40 41 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names. You are to take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Le- vites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock 42 of the Israelites.” So Moses numbered all the firstborn of the 43 Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him. The total number of the firstborn males a 44 month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273. 45 46 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the 47 LORD. To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites, you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanc- Give the tuary shekel of twenty gerahs. money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption 49 price for the excess among the Israel"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 103 24 people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all Fire came out from the presence of the people. the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell The Sin of Nadab and Abihu"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "12 And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offer- ing that remains from the food offerings to the 13 LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, You shall eat it in a holy because it is most holy. place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings to the LORD; for this 14 is what I have been commanded. 15 And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings They are to bring the thigh of the sons of Israel. of the contribution and the breast of the wave of- fering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and 16 your children, as the LORD has commanded.” 17 Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Itha- “Why mar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked, didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making Since its atonement for them before the LORD. blood was not brought inside the holy place, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I 19 commanded.” 18 But Aaron replied to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt o"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–47 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": ", where camels and gnats are both forbidden as food. . Or NE and WH do not include . NA does not"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 12,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 105 creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; 43 for such creatures are detestable. Do not defile yourselves by any crawling crea- 44 ture; do not become unclean or defiled by them. b For I am the LORD your God; consecrate your- selves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground. For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be 46 holy, because I am holy. 45 This is the law regarding animals, birds, all liv- ing creatures that move in the water, and all You creatures that crawl along the ground. must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and Purification after Childbirth those that may not.’ 47 ” 2 “Say to Then the LORD said to Moses, the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her And on the eighth day the flesh of menstruation. 4 the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised. 3 The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary 5 until the days of her purification are complete. If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must con- tinue in purification from her bleeding for sixty- 6 six days"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 13,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "Laws about Skin Diseases"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 14,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–32 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "| 107 and isolate the contaminated fabric for seven 51 days. 52 On the seventh day the priest shall reexamine it, and if the mildew has spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather, then regardless of how it is used, it is a harmful mildew; the article is un- He is to burn the fabric, weave, or knit, clean. whether the contaminated item is wool or linen or leather. Since the mildew is harmful, the arti- 53 cle must be burned up. 54 55 But when the priest reexamines it, if the mil- dew has not spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or the priest is to order the con- leather article, taminated article to be washed and isolated for After it has been washed, another seven days. the priest is to reexamine it, and if the mildewed article has not changed in appearance, it is un- clean. Even though the mildew has not spread, you must burn it, whether the rot is on the front 56 or back. 57 If the priest examines it and the mildew has faded after it has been washed, he must cut the contaminated section out of the fabric, leather, But if it reappears in the weave, or knit. fabric, weave, or knit, or on any leather article, it is spreading. You must burn the contaminated 58 article. If the mildew disappears from the fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article after wash- ing, then it is to be washed again, and it will be 59 clean. This is the law concerning a mildew contami- nation in wool or linen fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article, for pronouncing it clean or Cleansing from"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "5 18 a 6 Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot. And he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip 7 them into the blood of the bird that was slaugh- Seven times he shall tered over the fresh water. sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the skin dis- ease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and 8 release the live bird into the open field. 9 The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his On the seventh day he must tent for seven days. shave off all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he 10 will be clean. c b 11 On the eighth day he is to bring two unblem- ished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil. The priest who performs the cleansing shall present the one to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the LORD at 12 the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 13 Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and present it as a guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil; and he must wave them as a wave Then he is to slaugh- offering before the LORD. ter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt off"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 15,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–12) sembly of the LORD. 9 10 When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked If any man among you becomes unclean thing. 11 because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside. When evening ap- proaches, he must wash with water, and when 12 the sun sets he may return to the camp. 13 You must have a place outside the camp to go And you must have a dig- and relieve yourself. ging tool in your equipment so that when you re- lieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up 14 your excrement. For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see any- thing unclean among you and turn away from you. Miscellaneous Laws 15 16 Do not return a slave to his master if he has Let him live among you taken refuge with you. wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. 17 Do not oppress him. 18 e No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine You must not bring the wages of a prostitute. into the prostitute, whether female or male, house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your 19 God. 20 Do not charge your brother interest on money, You may charge food, or any other type of loan. a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you 21 are entering to possess. silver. the region between the Euphrates and Balih Riv"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 109 33 34 35 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “When you enter the land of Canaan, which I a am giving you as your possession, and I put a into a house in that contamination of mildew the owner of the house shall come and land, tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has ap- 36 peared in my house.’ The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mil- dew, so that nothing in the house will become un- clean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect 37 the house. He is to examine the house, and if the mildew on the walls consists of green or red depressions 38 that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall, the priest shall go outside the doorway of the 39 house and close it up for seven days. 41 40 On the seventh day the priest is to return and inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on he must order that the contaminated the walls, stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city. And he shall have the in- side of the house scraped completely and the plaster that is scraped off dumped into an un- 42 clean place outside the city. So different stones must be obtained to re- place the contaminated ones, as well as addi- 43 tional mortar to replaster the house. If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house has been scraped and replastered, the priest must come and inspect it. 44 45 46 If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a de- It must structive mildew; the h"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "9 10 24 Any saddle on which the man with the dis- charge rides will be unclean. Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries such things must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and 11 he will be unclean until evening. 12 If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening. Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any The Cleansing of Men wooden utensil must be rinsed with water. 13 a 14 and he shall be clean. When the man has been cleansed from his dis- charge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in On the fresh water, eighth day he is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the en- trance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to The priest is to sacrifice them, one the priest. as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the man before the LORD because of his dis- 16 charge. 15 17 When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean until evening. Any clothing or leather on which there is an emission of semen 18 must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening. If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and t"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 16,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–34 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 31,
              "text": "| 111 18 tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen tur- ban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe And himself with water before he wears them. he shall take from the congregation of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a 6 burnt offering. 5 19 Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on all the horns of the al- He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it tar. with his finger seven times to cleanse it and con- 20 secrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites. 7 Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his house- hold. Then he shall take the two goats and pre- sent them before the LORD at the entrance to the 8 Tent of Meeting. a 9 After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat, he shall present the goat chosen by lot for the LORD But the goat and sacrifice it as a sin offering. chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by 11 sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat. 10 13 12 When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offer- ing and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own Then he must take a censer full of sin offering. burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 32,
              "text": "32 33 The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest shall make atonement. He will put on the sacred linen gar- a and make atonement for the Most Holy ments Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, and for 34 the priests and all the people of the assembly. This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had com- The Place of Sacrifice manded Moses. 2 17 b “Speak to Then the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and 3 tell them this is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaugh- 4 ters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or out- instead of bringing it to the entrance to side of it the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be 5 cut off from among his people. 6 For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD. The priest will then splatter the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma 7 to the LORD. c They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent sta"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 18,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–30) not get out until you have paid the last penny. 27 26 a b 28 29 You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not com- mit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already If committed adultery with her in his heart. your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be And if your right hand thrown into hell. causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body Divorce"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "; also in"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "and 1 Kings 11:7. g 31 . Milcom, also called Molech, was god of the h 3 Shimeah is approximately 75.4 pounds or 34.2 kilograms of gold. is a variant Literally , and ; see 1 Samuel 16:9, 2 Samuel 21:21, and 1 Chronicles 2:13. Shammah Literally , of 292 | 2 Samuel 13:18 18 31 a So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was because this is wearing a robe of many colors, And king’s virgin daughters wore. what the Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went 20 away crying aloud. 19 Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house 21 of her brother Absalom. b 22 When King David heard all this, he was furi- ous. And Absalom never said a word to Am- non, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon Absalom’s Revenge on Amnon for violating his sister Tamar. 23 Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshear- 24 ers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited And he went to the king all the sons of the king. and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with 25 me?” “No, my son,” the king replied, “we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he was not willing to go, but 26 gave him his blessing. “If not,” said Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” 27 “Why should he"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 19,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "–18) due. 8 9 Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled The commandments “Do not commit the law. c adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do and any other commandments, are not covet,” summed up in this one decree: “Love your neigh- bor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the The Day Is Near law. 11 10 d 13 12 And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than The night is nearly when we first believed. over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, light. not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual e immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for The Law of Liberty the desires of the flesh."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "| 113 27 28 For the men foreigner who lives among you. who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become de- filed. So if you defile the land, it will vomit you 29 out as it spewed out the nations before you. 30 Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people. You must keep My charge not to prac- tice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile Commandments for Holiness yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.” 2 b “Speak to Then the LORD said to Moses, the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am 3 holy. Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD 4 your God. Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves mol- 5 ten gods. I am the LORD your God. 6 7 When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance. It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it, or on the next day; but what remains on the third day must be burned up. If any of it is eaten on the 8 third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted. Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person Love Your Neighbor"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "15 29 You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the 16 rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly. You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted 30 and filled with depravity. You must not go about spreading slander a among your people. You must not endanger the life 17 bor. I am the LORD. of your neigh- 18 You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him. Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your Keep My Statutes neighbor as yourself. 19 I am the LORD. b You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two 20 kinds of material. 21 If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punish- ment. But they are not to be put to death, because The man, however, she had not been freed. must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of The Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD. priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven 23 the sin he has committed. 22 c When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 20,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters ; NE and WH do not include g 9 f 6 or mother 18 “Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked. “Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated? But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things de- For out of the heart come evil file a man. thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, d 4 That is, between three and six in the morning he need not honor his father or mother . blind guides of the blind h 14 NE and TR (see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "–21 ; 1 Corinthians 5:1–8) 5 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight, that you may maintain discretion b 2 3 and your lips may preserve knowledge. Though the lips of the forbidden woman c drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, 4 5 in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. d Her feet go down to death; 6 her steps lead straight to Sheol. She does not consider the path of life; 7 she does not know that her ways are unstable. So now, my sons, listen to me, 8 and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth. 9 Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house, 10 lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel; lest strangers feast on your wealth, 11 and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner. 12 At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent, 13 and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof! 14 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors. I am on the brink of utter ruin 15 in the midst of the whole assembly.” 16 Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well. Why should your springs flow in the streets, 17 your streams of water in the public squares? Let them be yours alone, 18 never to be shared with strangers. May your fountain be blessed, A loving doe, a graceful fawn— e may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love 20 forever. f"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 21,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "| 115 exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their 20 iniquity. If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has un- covered the nakedness of his uncle. They will 21 bear their sin; they shall die childless. If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has uncovered the nakedness of Distinguish between Clean and Unclean his brother; they shall be childless. 22 23 You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing You must not you to live will not vomit you out. follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I 24 abhorred them. But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance— a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the 25 peoples. You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by any- thing that crawls on the ground; I have set these You are to be holy to apart as unclean for you. Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set 27 you apart from the nations to be My own. 26 A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; Holiness Required of Priests their blood is upon them.’ ” 21 2 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead except for his imme- person"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "7 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by 8 prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the You are to regard him priest is holy to his God. as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD If a priest’s am holy—I who set you apart. daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in 10 the fire. 9 a 11 The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly gar- or tear ments, must not let his hair hang loose He must not go near any dead his garments. body; he must not defile himself, even for his fa- He must not leave or desecrate ther or mother. the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the 13 LORD. 14 12 15 The woman he marries must be a virgin. He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a vir- so that he does not gin from his own people, defile his offspring among his people, for I am the Restrictions against Those with Blemishes LORD who sanctifies him.” 16 17 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your de- scendants who has a physical defect may ap- 18 proach to offer the food of his God. 19 No man who has any defect may approach— no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or de- 20 no man who has a broken foot or formed; hand, or who is a hunchback or dwarf"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 23,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "| 117 17 18 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt 19 offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or must offer an unblem- as a freewill offering, ished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in You order for it to be accepted on your behalf. must not present anything with a defect, because 21 it will not be accepted on your behalf. 20 When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as 22 a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or You are not to present defect to be acceptable. to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a fes- tering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of a 23 these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD. 24 You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but You it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow. are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land. Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are de- b 26 formed and flawed.’ ” 25 27 Then the LORD said to Moses, “When an ox, 28 a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it c will"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "The Feast of Weeks"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": "–25) ished. 29 “On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a 2 day for you to sound the trumpets. 8 each lamb shall be a quarter hin. Pour out the of- fering of fermented drink to the LORD in the And offer the second lamb at sanctuary area. twilight, with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is a food offering, a The Sabbath Offerings pleasing aroma to the LORD. 9 On the Sabbath day, present two unblemished a year-old male lambs, accompanied by a grain of- fering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour 10 mixed with oil, as well as a drink offering. This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its The Monthly Offerings drink offering. 11 12 At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a b along with three- year old, all unblemished, mixed with oil as tenths of an ephah of fine flour a grain offering with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offer- and a tenth of an ephah of ing with the ram, fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each lamb. This is a burnt offering, a pleasing 14 aroma, a food offering to the LORD. 13 d c with each bull, a third of a hin Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of with the wine ram, and a quarter hin with each lamb. This is the monthly burnt offering to b"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 26,
              "text": "–32 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 33,
              "text": "–36. f 9 ; see 1 Kings 7:46. Or is a variant of not from outside The That is, the Feast of Tabernacles Some Hebrew manuscripts and LXX g 10 e 9 Or Literally That is, Mount Sinai, or possibly a mountain in the range containing Mount Sinai ; see 1 Kings 8:8. 406 | 2 Chronicles 6:1 Solomon Blesses the LORD (1 Kings 8:12–21) 6 Then Solomon declared: 2 “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. 3 But I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.” And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, 4 the king turned around and blessed them all and said: 5 “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, ‘Since the day I brought My people saying, out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My But now I have chosen Jeru- people Israel. salem for My Name to be there, and I have 7 chosen David to be over My people Israel.’ 6 8 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, But the LORD said to my the God of Israel. father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done Neverthe- well to have this in your heart. less, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house 10 for My Name.’ 9 Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I ha"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 34,
              "text": ". See 2 Kings 23:16. 3 15 1 Kings 13:28 | 325 That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will 4 be poured out.’ ” 5 Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not And the altar was split apart, and pull it back. the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the 6 LORD. So the prophet said to the man of God, “Come 16 home with me and eat some bread.” 17 But the man replied, “I cannot go home with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water with For I have been told by the you in this place. word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you 18 came.’ ” Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’ ” 19 Then the king responded to the man of God, “In- tercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” The old prophet was lying to him, but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his 20 house, and drank water. So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was 7 before. Then the king said to the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 37,
              "text": "–40. Or Jeshua or Or ; literally 1,000 gold drachmas Or shelters 2,200 silver minas translating it , a variant of Hebrew oil tree ; that h 15 d 72 b 71 g 15 i 17 or Or Or 17 i 18 10"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 24,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–4) of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze. 20 And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to 21 keep the lamps burning continually. j In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come. the Holy of Holies c 1 That is, ; also in verse 34 Or e 12 50 cubits f 14 15 cubits h 18 i 18 5 cubits mately 7.5 feet in length and width, and 4.5 feet high (2.3 meters in length and width, and 1.4 meters high). is approximately 150 feet or 45.7 meters; also in verse 11. verse 13. or 9.1 meters. wide). the covenant inscribed with the Ten Commandments. j 21 The Testimony The courtyard was approximately 150 feet long and 75 feet wide (45.7 meters long and 22.9 meters refers to the stone tablets in the ark of is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters. is approximately 75 feet or 22.9 meters; also in is approximately 30 feet is approximately 22.5 feet or 6.9 meters; also in verse 15. ; also in verse 34 g 16 20 cubits d 9 100 cubits The altar was approxi- Garments for the Priests 17"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "–9) 23 g 24 You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a Overlay it with pure gold and make half high. h a gold molding around it. And make a rim and put a gold around it a handbreadth wide 26 molding on the rim. 25 27 Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs. The 28 rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as hold- Make ers for the poles used to carry the table. the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with 29 gold, so that the table may be carried with them. You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink 30 offerings. Make them out of pure gold. And place the Bread of the Presence on the ta- The Lampstand ble before Me at all times."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "–23 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": ";"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 25,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "| 119 heard him lay their hands on his head; then have 15 the whole assembly stone him. 16 And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin. Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole as- sembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the An Eye for an Eye"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "The Year of Jubilee 8 9 And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years. Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout 10 your land. So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to re- 11 turn to his property and to his clan. 12 The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you; you are not to sow the land or reap its aftergrowth or For it is a Jubilee; harvest the untended vines. it shall be holy to you. You may eat only the crops Return of Property taken directly from the field. 13 In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return 14 to his own property. 15 If you make a sale to your neighbor or a pur- chase from him, you must not take advantage of each other. You are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the num- ber of harvest years remaining. You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a 17 given number of harvests. 16 Do not take advantage of each other, but fear The Blessing of Obedience (De. 28:1–14) your God; for I am the LORD your God. 18 19 You are to keep My statutes and carefully ob- serve My judgments, so that"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "–55. Ruth’s Redemption Assured 14"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 26,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "–39 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "| 121 Then he work for you until the Year of Jubilee. and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his 42 fathers. 43 Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves. You are not to rule over them 44 harshly, but you shall fear your God. 45 Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them. You may also pur- chase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born 46 in your land. These may become your property. You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no Redemption of Servants man may rule harshly over his brother. 47 You must keep My Sabbaths and have rever- 3 ence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD. 4 If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My I will give you rains in their commandments, season, and the land will yield its produce, and Your the trees of the field will bear their fruit. threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will 6 dwell securely in your land. 5 7 And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass You will pursue your ene- through your land. 8 mies, and th"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "20 and your strength will be spent in vain. bronze, For your land will not yield its produce, and the 21 trees of the land will not bear their fruit. 22 If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins. I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your num- 23 bers, until your roads lie desolate. 24 25 And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hos- tility toward Me, then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins. And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy. When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by 27 weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied. 26 a 28 But if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me, then I 29 will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will 30 punish you sevenfold for your sins. You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters. I will destroy your high places, cut down your in- cense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will 31 despise you. 32 I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, a"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 27,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "1 Kings 4:22"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 34,
              "text": "| 123 b male shall be twenty shekels, 6 ten shekels. and for the female c 7 Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male d and for the female shall be five shekels of silver, three shekels of silver. And if the person is e sixty years of age or older, then your valuation 8 shall be fifteen shekels for the male and ten But if the one making the shekels for the female. vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to pre- sent the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the 9 vow can afford. f If he vows an animal that may be brought as an 10 offering to the LORD, any such animal given to He must not replace it the LORD shall be holy. or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for an- other, both that animal and its substitute will be 11 holy. 12 But if the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the LORD, the animal must be presented before the priest. The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set. If, however, the owner de- cides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to 14 its value. 13 15 Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it. But if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the as- 16 sessed value, and"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Numbers",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–4) Peor.” 26 2 After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron “Take a census of the whole congre- the priest, gation of Israel by the houses of their fathers— all those twenty years of age or older who can 3 serve in the army of Israel.” 4 So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued “Take a census of the men the instruction, twenty years of age or older, as the LORD has commanded Moses.” d And these were the Israelites who came out of The Tribe of Reuben the land of Egypt: 5 Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, 6 the Palluite clan from Pallu, the Hezronite clan from Hezron, Or ; also v. 24 Hebrew Or is implied; see verse 2. Acacia Grove d 4 Take a census of the men and the Carmite clan from Carmi. 152 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "); most MT manuscripts 126 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "| 125 Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for 51 it, and camp around it. Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Le- vites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider 52 who goes near it must be put to death. 53 The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own But the Levites are to camp around standard. the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the 54 tabernacle of the Testimony.” Thus the Israelites did everything just as the The Order of the Camps LORD had commanded Moses. 2 2 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron: “The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under 3 his standard, with the banners of his family. On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divi- sions of Judah are to camp under their standard: 4 The leader of the Judahites is Nahshon son of Amminadab, and his division numbers 5 74,600. 6 The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar, and his division numbers 7 54,400. 8 Next will be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader and of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon, 9 his division numbers 57,400. The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "16 2 The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second. 17 In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his 18 own place under his standard. On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard: 19 The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama and his division numbers son of Ammihud, 20 40,500. 21 The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son and his division numbers of Pedahzur, 22 32,200. 23 Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the Benjamites is Abidan son of 24 and his division numbers 35,400. Gideoni, The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Ephraim is 108,100; they shall set out third. On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to 25 camp under their standard: 26 The leader of the Danites is Ahiezer son of and his division numbers Ammishaddai, 27 62,700. The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The 28 leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ocran, 29 and his division numbers 41,500. Next will be the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of 31 Enan, and his division numbers 53,400. 30 32 The total number of men in the camp of Dan is 157,600; they shall set out last, under their standards.” These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their division"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–4) facedown. 10 a Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added fire before incense, and offered unauthorized So fire the LORD, contrary to His command. came out from the presence of the LORD and con- sumed them, and they died in the presence of the 3 LORD. 2 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’ ” 4 But Aaron remained silent. b Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come 5 here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the So camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.” they came forward and carried them, still in their 6 tunics, outside the camp, as Moses had directed. c Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become di- and do not tear your garments, or else sheveled you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account You shall of the fire that the LORD has ignited. not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meet- ing, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” Restrictions for Priests So they did as Moses instructed. 9 8 7 10 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the genera- Yo"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "–26 ; 1 Chronicles 23:7–11) 21 22 23 And the LORD said to Moses, “Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and from thirty to fifty years old, counting clans, everyone who comes to serve in the work at the 24 Tent of Meeting. 25 This is the service of the Gershonite clans re- They are to carry garding work and transport: the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meet- ing with the covering of fine leather over it, the 26 curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the curtains of the courtyard, and the curtains for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their ser- vice. The Gershonites will do all that needs to be 27 done with these items. 28 All the service of the Gershonites—all their transport duties and other work—is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to This is the service of the Gershonite carry. clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aa- The Duties of the Merarites ron the priest."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 27,
              "text": "–32 ; 1 Chronicles 23:12–20) 51 4 2 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take a census of the Kohathites among the men from Levites by their clans and families, thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is quali- fied to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. b 30 Elizaphan Elzaphan 3 d 47 20 gerahs ; see the total in verse 39. e 50 1,365 shekels is approximately 2 ounces or 57 grams. is a variant of ; see Exodus is equivalent to one is approximately 34.3 pounds or 15.6 kilograms. 128 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 30,
              "text": ". stiffened d 13 strengthened is a variant of e 14 nachash ; see 1 Chr. 6:23 and heavy stubborn in"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 33,
              "text": "–37 ; 1 Chronicles 23:21–23) 29 30 As for the sons of Merari, you are to number from thirty to them by their clans and families, fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to 31 serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting. 32 This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases, and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their ba- ses, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are 33 responsible to carry. This is the service of the Merarite clans accord- ing to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.” Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals; also in verses 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 25; The Numbering of the Levite Clans Confession and Restitution"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–20) 12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Heb- 13 ron, and Uzziel—four in all. 14 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in As for Moses the man of His name forever. God, his sons were named among the tribe of 15 Levi. 16 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. The descendants of Gershom: Shebuel was 17 the first. The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer did not have any other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very 18 numerous. 19 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first. The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and 20 Jekameam the fourth. The sons of Uzziel: Micah was the first and Isshiah the second. b 14 1,000,000 talents said David, d 7 Ladan Libni is approximately 3,770 tons or 3,420 metric tons of gold. Jehieli c 4 e 8 Jehiel Hebrew does not include g 10 is a variant of ; see 1 Chronicles 26:21. is approximately f 10 Shimei is a variant of ; also was possibly Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, LXX, and Vul- 37,700 tons or 34,200 metric tons of silver. in verses 8 and 9; see 1 Chronicles 6:17. a son or grandson of the gate (see also verse 11) Shimei Zizah listed in verse 9. The Merarites"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "| 127 From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the 22 Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans. The number of all the males a month old or 23 more was 7,500. 24 The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle, and the leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son 25 of Lael. 26 The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its cover- ing, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the curtains of the courtyard, the cur- tain for the entrance to the courtyard that sur- rounds the tabernacle and altar, and the cords— The Kohathites (Num. 4:1–20 ; 1 Chr. 23:12–20) all the service for these items. 27 a From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; The these were the clans of the Kohathites. number of all the males a month old or more was They were responsible for the duties of 8,600. 29 the sanctuary. 28 30 The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on b and the leader the south side of the tabernacle, of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan 31 son of Uzziel. Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctu- ary used with them, and the curtain—all the ser- 32 vice for these items. The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those The Merarites (Num. 4:29–33 ; 1 Chr. 23:21–23) responsible for the duties of the sanctuary. 33 From Merari came the clans of the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "4 5 This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of When- Meeting regards the most holy things. ever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover They are to the ark of the Testimony place over this a covering of fine leather, spread 7 a solid blue cloth over it, and insert its poles. with it. 6 a b 8 Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to And they shall spread a scarlet remain on it. cloth over them, cover them with fine leather, 9 and insert the poles. They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, 10 wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil Then they shall wrap with which to supply it. it and all its utensils inside a covering of fine 11 leather and put it on the carrying frame. 12 Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert They are to take all the utensils for the poles. serving in the sanctuary, place them in a blue cloth, cover them with fine leather, and put them 13 on the carrying frame. 14 Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it, and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine lea"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "–28) Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 7 d 8 The Gershonites: Ladan e and Shimei. The sons of Ladan: Jehiel 9 and Joel—three in all. the first, Zetham, The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of g 10 the families of Ladan. f Jahath, Zina, And the sons of Shimei: 11 Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Jahath was the first Shimei—four in all. and Zizah was the second; but Jeush and Be- riah did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family and received a single The Kohathites assignment."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–4) 13 2 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that may be an infec- tious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron 3 the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest. a The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines 4 him, he must pronounce him unclean. 5 If, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days. On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if he sees that the infection is unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest must isolate him for another seven days. The priest will ex- amine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. 7 The person must wash his clothes and be clean. 6 But if the rash spreads further on his skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleans- 8 ing, he must present himself again to the priest. The priest will reexamine him, and if the rash has spread on the skin, the priest must pro- 9 nounce him unclean; it is a skin disease. 10 When anyone develops a skin disease, he must The priest will exam- be brought to the priest. ine him, and if there is a white swelling on the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "–10) 18"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "| 129 35 So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congre- gation numbered the Kohathites by their clans everyone from thirty to fifty and families, 36 years old who came to serve in the work at the 37 And those numbered by their Tent of Meeting. These were counted from clans totaled 2,750. the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron numbered them according to the command of the LORD 38 through Moses. 39 Then the Gershonites were numbered by their clans and families, everyone from thirty to fifty 40 years old who came to serve in the work at the 41 And those numbered by their Tent of Meeting. These were clans and families totaled 2,630. counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron 42 counted at the LORD’s command. 43 And the Merarites were numbered by their everyone from thirty to fifty clans and families, 44 years old who came to serve in the work at the The men registered by their Tent of Meeting. clans numbered 3,200. These were counted from the Merarite clans, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the LORD’s command through 46 Moses. 45 48 47 So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their clans and families all the Le- from thirty to fifty years old who came to vites do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of 49 And the number of men was 8,580. Meeting. At the LORD’s command through Moses they were numbered, and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had comm"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "20 not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to But if you this bitter water that brings a curse. have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain 21 carnally with a man other than your husband’— and the priest shall have the woman swear un- der the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly May this water that brings a curse enter swell. your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ 23 Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’ 22 25 And the priest shall write these curses on a 24 scroll and wash them off into the bitter water. He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and may The priest shall take cause her bitter suffering. from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, 26 wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar. Then the priest is to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar; after that he is to have the woman drink the 27 water. When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will be- But if the come accursed among her people. woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she 29 will be unaffected and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–21) Amalekites. 13 Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the 2 hand of the Philistines for forty years. Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife of was barren and had no children. the LORD appeared to the woman and said to The angel 3 b LXX Or ; here and throughout chapter 13; corresponding pronouns may also be capitalized. 4 her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to Now please be careful not to drink wine a son. 5 or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean. For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because to God from the womb, the boy will be a Nazirite and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from 6 the hand of the Philistines.” 7 So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name. But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of 8 his death.’ ” Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to 9 be born.” 10 And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the ange"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": "| 131 8 and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the di- But rection of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects 10 for which they were responsible. 9 11 When the altar was anointed, the leaders ap- proached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar. And the LORD said to Moses, “Each day one leader is to present his offering for the dedication of the 12 altar.” a 14 13 On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah drew near with his offer- ing. His offering was one silver platter weigh- b ing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; one gold 15 dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; 16 one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a 17 one male goat for year old for a burnt offering; and a peace offering of two oxen, a sin offering; five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon son of 18 Amminadab. c 19 20 On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the The offering he leader of Issachar, drew near. presented was one silver platter weighing a hun- dred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed one gold dish"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 29,
              "text": "29 and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. 30 This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon. 31 32 On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the His offer- leader of the Reubenites, drew near. ing was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for one gold dish weighing ten a grain offering; one young bull, shekels, filled with incense; one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt 35 one male goat for a sin offering; offering; and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. 36 This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur. 33 34 37 38 On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, the leader of the Simeonites, drew near. His of- fering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt 41 offering; one male goat for a sin offering; and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel son of Zur- 42 ishaddai. 39 40 43 44 On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the Gadite"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 8,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–4) 31 Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, in- cluding its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds 32 and petals. 33 Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on There are to be three cups shaped the other. like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand. c 16 The Testimony Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals The ark was approximately 3.75 feet long, 2.25 feet wide, and 2.25 feet high (114.3 centimeters long, 68.6 centimeters wide, and 68.6 centimeters high). atonement cover stone tablets in the ark of the covenant inscribed with the Ten Commandments; also in verses 21 and 22. e 17 the ark of the covenant g 23 f 22 ; here and throughout Exodus The mercy seat was approximately 3.75 feet long and 2.25 feet wide h 25 A handbreadth (114.3 centimeters long and 68.6 centimeters wide). The table was approxi- mately 3 feet long, 1.5 feet wide, and 2.25 feet high (91.4 centimeters long, 45.7 centimeters wide, and 68.6 centimeters high). is approximately 2.9 inches or 7.4 centimeters. That is, an d 17 refers to the Or 34 10"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": ") The Gershonites (Num. 4:21-28 ; 1 Chr. 23:7-11) Moses and Aaron 21 38"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "| 133 The Lampstand"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "18 19 day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of But I have taken the Levites in place of Egypt. And all the firstborn among the sons of Israel. I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when 20 they approach the sanctuary.” So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the 21 LORD had commanded Moses they should do. The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made After atonement for them to cleanse them. that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as Retirement for Levites the LORD had commanded Moses. 23 24 22 25 And the LORD said to Moses, “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at But at the age of fifty, they the Tent of Meeting. must retire from performing the work and no 26 longer serve. After that, they may assist their brothers in ful- filling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Le- The Second Passover"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–14) 12 2 Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first 3 month of your year. a 4 Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb If the for his family, one per household. household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb 5 accordingly. 6 Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the You must keep it until the fourteenth day goats. of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals They are to take some of the blood at twilight. and put it on the sides and tops of the door- 8 of the houses where they eat the lambs. frames 7 b c They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter 9 herbs. 10 Do not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts. Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must 11 burn up any part that is left over. d This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in 12 haste; it is the LORD’s Passover. On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will exec"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "–12. 428 | 2 Chronicles 30:7 7 Do not be like your fathers and Assyria. brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made 8 them an object of horror, as you can see. 9 Now do not stiffen your necks as your fa- thers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated for- ever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you. For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.” 10 12 11 And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and mocked them. Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manas- seh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover according to the word of the LORD. 13 a 15 14 In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread. They proceeded to re- move the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Ki- dron Valley. And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themsel"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": ". f 16 that is, approximately 34 kilograms in Aramaic Literally d 1 Now on the first of the Sabbaths, early,"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "–23) 25 He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle and set up the lamps before the 26 LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him. 27 29 Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil, and he burned fra- 28 grant incense on it, just as the LORD had com- manded him. Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle. He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the taber- nacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the 30 LORD had commanded him. He placed the basin between the Tent of Meet- ing and the altar and put water in it for washing; 34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, 35 and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory 36 of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 37 Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through If the cloud was all the stages of their journey. 38 not lifted, they would not set out until the day it For the cloud of the LORD was was taken up. over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Is- rael through all their journeys. Leviticus Laws for Burnt Offerings"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 10,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 33,
              "text": "| 135 13 They set out this first the Wilderness of Paran. time according to the LORD’s command through 14 Moses. 15 16 First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out their standard, with Nahshon son under Nethanel son of of Amminadab in command. Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issa- 17 and Eliab son of Helon was over the char, division of the tribe of Zebulun. Then the tab- ernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites 18 and the Merarites set out, transporting it. 20 Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben 19 set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command. Shelumiel son of Zur- ishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon, and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad. Then the Koha- thites set out, transporting the holy objects; the 22 tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival. 21 24 Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set 23 out under their standard, with Elishama son of Gamaliel son of Pedah- Ammihud in command. zur was over the division of the tribe of Manas- seh, and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the 25 division of the tribe of Benjamin. 26 Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in 27 Pagiel son of Ocran was over the command. and Ahira son division of the tribe of Asher, of Enan was over the division of the tribe of 28 Naphtali. This was the order of march for the Israelite 29 divisions"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 34,
              "text": "covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for 34 those three days to seek a resting place for them. And the cloud of the LORD was over them by 35 day when they set out from the camp. Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.” 36 And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, The Complaints of the People to the countless thousands of Israel.” 11 Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among 2 them and consumed the outskirts of the camp. And the people cried out to Moses, and he So because the fire prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down. that place was called Taberah, 4 of the LORD had burned among them. 3 a Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Isra- 5 elites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat? We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. But now our appetite is gone; there 7 is nothing to see but this manna!” 6 8 Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil. When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna The Comp"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": ". the Ten Words means from the wells of the Bene-jaakan e 6 ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 34,
              "text": ". Hebrew Or 22 14 b"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 12,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "NE, WH, BYZ, h 6 Or For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house And has greater honor than the house itself. a 10 pitiation Or just as Moses in all His house pioneer f 2 founder b 12"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 13,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–33) things you were to do. 19 20 And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea, I said: “You have 21 reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us. See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or 22 discouraged.” Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and 23 which cities to enter.” 25 24 The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe. They left and went up into the hill coun- try, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land. They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.” b 5 That is, Mount Sinai, or possibly a mountain in the range containing Mount Sinai; also in verses 6 and 19 c 7 Shephelah Note that"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "| 137 26 Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad— and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, A young man and they prophesied in the camp. ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad 28 are prophesying in the camp.” 27 6 came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the en- trance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped for- ward, He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him 7 in a vision; Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, 29 stop them!” I will speak to him in a dream. d But this is not so with My servant Moses; 8 he is faithful in all My house. But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His 30 Spirit on them!” Then Moses returned to the camp, along with The Quail and the Plague the elders of Israel. 31 a 32 Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the for a day’s journey in every direction ground, around the camp. All that day and night, and all b the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, 33 and they spread them out all around the camp. But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the an"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of 5 Zaccur; from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of 6 Hori; from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of 7 Jephunneh; from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of 8 Joseph; from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of 9 Nun; from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of 10 Raphu; from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of 11 Sodi; from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of 12 Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi; from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of 13 Gemalli; from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of 14 Michael; from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of 15 Vophsi; and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of 16 Machi. These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea 17 son of Nun the name Joshua. 19 18 When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev See what the land is and into the hill country. like and whether its people are strong or weak, Is the land where they live good few or many. or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open Is the soil fertile or camps or fortifications? unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe 21 grapes.) 20 22 So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath. They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before 23 Z"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 14,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–12) 42"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "–35) show you the road to travel. 34 35 36 When the LORD heard your words, He grew “Not one of angry and swore an oath, saying, the men of this evil generation shall see the good except Caleb land I swore to give your fathers, son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD 37 wholeheartedly.” 38 The LORD was also angry with me on your ac- count, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the Joshua son of Nun, who stands before land. 39 you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will ena- And the little ones ble Israel to inherit the land. you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil— will enter the land that I will give them, and they But you are to turn back and will possess it. a head for the wilderness along the route to the The Defeat at Hormah"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 35,
              "text": "| 139 8 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, 7 who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land. If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us. Only do not re- bel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the 10 LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!” 9 But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. 11 Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the And the LORD Israelites at the Tent of Meeting. said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to 12 believe in Me, despite all the signs I have per- formed among them? I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you Moses Intercedes for Israel into a nation greater and mightier than they are.” 13 14 But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them. And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud 15 by day and a pillar of fire by night. 16 If You kill"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 36,
              "text": "which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will The Plague on the Ten Spies die.” 36 tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil. With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a 6 quarter hin of wine as a drink offering. c a b 5 So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congre- 37 gation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land— those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD. Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh 39 remained alive. 38 And when Moses relayed these words to all the The Defeat at Hormah"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 40,
              "text": "–45) Red Sea. 41 40 ” But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you 43 from defeat by your enemies.” So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and 44 presumptuously went up into the hill country. 45 Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to And you returned and wept before Hormah. the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice 46 or give ear to you. For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long Wanderings in the Wilderness time—a very long time. 2 b Then we turned back and headed for the wil- as the LORD derness by way of the Red Sea, had instructed me, and for many days we wan- 2 dered around Mount Seir. 3 4 5 At this time the LORD said to me, “You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful. Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, 6 because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession. You are to pay them in silver for the 7 food you eat and the water you drink.’ ” Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 15,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "1 Kings 5:11"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 32,
              "text": "–36) all that I have commanded you.” 12 11 13 14 And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell the Isra- elites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who pro- fanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people. For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of com- plete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to 16 death. 15 17 The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrat- ing it as a permanent covenant for the genera- tions to come. It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh Moses Receives the Tablets day He rested and was refreshed.’ 18 ” When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tab- lets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed The Golden Calf (De. 9:7–29 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 16,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "(see also LXX) or Jasher Literally is often cited as . Preach the Word 4 2 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His Preach the word; be prepared in sea- kingdom: son and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and en- 3 courage with every form of patient instruction. For the time will come when men will not toler- ate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit So they will turn their ears their own desires. 5 away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 4 8 But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, 6 do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. For I am already being poured out like a drink 7 offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who Personal Concerns crave His appearing. 9 10 2 Timothy 4:22 | 1071 Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the 14 parchments. 15 Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his You too should beware of him, for he deeds. The Lord Remains Faithful has vigorously opposed our message. 16 17 At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged But the Lord stood by me and agai"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 141 The Law of Tassels 37 38 39 And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the gen- erations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remem- ber all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by 40 following your own heart and your own eyes. 41 Then you will remember and obey all My com- mandments, and you will be holy to your God. I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD Korah’s Rebellion your God.” 16 2 Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Ko- hath son of Levi, along with some Reu- benites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and a rebellion On son of Peleth—conducted against Moses, along with 250 men of Israel 3 renowned as leaders of the congregation and They came to- representatives in the assembly. gether against Moses and Aaron and told them, For “You have taken too much upon yourselves! everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt 4 yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?” 5 a b When Moses heard this, he fell facedown. Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomor- row morning the LORD will reveal who belongs and who is holy, and He will bring that to Him 6 person near to Himself. The one He chooses He You, Korah, and all will bring near to H"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "your followers who have conspired against the LORD! As for Aaron, who is he that you should 12 grumble against him?” 13 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not Is it not enough that you have brought come! us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also ap- Moreover, you point yourself as ruler over us? have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of 15 these men? No, we will not come!” 14 Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a sin- 16 gle one of them.” And Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the LORD Each tomorrow—you and they and Aaron. man is to take his censer, place incense in it, and present it before the LORD—250 censers. You 18 and Aaron are to present your censers as well.” 17 19 So each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron When at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole 20 congregation. 21 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Separate yourselves from this congregation 22 so that I may consume them in an instant.” But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spir"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 41,
              "text": "–50 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 18,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "| 143 10 The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an 11 end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.” So Moses did as the LORD had commanded 12 him. Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, 13 we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost! Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the Duties of Priests and Levites LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?” 18 3 So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And 2 you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity But bring with you involving your priesthood. also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the And they shall attend to your duties Testimony. and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary They or the altar, or both they and you will die. are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; 5 but no outsider may come near you. 4 7 6 And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctu- ary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on Behold, I Myself have se- the Israelites again. lected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the But only you service for the Tent of Meeting. and your sons shall attend to your"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "10 a your sons. offering, 11 regard it as holy. You are to eat it as a most holy and every male may eat it. You shall 12 And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Is- raelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every cer- emonially clean person in your household may eat it. I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits. The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every cere- monially clean person in your household may eat 14 them. 15 13 Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you. The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son 16 and every firstborn male of unclean animals. You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary 17 shekel, which is twenty gerahs. b c 18 But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering 19 belong to you. All the holy offerings that the Israelites pre- sent to the LORD I give to you and to your sons d and daught"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 20,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–13) (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.) g d 23 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person —and all the lead- ers of the congregation came and reported this to a 12 He told them, “This is what the LORD Moses. c 18 Between the two evenings b 16 An omer d 22 2 omers 17 h Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped e 31 Manna Heb. Cited in 2 Corinthians 8:15 What is it? like the Hebrew for h 1 scribed with the Ten Commandments. liters. The geographical name Sin is approximately 2 dry quarts or 2.2 liters; also in vv. 18, 32, 33, and 36. g 36 An (see verse 15). is approximately 4 dry quarts or 4.4 liters per person. sounds refers to the stone tablets in the ark of the covenant in- was a dry measure having the capacity of about 20 dry quarts or 22 Sinai sin is related to and should not be mistaken for the English word . f 34 The Testimony ephah 2 at Rephidim, but there was no water for the So the people contended with people to drink. Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. 3 “Why do you test the LORD?” But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our 4 children and livestock die of thirst?” Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and 5 they will stone me!” 6 And the LORD said to Moses, “Walk on ahead of the p"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 145 person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he 21 is unclean. This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water 22 of purification will be unclean until evening. Anything the unclean person touches will be- come unclean, and anyone who touches it will be Water from the Rock"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "13 a 28 These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He Edom Refuses Passage showed His holiness among them. 14 15 From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has how our fathers went down to befallen us, Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyp- tians mistreated us and our fathers, and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. 16 17 Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of Please let us pass through your your territory. land. We will not go through any field or vine- yard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through 18 your territory.” But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and con- 19 front you with the sword.” “We will stay on the main road,” the Israelites replied, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay for it. There will be no problem; only 20 let us pass through on foot.” But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Is- 21 raelites with a large army and a strong hand. So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory, and Israel turned away The Death of Aaron from them. 22 23 24 After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor. And at Mount Hor, near"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 21,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "–30) their place.) 24 23 a “Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amo- rite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take This possession of it and engage him in battle. very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish 26 because of you.” 25 27 So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying, “Let us pass through your a 23 land; we will stay on the main road. We will not cherem b 34 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the 31 case this day. Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now 32 begin to conquer and possess his land.” 33 So Sihon and his whole army came out for bat- And the LORD our God tle against us at Jahaz. delivered him over to us, and we defeated him 34 and his sons and his whole army. b 35 At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survi- We carried off for ourselves only the vors. livestock and the plunder from the cities we 36 captured. 37 From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gil- ead, not one city had walls too high f"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": ". is a 57 Hilez The Gershomites received the following: As in the parallel text at"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 31,
              "text": "–35) LORD our God had forbidden. 3 2 Then we turned and went up the road to Ba- shan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole But army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei. the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon 3 king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.” So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We 4 struck them down until no survivor was left. At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take—the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in All these cities were fortified with high Bashan. 5 That is, Crete Forms of the Hebrew refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 22,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "| 147 28 “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored. For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, 29 the rulers of Arnon’s heights. Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, 30 and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites. But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. e We demolished them as far as Nophah, The Defeat of Og"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "6 “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me. So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you 7 curse are cursed.” The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Ba- 8 laam and relayed to him the words of Balak. “Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to 9 me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam. Then God came to Balaam and asked, “Who are 10 these men with you?” 11 And Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, ‘Behold, a king of Moab, sent me this message: people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight 12 against them and drive them away.’ ” But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are 13 blessed.” So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, be- cause the LORD has refused to let me go with 14 you.” And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Ba- 15 lak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.” 16 Then Balak sent other princes, more numer- ous and more distinguished than the first messengers. They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 23,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "| 149 ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; 8 come and denounce Israel!’ How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? 9 How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced? For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, 10 not reckoning themselves among the nations. Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!” 11 Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my ene- 12 mies, and behold, you have only blessed them!” But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak ex- Balaam’s Second Oracle actly what the LORD puts in my mouth?” 13 Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all 14 of them. And from there, curse them for me.” So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and of- 15 fered a bull and a ram on each altar. Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your 16 burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.” And the LORD met with Balaam and put a mes- sage in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and 17 speak what I tell you.” So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. 18 “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked. Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "7 The LORD their God is with them, 22 Water will flow from his buckets, and the shout of the King is among them. and his seed will have abundant 23 God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox. For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’ Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.” 24 25 Now Balak said to Balaam, “Then neither curse 26 them at all nor bless them at all!” But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that 27 whatever the LORD says, I must do?” “Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you 28 curse them for me from there.” a And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, 29 which overlooks the wasteland. Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven 30 rams.” So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he Balaam’s Third Oracle offered a bull and a ram on each altar. 24 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not seek omens as on previous occasions, but he turned When Balaam his face toward the wilderness. 3 looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by and he tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him, lifted up an oracle, saying: 2 water. His king will be greater than Agag, 8 and his kingdom will be exalted. God brought him out of Egypt"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 25,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5) 26 27 10 2 4 I do not want you to be unaware, broth- ers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the 3 They were all baptized into Moses in the sea. They all ate the same cloud and in the sea. spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that 5 accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the 6 wilderness. 7 a These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: 8 “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in 9 one day twenty-three thousand of them died. 10 as some of them did, We should not test Christ, And do not com- and were killed by snakes. plain, as some of them did, and were killed by the 11 destroying angel. b c Now these things happened to them as exam- ples and were written down as warnings for us, 12 on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. So the one who thinks he is standing firm b 9 a 7 No temptation has should be careful not to fall. are lawful,” ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 26,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–4) 1 On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in 2 the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He “Take a census of the whole congregation said: of Israel by their clans and families, listing every 3 man by name, one by one. You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions— And everyone who can serve in Israel’s army. one man from each tribe, the head of each family, The Leaders of the Tribes must be there with you. 5 4 These are the names of the men who are to as- sist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of 6 Shedeur; from Simeon, Shelumiel son of 7 Zurishaddai; 8 from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab; from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar; from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon; from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran; from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; 16 and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.” These men were appointed from the congrega- tion; they were the leaders of the tribes of their The Number of Every Tribe fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel. 17 18 So Moses and Aaron took these men who had and on the first day been designated by name, of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and fa"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "| 151 them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. 9 So the plague against the Israelites was halted, but those who died in the plague numbered 11 10 24,000. 12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not Declare, consume the Israelites in My zeal. therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of It will be a covenant of permanent peace. priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement 14 for the Israelites.” 13 15 The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the And the name of leader of a Simeonite family. the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daugh- 16 ter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family. 17 18 “Attack the And the LORD said to Moses, For they as- Midianites and strike them dead. sailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of The Second Census of Israel"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "7 22 These were the clans of Reuben, and their reg- 8 istration numbered 43,730. 9 Now the son of Pallu was Eliab, and the sons of 10 Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congre- gation, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD. And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose fol- lowers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign. However, the The Tribe of Simeon line of Korah did not die out. 12 11 These were the descendants of Simeon by a their clans: The Nemuelite clan from Nemuel, the Jaminite clan from Jamin, 13 the Jachinite clan from Jachin, the Zerahite clan from Zerah, and the Shaulite clan from Shaul. These were the clans of Simeon, and there b 14 The Tribe of Gad were 22,200 men. 15 These were the descendants of Gad by their clans: The Zephonite clan from Zephon, the Haggite clan from Haggi, 16 the Shunite clan from Shuni, the Oznite clan from Ozni, 17 the Erite clan from Eri, c These were the clans of Judah, and their regis- The Tribe of Issachar tration numbered 76,500. 23 These were the descendants of Issachar by their clans: d The Tolaite clan from Tola, 24 the Punite clan from Puvah, e the Jashubite clan from Jashub, 25 and the Shimronite clan from Shimron. These were the clans of Issachar, and their reg- The Tribe of Zebulun istration numbered 64,300. 26 These were the descendants of Zebulun by their clans: 27 The Se"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": ". Arod e 15 All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives b 10 Zohar of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons. Zerah d 13 is a variant of f 16 ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "and Zephon ; see 1 Chronicles 7:1. h 20 Hebrew; SP and some LXX manuscripts That is, northwest Mesopotamia SP and LXX ; see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": ". is a variant of ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": ". That is, Heliopolis, as in LXX 50 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": ". Hebrew ; also in verses 10 and 17 5 Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies. The Descendants of Benjamin 6 The three sons of Benjamin: 7 Bela, Becher, and Jediael. The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, heads of their families—five in all. There were 22,034 mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies. 8 The sons of Becher: 9 Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jer- emoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons. Their genealo- gies were recorded according to the heads of their families—20,200 mighty men of valor. 10 The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: 11 Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, 12 mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle. The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites The Descendants of Naphtali were descendants of Aher. 13 a The sons of Naphtali: b The Descendants of Manasseh Jahziel, scendants of Bilhah. Guni, Jezer, and Shallum 14 —the de- The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel through his Aramean concubine. She 15 also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead. Machir took a wife from among the Hup- pites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, 16 who had only daughters. Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His b"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "and 1 Chronicles 7:1. Hebrew; SP and Syriac Puah ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 49,
              "text": ". g 29 Beth-shean scripts; Hebrew does not include is a variant of c 23 Beriah ; see Gen. 46:24. his son Beth-shan e 27 Non 1 Chronicles 7:31 | 379 17 Rekem. The son of Ulam: Bedan. 18 These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. His sister Hammo- lecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and 19 Mahlah. And these were the sons of Shemida: The Descendants of Ephraim Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. 20 The descendants of Ephraim: 21 Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their 22 livestock. c Their father Ephraim mourned for many 23 days, and his relatives came to comfort him. And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had His daughter was come upon his house. Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth- 25 horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah. 24 d 26 his son, Additionally, Rephah was his son, Resheph Telah his son, Tahan his son, Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, and Joshua his son. 28 his son, Nun 27 e f 29 Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and She- chem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its g And along the borders of Manas- villages. seh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The de- scendants of Jo"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 62,
              "text": "| 153 The Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel, 49 the Gunite clan from Guni, the Jezerite clan from Jezer, 50 and the Shillemite clan from Shillem. These were the clans of Naphtali, and their 51 registration numbered 45,400. Inheritance by Lot These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all. 52 53 54 Then the LORD said to Moses, “The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names. Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one; each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those 55 registered. Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the Each names of the tribes of their fathers. inheritance is to be divided by lot among the The Levites Numbered larger and smaller tribes.” 57 56 Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, 58 and the Merarite clan from Merari. These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. 59 60 and Now Kohath was the father of Amram, Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Am- ram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Mir- Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were iam. but Nadab and Abihu died when born to Aaron, 62 fire before the LORD. they offered unauthorized 61 c The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, e"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 63,
              "text": "Only Caleb and Joshua Remain 63 These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israel- ites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across 64 from Jericho. 65 Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the For the LORD had told Wilderness of Sinai. them that they would surely die in the wilder- ness. Not one was left except Caleb son of The Daughters of Zelophehad (Num. 36:1–13) Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 27 2 Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, the Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the “Our father died whole congregation, and said, in the wilderness, but he was not among the fol- lowers of Korah who gathered together against 4 the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own Why should the name sin, and he had no sons. of our father disappear from his clan because he had no sons? Give us property among our 5 father’s brothers.” 6 3 7 So Moses brought their case before the LORD, “The daughters and the LORD answered him, of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers and transfer their 8 father’s inheritance to them. 9"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 27,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–11) 36 3 2 Now the family heads of the clan of Gil- ead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them, saying, “When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, He also commanded him to give the inheritance of our But if they brother Zelophehad to his daughters. marry any of the men from the other tribes of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the portion of our fathers and added to the tribe into which they marry. So our allotted And when inheritance would be taken away. the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inher- itance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our 5 fathers.” 4 7 6 So at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: “The tribe of the sons of Joseph This is what the LORD has speaks correctly. commanded concerning the daughters of Zelo- phehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of No inheritance in Israel may be their father. transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the Every daughter who pos- tribe of his fathers. sesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her fa- 9 ther, so that every Israelite will possess the in- No inheritance may be heritance of his fathers. transferred from one tribe to a"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "–17) 23 24 At that time I also pleaded with the LORD: “O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your great- ness and power to Your servant. For what god in 25 heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours? Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that 26 pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!” 27 But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter. Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan. But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable 29 them to inherit the land that you will see.” An Exhortation to Obedience (De. 11:1–7) So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor. 28 4 2 Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordi- nances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, You must not add to or subtract is giving you. from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I 3 am giving you. Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal- peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor. But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive 5 to this day, every one of you. 4 See, I have taught you statutes and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "–23) ham, Isaac, and Jacob.” a 2 When Moses had finished speaking these words to all Israel, he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD 3 has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’ The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations be- fore you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua 4 will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said. And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, when He de- 5 stroyed them along with their land. 6 The LORD will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have com- manded you. Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave 7 you nor forsake you.” b 8 Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and coura- geous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inher- itance. The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor for- The Reading of the Law"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 28,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–8)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 26,
              "text": "–31) 20 9 a You are to count off seven weeks from the time 10 you first put the sickle to the standing grain. And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that 11 you give in proportion to how the LORD your and you shall rejoice be- God has blessed you, fore the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the 12 widows among you. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and The Feast of Tabernacles"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 29,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–6) 23 24 The LORD also said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred as- sembly announced by trumpet blasts. You must not do any regular work, but you are to pre- The Day of Atonement sent a food offering to the LORD.’"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "| 155 20 two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs The grain offering a year old, all unblemished. shall consist of fine flour mixed with oil; offer three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two- and a tenth of tenths of an ephah with the ram, Include an ephah with each of the seven lambs. one male goat as a sin offering to make atone- 23 ment for you. 21 22 24 You are to present these in addition to the reg- ular morning burnt offering. Offer the same food each day for seven days as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It is to be offered with its drink offering and the regular burnt of- 25 fering. On the seventh day you shall hold a sacred as- The Feast of Weeks"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "4 a 20 and a tenth of an ephah ram, 5 seven male lambs. 6 with each of the Include one male goat as a sin offering to make These are in addition to the atonement for you. monthly and daily burnt offerings with their pre- scribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They The Day of Atonement (Lev. 16:1-34 ; 23:26-32) are a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD. 7 b On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble 8 yourselves; you must not do any work. 9 Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, to- gether with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with 10 the bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven 11 lambs. Include one male goat for a sin offering, in ad- dition to the sin offering of atonement and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and The Feast of Tabernacles (De. 16:13–17) drink offerings. 12 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast 13 to the LORD for seven days. 14 As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a food offering, a burnt offering of thir- teen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male along with lambs a year old, all unblemished, the grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil wit"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "–11) 16 2 Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD. And the b LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron c not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the 3 cloud above the mercy seat. This is how Aaron is to enter the Holy Place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for He is to wear the sacred linen a burnt offering. atonement c 2 4 ; also in verses 16, 17, 20, 23, and 27 Or"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "–40) carefully follow these statutes. 13 b You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the pro- 14 duce of your threshing floor and your winepress. And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the for- eigner, the fatherless, and the widows among 15 you. For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, 16 so that your joy will be complete. c d 17 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will e the choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty- Everyone must appear with a gift as handed. he is able, according to the blessing the LORD Judges and Justice your God has given you. 18 You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with 19 righteous judgment. Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the a 10 wise and twists the words of the righteous. b 13 Booths Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the Forbidden Forms of Worship LORD your God is giving you. 21 Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 30,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–16) woman commits adultery. 33 f 34 Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your But I tell you not to swear vows to the Lord.’ 35 at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Je- Nor rusalem, for it is the city of the great King. should you swear by your head, for you cannot Simply let make a single hair white or black. your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything Love Your Enemies more comes from the evil one."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "i 41 k 43 one milion"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 31,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "| 157 then he confirms all the vows and pledges that bind her. He has confirmed them, because he said 15 nothing to her on the day he heard about them. But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, 16 then he will bear her iniquity.” These are the statutes that the LORD com- manded Moses concerning the relationship be- tween a man and his wife, and between a father Vengeance on Midian and a young daughter still in his home. 2 “Take And the LORD said to Moses, vengeance on the Midianites for the Isra- elites. After that, you will be gathered to your 3 people.” 4 So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midi- anites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on Send into battle a thousand men from them. 5 each tribe of Israel.” So a thousand men were recruited from each 6 tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war. And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the 7 sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling. 8 Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male. Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the 9 sword. The Israelites captured the Midianite women 10 and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods. Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "17 Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation So now, kill all the boys, as well as of the LORD. 18 every woman who has had relations with a man, but spare for yourselves every girl who has 19 never had relations with a man. 20 All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your cap- And purify every garment and leather tives. good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every 21 article of wood.” 23 Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of 22 the law which the LORD has commanded Moses: Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead— everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot with- On stand the fire must pass through the water. the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter Division of the Spoils the camp.” 25 24 26 The LORD said to Moses, “You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congrega- tion are to take a count of what was captured, Then divide the cap- both of man and beast. tives between the troops who went out to battle 28 and the rest of the congregation. 27 Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what be- longs to the soldiers who went in"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 32,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–42 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 33,
              "text": "| 159 18 brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for We protection from the inhabitants of the land. will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance. Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has 20 come to us on the east side of the Jordan.” 19 21 Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle, and if every one of your armed men crosses the Jor- 22 dan before the LORD, until He has driven His en- then when the land is emies out before Him, subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession be- But if you do not do this, you fore the LORD. will certainly sin against the LORD—and be as- Build cit- sured that your sin will find you out. ies for your little ones and folds for your flocks, 25 but do what you have promised.” 24 23 26 The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord com- Our children, our wives, our livestock, mands. 27 and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead. But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle 28 before the LORD, just as our lord says.” 29 So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family And Moses said leaders of the tribes of Israel."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 34,
              "text": "34 35 36 e 11 And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, Beth-nim- Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, rah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they 37 built folds for their flocks. 38 The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kir- as well as Nebo and Baal-meon iathaim, (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And 39 they renamed the cities they rebuilt. 40 41 The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the So Moses gave Gil- Amorites who were there. ead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there. Jair, a descendant of Manas- 42 seh, went and captured their villages and called And Nobah went and cap- them Havvoth-jair. tured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, Forty-Two Journeys of the Israelites after his own name. a 33 2 These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses At the LORD’s command, Moses rec- and Aaron. orded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points: 3 b 4 On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defi- antly who in full view of all the Egyptians, were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their The Israelites set out from Rameses gods. 6 and camped at Succoth. 5 They set out from Succoth and camped at 7 Etham, on"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 33,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": ". Cited in"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 34,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–15 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 161 They set out from Jotbathah and camped 35 at Abronah. They set out from Abronah and camped at 36 Ezion-geber. They set out from Ezion-geber and camped 37 at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin. 38 They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of At the LORD’s command, Aaron the Edom. priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the Aaron was 123 years old land of Egypt. 40 when he died on Mount Hor. 39 41 Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that And the Israel- the Israelites were coming. ites set out from Mount Hor and camped at 42 Zalmonah. They set out from Zalmonah and camped 43 at Punon. They set out from Punon and camped at 44 Oboth. They set out from Oboth and camped at 45 Iye-abarim on the border of Moab. a They set out from Iyim 46 Dibon-gad. and camped at They set out from Dibon-gad and camped 47 at Almon-diblathaim. b They set out from Almon-diblathaim and facing camped in the mountains of Abarim 48 Nebo. They set out from the mountains of Aba- rim and camped on the plains of Moab by the 49 Jordan across from Jericho. And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim. Instructions for Occupying Canaan c 50 51 You are to take possession of the land and set- 54 tle in it, for I have given you the land to possess. And you are to divide the land by lot ac"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "This will be your land, defined by its borders on 13 all sides.” 14 So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Appor- tion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a For the tribes of the Reubenites and half tribes. Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, These have already received their inheritance. two and a half tribes have received their inher- itance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the Leaders to Divide the Land sunrise.” 16 17 15 18 Then the LORD said to Moses, “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and 19 Appoint one leader from Joshua son of Nun. These are each tribe to distribute the land. their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Ju- 20 dah; Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe 21 of Simeon; Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of 22 Benjamin; Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe 23 of Dan; Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the 24 tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph; Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the 25 tribe of Ephraim; Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from 26 the tribe of Zebulun; Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the 27 tribe of Issachar; Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the 28 tribe of Asher; and Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader 29 from the tribe of Naphtali.” These are the ones whom the LORD com- manded to apportion the inheritance to the Isra- Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites elites in the land of Ca"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 35,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–8 ; 1 Chronicles 6:54–81) 21 Now the family heads of the Levites ap- proached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son 2 of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pas- 3 turelands for our livestock.” So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pas- turelands out of their own inheritance: 4 The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of 6 Manasseh. The descendants of Gershon received thir- teen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manas- 7 seh in Bashan. And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. 8 So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the 9 LORD had commanded through Moses. 10 From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they des- to the descend- ignated these cities by name ants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them: 11 12 They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Heb- ron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the fa- But they had given the fields ther of Anak.) and villages"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 36,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "| 163 Zelophehad’s Daughters Marry"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Deuteronomy",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "through"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "–18) 13 14 The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening. When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people 15 standing around you from morning till evening?” 16 “Because the people come to me to inquire of “Whenever they have a God,” Moses replied. dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the 17 statutes and laws of God.” 18 But Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What Surely you and these you are doing is not good. people with you will wear yourselves out, be- cause the task is too heavy for you. You cannot 19 handle it alone. 20 Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the peo- ple’s representative before God and bring their Teach them the statutes and causes to Him. laws, and show them the way to live and the 21 work they must do. Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, 22 of fifties, and of tens. Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with 23 you. If you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you w"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 26,
              "text": "–33) have seemed the same to them!” 14 2 Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night All the Israelites grumbled the people wept. against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congre- gation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wil- Why is the LORD bringing us into this derness! land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for 4 us to go back to Egypt?” 3 So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.” 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the 6 whole assembly of the congregation of Israel. devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever God’s Forgiveness and Judgment since they left Egypt.”"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 34,
              "text": "–40)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 41,
              "text": "–46) Israelites, the people mourned bitterly. 40 Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the 41 place the LORD has promised.” 43 42 But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed! Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you. For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Be- cause you have turned away from the LORD, He 44 will not be with you.” But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the 45 covenant of the LORD moved from the camp. Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Laws about Offerings Hormah. 2 “Speak to Then the LORD said to Moses, 3 the Israelites and tell them: After you en- ter the land that I am giving you as a home and you present a food offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to produce a pleasing aroma to the LORD—either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, for a special vow or freewill offering or appointed then the one presenting his offering to feast— a 4 A tenth of an ephah the LORD shall also present a grain offering of a b 4 a quarter hin of oil 4 15 d With a ram you are to prepare a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of olive oil, an"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 165 26 But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled 27 against the command of the LORD your God. You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Where can we go? Amorites to be annihilated. Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We 29 ” even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’ 28 30 31 So I said to you: “Do not be terrified or afraid The LORD your God, who goes before of them! you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for and in the wilderness, where the you in Egypt LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you 32 reached this place.” 33 But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God, who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to Israel’s Penalty"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "28 of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Ho- rites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave 13 them as their possession.) “Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” 14 So we crossed over the Brook of Zered. 29 You can sell us turn to the right or to the left. food to eat and water to drink in exchange for sil- ver. Only let us pass through on foot, just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Mo- abites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is 30 giving us.” The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-bar- nea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Indeed, the LORD’s LORD had sworn to them. hand was against them, to eliminate them from 16 the camp, until they had all perished. 15 17 18 the LORD said to me, Now when all the fighting men among the peo- “Today ple had died, 19 you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar. But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their posses- 20 sion.” 22 21 (That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the They Ammonites called them Zamzummites. were a people great and many, as tall as the Ana- kites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the A"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "–37) looks the wasteland. 21 b 22 Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of “Let us pass through the Amorites, saying, your land. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway until we have passed 23 through your territory.” But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army c and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. 24 he fought against Israel. When he came to Jahaz, And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammo- 25 nites, because it was fortified. d 26 Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages. Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former 27 king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon. a 16 Beer was rugged That is why the poets say: c 23 Jahaz Jeshimon because it was strong . Or means b 20 e 30 well"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–11) which reaches to Medeba. ” 31 32 So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel cap- tured its villages and drove out the Amorites who 33 were there. Then they turned and went up the road to Ba- shan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army 34 came out to meet them in battle at Edrei. But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in 35 Heshbon.” So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. Balak Summons Balaam And they took possession of his land. 22 Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the 2 Jordan, across from Jericho. 3 4 Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had and Moab was terrified of done to the Amorites, the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites. So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will de- vour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” 5 Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at he sent messengers to summon that time, Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Eu- phrates in the land of his people. f ; literally Or Hebrew d 24 We demolished them until fire spread to Medeba is a variant of ; see 1 Chr. 6:78. Jahzah Or because the territory the River f 5 148 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "–22 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "| 167 6 walls and gates and bars, and there were many a We devoted them to more unwalled villages. destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, 7 and children of every city. the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return 21 to the possession I have given you.” But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we 8 carried off for ourselves. 9 10 At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon— which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir— all the cities of the plateau, all of Gil- ead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of 11 Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og. (For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rab- Land Division East of the Jordan bah of the Ammonites.)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "6 20 Observe them care- about to enter and possess. fully, for this will show your wisdom and under- standing in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great na- 7 tion is a wise and understanding people.” 8 For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him? And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you 9 today? Yet the LORD has taken nations under heaven. you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as 21 you are today. The LORD, however, was angry with me on ac- count of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD For I your God is giving you as an inheritance. will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take 23 possession of that good land. 22 10 Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them a The day to your children and grandchildren. you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and 11 that they may teach them to their children.” You came near and stood at the base of the moun"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "–31 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "BYZ and TR"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 40,
              "text": "may be presented as a continuous section of unbroken speech by Moses. In lowlands place of multiple levels of nested quotes, this section has been set apart with a double space. Hebrew or ; that is, the western foothills of Judea Israel’s Rebellion"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 41,
              "text": "–43 ; 19:1–14 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "through"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 169 47 48 They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amo- ex- rite kings across the Jordan to the east— tending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Val- 49 (that is, Hermon), ley as far as Mount Siyon including all the Arabah on the east side of the below Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, The Covenant at Horeb the slopes of Pisgah. a b 5 c Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and The LORD our God observe them carefully. 3 made a covenant with us at Horeb. 2 d 4 He did not make this covenant with our fathers, The but with all of us who are alive here today. LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire The Ten Commandments"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "13 14 Six days you shall labor and do all you. but the seventh day is a Sab- your work, bath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant Re- and maidservant may rest as you do. member that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sab- 16 bath day. 15 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your 17 God is giving you. 18 a b c You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. 19 20 You shall not steal. e 21 your neighbor. d f You shall not bear false witness against You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” Moses Intercedes for the People"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "b 25 strong ; SBL, . Or 19 NA, WH, and BYZ do not include 35 20 35"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "BYZ and TR include is an Aramaic expression of contempt. Or Or ; Greek 25 42"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "Gehenna l 11 g 20 or dead h 23 Can both fresh and bitter BYZ and TR h i believed God, and it was credited to him as right- 24 eousness,” and he was called a friend of God. As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds 25 and not by faith alone. j In the same way, was not even Rahab the pros- titute justified by her actions when she wel- 26 and sent them off on another comed the spies route? As the body without the spirit is dead, Taming the Tongue"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "raised Christ from the dead Those being in the flesh Literally b 23 f 8 h captive to the law of sin being in my members. me d 2 c 1 e 3 in in the like- g 10 BYZ and TR yet the Spirit is life BYZ and TR Literally NA, BYZ, and TR Literally ; similarly in verse 9 Or 1014 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "–33 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–19 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "–5"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "SBL, NE, and WH"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 171 25 we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day. And if we are careful to ob- serve every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, Drive Out the Nations then that will be our righteousness.” 7 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Per- izzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations and when the larger and stronger than you— LORD your God has delivered them over to you d to defeat them, then you must devote them to with complete destruction. 3 them and show them no mercy. Make no treaty 2 c 4 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against 5 you, and He will swiftly destroy you. 6 Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in For you are a people holy to the LORD the fire. your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all 7 peoples on the face of the earth. 8 The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest But because the LORD loved you of all peoples. and kept the oath He"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "–26) 3"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 8,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "–29 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "| 173 a At Horeb From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling 8 against the LORD. 9 you provoked the LORD, and He was angry enough to destroy you. When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and 10 forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water. 12 Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire 11 on the mountain on the day of the assembly. And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tab- lets of the covenant. And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten 13 image.” 14 The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked peo- Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them ple. and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and 15 greater than they are.” 16 So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the cov- enant in my hands. And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way t"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "a had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down 22 from the mountain. c You continued to provoke the LORD at Tabe- and at Kibroth-hattaavah. And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh- barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” at Massah, 23 rah, b 24 But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor You have been rebelling against obeyed Him. So the LORD since the day I came to know you. I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He 26 would destroy you. 25 27 And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inher- itance, whom You redeemed through Your great- ness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty Remember Your servants Abraham, hand. Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of 28 this people and the wickedness of their sin. Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had prom- ised them, and because He hated them, He has 29 brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’ But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and New Stone Tablets"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 10,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–11) seen.” 34 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I c 12 b 7 a 19 will write on them the words that were on the covenant to thousands"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "–22) 13 14 15 Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fa- thers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, But if it is unpleasing in and serve the LORD. your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we 16 will serve the LORD!” 17 The people replied, “Far be it from us to for- For the sake the LORD to serve other gods! LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we trav- And the LORD drove out before us all the eled. nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is 19 our God!” 18 20 But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or If you forsake the LORD and serve your sins. foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been 21 good to you.” “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!” Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” 23 “We are witnesses!” they said. “Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the for- eign"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "–17) 1 2 Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ “Moses My servant is dead. assistant, saying, Now therefore arise, you and all these people, and cross over the Jordan into the land that I am 3 giving to the children of Israel. I have given you every place where the sole of 4 your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses. Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the 5 Great Sea. a No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with 6 you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. b Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I 7 swore to their fathers I would give them. 8 Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go. This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and suc- 9 ceed in all you do. Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discour- aged, for the LORD your God is with you wher- Joshua Takes Charge ever you go.” 10 11 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people: “Go through the camp and tell the peo- ple, ‘Prepare yo"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 29,
              "text": "| 175 Your fa- wonders that your eyes have seen. thers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numer- Obedience and Discipline (De. 4:1–14) ous as the stars in the sky. 11 You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His command- 2 ments. a 4 Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD 3 your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and the signs and works He His outstretched arm; did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land; what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of engulf them as they pursued you, the Red Sea and how He destroyed them completely, even to 6 what He did for you in the wilderness this day; until you reached this place; and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abi- ram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living 7 thing that belonged to them. 5 For it is your own eyes that have seen every God’s Great Blessings"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 30,
              "text": "30 Are not these mountains curse on Mount Ebal. across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of 31 Moreh? a 32 For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. When you take possession of it and be careful to follow all the statutes settle in it, and ordinances that I am setting before you to- day. One Place for Worship 12 These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of 2 your fathers, has given you to possess. Destroy completely all the places where the na- tions you are dispossessing have served their 3 gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and Tear down their altars, under every green tree. smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe You shall not out their names from every place. 5 worship the LORD your God in this way. 4 6 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to es- tablish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you To that place you are to bring your must go. burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds There, in the presence of the LORD and flocks. your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LO"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 12,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 29,
              "text": "–32 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 13,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": ", 17:7, 19:19, 21:21, 22:21, 22:24, 24:7 Literally . Literally"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 14,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–21 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "| 177 7 worship other gods” (which neither you nor your the gods of the peoples fathers have known, around you, whether near or far, whether from you must not one end of the earth or the other), yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, 9 and do not spare him or shield him. 8 10 Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, Stone him and then the hands of all the people. to death for trying to turn you away from the 11 LORD your God, who brought you out of the land Then all of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again Idolatrous Cities to Be Destroyed do such a wicked thing among you. 12 14 If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your 13 God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, say- ing, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you then you must inquire, in- have not known), vestigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination you must has been committed among you, surely put the inhabitants of that city to the all its people and sword. Devote to destruction 16 livestock. 15 c And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offer- ing to the LORD your God. The city must remain 17 a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt. 18 Nothing devote"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "3 4 a You must not eat any detestable thing. These are the animals that you may eat: 5 The ox, the sheep, the goat, the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. 6 You may eat any animal that has a split hoof di- 7 vided in two and that chews the cud. But of those that chew the cud or have a com- pletely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, b or the rock badger. 8 Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for as well as the pig; though it has a you, divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass. 10 9 Of all the creatures that live in the water, you but you may eat anything with fins and scales, may not eat anything that does not have fins and 11 scales; it is unclean for you. 12 You may eat any clean bird, but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black 13 vulture, 14 the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite, 15 c any kind of raven, the ostrich, 16 kind of hawk, the screech owl, the gull, any the little owl, the great owl, the white 17 owl, 18 the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant, the stork, any kind of heron, 19 the hoopoe, or the bat. 20 All flying insects are unclean for you; they may But you may eat any clean bird. 21 not be eaten. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s Giving Tithes milk. (Lev. 27:30–34 ; De. 26:1–15 ; Neh. 13:10–14) 22 23 You must be"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 15,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–6) 10 11 For six years you are to sow your land and but in the seventh year you gather its produce, must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. 12 Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove. For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the for- 13 eign resident. Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other The Three Feasts of Pilgrimage (Lev. 23:1–3) gods; they must not be heard on your lips. 14 Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast 15 to Me. b You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened c Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleav- ened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may ap- 16 pear before Me empty-handed. d You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. e at the end of And keep the Feast of Ingathering the year, when you gather your produce from the 17 field. Three times a year all your males are to appear 18 before the Lord GOD. You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My 19 feast remain until morning. Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. Do"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "–11) 6 m “Be careful not to perform your righteous before men to be seen by them. If you acts do, you will have no reward from your Father in 2 heaven. 3 So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full But when you give to the needy, do not reward. 4 let your left hand know what your right hand is so that your giving may be in secret. And doing, your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will The Lord’s Prayer"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": ". Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you both- b 11 a 6 ering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed the Twelve Unleavened or Aramaic Simon the Jar Maker Simon the Potter d 20 ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "–18) nakedness be exposed on it.’ 26 21 2 “These are the ordinances that you are to set before them: 3 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything. If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him. If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her 5 master, and only the man shall go free. 4 6 But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go a free,’ then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he 7 shall serve his master for life. 8 11 marital rights of his first wife. If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she Personal Injury Laws is free to go without monetary payment. 12 13 Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death. If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will ap- 14 point for you a place where he may flee. But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away 15 from My altar to be put to death. Whoever strikes his father or mother must 16 surely be put to death. Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found 17 in his possession. c d his father or mother must Anyone who curses 18 surely be"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 16,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 179 worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the Firstborn Animals"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "–12) sembly; you must not do any regular work. 26 e On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assem- 27 bly; you must not do any regular work. 28 Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil— three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two- tenths of an ephah with the ram, and a tenth of 30 an ephah with each of the seven lambs. 29 31 Include one male goat to make atonement for you. Offer them with their drink offerings in addition to the regular burnt offering and its grain offering. The animals must be unblem- The Feast of Trumpets"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 18,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "–14) 9 10 Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone and all the people, from the least to the great, greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is 11 the divine power called the Great Power.” They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sor- 12 cery. 13 But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he ob- 14 served. 16 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Sa- 15 maria had received the word of God, they sent On their arrival, they Peter and John to them. prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit. For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the Then Peter and John name of the Lord Jesus. laid their hands on them, and they received the 18 Holy Spirit. 17 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given 19 through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he “Give me this power as offered them money. well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay 20 my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 22 21 But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift You have no part or share of God with money! in our ministry, because your heart is not right"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "–22) 11 h 12 While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon’s Colonnade. And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or 13 godliness we had made this man walk? i 14 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release You rejected the Holy and Righteous One Him. 15 and asked that a murderer be released to you. You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this 16 fact. By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in fear your presence. the temple In the name of Jesus Christ d 46 c 43 i 13 His child Or Literally about three thousand souls were added that day g 6 f 2 in the colonnade called Solomon’s the temple That is, three in the afternoon Literally Literally ; also in verse 8 SBL, NE, and WH Or ; also in verse 26 17 10"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": ". ; also in verses 27 and 30"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "| 181 4 5 jowls, and the stomach. You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock. For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His 6 name for all time. 8 7 Now if a Levite moves from any town of resi- dence throughout Israel and comes in all ear- nestness to the place the LORD will choose, then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD. They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of Sorcery Forbidden"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "21 You may ask in your heart, “How can we rec- 22 ognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?” When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptu- Cities of Refuge ously. Do not be afraid of him. (Num. 35:9–34 ; De. 4:41–43 ; Josh. 20:1–9) 19 When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and 2 when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses, then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that a You the LORD your God is giving you to possess. are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any 4 manslayer can flee to these cities. 3 5 Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, If he goes into without intending to harm him: the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neigh- bor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his 6 life. 7 Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the dis- tance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any This is why I am commanding you to set harm. 8 apart for yourselves three ci"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 19,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "–21) perish. 15 14 f 18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in a 20 the kingdom of heaven?” didrachma BYZ and TR include of fire f 15 ; twice in this verse the Gehenna of fire c 27 a stater e 10 against you Greek g 16 21 But this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting If your brother sins against you, go and con- 16 front him privately. If he listens to you, you have But if he will not listen, won your brother over. take one or two others along, so that ‘every mat- 17 ter may be established by the testimony of two the If he refuses to listen to or three witnesses.’ the hell b 24 g 11 For the Son of Man came to save the lost ; that is, a silver coin worth approximately one shekel ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "Literally charitable acts"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 21,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "| 183 Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit. Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die 8 in battle and another man marry her.” 7 Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his 9 brothers will not melt like his own.” When the officers have finished addressing the 10 army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it. 11 When you approach a city to fight against it, If they ac- you are to make an offer of peace. cept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to 12 serve you. 14 But if they refuse to make peace with you and 13 wage war against you, lay siege to that city. When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword. But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives This is how you are to treat all the cities you. that are far away from you and do not belong to 16 the nations nearby. 15 a However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, 17 you must not leave alive anything that breathes. For you must devote them to complete de- struction —the Hittites, Amorites, Canaa"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "16 6 when that unloved wife has the firstborn son, man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the 17 firstborn over the son of the unloved wife. Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a dou- ble portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the A Rebellious Son"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "–21) 10 11 12 Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his 13 property between them. After a few days, the younger son got every- thing together and journeyed to a distant coun- try, where he squandered his wealth in wild 14 living. 15 After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one 17 would give him a thing. 16 18 Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death! I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your 20 son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’ 19 So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his 21 son, embraced him, and kissed him. The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer ten drachmas a 8 worthy to be called your son. ’ b c 6 ‘A hundred baths of oil’ 23 But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring Bring the on his finger and sandals on his feet. 24 fattened"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": "(see also LXX) 19 Why then was the law given? It was added be- cause of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was ad- ministered through angels by a mediator. A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one 21 party; but God is one. 20 Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law. But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might 23 be given to those who believe. 22 24 Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be re- vealed. So the law became our guardian to lead 25 us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Now that faith has come, we are no longer un- Sons through Faith in Christ der a guardian. 26 27 29 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ For all of you who were baptized into Jesus. 28 Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the Sons and Heirs promise. 4 What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, alt- hough he is the owner of everything. He is sub- ject to guardians and trustees until the date set 3 by his father. 2 a 5 6 4 slaved under the basic pri"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 23,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "–6. 6 19"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "–14) ” b 15 2 3 And the LORD said to Moses and “Say to the Israelites, ‘When any Aaron, man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is un- This uncleanness is from his discharge, clean. whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about un- 4 cleanness. Any bed on which the man with the discharge 5 lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean. Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, Whoever and he will be unclean until evening. sits on furniture on which the man with the dis- charge was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until 7 evening. 6 8 Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes and bathe with If water, and he will be unclean until evening. the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, that person must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until leprosy evening. mil- Forms of the Hebrew regarding blemishes on garments, utensils, or buildings; here and throughout the remainder of this chapter. The Hebrew translated here as is one singular term; see the footnotes for verses regarding skin diseases, are translated as , traditionally translated as skin diseases and mildew 2 and 34. 110 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "| 185 stone her to death. For she has committed an out- rage in Israel by being promiscuous in her fa- ther’s house. So you must purge the evil from 22 among you. a 6 the LORD your God turned the curse into a bless- ing for you, because the LORD your God loves You are not to seek peace or prosperity you. 7 from them as long as you live. If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from 23 Israel. If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a 24 man, and another man encounters her in the city you must take both of and sleeps with her, them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge 25 the evil from among you. 26 But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this Do nothing to the young woman, be- must die. cause she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks When he found his neighbor and murders him. her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, 28 but there was no one to save her. 27 29 If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered, then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must be- come his w"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "22 require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. 23 But if you refrain from making a vow, you will Be careful to follow not be guilty of sin. through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God 24 with your own mouth. When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put 25 any in your basket. When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s Marriage and Divorce Laws grain."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 24,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "–15; cited in 1 Timothy 5:18."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "see 2 Chronicles 26:1. some LXX manuscripts include d 22 Elath Eloth e 25 and he was buried in Samaria with is approximately 600 feet or 182.9 meters. ; see 1 Kings 9:26. is a variant of f 29 is also called ; That is, the Dead Sea Hebrew; 356 | 2 Kings 15:1 Azariah Reigns in Judah (2 Chron. 26:3–23) 15 15 a 2 In the twenty-seventh year of Jero- boam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah. He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned 3 in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name And he was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just 4 as his father Amaziah had done. Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burn- b 5 ing incense there. And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a sepa- rate house while his son Jotham had charge of 6 the palace and governed the people of the land. As for the rest of the acts of Azariah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in 7 the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? c And Azariah rested with his fathers and was in the City of David. And his buried near them Zechariah Reigns in Israel son Jotham reigned in his place. 8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of 9 Israel, and he reigned in Samaria six months. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not tur"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 25,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "1028 | 1 Corinthians 9:22 22 the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those To the weak I became weak, without the law. to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save 23 some. seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted be- yond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that Flee from Idolatry"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "26 46"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "–16 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 26,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 187 on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no 19 fear of God. When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giv- ing you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under Offering Firstfruits and Tithes heaven. Do not forget! (Lev. 27:30–34 ; De. 14:22–29 ; Neh. 13:10–14) 26 2 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you and you take possession of it and settle in it, are to take some of the firstfruits of all your pro- duce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as to the priest who is a dwelling for His Name, serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare to- day to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give 4 us.” 3 7 5 6 Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD and you are to declare before the your God, LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great na- But the Egyptians tion, mighty and numerous. mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard So we called out to the LORD, the God of labor. our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and Then the saw our affliction, toil, and oppression. LORD brought us out of Egypt with"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "13 14 Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, ac- cording to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your I have not eaten any of the sa- commandments. cred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have Look done everything You commanded me. down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a Obey the LORD’s Commands land flowing with milk and honey.” 16 15 The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and 17 with all your soul. Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordi- 18 nances, and listen to His voice. 19 And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His command- that He will set you high in praise and ments, name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the The Altar on Mount Ebal"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "may be presented as a continuous section of unbroken speech by Moses. In place of multiple levels of nested quotes, this section has been set apart with a double space. faithful- kindness Sinai Hebrew are translated here and ness loyalty to a covenant in most cases throughout the Scriptures as , as well as That is, Mount Sinai, or possibly a mountain in the range containing Mount d 2 loving devotion to thousands ; the range of meaning includes ; forms of the Hebrew loving devotion goodness Or mercy chesed , and f 10 love . , , , 170 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 27,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 26,
              "text": "(see also LXX)"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 28,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "–68) 2 20 Then the LORD said to Moses, Israelites, “Tell the ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to 3 Molech must be put to death. The people of the And I will set My face land are to stone him. against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy 4 name. And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes 5 and fail to put to death the man who gives one of then I will set My face his children to Molech, against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow 6 him in prostituting themselves with Molech. Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people. d 36 An ephah Literally"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": "| 189 the earth will see that you are called by the name 11 of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you. The LORD will make you prosper abundantly— in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give 12 you. The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will 13 lend to many nations, but borrow from none. 14 The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never down- ward, if you hear and carefully follow the com- mandments of the LORD your God, which I am Do not turn aside to the right giving you today. or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve The Curses of Disobedience them."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "24 The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the 25 sky until you are destroyed. 26 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no 27 one to scare them away. The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from 28 which you cannot be cured. 29 The LORD will afflict you with madness, blind- ness, and confusion of mind, and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no 30 one to save you. 31 You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vine- yard but will not enjoy its fruit. Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your 32 enemies, and no one will save you. 33 Your sons and daughters will be given to an- other nation, while your eyes grow weary look- ing for them day after day, with no power in your hand. A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 29,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": ", Isaiah 874 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "| 191 a 57 The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will be- grudge the husband she embraces and her son the afterbirth that comes from and daughter between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your 58 enemy will inflict on you within your gates. If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that 59 you may fear this glorious and awesome name— He will bring upon you the LORD your God— and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and He will afflict you again chronic sicknesses. with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and 61 they will cling to you. 60 62 The LORD will also bring upon you every sick- ness and plague not recorded in this Book of the You who were as Law, until you are destroyed. numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice 63 of the LORD your God. Just as it pleased the LORD to make you pros- per and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to 64 possess. 65 Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fa- Among those n"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "18 a 19 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit, because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on him- self, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ 20 b This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry. The LORD will never be will- ing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jeal- ousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for dis- aster, according to all the curses of the covenant 22 written in this Book of the Law. 21 23 Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and All the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it. its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant grow- ing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD 24 overthrew in His fierce anger. So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great 25 outburst of anger?’ 26 And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fath"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 30,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–10) 10 1 These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: a 2 in the twentieth year, In the month of Chislev, Hanani, one while I was in the citadel of Susa, of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about 3 Jerusalem. And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trou- ble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken 4 down, and its gates have been burned with fire.” When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before 5 the God of heaven. Then I said: b “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awe- some God who keeps His covenant of loving 6 with those who love Him and keep devotion His commandments, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. 7 I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my fa- ther’s house have sinned. We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances 8 that You gave Your servant Moses. e 11 They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power O Lord, may Your ear be and mighty hand. attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of who delight to revere Your Your servants name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Nehem"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": ". j 20 Literally k 21 b 7 see, The Ingrafting of the Gentiles and their backs be bent forever.” 11 q I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall Certainly not! However, be- beyond recovery? cause of their trespass, salvation has come to the But if their Gentiles to make Israel jealous. trespass means riches for the world, and their How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news d 11 12 c 8 n 6 onomy 32:21 (see also LXX)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "g 16 ; BYZ and TR h 18 l 3 failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much 13 greater riches will their fullness bring! 15 14 I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my min- in the hope that I may provoke my own istry people to jealousy and save some of them. For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from If the first part of the dough is holy, the dead? so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are 17 the branches. 16 18 Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment do not boast over those of the olive root, branches. If you do, remember this: You do not 19 support the root, but the root supports you. 20 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be For if God did not spare the natural afraid. 22 branches, He will certainly not spare you either. 21 a 23 Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. And if they Otherwise you also will be cut off. 24 do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, For if you for God is able to graft them in again. were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 31,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": ", 8;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "–13) elites had settled in their towns. 8 At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had com- 2 manded for Israel. 3 On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and un- So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak derstand. until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the 4 Book of the Law. Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mis- hael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zecha- 5 riah, and Meshullam. 8 Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah— Azariah, instructed the people in the Law as they stood in So they read from the Book of the their places. Law of God, explaining it and giving insight, so that the people could understand what was being 9 read. e Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard 10 the words of the Law. Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prep"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "| 193 10 c 11 Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of when all Israel comes before the Tabernacles, LORD your God at the place He will choose, you 12 are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel. 13 Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this Then their children who do not know the law. law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are God Commissions Joshua crossing the Jordan to possess.” 14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and pre- sent yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” 15 So Moses and Joshua went and presented them- Then the LORD selves at the Tent of Meeting. appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the 16 cloud stood over the entrance to the tent. And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will for- sake Me and break the covenant I have made 17 with them. On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "testify against them, because it will not be forgot- ten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into 22 the land that I swore to give them.” So that very day Moses wrote down this song 23 and taught it to the Israelites. Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore The Law Placed in the Ark to give them, and I will be with you.” 24 25 26 When Moses had finished writing in a book the he words of this law from beginning to end, gave this command to the Levites who carried “Take this the ark of the covenant of the LORD: Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may re- For I main there as a witness against you. know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel 28 after my death! 27 29 Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them. For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your Moses Begins His Song hands.” 30 Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assem- bly of Israe"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 32,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–47) e 15 Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God 2 is completed. And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had con- quered the beast and its image and the number 3 of its name. They were holding harps from God, and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the a 18 faith of Jesus. d 14 f 3 616 one like a son of man King of the saints King of the ages TR includes b 5 before the throne of God e 20 1,600 stadia O Lord God Almighty! f Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations! . c 8 Some manuscripts Or ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, So you too I am glad and rejoice with all of you. Timothy and Epaphroditus (1 Cor. 16:10–12) should be glad and rejoice with me. 19 18 22 20 Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing. I have nobody else 21 like him who will genuinely care for your needs. For all the others look after their own inter- But you know ests, not those of Jesus Christ. Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gos- So I hope to send him as soon as I see what pel. And I trust in the Lord that I happens with me. 25 myself will come soon. 24 23 27 But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and 26 fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and For he has been longing minister to my needs. for all of you and is distressed because you heard He was sick indeed, nearly unto he was ill. death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon 28 sorrow. 29 Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, Welcome him in the and I may be less anxious. 30 Lord with great joy, and honor men like him, because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of ser- Righteousness through Faith in Christ vice to me."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": ";"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 35,
              "text": "(see also LXX)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 36,
              "text": ";"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 42,
              "text": "| 195 to newly arrived gods, 18 which your fathers did not fear. 19 You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth. When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, 20 provoked to anger by His sons and daughters. He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation— 21 children of unfaithfulness. They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their a worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; b 22 I will make them angry by a nation without understanding. For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the 23 mountains. I will heap disasters upon them; 24 I will spend My arrows against them. They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, 25 with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust. Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike 26 the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man. I would have said that I would cut them to 27 pieces and blot out their memory from mankind, if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; 28 it was not the LORD who did all this.’ ” Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, they would comprehe"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 43,
              "text": "43 a Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, b and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; c for He will avenge the blood of His children. d h 4 and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words— 5 the law that Moses gave us, i the possession of the assembly of Jacob. So the LORD became King in Jeshurun He will take vengeance on His adversaries 6 and repay those who hate Him; 44 He will cleanse His land and His people. e 45 47 son of Nun and Then Moses came with Joshua recited all the words of this song in the hearing 46 of the people. When Moses had finished recit- ing all these words to all Israel, he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly de- clared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law. For they are not idle words to you, be- cause they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan Moses’ Death Foretold to possess.” 48 49 On that same day the LORD said to Moses, “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Isra- 50 elites as their own possession. And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was 51 gathered to his people. For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with 52 Me among the Israelites"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 34,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 197 16 with the choice gifts of the land and and underneath are the everlasting arms. everything in it, 28 He drives out the enemy before you, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’ the burning bush. So Israel dwells securely; May these rest on the head of Joseph the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled 17 and crown the brow of the prince of his 29 in a land of grain and new wine, brothers. where even the heavens drip with dew. His majesty is like a firstborn bull, Blessed are you, O Israel! and his horns are like those of a wild ox. Who is like you, a people saved by the With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, 18 and such are the thousands of Manasseh.” Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, 19 and Issachar, in your tents. They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of 20 the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.” Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion 21 and tears off an arm or a head. He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.” 22 Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, 23 leaping out of Bashan.” Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joshua",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9) great work that the LORD has done. 8 You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you and so that are crossing the Jordan to possess, you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their de- 10 scendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. 9 11 For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated But the land on foot, like a vegetable garden. that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the It is a land for which the rain from heaven. LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the 13 end of the year. 12 then I will provide rain for your your soul, land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that 15 you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil. And I will provide grass in the fields for your 16 livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied. But be careful that you are not enticed to turn 17 aside to worship and bow down to other gods, or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good Remember God’s Words land that the LORD is giving you. 18 19 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "BYZ and TR include"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "| 199 So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as The Promise to Rahab soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut. 8 9 a 10 Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab and said to them, “I know went up on the roof that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who For dwell in the land are melting in fear of you. we have heard how the LORD dried up the wa- ters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, b the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, When we whom you devoted to destruction. heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth 12 below. 11 13 Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give that you will spare the lives of me a sure sign my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will de- 14 liver us from death.” “Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives 15 us the land.” 16 Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was “Go to the hill built into the wall of the city. country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "11 8 Behold, the ark of the covenant of Jebusites. the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into 12 the Jordan. 13 Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Is- rael, one from each tribe. When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will 14 stand up in a heap.” So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the cove- 15 nant ahead of them. a 16 Now the Jordan overflows its banks through- out the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their the flowing wa- feet touched the water’s edge, ter stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the ) was completely cut off. So the people Salt Sea The priests car- crossed over opposite Jericho. rying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until Twelve Stones from the Jordan the entire nation had crossed the Jordan. 17 4 2 3 When the whole nation had finished cross- ing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua, “Choose twelve men from among the people, and command them: ‘Take one from each tribe, up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the 4 place where you spend"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 201 24 which He dried up just as He did to the Red Sea, He did before us until we had crossed over. this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that The Circumcision and Passover at Gilgal you may always fear the LORD your God.” 5 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the b Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the heard how the LORD had dried up the wa- coast ters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they their hearts melted and their had crossed over, 2 spirits failed for fear of the Israelites. c d 3 At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again. So Joshua made flint knives and circum- 4 cised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. ” e 5 Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness Though all who had after they had left Egypt. come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had 6 been circumcised. 7 For the Israelites had wandered in the wilder- ness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and And He raised up their sons in their honey. place, and these were the ones Joshua circum- cised. Until this time they were still uncircum- cised,"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "9 of the covenant of the LORD followed them. While the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew 10 the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark. But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until 11 the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!” So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned 12 to the camp and spent the night there. 13 Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD. And the seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns kept march- ing ahead of the ark of the LORD and blowing the horns. The armed troops went in front of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the horns kept sounding. So on the sec- ond day they marched around the city once and 15 returned to the camp. They did this for six days. 14 a Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the 16 same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times. After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua 17 commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city! Now the city and every- thing in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent. But keep away from the things devoted to destr"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 26,
              "text": ". b 1 Literally 14 out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself for this is what the LORD, the and your son, God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be ex- hausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the 15 earth.’ ” 16 So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah The jar of and the woman and her household. flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had Elijah Raises the Widow’s Son spoken through Elijah. 17 18 Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse “O and worse, until no breath remained in him. man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my 19 son?” But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” 20 So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him Then he cried out to the LORD, on his own bed. “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, Then he stretched by causing her son to die?” himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this 22 boy’s life return to him!” 21 And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, 23 and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived. Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": ". Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew Chelubai n 7 Achar Zabdi Caleb sons m 7 o 9 Or LXX (see also"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 8,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "| 203 18 of Judah come forward, and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward, and the family of Zabdi was selected. And he had the family of Zabdi come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the 19 tribe of Judah, was selected. So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confes- sion to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have 20 done; do not hide it from me.” a 21 “It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did: When I saw among the spoils a beautiful b cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of sil- I and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, ver, coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver under- 22 neath.” c 23 So Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent, and there it all was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. They took the things from inside the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out before the 24 LORD. Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and don- keys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he 25 owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor. 26 “Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they s"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "3 6 4 5 So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of with these or- valor and sent them out at night ders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush be- hind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready. Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from They will pursue us until we have drawn them. them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them, you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD And your God will deliver it into your hand. when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you 9 orders.” 8 7 So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that 10 night among the people. 11 Joshua got up early the next morning and mo- bilized his men, and he and the elders of Israel Then all the marched before them up to Ai. troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley 12 between them and the city. 13 Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city. So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. 1"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 30,
              "text": "–35) LORD your God, as He has promised. 27 Then Moses and the elders of Israel com- manded the people: “Keep all the com- 2 mandments I am giving you today. 3 And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster. Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fa- And when you have thers, has promised you. crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, 5 and you are to coat them with plaster. 4 Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not uncovered his father’s skirt a 20 You shall build the use any iron tool on them. 6 Or 7 altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your There you are to sacrifice your peace offer- God. ings, eating them and rejoicing in the presence of the LORD your God. And you shall write dis- tinctly upon these stones all the words of this 9 law.” 8 10 Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the You shall therefore obey the LORD your God. voice of the LORD your God and follow His com- Curses Pronounced from Ebal mandments and statutes I am giving you today.” 11 12 On that day Moses commanded the"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "| 205 32 33 And there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law All Israel, for- of Moses, which he had written. eigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levit- ical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the 34 people of Israel. 35 Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses— according to all that is written in the Book of the There was not a word of all that Moses Law. had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who The Deceit of the Gibeonites lived among them. 11 He did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king So the el- of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth. ders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make 12 a treaty with us.’ 13 This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But These wineskins look, it is now dry and moldy. were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn 14 out from our very long journey.” Then the men of Israel sampled the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "25 Now we are and that is why we have done this. in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and 26 right to you.” 27 So Joshua did this and delivered them from the hands of the Israelites, and they did not kill the On that day he made them wood- Gibeonites. cutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the al- The Day the Sun Stood Still tar at the place He would choose. 10 a Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and —doing to Ai and its devoted it to destruction king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and 2 that the people of Gibeon had made peace with So Adoni- Israel and were living near them. zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, be- cause Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men 3 were mighty. 4 Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of “Come up and help me. We will Eglon, saying, attack Gibeon, because they have made peace 5 with Joshua and the Israelites.” So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made 6 war against it. Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your serv- ants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill cou"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": ". Hebrew; LXX 210 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "| 207 When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their 25 feet on their necks. “Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do 26 this to all the enemies you fight.” a 27 After this, Joshua struck down and killed the and kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees At sunset Joshua left them there until evening. ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hid- den. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to 28 this day. On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He de- voted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah Conquest of the Southern Cities as he had done to the king of Jericho. 29 30 Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against And the LORD also delivered that city Libnah. and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survi- vors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had 31 done to the king of Jericho. 32 And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and And the LORD delivered fought against it. Lachish into the hand of I"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "7 21 8 So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and at- tacked them, and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leav- ing no survivors. Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses 10 and burned up their chariots. 9 11 At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these king- doms. The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Noth- ing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned 12 down Hazor itself. a 13 Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded. Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which 14 Joshua burned. 15 The Israelites took for themselves all the plun- der and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had com- pletely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed. As the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone Joshua Takes the Whole Land of all that the LORD had commanded Moses. 16 17 So Joshua took this entire region: the hill coun- try, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen,"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 12,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": ". 208 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 13,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) 1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites in- quired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to 2 go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?” “Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “In- 3 deed, I have delivered the land into their hands.” Then the men of Judah said to their brothers the Simeonites, “Come up with us to our allotted territory, and let us fight against the Canaanites. And we likewise will go with you to your terri- 4 tory.” So the Simeonites went with them. When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and 5 they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek. And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and 6 Perizzites. 7 As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes. Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Je- The Capture of Jerusalem and Hebron rusalem, where he died."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "–14) 32 3 2 Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, sur- veyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw So the that the region was suitable for livestock. Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Hesh- and said, bon, Elealeh, Sebam, which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, are suitable for livestock—and your serv- 5 ants have livestock.” Nebo, and Beon, 4 a “If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a pos- 6 session. Do not make us cross the Jordan.” But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, 7 “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here? Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given This is what your fathers did when I sent them? 9 them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land. 8 10 For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Is- raelites from entering the land that the LORD had So the anger of the LORD was kin- given them. 11 dled that day, and He swore an oath, saying, ‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheart- edly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land 12 that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they The an- did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’ ger o"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "| 209 the territory of Ekron on the north (consid- ered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of 4 the Avvites; c to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, of the Sidonians to Aphek, as from Mearah 5 far as the border of the Amorites; d the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath. 6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Leb- anon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, Now therefore di- as I have commanded you. vide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes The Inheritance East of the Jordan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "Reuben’s Inheritance 15 This is what Moses had given to the clans of the 16 tribe of Reuben: 17 19 20 18 The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau to Heshbon and all its cit- beyond Medeba, ies on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth- Jahaz, Kedemoth, baal, Beth-baal-meon, Mephaath, Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth- Beth-peor, shahar on the hill in the valley, 21 the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth— all the cities of the plateau and all the king- dom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who 22 lived in the land. 23 The Israelites also killed the diviner Ba- laam son of Beor along with the others they And the border of the put to the sword. Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reu- Gad’s Inheritance benites, including the cities and villages. 24 This is what Moses had given to the clans of the 25 tribe of Gad: The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gil- ead, and half the land of the Ammonites as 26 far as Aroer, near Rabbah; the territory from Heshbon to Ramath- mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to 27 the border of Debir; a and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nim- rah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the terri- tory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinn"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 15,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "–19) 8 9 Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword Afterward, the men of Judah and set it on fire. marched down to fight against the Canaanites a living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the 10 foothills. Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, 11 Ahiman, and Talmai. 12 From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as lowlands a 9 And Caleb said, “To the man Kiriath-sepher). d 17 c 16 Shephelah cherem ; the western foothills of Judea e 17 Hormah Heb. or That is, Jericho Forms of the Heb. destroying or by giving as an offering. 13 who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, So I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.” Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter b 14 Acsah to him in marriage. One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her 15 donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?” “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower 16 springs. c Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from to the Wilderness of Judah in the City of Palms the Negev near Arad. They went to live among 17 the people. f e d 19 18 So it was called Hormah. Then the m"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "| 211 9 10 slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the north- ern end of the Valley of Rephaim. From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around to- ward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim). The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down 11 to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah. Then it went out to the northern slope of Ekron, curved toward Shikkeron, proceeded to Mount Baalah, went on to Jabneel, and 12 ended at the Sea. And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the Caleb’s Portion and Conquest"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "60 22 24 27 25 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the bor- der of Edom: 23 Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Adadah, Telem, Bealoth, hezron (that is, Hazor), 28 Moladah, 29 pelet, Baalah, 32 Hormah, Kinah, Dimonah, Ziph, 26 Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth- Amam, Shema, Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth- 30 Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, 31 Iim, Ezem, Eltolad, Chesil, Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon— twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages. 33 a These were in the foothills: 34 35 36 Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, Jarmuth, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam, Shaaraim, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim)— 37 fourteen cities, along with their villages. 40 Mizpeh, Joktheel, 39 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad, Dilan, 41 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah— 42 sixteen cities, along with their villages. Cabbon, Lahmas, Chitlish, 38 43 44 Libnah, Ether, Ashan, Iphtah, Ashnah, Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah— Nezib, 45 nine cities, along with their villages. 46 47 Ekron, with its towns and villages; from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod, Ashdod, with its along with their villages; towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea. 48 49 51 These were in the hill country: 50 Dannah, Kiriath-san- Anab, Eshtemoh, Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, nah (that is, Debir), Anim, 52 cities, along wi"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 17,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": ". 36 and the Tahanite clan from Tahan. And the descendants of Shuthelah were 37 the Eranite clan from Eran. These were the clans of Ephraim, and their registration numbered 32,500. The Tribe of Benjamin These clans were the descendants of Joseph. 38 These were the descendants of Benjamin by their clans: The Belaite clan from Bela, the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel, 39 the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram, a the Shuphamite clan from Shupham, 40 and the Huphamite clan from Hupham. b And the descendants of Bela from Ard and Naaman were the Ardite clan from Ard and the Naamite clan from Naaman. 41 These were the clans of Benjamin, and their The Tribe of Dan registration numbered 45,600. 42 These were the descendants of Dan by their clans: The Shuhamite clan from Shuham. 43 All of them were These were the clans of Dan. Shuhamite clans, and their registration num- The Tribe of Asher bered 64,400. 44 These were the descendants of Asher by their clans: The Imnite clan from Imnah, the Ishvite clan from Ishvi, 45 and the Beriite clan from Beriah. And these were the descendants of Beriah: the Heberite clan from Heber 46 and the Malchielite clan from Malchiel. And the name of Asher’s daughter was 47 Serah. These were the clans of Asher, and their regis- The Tribe of Naphtali tration numbered 53,400. 48 These were the descendants of Naphtali by their clans: a 39"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 18,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 213 15 Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for your- self an area in the land of the Perizzites and the 16 Rephaim.” “The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean 17 with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.” 18 So Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You have many peo- ple and great strength. You shall not have just because the hill country will be one allotment, yours as well. It is a forest; clear it, and its far- thest limits will be yours. Although the Canaan- ites have iron chariots and although they are The Remainder Divided strong, you can drive them out.” 18 Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent 2 of Meeting there. And though the land was there were still seven subdued before them, tribes of Israel who had not yet received their 3 inheritance. 5 So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that 4 the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you? Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they and divide the land into seven will return to me portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain When you have in their territory i"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "9 So the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua 10 at the camp in Shiloh. And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the Benjamin’s Inheritance land to the Israelites according to their divisions. 11 The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph: 12 13 On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill coun- try, and came out at the wilderness of Beth- From there the border crossed over aven. to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill 14 south of Lower Beth-horon. On the west side the border curved south- ward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. 15 This was the western side. 17 16 On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Then it went down to the foot Nephtoah. of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben- hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites From there it and downward to En-rogel. curved northward and proceeded to En- shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, a"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "); Hebrew That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea; also in verses 6 and 8 2 and Bashan because Machir was a man of war. a So this allotment was for the rest of the de- scendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the 3 clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. 4 But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gil- ead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inher- itance among our brothers.” 5 6 So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD. Thus ten shares fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan beyond the Jordan, because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh. 7 8 Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En- The region of Tappuah belonged tappuah. to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the bor- 9 der of Manasseh, belonged to Ephraim. From there the border continued south- ward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north si"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 19,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 50,
              "text": "and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 51,
              "text": "| 215 34 c 35 nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and end- Then the border turned ing at the Jordan. westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan The fortified cit- ies were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, 37 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, Chinnereth, Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages. Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor, on the east. 36 38 39 This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Naphtali, including these cities and their Dan’s Inheritance villages. 40 The seventh lot came out for the clans of the 41 tribe of Dan: 42 43 Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, 44 Aijalon, Ithlah, The territory of their inheritance included Shaalabbin, Elon, Timnah, Ekron, Jehud, Me-jarkon, and Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, Rakkon, including the territory across from Joppa. Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, 45 46 47 (Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, 48 and renamed it after their father Dan.) This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Dan, including these cities and their vil- Joshua’s Inheritance lages. 49 50 When they had finished distributing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son as the of Nun an inheritance among them, LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of in the hi"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 20,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9) 9 10 11 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jor- designate cities to dan into the land of Canaan, serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee You are to have these cities as a refuge there. from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not 13 die until he stands trial before the assembly. 12 14 The cities you select will be your six cities of Select three cities across the Jordan refuge. 15 and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge. These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Is- raelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person uninten- 16 tionally may flee there. 17 If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the Or if an- murderer must surely be put to death. yone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the If any- murderer must surely be put to death. one has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the b 5 2,000 cubits murderer must surely be put to death. 18 is approximately 1,500 feet or 457.2 meters. is approximately 3,000 feet or 914.4 meters. 19 The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to 20 death; when he finds him, he is to kill him. 21 Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes an- other or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him, or if in hostility he str"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 21,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–45 ; 1 Chronicles 6:54–81) 35 Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the 2 plains of Moab by the Jordan across from “Command the Israelites to give, from a 4 1,000 cubits Jericho: 3 the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the The cities will be for them to live in, and cities. the pasturelands will be for their herds, their 4 flocks, and all their other livestock. a The pasturelands around the cities you are to 5 give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits b You are also to from the wall on every side. measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thou- sand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve 6 as larger pasturelands for the cities. 7 Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the The total number Levites forty-two other cities. 8 of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands. The cit- ies that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in pro- portion to the inheritance of each tribe: more Six Cities of Refuge from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "; Hebrew ; parallel text at"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "manuscripts; MT and the parallel text at"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": ". Jahaz g 67 sons is a variant of LXX ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "; MT (they were given) Jok- As in j 1 Puah ; also in verse 71; see 1 Chronicles 23:7. ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "; Hebrew Puvah f 62 Gershomites Gibeon, c 59 Ashan e 60 Juttah, Gershonites i 78 Jahzah k 3 ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 30,
              "text": ". Timnath-heres That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea is also known as ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 34,
              "text": ". were given the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah Holon Ain They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem h 77 a variant of ; see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 22,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "| 217 42 Each within the territory of the Israelites. of these cities had its own surrounding pas- 43 turelands; this was true for all the cities. Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took posses- 44 sion of it and settled in it. And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the 45 LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was The Eastern Tribes Return Home fulfilled. 22 2 Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manas- and told them, “You have done all that Mo- seh ses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I com- All this time you have not deserted manded you. your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept 4 the charge given you by the LORD your God. 3 5 And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the But be very careful to observe the com- Jordan. mandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His command- ments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with 6 all your heart and with all your soul.” 7 8 So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their (To the half- way, and th"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "a near the Jordan in when they came to Geliloth the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing 11 altar there by the Jordan. Then the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.” And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel 13 assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them. 12 The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. With him they sent ten chiefs—one family leader from each tribe of Israel, each the head of a family 15 among the clans of Israel. 14 16 They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them, “This is what the whole con- gregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might 17 rebel against the LORD this day? 18 Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congre- gation of the LORD. And now, would you turn away from the LORD? If you rebel today against the LORD, tomorrow He will be angry with the 19 whole congregation of Israel. If indeed the land of your inheritan"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 24,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "| 219 15 that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was ful- filled for you; not one promise has failed. But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this If you transgress good land He has given you. the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly Joshua Reviews Israel’s History perish from this good land He has given you.” 16 24 Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the el- ders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and 2 they presented themselves before God. c And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham 3 and and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates But I took your father worshiped other gods. Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multi- and to plied his descendants. I gave him Isaac, Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went 5 down to Egypt. 4 d 6 Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I When I brought your fathers brought you out. out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptian"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "11 22 12 After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hit- tites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I de- I sent the hornet livered them into your hand. ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or So I gave you a land on which you did not bow. toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive Choose Whom You Will Serve groves that you did not plant.’"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "–28) fathers to give them.” 12 13 And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all and to keep the commandments and your soul, statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day 14 for your own good? 15 Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heav- ens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it. Yet the LORD has set His affec- tion on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above 16 all the peoples, even to this day. 17 18 Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more. For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and ac- He executes justice for the fa- cepting no bribe. therless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, So you also must giving him food and clothing. love the foreigner, since you yourselves were for- 20 eigners in the land of Egypt. 19 21 You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His He is your praise and He is your God, name. who has done for you these great and awesome c 22 Kibroth-hattaavah testing graves of craving means d 4 ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 29,
              "text": "–33) LORD. 6 7 After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Isra- elites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance. And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for 8 Israel. 9 And Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, They buried him in the in the died at the age of 110. land of his inheritance, at Timnath-heres Israel’s Unfaithfulness hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 30,
              "text": ". ; here and throughout the book of Judges Literally 17 Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s command- 18 ments; they did not do as their fathers had done. 19 Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them. But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not 20 give up their evil practices and stubborn ways. 21 So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their I will no fathers and has not heeded My voice, longer drive out before them any of the nations In this way I will test Joshua left when he died. whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by 23 walking in it as their fathers did.” 22 That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately Nations Left to Test Israel by delivering them into the hand of Joshua. 3 3 2 These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan, if only to teach warfare to the su"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Judges",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) So there were thirty-one kings in all. 13 Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the This is the land land remains to be possessed. that remains: 2 3"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "–26) descendants of Judah. 13 According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, 14 Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.) And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, 15 and Talmai, the children of Anak. 16 From there he marched against the inhabit- ants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath- And Caleb said, “To the man who sepher). strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I So will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.” Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to e 18 him in marriage. 17 One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her 19 donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?” “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower The Cities of Judah springs. 20 21 Sea, also called the Great Sea; also in verses 11, 12, and 47 scripts; other LXX manuscripts ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": ". LXX; Hebrew Hebrew and some LXX manu- the Ascent of Scorpions This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe c 4 These were the southernmost cities your That is, the Mediterranean of Judah. d 4 or Scorpion Pass e 18 212 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "25 26 So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but re- leased that man and all his family. And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and The Failure to Complete the Conquest called it Luz, which is its name to this day. 27 At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites When were determined to dwell in that land. Israel became stronger, they pressed the Ca- naanites into forced labor, but they never drove 29 them out completely. 28 Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to 30 dwell among them in Gezer. Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived 31 among them and served as forced laborers. 32 Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob. So the Asherites lived among the Ca- naanite inhabitants of the land, because they did 33 not drive them out. Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphta- lites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh 34 and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers. 35 The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down And the Amorites were deter- into the plain. mined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Bu"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "–9) own inheritance. 29 30 b Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant And they of the LORD, died at the age of 110. buried him in the land of his inheritance, at 31 in the hill country of Ephraim, Timnath-serah Israel had served the north of Mount Gaash. LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experi- enced all the works that the LORD had done for 32 Israel. And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at She- chem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased c from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inher- 33 itance for Joseph’s descendants. Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim. a 26 terebinth b 30 Timnath-serah Timnath-heres c 32 a hundred kesitahs Or is also known as ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": ". 2 lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Ben- 5 jamin. 216 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "–15 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "| 223 8 Then the served the Baals and the Asherahs. anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites 9 served him eight years. a 10 But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger The brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them. Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed 11 against him. So the land had rest for forty years, until Oth- Ehud niel son of Kenaz died. 12 13 Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the After enlisting the Ammo- sight of the LORD. nites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking pos- 14 session of the City of Palms. 15 b The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eight- And again they cried out to the een years. LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left- handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they 16 sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab. c Now Ehud had made for himself a double- He strapped it to his edged sword a cubit long. and brought the right thigh under his cloak tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese 18 man. 17 19 After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, But he ushered out those who had carried it. upon reaching the idol"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "22 Even the handle sank in into Eglon’s belly. after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from Then his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied. Ehud went out through the porch, closing and 24 locking the doors of the upper room behind him. 23 25 After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” So they waited until they became they said. worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord 26 lying dead on the floor. Ehud, however, had escaped while the serv- ants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped 27 to Seirah. On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Isra- 28 elites came down with him from the hills, and he “Follow me,” he told became their leader. them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” 29 So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not At that time they allow anyone to cross over. struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all ro- 30 bust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped. So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty Shamgar years. 31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Phil- Deborah and Barak istines with an oxgo"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–31) Moses. 31 15 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider 2 He has thrown into the sea. The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, 3 my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. The LORD is a warrior, 4 the LORD is His name. Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; d the finest of his officers 5 are drowned in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone. 6 Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, 7 has shattered the enemy. You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. 8 You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble. At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; 9 the depths congealed in the heart of the sea. The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. 10 I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’ But You blew with Your breath, to bind to come off and the sea covered them. to swerve Or Or LXX ; also in verse 22 Or or or ; see also SP, LXX, and Syriac. They sank like lead 11 in the mighty waters. Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, 12 revered with praises, performing wonders? 13 You stretched out Your right hand, a and the earth swallowed them up. With loving devotion You will lead the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "| 225 Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a con- tainer of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him 20 again. “Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a 21 man here?’ say, ‘No.’ ” But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a ham- mer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and 22 he died. When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, 23 with a tent peg through his temple. 24 On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan And the hand of the Isra- before the Israelites. elites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin The Song of Deborah and Barak (Ex. 15:1–21) king of Canaan until they destroyed him. 5 2 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abi- noam sang this song: “When the princes take the lead in Israel, 3 when the people volunteer, bless the LORD. Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, 4 the God of Israel. O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found 9 among forty thousand in Israel. My heart is with the princes of Israel, 10 with the volunteers among the people. Bless"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "19 Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, 20 but they took no plunder of silver. From the heavens the stars fought; 21 from their courses they fought against Sisera. The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. 22 March on, O my soul, in strength! 23 Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions. ‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; 24 for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’ Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women. He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him 25 26 curds. She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. 27 She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple. At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; 28 where he collapsed, there he fell dead. Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his 29 chariots?’ Her wisest ladies answer; 30 indeed she keeps telling herself, ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’ 31 So may all Your enemies perish, O LO"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 32,
              "text": ". Literally Some Hebrew manuscripts 24 25 Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they cap- tured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth- They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the barah. two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other Gideon Defeats Zebah and Zalmunna side of the Jordan. 8 Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Mid- 2 ian?” And they contended with him violently. 3 But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape har- God has delivered Oreb and vest of Abiezer? Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When against him sub- he had said this, their anger 4 sided. a 5 Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, pursuit. “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zal- 6 munna, the kings of Midian.” But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your posses- 7 s"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 39,
              "text": "| 227 15 “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Ma- nasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s 16 house.” “Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as 17 one man.” of the city, he did it by night rather than in the 28 daytime. When the men of the city got up in the morn- ing, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second “Who bull offered up on the newly built altar. did this?” they said to one another. 29 18 Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me. Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” 19 And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.” a So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under 20 the oak. And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this 21 rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so. Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD 22 vanished from his sight. When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “O"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 40,
              "text": "40 12 7 And that night God did so. Only the fleece was Gideon’s Army of Three Hundred dry, and dew covered the ground. a (that is, Gid- Early in the morning Jerubbaal eon) and all the men with him camped be- side the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of 2 Moreh. Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’ Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the men: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’ ” 3 So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, 4 but ten thousand remained. Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, 5 ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.” 6 So Gideon brought the men down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.” And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the oth- 7 ers knelt to drink. Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. 8 But all the others are to go home.” So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 8,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "| 229 12 Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking When Zebah and Zalmunna them by surprise. fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two 13 kings of Midian, routing their entire army. 14 After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from There he the battle along the Ascent of Heres. captured a young man of Succoth and interro- gated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and el- 15 ders of Succoth. And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, 16 ” that we should give bread to your weary men?’ Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disci- He also pulled plined the men of Succoth. down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of 18 the city. 17 Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resem- 19 bling the son of a king.” “They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, 20 if you had let them live, I would not kill you.” So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a 21 youth. Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent o"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 26,
              "text": "26 4 a So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it. The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent orna- ments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of 27 their camels. From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Is- rael prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his Forty Years of Peace household. 28 e 5 follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our So they gave him seventy shekels of brother.” silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him. He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone mur- dered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, sur- 6 vived, because he hid himself. f Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo at the pillar in Shechem gathered beside the oak Jotham’s Parable and proceeded to make Abimelech their king. 7 29 In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon, son of Joash— c 30 returned home and settled down. and he—Jerubbaal b 31 Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives. His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Gideon’s Death Abimelech. 32 Later, Gideon son"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 44,
              "text": "| 231 The Fall of Shechem 30 d 32 When Zebul the governor of the city heard the c 31 words of Gaal son of Ebed, he burned with anger. So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you. Now then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields. And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever 34 you are able.” 33 So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four 35 companies. Now Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech 36 and his men came out from their hiding places. When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the moun- tains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the moun- 37 tains look like men to you.” e f Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ 38 Oak. ” “Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridi- 39 culed? Go out now and fight them!” 40 So Gaal went out before the leaders of but Shechem and fought against Abimelech, Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate. Abimelech stayed in"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 45,
              "text": "45 rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down. And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city 46 and sowed it with salt. a 47 On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the And when Abimelech was temple of El-berith. 48 told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there, he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, 49 “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.” So each man also cut his own branch and fol- lowed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, Abimelech’s Punishment about a thousand men and women. 50 51 Then Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it. But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of 52 the tower. 53 When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire. But a woman dropped an upper millstone on He Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull. quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’ 54 ” 55 So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 29,
              "text": "| 233 11 2 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prosti- tute, and Gilead was his father. And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inher- itance in our father’s house, because you are the 3 son of another woman.” So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gath- 4 ered around him and traveled with him. 5 6 Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel and made war with them, the el- ders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. “Come,” they said, “be our commander, 7 so that we can fight against the Ammonites.” Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, 8 when you are in distress?” They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us 9 who live in Gilead.” But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them 10 to me, will I really be your leader?” And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The 11 LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.” So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and com- mander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in 12 the presence of the LORD at Mizpah. Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have ag"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 30,
              "text": "30 31 Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If in- deed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand, then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I 32 will offer it up as a burnt offering.” 33 So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand. With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Min- nith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites 34 were subdued before the Israelites. And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only 35 child; he had no son or daughter besides her. As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the 36 LORD and cannot take it back.” 37 “My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.” She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends 38 and mourn my virginity.” “Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. 39 So she left with her friends and mourned her vir- ginity upon the mountains. After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had re"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 13,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–25) woman shall bear her iniquity.” 2 3 to separate himself to the LORD, “Speak to the And the LORD said to Moses, Israelites and tell them that if a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazi- rite, he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat b 11 one separated a 2 Nazirite All the days of his fresh grapes or raisins. or means one consecrated . 4 6 separation, he is not to eat anything that comes 5 from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins. For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow 6 long. 7 Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body. Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the sym- 8 bol of consecration to his God is upon his head. Throughout the time of his separation, he is 9 holy to the LORD. 10 If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the On the eighth day he must bring seventh day. two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the b 11 priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atone- ment for him, because he has sinned by bein"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 14,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "| 235 17 Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you 18 when your word comes to pass?” “Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of 19 the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?” Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain of- fering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. 20 And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD When the flame went did a marvelous thing. up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. 21 When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell And when the angel facedown to the ground. of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the an- 22 gel of the LORD. “We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for 23 we have seen God!” But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or 24 spoken to us this way.” 25 So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD And the Spirit of the LORD began blessed him. to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Samson’s Marriage Eshtaol. b 14 2 One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman. So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Tim- 3 nah. Now get her for me as a wife.” But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "6 7 and the Spirit of the LORD came power- him, fully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had Then Samson continued on his way down done. and spoke to the woman, because she was pleas- Samson’s Riddle ing to his eyes. 8 9 When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a So he swarm of bees, along with their honey. scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his fa- ther and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken 10 the honey from the lion’s carcass. 11 Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary a And when the Philistines for the bridegroom. saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany 12 him. 13 “Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments But if you cannot and thirty sets of clothes. solve it, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.” 14 “Tell us your riddle,” they replied. “Let us hear it.” So he said to them: “Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet.” 15 b So on the fourth For three days they were unable to explain the riddle. day they said to Sam- son’s wife, “Entice your husband to explain the riddle to us,"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 16,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 237 d why he named it En-hakkore, 20 Lehi to this day. and it remains in And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in Samson Escapes Gaza the days of the Philistines. 16 2 night with her. One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until 3 dawn; then we will kill him.” But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Samson and Delilah Hebron. 4 5 Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of 6 silver. ” e So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be 7 tied up and subdued.” Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will 8 become as weak as any other man.” 9 So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and While the men were she tied him up with them. h"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "that have never been used, I will become as weak 12 as any other man.” free.” But he did not know that the LORD had de- 21 parted from him. So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were 13 threads. Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a 14 pin, I will become as weak as any other man. ” a b So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids Then of his hair and wove them into the web. she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the Delilah Learns the Secret pin with the loom and the web. 15 “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ ” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to 16 me the source of your great strength!” Finally, after she had pressed him daily with 17 her words and pleaded until he was sick to death, Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will be- 18 come as weak as any other man.” When Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this mes- s"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 18,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "| 239 17 2 Now a man named Micah from the hill said to his mother, country of Ephraim that were “The eleven hundred shekels of silver taken from you and about which I heard you ut- ter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” a Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the 3 LORD!” And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s ben- efit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. 4 Therefore I will now return it to you.” b So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were 5 placed in the house of Micah. c Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and or- dained In those one of his sons as his priest. days there was no king in Israel; everyone did 7 what was right in his own eyes. 6 8 And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan This man left the city of Bethlehem in of Judah. Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the 9 hill country of Ephraim. “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he re- plied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I 10 can find a place.” d “Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels per year"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "26 there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim The Danites Take Micah’s Idols and came to Micah’s house. 14 So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that 27 they were too strong for him. Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten 15 idol? Now think about what you should do.” So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, 16 and greeted him. The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance 17 of the gate, armed with their weapons of war. And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate 18 with the six hundred armed men. When they entered Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, the priest said to them, 19 “What are you doing?” “Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and 20 family in Israel?” 21 So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went Putting their small children, with the people. their livestock, and their possessions in front of 22 them, they turned"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 19,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–30) home. 19 2 Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got and said, up to meet them, bowed facedown, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.” 20 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 20,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "| 241 house and fed his donkeys. And they washed 22 their feet and ate and drank. While they were enjoying themselves, sud- denly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have rela- 23 tions with him!” 24 The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Look, let me bring Do not commit this outrage. out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you 25 wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.” But the men would not listen to him. So the Le- vite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her 26 throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, col- lapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was 27 light. 28 In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the “Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But threshold. there was no response. So the man put her on his 29 donkey and set out for home. When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by 30 limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout And everyone who saw the te"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "4 6 5 So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night. And dur- ing the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she Then I took my concubine, cut her into died. pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Is- rael’s inheritance, because they had committed a Behold, all lewd and disgraceful act in Israel. you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here 8 and now.” 7 9 10 Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: house. We will We will go against it as the lot dictates. take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thou- sand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the 11 atrocity they have committed in Israel.” a 12 13 So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, And the tribes of Israel united against the city. sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, say- ing, “What is this wickedness that has occurred Hand over the wicked men of among you? Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” 14 But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites. And from their cities 15 they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight On that day the Benja- aga"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 45,
              "text": ", 20:47, and 21:13. in the pomegranate cave LXX; Heb. e 21 or Or f 2 4 5 Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Phil- istine outpost. One was named Bozez and the One cliff stood to the north toward other Seneh. Michmash, and the other to the south toward 6 Geba. Jonathan said to the young man bearing his ar- mor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD 7 from saving, whether by many or by few.” His armor-bearer replied, “Do all that is in your 8 heart. Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.” “Very well,” said Jonathan, “we will cross over 9 toward these men and show ourselves to them. If they say, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we 10 will stay where we are and will not go up to them. But if they say, ‘Come on up,’ then we will go up, because this will be our sign that the LORD 11 has delivered them into our hands.” So the two of them showed themselves to the outpost of the Philistines, who exclaimed, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which 12 they were hiding!” So the men of the outpost called out to Jona- than and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand 13 of Israel.” So Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. And the Phil- istines fell before Jonathan, an"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 21,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "| 243 Wives for the Benjamites 21 Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give 2 his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.” 3 So the people came to Bethel and sat there be- fore God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly. “Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? To- 4 day in Israel one tribe is missing!” 5 The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and The Israelites asked, “Who peace offerings. among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put 6 to death. 7 And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off What should we do about wives for from Israel. the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD 8 not to give them our daughters in marriage?” So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come For when the to the camp for the assembly. people were counted, none of the residents of 10 Jabesh-gilead were there. 9 So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put 11 to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, includ- a This is what you are ing women and children. to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every f"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "16 17 Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been They added, “There must be heirs destroyed?” 18 for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of But we cannot Israel will not be wiped out. give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who 19 gives a wife to a Benjamite.” “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, 20 and south of Lebonah.” 21 So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide and watch. When you see the in the vineyards daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vine- yards, catch for himself a wife from the daugh- 22 ters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give 23 them your daughters, you have no guilt.’ ” 24 The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them. And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, 25 each to his own inheritance. In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own e"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ruth",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5) solute purity. 3 4 Honor the widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleas- 5 ing in the sight of God. The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night But she and day in her petitions and prayers. who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is 7 still alive. 6 8 Give these instructions to the believers, so that If anyone does not they will be above reproach. provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse 9 than an unbeliever. 10 A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband, and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, 11 and devoting herself to every good work. 13 12 But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from and thus will Christ, they will want to marry, incur judgment because they are setting aside At the same time they will their first faith. also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention. b 18 a 18 1 Timothy 6:2 | 1067 14 So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying For some the adversary occasion for slander. 16 have al"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "22 12 So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the Boaz Meets Ruth barley harvest. May the LORD repay your work, and before. may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have 13 taken refuge.” 2 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was 2 Boaz. And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” 3 “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied. So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she hap- pened to come to the part of the field belonging 4 to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech. Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” 5 “The LORD bless you,” they replied. And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, 6 “Whose young woman is this?” The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess 7 who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab. She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the 8 shelter.” 9 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my Let your eyes b"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": ". kinsman-redeemer d 15 e 15 f 1 verses 12 and 13; see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "| 247 3 3 One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a rest- 2 ing place for you, that it may be well with you? Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, to- night he is winnowing barley on the threshing Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, floor. and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drink- When he lies down, note the place where he ing. lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should 5 do.” 6 4 “I will do everything you say,” Ruth answered. So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her 7 to do. After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in se- 8 cretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down. At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, 9 and there lying at his feet was a woman! So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. 15 Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a And he woman came to the threshing floor.” told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and d hold it out.” When she did so, he poured in six and placed it on her. Then measures of barley 16 he went into the city. e When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Na- omi asked her, “How did it"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "6 The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot re- deem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own in- heritance. Take my right of redemption, because 7 I cannot redeem it.” Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this So the kinsman-re- was a confirmation in Israel. deemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, 9 “Buy it for yourself.” 8 10 At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the peo- ple, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chil- ion, and Mahlon. Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his 11 home. You are witnesses today.” “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous And may your house become in Bethlehem. like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Ju- dah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.” 12 Boaz Marries Ruth 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a 14 son. 15 Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "–22 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "–21); Hebrew Salma Ephrathah d 19 Ephrath and relations with Ephrathah, the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore ; see 1 Samuel 16:9, 2 Samuel 13:3, and 2 Samuel 21:21. ; see verse 50. sons h 31 is a variant of e 23 Or ; twice in this verse 42, 45, 49, and possibly elsewhere Hebrew ; see also LXX. ; three times in this verse Shema was the father of Raham the Shimeah b 13 Shimea father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the c 17 Jether the villages of Jair Shammah Ithra , After Hezron died, Caleb had the founder ; see 2 Samuel 17:25. , is a variant of f 24 is a variant of g 24 i 42 Or Or Hebrew; LXX Mareshah ; also in verses 45 father of Shammai. was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. The son of Shammai 46 Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the 47 father of Gazez. The sons of Jahdai: 48 Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. 49 Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. She was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah. These were the descendants of Caleb. 50 a b of Hur the firstborn of The sons Ephrathah: 51 Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, 52 Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader. These were the descendants of Shobal the 53 father of Kiriath-jearim: and the Haroeh, half the Manahathites, clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathi"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ezra",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–4 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–67) their posts and some at their own homes.” 4 5 Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet Then my God put it into my heart been rebuilt. to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the peo- ple to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the gene- alogical register of those who had first returned, 6 and I found the following written in it: 7 These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They re- turned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Ne- town, a hemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. 8 9 10 11 This is the count of the men of Israel: the descendants of Parosh, 2,172; the descendants of Shephatiah, 372; the descendants of Arah, 652; the descendants of Pahath-moab 12 (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818; 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 the descendants of Zattu, 845; b the descendants of Zaccai, 760; the descendants of Binnui, 648; the descendants of Bebai, 628; the descendants of Azgad, 2,322; the descendants of Adonikam, 667; the descendants of Bigvai, 2,067; the descendants of Adin, 655; the descendants of Ater (through 22 Hezekiah), 98; 23 the descendants of Hashum, 328; the descendants of Bezai, 324; the descendants of Hariph, the descendants of Gibeon, 95; c d 112; the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 27 188; 28 29 e the men of Anathoth"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "d 25 Gibeon Nebo of West Elam g 34 is a variant of Or b 15 Binnui Gibbar Bani e 28 Beth-azmaveth c 24 Hariph Azmaveth Jorah h 36 is a variant of the sons ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": ". i 43 Hodevah ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": ". Literally ; here and in v. 37 is a variant of ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": ". is a variant of is a variant of Hodaviah ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": ". Or of West f 33 ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 39,
              "text": ". is a variant of i 5 Bilgah k 14 Malluchi Malluch is a variant of ; see verse 11. Or or Or 460 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 40,
              "text": "and Neh. Ahasuerus ; Ashurbanipal Heb. . c 6 440 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 44,
              "text": ". Addan Peruda is a h 65 ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 50,
              "text": ". i 68 b 47 Sia ; also in verses 60 and 73 d 54 Bazlith Ami is a variant of ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 52,
              "text": ". is a variant of is a variant of ; ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 55,
              "text": ". ally clude this verse. Some Hebrew manuscripts (see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 56,
              "text": "| 437 44 the descendants of Tabbaoth, the descendants of Keros, h the descendants of Siaha, 45 the descendants of Padon, the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, 46 the descendants of Akkub, i the descendants of Hagab, the descendants of Shalmai, 47 the descendants of Hanan, the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar, 48 the descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda, 49 the descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah, 50 the descendants of Besai, the descendants of Asnah, the descendants of Meunim, 51 the descendants of Nephusim, j the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, k 52 the descendants of Harhur, the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, 53 the descendants of Harsha, the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, 54 the descendants of Temah, 55 the descendants of Neziah, and the descendants of Hatipha. The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, l the descendants of Hassophereth, 56 the descendants of Peruda, the descendants of Jaala, The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, Gibeon the descendants of Hasupha, a 20 Gibbar c 24 Azmaveth arim e 31 is a variant of of West Elam is a variant of h 44 Siaha Or also in verses 58 and 70 k 52 Bazluth miah 7:48); the other alternate reads is a variant of Bazlith b 21 the sons the descendants of Darkon, Beth-azmaveth ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 57,
              "text": "57 the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, a the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, 58 and the descendants of Ami. The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all. 59 b 70 So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; settled in their and the rest of the Israelites Sacrifices Restored towns. f 3 By the seventh month, the Israelites had set- tled in their towns, and the people assem- 2 bled as one man in Jerusalem. g The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were de- scended from Israel: 60 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 61 652 in all. And from among the priests: the descend- ants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite 62 and was called by their name). 63 These men searched for their family rec- ords, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as un- The governor ordered them not to clean. eat the most holy things until there was a 65 priest to consult the Urim and Thummim. c 64 66 The whole assembly numbered 42,360, in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maid- servants, as well as their 200 male and female 67 They had 736 horses, 245 mules, singers. Off"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 59,
              "text": ". Liter- the descendants of Sisera, The Nethinim the descendants of Temah, a 46 Nephusim Hebrew f 59 Amon Lights and Perfections ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 66,
              "text": "); most Hebrew manuscripts do not in- 454 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 68,
              "text": "–70 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 69,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": ". 26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the The Descendants of Levi river of Gozan, where they remain to this day. 6 The sons of Levi: 2 Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The sons of Kohath: 3 Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: 4 Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, 5 Phinehas was the father of Abishua, Abishua was the father of Bukki, 6 Bukki was the father of Uzzi, Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, 7 Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth, Meraioth was the father of Amariah, 8 Amariah was the father of Ahitub, Ahitub was the father of Zadok, 9 Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz, Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, 10 Azariah was the father of Johanan, Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solo- 11 mon built in Jerusalem, Azariah was the father of Amariah, 12 Amariah was the father of Ahitub, Ahitub was the father of Zadok, 13 Zadok was the father of Shallum, Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, 14 Hilkiah was the father of Azariah, Azariah was the father of Seraiah, b 15 and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak. Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. is a variant of b 14 Jehozadak ; al"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "through"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "| 439 Opposition under Xerxes and Artaxerxes 6 c At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an ac- cusation was lodged against the people of Judah 7 and Jerusalem. And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was 8 written in Aramaic and then translated. d Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Arta- xerxes as follows: 9 From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, 10 Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa, and the rest of the peoples whom the great deported and and honorable Ashurbanipal f settled in the cities of Samaria and elsewhere 11 west of the Euphrates. e (This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Eu- 12 phrates: Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring its walls 13 and repairing its foundations. Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are re- stored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, 14 and the royal treasury will suffer. g 15 Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to in- that a search should be form the king made of the record boo"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "The Decree of Artaxerxes 5 17 Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: 18 Greetings. 19 20 The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence. I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discov- ered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion And mighty kings have ruled and sedition. over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and 21 tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them. Now, therefore, issue an order for these 22 men to stop, so that this city will not be re- See that you do not built until I so order. neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer? 23 When the text of the letter from King Arta- xerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to 24 the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them. Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. Temple Rebuilding Resumes"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5) 10 1 In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: stating 2 a “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’ ” 3 Then the word of the LORD came through Hag- 4 gai the prophet, saying: “Is it a time for you yourselves 5 to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?” Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: 6 “Consider carefully your ways. You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. 7 You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.” This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 8 “Consider carefully your ways. Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and 9 be glorified, says the LORD. You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, a 1 Jehozadak while each of you is busy with his own house. Jozadak Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew 11 and the earth has withheld its crops. I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, o"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "is in Aramaic. ; also in verses 11, 16, 17, and 20 Aramaic , , , and Aramaic Literally goodness kindness faithfulness , another name for mercy are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as e 10 , g 14 or loyalty to a covenant Osnappar because the salt of the palace is our salt , another name for ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "The Returned Exiles Keep the Passover Artaxerxes’ Letter for Ezra 19 11 20 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover. All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were cere- monially clean. This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel: 12 e 21 And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves. The Israelites who had re- turned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the 22 God of Israel. b a For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleav- with joy, because the LORD had ened Bread made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Is- Ezra Arrives in Jerusalem rael. 7 c 4 2 5 3 during the reign of Arta- Many years later, xerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the the son of son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, the Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Me- raioth, the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the the son of Abishua, the son of son of Bukki, 6 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the this Ezra came up from Babylon. chief priest— He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. 7"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "–26 is in Aramaic. verse 25 bushels or 22,000 liters (probably about 19.2 tons or 17.4 metric tons of wheat). gallons or 2,200 liters of wine. is approximately 3.77 tons or 3.42 metric tons of silver. (probably a greeting) 100 baths of oil Aramaic Hebrew k 22 Or ; also in verse 24 i 22 100 cors Aramaic j 22 100 baths The original text of ; also in is approximately 624 is approximately 580 ; that is, approximately 580 gallons or 2,200 liters 23 6"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 8,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "| 443 24 Whatever is com- and salt without limit. manded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for His house. For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his And be advised that you have no sons? authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, door- keepers, temple servants, or other servants 25 of this house of God. And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God, which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the peo- ple west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these 26 laws to anyone who does not know them. If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judg- ment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment. Ezra Blesses God 27 Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and who has shown me favor before the king, his counse- lors, and all his powerful officials. 28 And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders The Exiles Who Returned with Ezra of Israel to return with me. 8 2 These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes: from the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; 3 from the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; from the descendants of David, Hattush the descenda"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "Fasting for Protection 21 22 And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and For I our children, with all our possessions. was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of sol- diers and horsemen to protect us from our ene- mies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake 23 Him.” So we fasted and petitioned our God about Priests to Guard the Offerings this, and He granted our request. 24 25 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of and I weighed out to them the their brothers, contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of 26 our God. b I weighed out into their hands 650 talents of a c 27 articles of silver weighing 100 talents, d silver, 100 talents of gold, 1,000 darics, 28 bronze, as precious as gold. 20 gold bowls valued at and two articles of fine polished 29 Then I told them, “You are holy to the LORD, and these articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of Guard them carefully until you your fathers. weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, 30 Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.” So the priests and Levites took charge of the silve"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–4) ing devotion. 23 24 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the lan- guage of Judah. I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. 25 26 Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in mar- riage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves! Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many na- tions, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin. Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting un- faithfully against our God by marrying foreign 28 women?” 27 Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to San- ballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away 29 from me. Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the 30 priesthood and of the Levites. Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites. I also arranged for contributions of wood at the ap- pointed times, and for the firstfruits. 31 Remember me, O my God, with favor. Artaxerxes king of Persia is identified here as the king of Babylon because Persia had conquered"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 10,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 445 Shecaniah’s Encouragement 10 While Ezra prayed and made this confes- sion, weeping and falling facedown be- fore the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gath- ered around him, and the people wept bitterly as 2 well. Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the 3 land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel. So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their chil- dren, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Get up, for Let it be done according to the Law. this matter is your responsibility, and we will 5 support you. Be strong and take action!” 4 So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Le- vites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had The People’s Confession of Sin been said. And they took the oath. 6 b Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son there, he ate no of Eliashib. And while he stayed food and drank no water, because he was mourn- 7 ing over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. 8 And a proclamation was issued throughout Ju- dah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should Whoever failed to appear gather at Jerusalem. within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and el- ders, and would himself be expelled from the 9 assembly of the exiles. S"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "12 13 14 And the whole assembly responded in a loud But there voice: “Truly we must do as you say! are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have trans- Let our leaders gressed greatly in this matter. represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the el- ders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away 15 from us.” (Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shab- 16 bethai the Levite, opposed this plan.) So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their fam- ilies. On the first day of the tenth month they and by the first day launched the investigation, of the first month they had dealt with all the men Those Guilty of Intermarriage who had married foreign women. 18 17 Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these de- and his scendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak brothers: a 19 Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. They pledged to send their wives away, 20 and for their guilt they presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering. From the descendants of Immer: 21 Hanani and Zebadiah. From the descendants of Harim: 22 Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah. From the descendants of"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Nehemiah",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "–9 Or Cited in"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was 9 upon me, the king granted my requests. Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with 10 me. But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come Nehemiah Inspects the Walls to seek the well-being of the Israelites. 11 12 After I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been I set out at night with a few there three days, men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal 13 with me was the one on which I was riding. a So I went out at night through the Valley Gate and the Dung toward the Well of the Serpent Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had 14 been destroyed by fire. 15 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal so I went up the val- under me to get through; ley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley 16 Gate. 17 The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other Then I said to them, “You see the workers. trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us r"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "); most Hebrew manuscripts also in verse 31 Or Or Hebrew ; 450 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "| 449 Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of She- 30 caniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs. 31 Next to him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, as well as Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. Next to them, Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his own quar- Next to him, Malchijah, one of the gold- ters. smiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room And between the upper above the corner. room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the The Work Ridiculed goldsmiths and merchants made repairs. 32 c 18 Next to him, the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani, and next to him, Hashabiah, ruler of a half-district of Keilah, made repairs for his district. Next to him, their countrymen made repairs under Binnui son of Henadad, ruler of the other half-district of Keilah. And next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to 20 the armory, near the angle in the wall. 19 Next to him, Baruch son of Zabbai diligently re- paired another section, from the angle to the 21 doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest. Next to him, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the door- way of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house. And next to him, the priests from the 23 surrounding area made repairs. 22 25 24 Beyond them, Benjamin"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "10 a Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble 11 that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.” And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill 12 them, and put an end to the work.” At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, 13 they will attack us.” So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and 14 bows. After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, 15 your wives and your homes.” When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, 16 each of us returned to his own work on the wall. And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. 17 The officers stationed themselves behind all the who were rebuilding the wall. people of Judah The laborers who carried materials worked with 18 one hand and held a weapon with the other. And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter 19 stayed beside me. 20 Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and exten- sive, and w"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "| 451 5 The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same mes- sage by his young servant, who had in his hand that read: an unsealed letter 6 d 7 “It is reported among the nations—and Ge- agrees—that you and the Jews are shem plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, and you have you are to become their king, even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.” 8 Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are invent- 9 ing them in your own mind.” For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” 10 But now, my God, strengthen my hands. e Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors 11 because they are coming to kill you— by night they are coming to kill you!” But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his 12 own life? I will not go!” 13 I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because He had Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a 14 bad name in order to discre"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "17 13 18 Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters kept For many in Judah were coming to them. bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of 19 Berechiah. Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words Securing the City to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me. 7 When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, 2 and Levites were appointed. 3 Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jeru- salem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who And I told them, feared God more than most. “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at The List of Returning Exiles"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": ". is a variant of ; see Nehe- 20 21 22 23 24 25 a 95; b the descendants of Gibbar, of Bethlehem, 123; the men the men of Netophah, 56; the men of Anathoth, 128; d the descendants of Azmaveth, c 42; the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, 26 and Beeroth, 743; 27 28 29 30 31 the men of Ramah and Geba, 621; the men of Michmash, 122; the men of Bethel and Ai, 223; the descendants of Nebo, 52; the descendants of Magbish, 156; e the descendants of the other Elam, 32 1,254; 33 34 35 the descendants of Harim, 320; the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725; the men of Jericho, 345; and the descendants of Senaah, 3,630. 36 The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the 37 house of Jeshua), 973; 38 the descendants of Immer, 1,052; the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247; and the descendants of Harim, 1,017. 39 40 41 42 f ), 74. The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 128. The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 43 139 in all. g"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": ". f 40 Hodaviah Literally Hodevah ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": ". j 50 Nephusim Sia is a variant of Shamlai is a variant of d 25 g 43 Kiriath- ; here and in verses 25, 26, 33, and 34 The Nethinim i 46 ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 29,
              "text": "); Hebrew ; Hebrew Nephushesim Alternate MT reading (see also Nehe- Perida ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 42,
              "text": ", and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 43,
              "text": ". LXX (see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 47,
              "text": ". l 55 Peruda is a variant of ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 52,
              "text": ". ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 54,
              "text": ". 438 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 57,
              "text": ". is a variant of ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 59,
              "text": ". Or Literally ; that is, approximately 1,129.7 pounds or 512.4 kilograms of gold ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 61,
              "text": ". is a variant of g 2 Jozadak all Israel f 70 h 4 the Feast of Booths is approximately 3.14 tons or 2.85 metric tons of silver. the Feast of Shelters is a vari- That is, Sukkot, the autumn feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; the Feast of Ingathering Or ; also in verse 8; see 1 Chronicles 6:14. or and originally called (see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 69,
              "text": "| 453 The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, a 46 138 in all. The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, 47 the descendants of Tabbaoth, b the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Sia, 48 the descendants of Padon, the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, 49 the descendants of Shalmai, the descendants of Hanan, the descendants of Giddel, 50 the descendants of Gahar, the descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, 51 the descendants of Nekoda, the descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzza, 52 the descendants of Paseah, the descendants of Besai, the descendants of Meunim, 53 the descendants of Nephushesim, c the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, d 54 the descendants of Harhur, the descendants of Bazlith, the descendants of Mehida, 55 the descendants of Harsha, the descendants of Barkos, 57 the descendants of Neziah, and the descendants of Hatipha. The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, e the descendants of Sophereth, 58 the descendants of Perida, the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, 59 the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, f the descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, 60 and the descendants of Amon. The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 i"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 70,
              "text": "–73) 20 21 22 23 This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Mo- ses’ command by the Levites under the direction Bezalel son of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Mo- With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, ses. of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and 24 fine linen. h All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 25 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. The silver from those numbered among the i 26 congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shek- a according to the sanctuary shekel— els, according beka per person, that is, half a shekel, to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be 27 numbered, a total of 603,550 men. k j The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one tal- 28 ent per base. l With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and sup- 29 plied bands for them. m The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 He used it to make talents and 2,400 shekels. the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, 30 Literally g 18 5 cubits length and width, and 1.4 meters high). proximately 75 feet or 22.9 meters. mately 30 feet or 9.1 meters. j 26 A beka"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 8,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–8) sake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.” 9 So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of a 1 Israel. When Moses went out and spoke b 6 DSS and LXX; MT the Feast of Ingathering"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "–18 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "| 455 Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according The People Confess Their Sins to the ordinance. 9 2 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fast- ing and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their Those of Israelite descent separated heads. themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities 3 of their fathers. While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quar- ter of the day in confession and worship of the 4 LORD their God. 5 And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, She- baniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani— stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God. Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah— said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, 6 and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. 11 You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day. You divided the sea before them, and they cro"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "19 You in Your great compassion From heaven You heard them, did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers from guiding them on their path; 28 who saved them from the hands of their 20 and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go. You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from 21 their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst. For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell. 22 You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the a land. So they took the land of Sihon king of 23 Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan. You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land 24 You had told their fathers to enter and possess. So their descendants went in and possessed the land; enemies. But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times 29 in Your compassion. You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; 30 they stiffened their"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 10,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": ". oth ; see verse 17. ; see verse 17. is a variant of j 11 Jonathan Shecaniah ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 35,
              "text": "| 457 For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You 36 or turn from their wicked ways. So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy 37 its fruit and goodness— here we are as slaves! Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. 38 We are in great distress. a In view of all this, we make a binding agree- ment, putting it in writing and sealing it with the Signers of the Covenant names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.” 10 Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, 2 and also Zedekiah, 3 4 5 6 7 8 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, Maaziah, Bilgai, These were the priests. b and Shemaiah. 9 The Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, 10 Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel, and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, 11 Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 12 14 13 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu. And the leaders of the people: 15 Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, 16 17 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, Hebrew does not include a 38 d 32 A third of a shekel 19 20 23 22 21 Ho"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 36,
              "text": "36 7 And we will bring the firstborn of year by year. our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who 37 minister in the house of our God. 38 Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where A priest of Aaron’s line is to accom- we labor. pany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God. For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the minister- ing priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Jerusalem’s New Settlers Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.” 39 11 Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns. And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in 3 Jerusalem. 2 a b These are the heads of the provinces who set- tled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, how- ever, each lived on his own property in their"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": ". 382 | 1 Chronicles 9:22 22 The number of those chosen to be gate- keepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust. 23 25 So they and their descendants were assigned 24 to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the The gatekeepers were house called the Tent. stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and Their relatives came from their villages south. 26 at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day But the four chief gatekeepers, who periods. were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God. They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding 28 it and opening it every morning. 27 29 Some of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they Others were put were brought in or taken out. in charge of the furnishings and other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, And some of the sons frankincense, and spices. 31 of the priests mixed the spices. 30 32 A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking Some of their Kohathite relatives the bread. were responsible for preparing the rows of the 33 showbread every Sabbath. Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they All these were were o"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": ". Or See"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 12,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": ". Hebrew is approximately 0.13 ounces or 3.8 grams, probably of silver. 458 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "| 459 a Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God. For there was a command from the king concerning the singers, an ordinance regulating their daily activities. Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a de- b scendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s 25 agent in every matter concerning the people. 24 23 29 26 27 28 As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jek- abzeel, and their villages; in Jeshua, Moladah, and Beth-pelet; in Hazar-shual; in Beersheba and its villages; in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages; Za- noah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley 31 of Hinnom. in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth, 30 33 34 The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived 32 in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages; 35 Hazor, Ramah, c Lod, and in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, Gittaim, 36 Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen. Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, And some divisions of the Levites of Judah set- The Priests and Levites Who Returned tled in Benjamin. 12 Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: 2 Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 3 d 4 5 6 7 e Hattush, Meremoth, h Amariah, Malluch, f Shecaniah, Rehum, g Iddo"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "25 42 26 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who They guarded the storerooms at the gates. served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the The Dedication of the Wall governor and Ezra the priest and scribe. 27 a 28 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, ac- The companied by cymbals, harps, and lyres. singers were also assembled from the region around Jerusalem, from the villages of the from Beth-gilgal, and from the Netophathites, fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built Af- villages for themselves around Jerusalem. ter the priests and Levites had purified them- selves, they purified the people, the gates, and 31 the wall. 30 29 c b 35 33 36 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, Then I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and I appointed two great thanksgiving choirs. One was to proceed along the top of the 32 wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate. Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah fol- 34 lowed, along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, and some of the priests with trumpets, and also Zech- ariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of and his associates— Zaccur, the son of Asaph, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instru- ments"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 35,
              "text": ". is a variant of Moadiah Johanan Meremoth is a variant of o 20 Sallai is a variant of Book of the Annals verse 5. Sallu the Book of the Historical Events ; see verse 7. is a variant of ; see verse 22. p 22 Johanan ; see verse 3; see also Syriac and some Hebrew and LXX manuscripts. ; see verse 3 and also some LXX manuscripts. Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui, and Kadmiel is a variant of r 24 is a variant of is a variant of n 17 Moadiah Jonathan ; also in verse 18; see m 15 Merai- ; see verse 2. Maadiah q 23 the ; see Ginnethoi Hebrew g 5 Mijamin Bilgai ; see verse 15,"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 13,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "–14) 30 Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD. If a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he must add a 32 fifth to its value. 31 33 Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD. He must not inspect whether it is good or bad, and he shall not make any substitu- tion. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute shall become holy; they 34 cannot be redeemed.’ ” These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai. b 5 10 shekels d 6 3 shekels is approximately 8 ounces or 228 grams of silver. e 7 15 shekels is approximately 2 ounces or 57 grams of silver. is approximately 4 ounces or 114 grams of f 8 is approximately 1.2 present himself cherem barley seed). Hebrew is a dry measure of approximately 6.24 bushels or 220 liters (probably about 291 pounds or 132 kilograms of is equivalent to one shekel (approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams). Forms of the refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD; similarly in verse 29. is approximately 6 ounces or 171 grams of silver. Or i 28 silver; also in verse 7. g 16 A homer ounces or 34.2 grams of silver. h 25 20 gerahs Numbers The First Census of Israel"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "–22) whose confidence is in Him. He is like a tree planted by the waters 19 that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit. 9 The heart is deceitful above all things 10 and beyond cure. Who can understand it? I, the LORD, search the heart; b I examine the mind 11 to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve. Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, Jeremiah’s Prayer for Deliverance and in the end he will be the fool.” 12 A glorious throne, exalted from the 13 beginning, is the place of our sanctuary. O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, 14 for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water. Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; 15 save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise. Behold, they keep saying to me, 16 “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!” But I have not run away from being Your This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the 20 other gates of Jerusalem. 22 21 Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusa- This is lem who enter through these gates. what the LORD s"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": "–31) 9 After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Le- vites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, are 2 Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Perizzites, Indeed, the Israelites Egyptians, and Amorites. have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in 3 this unfaithfulness!” When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and 4 beard, and sat down in horror. Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there Ezra’s Prayer of Confession in horror until the evening offering. 5 6 At the evening offering, I got up from my humil- iation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God, and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our worth b 26 100 talents d 27 1,000 drachmas 3.42 metric tons of silver articles. f 36 governors beyond the River is approximately 24.5 tons or 22.2 metric tons of silver. e 36 is approximately 3.77 tons or 3.42 metric tons of gold. satrap is approximately 3.77 tons or Or was a Persian official. ; that is, approximately 18.5 pounds o"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 31,
              "text": "| 461 a While all this was happening, I was not in Jeru- salem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. 7 Some time later I obtained leave from the king to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house 8 of God. 9 And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Then Tobiah’s household goods out of the room. I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, Tithes Restored along with the grain offerings and frankincense. (Lev. 27:30–34 ; De. 14:22–29 ; 26:1–15) 10 12 11 I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Le- vites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields. So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts, and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms. I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to as- sist them, because they were considered trust- worthy. They were responsible for distributing 14 the supplies to their fellow Levites. 13 Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for th"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Esther",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "| 463 2 Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been de- 2 creed against her. , 3 Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for and let the king appoint commission- the king ers in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treat- Then let the young woman who pleases ments. the king become queen in place of Vashti.” 4 This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted Esther Finds Favor accordingly. 5 Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai He son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish. had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon among those 7 taken captive with Jeconiah king of Judah. 6 a And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai 8 had taken her as his own daughter. 9 When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the And care of Hegai, the custodian of the women. the young w"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": "23 After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gal- lows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Haman’s Plot against the Jews Chronicles in the presence of the king. a 3 2 After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, el- evating him to a position above all the princes All the royal servants at the who were with him. king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not 3 bow down or pay homage. Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of 4 the king?” Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be toler- 5 ated, since he had told them he was a Jew. When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow 6 down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage. And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the 7 kingdom of Xerxes. b c In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, 8 the month of Adar. d Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of you"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": ". e 21 Bigthan ; see 2 Kings 24:12. Or Bigthana 464 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "14 a was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had con- 3 spired to assassinate King Xerxes. The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the 4 king’s attendants. “Who is in the court?” the king asked. 5 Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the So the king’s gallows he had prepared for him. attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” 6 “Bring him in,” ordered the king. Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is de- lighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would 7 the king be delighted to honor more than me?” 8 9 And Haman told the king, “For the man whom have them bring the king is delighted to honor, a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden— Let one with a royal crest placed on its head. the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man 10 whom the king is delighted to honor!’ ” “Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect any"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "| 467 12 defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihi- late all the forces of any people or province hos- tile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions. The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth 13 month, the month of Adar. c A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. The cou- riers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the 15 edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa. 14 Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. 16 And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced. 17 For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, In every province and every of joy and honor. city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon The Jews Destroy Their Enemies them. 9 d On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the ene- mies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews over- In each of the powered those who hated them. provi"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "7 8 9 including Parshandatha, Dal- hundred men, 10 Par- Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, phon, Aspatha, mashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha. They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammeda- tha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a Haman’s Sons Hanged hand on the plunder. 11 12 On that day the number of those killed in the who citadel of Susa was reported to the king, said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And 13 what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.” Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out to- day’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten 14 sons be hanged on the gallows.” 15 So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten On the fourteenth day of the sons of Haman. month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, 16 but they did not lay a hand on the plunder. 17 The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid them- selves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the This was done on the thirteenth day plunder. of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day The Feast of Purim Instituted they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy. 1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Job",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5) murdered the righteous, who did not resist you. 7 g 8 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s com- ing. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and too, be patient and spring rains. strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s com- Do not complain about one another, ing is near. brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the 10 Judge is standing at the door! You, 9 11 Brothers, as an example of patience in afflic- tion, take the prophets who spoke in the name of See how blessed we consider those the Lord. who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. passions warring among b 1 But the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those making peace. e 5 the spirit f 6 Literally Literally See"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "Job Loses His Health Job Laments His Birth 2 On another day the sons of God came to a present themselves before the LORD, and also came with them to present himself Satan 2 before Him. “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, 3 “and walking back and forth in it.” Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you consid- ered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against 4 him to ruin him without cause.” 5 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life. But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and 6 bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.” “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in 7 your hands, but you must spare his life.” So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from 8 the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape 9 himself as he sat among the ashes. b Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain 10 your integrity? Curse God and die!” “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” Job’s Three Friends In all this, Job did not sin in what he said. 11 Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Te- manite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adv"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 471 21 Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul, 15 fear and trembling came over me a and made all my bones shudder. 22 who long for death that does not come, 16 Then a spirit glided past my face, and search for it like hidden treasure, and the hair on my body bristled. 23 who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave? Why is life given to a man whose way is 24 hidden, whom God has hedged in? I sigh when food is put before me, 25 26 and my groans pour out like water. For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me. I am not at ease or quiet; Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper I have no rest, for trouble has come.” 4 2 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: “If one ventures a word with you, will you 3 be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking? Surely you have instructed many, 4 and have strengthened their feeble hands. Your words have steadied those who stumbled; 5 you have braced the knees that were buckling. But now trouble has come upon you, and you 6 are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed. Is your reverence not your confidence, 7 and the uprightness of your ways your hope? Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been 8 destroyed? 7 As I have observed, those who plow iniquity 9 and those who sow trouble reap the same. By the breath of God they perish, 10 and by the blast of His anger they are consumed. The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may 11 growl, yet"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "13 a 5 14 He catches the wise in their craftiness, Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, 6 and sweeps away the plans of the cunning. 15 They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night. He saves the needy from the sword in their 16 mouth and from the clutches of the powerful. So the poor have hope, 17 and injustice shuts its mouth. Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; b or an ox low over its fodder? Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of c 7 an egg ? My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me. 8 If only my request were granted 9 10 and God would fulfill my hope: that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off! 18 so do not despise the discipline of the It still brings me comfort, Almighty. and joy through unrelenting pain, 19 For He wounds, but He also binds; 20 He strikes, but His hands also heal. He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven. 21 In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword. You will be hidden from the scourge of the 22 tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes. You will laugh at destruction and famine, 23 and need not fear the beasts of the earth. For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, 24 and the wild animals will be at peace with 15 you. You will know that your tent is secure, 25 and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home. You will know that your offspring wi"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 8,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "| 473 27 Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair? You would even cast lots for an orphan 28 and barter away your friend. 29 But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face? Reconsider; do not be unjust. 30 Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake. Is there iniquity on my tongue? Job Continues: Life Seems Futile Can my mouth not discern malice? 7 2 “Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand? Like a slave he longs for shade; 3 like a hireling he waits for his wages. So I am allotted months of futility, 4 and nights of misery are appointed to me. When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, 5 and I toss and turn until dawn. My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering. 6 7 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope. Remember that my life is but a breath. 8 My eyes will never again see happiness. The eye that beholds me will no longer 9 see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more. As a cloud vanishes and is gone, I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a 17 breath. 18 What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him, 19 that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment? Will You never look away from me, 20 or leave me alone to swallow my spittle? If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mank"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "14 13 15 His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web. He leans on his web, but it gives way; 16 he holds fast, but it does not endure. He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, 17 spreading its shoots over the garden. 18 His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones. If he is uprooted from his place, 19 it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’ 20 Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust. Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of 21 evildoers. 22 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy. Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no Job: How Can I Contend with God? more.” 9 2 Then Job answered: “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before a 3 God? If one wished to contend with God, 4 he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand. God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered? He moves mountains without their knowledge 5 6 and overturns them in His anger. He shakes the earth from its place, b so that its foundations tremble. He commands the sun not to shine; 7 8 He seals off the stars. He alone stretches out the heavens 9 and treads on the waves of the sea. He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, 10 of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south. 11 He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number. Were He t"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 475 Then I would speak without fear of Him. Job’s Plea to God But as it is, I am on my own. 10 2 “I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say to God: 3 Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me. Does it please You to oppress me, 4 to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked? Do You have eyes of flesh? 5 Do You see as man sees? 6 Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man, 7 that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin— though You know that I am not guilty, 8 and there is no deliverance from Your hand? Your hands shaped me and altogether formed 9 me. Would You now turn and destroy me? Please remember that You molded me like 10 clay. Would You now return me to dust? 11 Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese? You clothed me with skin and flesh, 12 and knit me together with bones and sinews. a You have granted me life and loving 13 devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit. 14 Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind: If I sinned, You would take note, 15 and would not acquit me of my iniquity. If I am guilty, woe to me! 18 Hardships assault me in wave after wave. Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen 19 me! If only I had never come to be, 20 but had been carried from the womb to the grave. Are my days not few? 21 Withdraw from me, that"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a 13 a man! 14 As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him, if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your 15 tents, then indeed you will lift up your face without 16 blemish; you will stand firm and unafraid. 17 For you will forget your misery, 18 recalling it only as waters gone by. Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning. You will be secure, because there is hope, 19 and you will look around and lie down in safety. 20 You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor. But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.” Job Presents His Case 12 2 Then Job answered: 3 “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die! But I also have a mind; 4 I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these? I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a 5 laughingstock. The one at ease scorns misfortune 6 as the fate of those whose feet are slipping. The tents of robbers are safe, b and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands. 7 But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; 8 ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; 9 let the fish of the sea inform you. 10 W"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 14,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "| 477 your defenses are defenses of clay. and the number of his months is with You, Surely He would rebuke you 11 if you secretly showed partiality. Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall 12 upon you? Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; 13 Be silent, and I will speak. a 14 Then let come to me what may. Why do I put myself at risk b and take my life in my own hands? Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. 15 16 Moreover, this will be my salvation, 17 for no godless man can appear before Him. Listen carefully to my words; 18 let my declaration ring in your ears. 19 See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated. Can anyone indict me? 20 If so, I will be silent and die. Only grant these two things to me, 21 so that I need not hide from You: Withdraw Your hand from me, 22 I will still defend my ways to His face. 8 and do not let Your terror frighten me. 13 Then call me, and I will answer, 23 or let me speak, and You can reply. How many are my iniquities and sins? 24 Reveal to me my transgression and sin. Why do You hide Your face 25 and consider me as Your enemy? Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff? 26 For You record bitter accusations against me 27 and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth. You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit 28 for the soles of my feet. So man wastes away like something rotten, Job Laments the Finality of Death like a moth-eaten garmen"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "21 20 22 If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware. A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the 21 He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.” Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God 15 2 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: 3 “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind? Should he argue with useless words 4 or speeches that serve no purpose? But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him. For your iniquity instructs your mouth, 5 6 and you choose the language of the crafty. Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; 7 your own lips testify against you. ruthless. Sounds of terror fill his ears; 22 in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him. He despairs of his return from darkness; 23 he is marked for the sword. He wanders about as food for vultures; 24 he knows the day of darkness is at hand. Distress and anguish terrify him, 25 overwhelming him like a king poised to attack. For he has stretched out his hand against God 26 and has vaunted himself against the Almighty, rushing headlong at Him 27 with a thick, studded shield. Were you the first man ever born? 8 Were you brought forth before the hills? Do you listen in on the council of God 9 or limit wisdom to yourself? What do you know that we do not? 10 What do you understand that is not clear to us? Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our 11 side— men much older th"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 18,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "| 479 Is there no end to your long-winded 4 speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying? I could also speak like you if you were in my place; 5 I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you. But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would 6 bring relief. Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, 7 and if I hold back, how will it go away? Surely He has now exhausted me; 8 You have devastated all my family. You have bound me, and it has become a witness; 9 my frailty rises up and testifies against me. His anger has torn me and opposed me; 10 He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes. They open their mouths against me 11 and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me. God has delivered me to unjust men; 12 He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked. I was at ease, but He shattered me; 13 He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target; His archers surround me. 14 15 He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground. He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior. 16 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust. 17 My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes; 18 yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure. O earth, do not cover my blood; 19 may my cry for help never be laid to rest. 20 Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high. 21 My friends are my"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "5 7 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no 6 extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. The light in his tent grows dark, 7 and the lamp beside him goes out. His vigorous stride is shortened, 8 and his own schemes trip him up. For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh. 9 10 A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him. 11 A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path. 12 Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step. 13 His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side. It devours patches of his skin; 14 the firstborn of death devours his limbs. 15 He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors. 16 Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling. 17 The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away. The memory of him perishes from the earth, 18 and he has no name in the land. He is driven from light into darkness 19 and is chased from the inhabited world. He has no offspring or posterity among his 20 people, no survivor where he once lived. 21 Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror. Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know Job: My Redeemer Lives God.” 19 2 Then Job answered: 3 “How long will you torment me and crush me with your words? Ten times now you have reproached me; 4 you shamelessly mistreat me. 5 Even if I"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 21,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "| 481 If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, a 29 since the root of the matter lies ’ with him, then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked judgment.” 20 2 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, 3 because of the turmoil within me. I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply. 4 Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth, the triumph of the wicked has been brief 5 6 and the joy of the godless momentary? Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, 7 and his head touches the clouds, he will perish forever, like his own dung; 8 those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’ He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; 9 he will be chased away like a vision in the night. 10 The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him. 11 His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth. 12 The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust. 13 Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, 14 15 though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth, yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him. 16 He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach. 17 He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will ki"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "11 29 12 They send forth their little ones like a flock; Have you never asked those who travel their children skip about, singing to the tambourine and lyre 30 the roads? Do you not accept their reports? 13 and making merry at the sound of the Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of flute. a 14 15 They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace. Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, 16 and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’ Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, 31 calamity, delivered from the day of wrath. Who denounces his behavior to his face? 32 Who repays him for what he has done? He is carried to the grave, 33 and watch is kept over his tomb. The clods of the valley are sweet to him; 34 everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number. So how can you comfort me with empty so I stay far from the counsel of the words? 17 wicked. How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion 18 destruction? For your answers remain full of Eliphaz: Can a Man Be of Use to God? falsehood.” 22 2 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: 19 Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm? It is said that God lays up one’s punishment 3 “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him? Does it delight the Almighty that you are for his children. 20 Let God repay"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 24,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 483 16 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod? They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away 17 by a flood. 18 They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’ But it was He who filled their houses with good things; 19 so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked. The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them: ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, 20 21 and fire has consumed their excess.’ 22 Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you. Receive instruction from His mouth, 23 and lay up His words in your heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be 24 restored. If you remove injustice from your tents and consign your gold to the dust 25 and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines, 26 then the Almighty will be your gold and the finest silver for you. 27 Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God. 28 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows. Your decisions will be carried out, 29 and light will shine on your ways. When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift 30 them up!’ then He will save the lowly. He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of Job Longs for God your hands.” 23 2 Then Job answered: 3 “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning. If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat. I would plead my case"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "9 The fatherless infant is snatched from the they are brought low and gathered up like all breast; 25 others; 10 the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt. Without clothing, they wander about naked. 11 They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry. They crush olives within their walls; 12 they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty. From the city, men groan, 13 and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing. 3 they are cut off like heads of grain. If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar Bildad: Man Cannot Be Righteous and reduce my words to nothing?” 25 2 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: “Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven. Then there are those who rebel against the light, 14 not knowing its ways or staying on its paths. When daylight is gone, the murderer rises 15 to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief. The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers 16 his face. In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light. 17 For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of 18 darkness! They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their 19 vineyards. As drought and heat consume the melting 20 snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned. The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 28,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "| 485 For what is the hope of the godless when he 6 Who then can understand Job Affirms His Integrity the thunder of His power?” 27 2 Job continued his discourse: “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— 3 the Almighty, who has embittered my soul— as long as my breath is still within me 4 and the breath of God remains in my nostrils, my lips will not speak wickedness, 5 and my tongue will not utter deceit. I will never say that you are right; 6 I will maintain my integrity until I die. I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not The Wicked Man’s Portion accuse me. 7 May my enemy be like the wicked 8 and my opponent like the unjust. 9 is cut off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry 10 when distress comes upon him? 11 Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the 12 Almighty. 13 Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk? This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the 14 Almighty. Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; 15 and his offspring will never have enough food. 16 His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them. 17 Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided b"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "18 11 19 20 Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies. cannot compare to it, Topaz from Cush a nor can it be valued in pure gold. 21 From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell? It is hidden from the eyes of every living 22 thing b and concealed from the birds of the air. 23 Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’ 24 But God understands its way, and He knows its place. 25 For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. 26 When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters, 27 when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt, 28 then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out. And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is Job’s Former Blessings understanding.’ ” 29 2 And Job continued his discourse: 3 “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me, when His lamp shone above my head, 4 and by His light I walked through the c darkness, when I was in my prime, 5 when the friendship of God rested on my tent, 6 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me, when my steps were bathed in cream 7 and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! When I went out to the city gate 8 and took my seat in the public square, 9 the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet. The princes refrained from spea"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 31,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 487 ground. They cried out among the shrubs 8 and huddled beneath the nettles. 9 A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land. And now they mock me in song; 10 I have become a byword among them. They abhor me and keep far from me; 11 they do not hesitate to spit in my face. Because God has unstrung my bow and a afflicted me, 12 they have cast off restraint in my presence. The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me. 13 They tear up my path; b 14 they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them. Job’s Prosperity Becomes Calamity They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in. 15 Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, when he cries for help in his distress. Have I not wept for those in trouble? 26 Has my soul not grieved for the needy? But when I hoped for good, evil came; 27 when I looked for light, darkness fell. 28 I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me. I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for e 29 help. f I have become a brother of jackals, 30 a companion of ostriches. My skin grows black and peels, 31 and my bones burn with fever. My harp is tuned to mourning Job’s Final Appeal and my flute to the sound of weeping. 31 2 “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin? For what is the allotment of God from above, or the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "13 33 c If I have rejected the cause of my manservant if I have covered my transgressions like 14 or maidservant 34 Adam when they made a complaint against me, what will I do when God rises to judge? 15 by hiding my guilt in my heart, because I greatly feared the crowds How will I answer when called to account? and the contempt of the clans terrified me, Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb? 16 17 If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail, if I have eaten my morsel alone, 18 not sharing it with the fatherless— though from my youth I reared him as would a father, 19 and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow— if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, a 20 or a needy man without a cloak, if his heart has not blessed me 21 for warming him with the fleece of my sheep, if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless 22 because I saw that I had support in the gate, then may my arm fall from my shoulder 23 and be torn from its socket. For calamity from God terrifies me, 24 and His splendor I cannot overpower. If I have put my trust in gold 25 or called pure gold my security, if I have rejoiced in my great wealth b because my hand had gained so much, 26 if I have beheld the sun 27 in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor, so that my heart was secretly enticed 28 and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, 29 this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 33,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 27,
              "text": "| 489 10 It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice. 11 Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; I too will declare what I know.’ Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; 12 as you searched for words, I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; 13 not one of you rebutted his arguments. So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; 14 9 Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words: ‘I am pure, without transgression; 10 I am clean, with no iniquity in me. 11 Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. 12 He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’ Behold, you are not right in this matter. 13 I will answer you, for God is greater than man. b let God, not man, refute him.’ 14 Why do you complain to Him But Job has not directed his words against me, that He answers nothing a man asks? For God speaks in one way and in another, 15 15 and I will not answer him with your yet no one notices. arguments. In a dream, Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to 16 say; words have escaped them. 17 Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply? 18 I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know. 19 For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me. Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; 20 in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men 16 as they slumber on their beds, 17 He opens their ears and terrifies them with warning"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": "28 16 He redeemed my soul from going down to the 17 If you have understanding, hear this; 29 Pit, and I will live to see the light.’ 30 Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times, to bring back his soul from the Pit, 31 that he may be enlightened with the light of life. 32 Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak. 33 But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you. But if not, then listen to me; Elihu Confirms God’s Justice be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.” 34 2 Then Elihu continued: 3 “Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning. For the ear tests words 4 as the mouth tastes food. 5 6 Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good. For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice. Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’ 7 What man is like Job, 8 who drinks up derision like water? 9 He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men. For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing 10 that he should delight in God.’ Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, 11 and from the Almighty to act unjustly. For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; 12 according to a man’s ways He brings consequences. Indeed, it is true that God does not act 13 wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice. Who gave Him charge over the earth?"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 36,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "| 491 Elihu Describes God’s Power 36 2 And Elihu continued: “Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you 3 that there is more to be said on God’s behalf. a I get my knowledge from afar, 4 and I will ascribe justice to my Maker. For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you. 5 Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no 6 one; He is mighty in strength of understanding. He does not keep the wicked alive, 7 but He grants justice to the afflicted. He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever. 8 9 And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction, then He tells them their deeds 10 and how arrogantly they have transgressed. He opens their ears to correction 11 and commands that they turn from iniquity. If they obey and serve Him, 12 then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness. b But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge. The godless in heart harbor resentment; 14 even when He binds them, they do not cry for help. They die in their youth, 15 c among the male shrine prostitutes. God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression. 16 Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness. 18 the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you. Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray. in their af"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "19 a 6 Can your wealth 20 or all your mighty effort keep you from distress? Do not long for the night, 21 For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty 7 downpour.’ when people vanish from their homes. He seals up the hand of every man, 8 Be careful not to turn to iniquity, 22 for this you have preferred to affliction. Behold, God is exalted in His power. 23 Who is a teacher like Him? Who has appointed His way for Him, 24 or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’? Remember to magnify His work, 25 which men have praised in song. All mankind has seen it; 26 men behold it from afar. Indeed, God is great—beyond our 27 knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable. For He draws up drops of water 28 which distill the rain from the mist, which the clouds pour out 29 and shower abundantly on mankind. Furthermore, who can understand how the 30 clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion? See how He scatters His lightning around 31 Him b For by these He judges and covers the depths of the sea. the nations and provides food in abundance. 32 He fills His hands with lightning 33 and commands it to strike its mark. The thunder declares His presence; Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty even the cattle regard the rising storm. 37 2 “At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place. Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His 3 mouth. He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole 4 sky so that all men ma"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 38,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 41,
              "text": "| 493 38 2 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: a “Who is this who obscures My counsel b 3 by words without knowledge? like a man; Now brace yourself c 4 I will question you, and you shall inform Me. Where were you when I laid the foundations 5 of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! 21 so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home? 22 Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great! 23 24 Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail, which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle? 25 In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth? 26 Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt, 27 to bring rain on a barren land, 6 Or who stretched a measuring line across on a desert where no man lives, it? d 28 to satisfy the parched wasteland 7 On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone, and make it sprout with tender grass? 29 Does the rain have a father? while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Who has begotten the drops of dew? From whose womb does the ice emerge? 30 Who enclosed the sea behind doors 9 when it burst forth from the womb, 10 when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, 11 when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and door"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 39,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "The LORD Speaks of His Creation 20 39 “Do you know when mountain goats 2 give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn? Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth? 3 They crouch down and bring forth their 4 young; they deliver their newborn. Their young ones thrive and grow up in the 5 open field; they leave and do not return. 21 Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting? He paws in the valley and rejoices in his 22 strength; he charges into battle. 23 He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword. b 24 A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance. Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; 25 he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds. c Who set the wild donkey free? At the blast of the horn, he snorts with 6 Who released the swift donkey from the fervor. harness? 7 I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling. He scorns the tumult of the city 8 and never hears the shouts of a driver. 9 He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing. Will the wild ox consent to serve you? 10 Will he stay by your manger at night? Can you hold him to the furrow with a 11 harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you? Can you rely on his great strength? 12 Will you leave your hard work to him? Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor? 13 a The wings of the ostrich flap joyfull"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 40,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "Hebrew ; the value or weight of the kesitah is no longer known. Psalms Psalm 1 The Two Paths"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 41,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "Or ; BYZ and TR your reasonable service"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 26,
              "text": "| 495 8 4 Would you really annul My justice? 9 Would you condemn Me to justify yourself? Do you have an arm like God’s? 10 5 Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life? Can you pet him like a bird 6 or put him on a leash for your maidens? Can you thunder with a voice like His? Will traders barter for him 7 Then adorn yourself with majesty and or divide him among the merchants? 11 splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory. Unleash the fury of your wrath; 12 look on every proud man and bring him low. 8 Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears? If you lay a hand on him, 9 you will remember the battle and never repeat it! 13 14 Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand. a Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave. Then I will confess to you 15 that your own right hand can save you. Look at Behemoth, which I made along with 12 10 Surely hope of overcoming him is false. 11 Is not the sight of him overwhelming? No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me? e Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine. 16 you. He feeds on grass like an ox. See the strength of his loins 17 and the power in the muscles of his belly. His tail sways like a cedar; 18 the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit. 19 His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron. He is the foremost of God’s works; b 20 only his Maker can dr"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 27,
              "text": "27 28 He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood. 29 No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him. a 30 A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance. His undersides are jagged potsherds, 31 spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge. 32 He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment. 33 He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair! 34 Nothing on earth is his equal— a creature devoid of fear! He looks down on all the haughty; Job Submits Himself to the LORD he is king over all the proud.” 42 2 Then Job replied to the LORD: 3 “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted. You asked, ‘Who is this b who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, 4 things too wonderful for me to know. You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. c 5 I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’ My ears had heard of You, 6 but now my eyes have seen You. Therefore I despise myself, The LORD Rebukes Job’s Friends and I repent in dust and ashes.” 7 8 kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My So now, take seven bulls and servant Job has. seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken acc"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 42,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "f 32 Leo b 3 c 3 Arcturus about the flooding of the Nile Or or or lead out the Bear and her cubs? Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the 34 earth? 35 Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? Can you send the lightning bolts on their 36 way? g Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’? 37 Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind? Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the 38 heavens when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together? 39 41 40 Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket? Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God who set its core in place as they wander about for lack of food? Who has given the ibis wisdom Or , that is, wisdom e 32 d 6 Or Or g 36 Cited in"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "494 |"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Psalms",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–6 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–12) healed was over forty years old. 23 On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that 24 the chief priests and elders had said to them. When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the You earth and the sea and everything in them. spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of c 25 our father David: Your servant, d 11 25 f"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "; literally ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "(see also LXX) Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with 17 the sword of My mouth. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who To the Church in Thyatira receives it."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–8) 13 Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absa- 14 lom.” And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and 15 put the city to the sword.” The king’s servants replied, “Whatever our 16 lord the king decides, we are your servants.” Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines 17 to take care of the palace. 18 So the king set out with all the people follow- and all ing him. He stopped at the last house, his servants marched past him—all the Chere- thites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites 19 who had followed him from Gath. 20 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner In fact, you and an exile from your homeland. arrived only yesterday; should I make you wan- der around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your broth- ers with you. May the LORD show you loving 21 devotion and faithfulness. ” d But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wher- ever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!” “Go in peace,” said the king. So Absalom got up and went to Hebron. a 30 b 7 set your field on fire.” LXX includes in Hebron d"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "4 To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. 5 Psalm 5 Give Ear to My Words Selah For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. I lie down and sleep; 6 I wake again, for the LORD sustains me. I will not fear the myriads 7 set against me on every side. Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; 8 break the teeth of the wicked. Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah Psalm 4 Answer Me When I Call! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. 1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; 2 show me grace and hear my prayer. How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek a Selah after lies ? 3 Know that the LORD has set apart the godly 4 for Himself; b the LORD hears when I call to Him. Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be Selah 5 still. Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD. 6 1 2 Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning. Attend to the sound of my cry, 3 my King and my God, for to You I pray. In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation. 4 For You are not a God who delights in 5 wickedness; no evil can dwell with You. The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; 6 You hate all workers of iniquity. You destroy those who tell lies; 7 the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed a"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "NE and WH 20 21 But this is not the way you came to know Christ. Surely you heard of Him and were 22 taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is to put off your former way of life, in Jesus— your old self, which is being corrupted by its de- 24 ceitful desires; to be renewed in the spirit of and to put on the new self, created your minds; 25 to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. 23 d 26 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another. “Be angry, yet do 27 not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger, 28 and do not give the devil a foothold. He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the 29 one in need. Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who 30 listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemp- 31 tion. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry 32 and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, for- giving each other just as in Christ God forgave Imitators of God you. 5 2 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved e and walk in love, just as Christ children, and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant loved us 3 sacrificial offering to God. 5 4 But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be e"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "Or 23 God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all for all who believe. There is no distinction, 24 have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through 25 the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. h God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He 26 had passed over the sins committed beforehand. He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify 27 the one who has faith in Jesus. 28 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that For we maintain that a man is justified of faith. 29 by faith apart from works of the law. 30 Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that 31 same faith. Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Cer- Abraham Justified by Faith tainly not! Instead, we uphold the law."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 8,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "| 499 may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah 6 Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment. Let the assembled peoples gather around You; 7 8 take Your seat over them on high. The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and 9 integrity. Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and d 10 minds. My shield is with God, 11 who saves the upright in heart. 12 God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day. If one does not repent, 13 14 God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow. He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire. 15 Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood. 16 He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. His trouble recoils on himself, 17 and his violence falls on his own head. I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. Psalm 8 How Majestic Is Your Name! For the choirmaster. According to Gittith.e A Psalm of David. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my 2 1 pursuers, or they will shred my soul like a lion O LORD, our Lord, and tear me to pieces with no one to how majestic is Your name in all 3 rescue me. 4 O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my h"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "3 When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, 4 which You have set in place— 5 6 what is man that You are mindful of him, a or the son of man that You care for him? You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; b 7 You have placed everything under his feet: all sheep and oxen, 8 and even the beasts of the field, the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! Psalm 9 I Will Give Thanks to the LORD 10 Those who know Your name trust in You, 11 for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You. 12 13 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations. For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted. Be merciful to me, O LORD; 14 see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation. 15 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; 16 their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of Higgaion Selah d their hands. For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David.c 17 1 I will give thanks to the LORD with all my 2 heart; I will recount all Your wonders. I will be"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "–6 (see also LXX) 1076 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 10,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "(see also LXX)"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) their own strength is their god.” 12 Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; 13 O Rock, You have established them for correction. Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent 14 while the wicked swallow up 15 those more righteous than themselves? You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler. with a hook; The foe pulls all of them up d he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; 16 so he rejoices gladly. Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous 17 and his food is rich. Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without The LORD Answers Again mercy? 2 2 I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected. Then the LORD answered me: they gather prisoners like sand. “Write down this vision They scoff at kings a 5 pulls all of them up Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! b 5 and make rulers an object of scorn. LXX Cited in"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 12,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": ". Literally ; also in verse 24 388 | 1 Chronicles 15:25 Moving the Ark to Jerusalem 8 25 26 So David, the elders of Israel, and the com- manders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from And because God the house of Obed-edom. helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven 27 bulls and seven rams. 28 Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the di- rector of music for the singers. David also wore a So all Israel brought up the ark of linen ephod. the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with Michal’s Contempt for David (2 Samuel 6:16) cymbals and the music of harps and lyres. 29 As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was en- tering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in A Tent for the Ark (2 Samuel 6:17–19) her heart. 16 2 So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings When David and peace offerings before God. had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the Then he distributed to every name of the LORD. man and woman of Israel a loaf of bread, a date 4 cake, and a raisin cake. 3 a David appointed some of the Levites to minis"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 13,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "| 501 7 He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.” a 4 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and The LORD is in His holy temple; 8 violence; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. trouble and malice are under his tongue. His eyes are watching closely; 5 He lies in wait near the villages; they examine the sons of men. 9 in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; b he catches the lowly in his net. They are crushed and beaten down; 10 11 the helpless fall prey to his strength. He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.” 12 13 Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless. Why has the wicked man renounced God? 14 He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.” But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; 15 You are the helper of the fatherless. Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found. 16 17 The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land. You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; 18 You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear, to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more. Psalm 11 In the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "2 2 How long must I wrestle in my soul, He who walks with integrity 3 with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me? 3 and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart, Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. 4 Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death, lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” 5 and my foes rejoice when I fall. 6 But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me. Psalm 14 The Fool Says There Is No God (Ps. 53:1–6 ; Isa. 59:1–17 ; Rom. 3:9–20) For the choirmaster. Of David. 1 a The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” 2 They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good. The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, 3 if any seek God. All have turned away, b who has no slander on his tongue, 4 who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend, who despises the vile 5 but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath, who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken. Psalm 16 The Presence of the LORD"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 14,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 16,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–11 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "–11 (see also LXX) h 30 g 28 e 21 ; similarly in verse 14 staying b 5 d 15 ; BYZ and TR ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’ c 33 to- 36 51"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 18,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–50) 22 2 And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. Michal e 18 Saph Two Hebrew manuscripts, some LXX manuscripts, and Syriac He said: Sippai ; also in verses 18, 20, and 22 ; see 1 Chronicles 20:4. . is a variant of the brother of the giant c 16 Or See 1 Chronicles 20:5; Hebrew does not include ; see 1 Samuel 16:9, 2 Samuel 13:3, and 1 Chronicles 2:13. 2 Samuel 22:37 | 303 20 “The LORD is my rock, 3 my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, 4 You save me from violence. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be 5 praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. He brought me out into the open; 21 He rescued me because He delighted in me. The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; 22 He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. For I have kept the ways of the LORD 23 and have not wickedly departed from For the waves of death engulfed me; 6 the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. The cords of Sheol entangled me; 7 the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called upon the LORD; my God. 24 For all His ordinances are before me; 25 I have not disregarded His statutes. And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity. I cried out to my God. So the LORD has repaid me according to my And from His temple He heard my voice, 8 and my"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": ") according to the cleanness of my hands e 36 brew manuscripts (see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "); most Hebrew manuscripts stoop down to make me great LXX and Vulgate (see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "| 503 15 As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence. Psalm 18 The LORD Is My Rock (2 Samuel 22:1–51) For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: 1 2 I love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, 3 my stronghold. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be 4 praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. The cords of death encompassed me; 5 the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. The cords of Sheol entangled me; 6 the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, 7 and my cry for His help reached His ears. Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; 8 they were shaken because He burned with anger. Smoke rose from His nostrils, 9 and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth. 10 He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. 11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. 12 He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him. From the brightness of His presence c 13 His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire. ones and satisfy their sons, T"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "14 32 15 He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them. The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were 33 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear. 34 He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, 16 35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. You have given me Your shield of salvation; a He reached down from on high and took hold 17 of me; He drew me out of deep waters. 18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me. 19 They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support. He brought me out into the open; 20 He rescued me because He delighted in me. The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; 21 He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. For I have kept the ways of the LORD 22 and have not wickedly departed from my God. 23 For all His ordinances are before me; 24 I have not disregarded His statutes. And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity. So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight. 25 To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself 26 blameless; to the pure You show Yourself pure, 27 but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd. 28 For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those wit"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": ") and Your gentleness exalts me. You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way. d 25 He was seen c 13 b 11 mountains bolts of lightning and Your help exalts me Or Or or Many He- and You Hebrew; 304 | 2 Samuel 22:38 38 2 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; 3 39 I did not turn back until they were consumed. I devoured and crushed them so they could 40 not rise; they have fallen under my feet. 41 You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me. You have made my enemies retreat before 42 me; I destroyed those who hated me. They looked, but there was no one to save 43 them— to the LORD, but He did not answer. I ground them as the dust of the earth; 44 I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets. You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; 45 a people I had not known shall serve me. 46 Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me. a Foreigners lose heart and come trembling strongholds. 47 from their The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! 48 And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted— the God who avenges me 49 and brings down nations beneath me, who frees me from my enemies. 50 You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men. b Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among 51 the nations; I will sing praises to Your name. Great salvation He brings to His king. David’s Last Song He shows loving d"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 45,
              "text": "); MT chief among the captains or He was called Adino the Eznite because of g 9 Dodo Or the favorite of the Strong One of Israel f 8 e 8 ; see 1 Chronicles 11:11. Or 11:11); Hebrew Some LXX manuscripts (see also 1 Chronicles is a variant of ; see 1 Chronicles 27:4. 13 2 Samuel 24:2 | 305 14 At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philis- tines was at Bethlehem. David longed for wa- ter and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of 16 Bethlehem!” 15 17 So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to Da- vid. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD, saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. 18 Such were the exploits of the three mighty men. a Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Ze- ruiah, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his 19 spear against three hundred men, killed them, Was he and won a name along with the Three. not more honored than the Three? And he be- came their commander, even though he was not 20 included among the Three. b c d 21 And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He of Moab, and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 49,
              "text": "De. 32:43"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 19,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "(see also LXX) But if it is by works, then it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work. 1 Kings 19:10, 14 did they stumble so as to lose their share?"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 21,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–13) and beatings cleanse the inmost parts. 21 The king’s heart is a waterway in the 2 hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases. 3 All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart. To do righteousness and justice 4 is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice. Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin. 6 The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty. Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit. The violence of the wicked will sweep them 8 away because they refuse to do what is just. The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. Better to live on a corner of the roof He who loves pleasure will become poor; 18 the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich. The wicked become a ransom for the 19 righteous, and the faithless for the upright. Better to live in the desert 20 than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife. Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling 21 of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them. He who pursues righteousness and loving 22 devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor. A wise man scales the city of the mighty 23 and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust. 24 He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress. Mocker is the name of the proud and 25 arrogant man— of him who acts with excessive pride. 26 The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work. All day long he"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "| 505 Psalm 19 The Heavens Declare the Glory of God Psalm 20 The Day of Trouble For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; 2 May the LORD answer you in the day of the skies proclaim the work of His hands. trouble; Day after day they pour forth speech; 3 night after night they reveal knowledge. a Without speech or language, b 4 without a sound to be heard, c their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched 5 a tent for the sun. Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, 6 like a champion rejoicing to run his course, it rises at one end of the heavens 7 and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth. The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, 8 making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, 9 giving light to the eyes. The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; 10 the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. 11 By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward. 12 Who can discern his own errors? 13 Cleanse me from my hidden faults. Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless 14 and clea"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "7 8 For the king trusts in the LORD; “He trusts in the LORD, through the loving devotion of the Most let the LORD deliver him; b 8 High, he will not be shaken. Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate 9 You. You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. 10 In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them. You will wipe their descendants from the 11 earth, and their offspring from the sons of men. 12 Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail. For You will put them to flight 13 when Your bow is trained upon them. Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power. Psalm 22 The Psalm of the Cross"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 22,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–31 ; they led Him away to crucify Him."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": ". 948 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "and pierced His side, and water and blood flowed out i 48 That is, from noon until three in the afternoon NE and WH"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": ". Jesus’ Side Is Pierced"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "; TR includes j 49 filled it with wine vinegar h 48 g 46 in verse 44"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "(see also LXX) 4 i 11 or to the end Literally and TR include ."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 23,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–6 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 24,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "to play f 28 13 16 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves Is not the cup of blessing that we what I say. bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in Because there is one loaf, the body of Christ? we who are many are one body; for we all par- 18 take of the one loaf. 17 19 21 Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the al- tar? Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed 20 to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be You cannot drink participants with demons. the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; 22 you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and Are we trying to pro- the table of demons too. voke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He? All to God’s Glory"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 25,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "| 507 6 Surely goodness and mercy will follow me My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; 26 I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You. and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 24 The Earth Is the LORD’s A Psalm of David. The poor will eat and be satisfied; 1 27 those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever! All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. 28 29 All the families of the nations will bow down before Him. For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations. All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel 30 before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives. Posterity will serve Him; 31 they will declare the Lord to a new generation. They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn— Psalm 23 all that He has done. The LORD Is My Shepherd"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "4 5 Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your truth and teach me, 1 Psalm 26 Vindicate Me, O LORD Of David. 6 for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You. Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and 7 loving devotion, for they are from age to age. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, 8 because of Your goodness, O LORD. Good and upright is the LORD; 9 therefore He shows sinners the way. He guides the humble in what is right 10 and teaches them His way. All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful 11 to those who keep His covenant and His decrees. For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great. 12 Who is the man who fears the LORD? 13 He will instruct him in the path chosen for him. His soul will dwell in prosperity, 14 and his descendants will inherit the land. 15 The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them. My eyes are always on the LORD, 16 for He will free my feet from the mesh. Turn to me and be gracious, 17 for I am lonely and afflicted. The troubles of my heart increase; 18 free me from my distress. Consider my affliction and trouble, 19 and take away all my sins. Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred. 20 Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You. a 21 May integrity and uprightness preserve me, 22 because I wait for You. Vindicate me,"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 29,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "| 509 who speak peace to their neighbors 4 while malice is in their hearts. Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; 5 bring back on them what they deserve. Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down 6 and never rebuild them. Blessed be the LORD, 7 for He has heard my cry for mercy. The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, 8 and I give thanks to Him with my song. The LORD is the strength of His people, 9 a stronghold of salvation for His anointed. Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; Psalm 29 shepherd them and carry them forever. Ascribe Glory to the LORD A Psalm of David. 1 b Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, 2 ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; worship the LORD in the splendor of His c 3 holiness. The voice of the LORD is over the waters; 4 the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters. The voice of the LORD is powerful; 5 the voice of the LORD is majestic. The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; 6 the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon. d 7 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, 2 The voice of the LORD 8 strikes with flames of fire. The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; I will be like th"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "11 The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace. Psalm 30 You Turned My Mourning into Dancing A Psalm. A song for the dedication of the temple. Of David. 1 I will exalt You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes 2 to rejoice over me. and You healed me. O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; 4 You spared me from descending into the Pit. a Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, 5 and praise His holy name. For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. 6 Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning. In prosperity I said, 7 “I will never be shaken.” O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, 8 I was dismayed. To You, O LORD, I called, 9 b and I begged my Lord for mercy: “What gain is there in my bloodshed, c in my descent to the Pit? 10 Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness? Hear me, O LORD, and have mercy; 11 O LORD, be my helper.” You turned my mourning into dancing; 12 You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. Psalm 31 O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever. Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 31,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–24 ; you will be with Me in Paradise.” Matt. 27:45–56 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "Greek 17 He asked them, “What are you discussing so in- tently as you walk along?” 18 They stood still, with sadness on their faces. One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, “Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in 19 recent days?” “What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in 20 speech and action before God and all the people. Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up 21 to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him. But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the 22 third day since these things took place. Furthermore, some of our women astounded 23 us. They were at the tomb early this morning, but they did not find His body. They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels, who said Then some of our com- that Jesus was alive. panions went to the tomb and found it just as the 25 women had described. But Him they did not see.” 24 26 27 Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets Was it not necessary for the have spoken! Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His And beginning with Moses and all the glory?” Prophets, He explained to them what was writ- 28 ten in all the Scriptures about Himself. As they approached the village where they 29 were headed, He seemed to be going farther. But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 32,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–11 ; Heb. 11:8–19) 4 2 3 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has dis- If Abraham was indeed justified by covered? works, he had something to boast about, but not For what does the Scripture say? before God. “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to 4 him as righteousness.” i 5 6 Now the wages of the worker are not credited However, to the as a gift, but as an obligation. one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as right- And David speaks likewise of the eousness. blessedness of the man to whom God credits 7 righteousness apart from works: “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are 8 forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man j whose sin the Lord will never count against him.” 9 Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that g 18"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 33,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–22) 1 d Hallelujah! e Praise the LORD from the heavens; 2 praise Him in the highest places. Praise Him, all His angels; 3 praise Him, all His heavenly hosts. Praise Him, O sun and moon; 4 praise Him, all you shining stars. Praise Him, O highest heavens, 5 and you waters above the skies. Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they 6 were created. He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never like morsels like crumbs c 20 pass away. b 17 d 1 Hallelu YAH ; also in verse 20 Or Or , meaning Praise the LORD or MT; DSS and LXX ; also in verse 14 576 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "| 511 lips that speak with arrogance against the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. 6 Selah 19 righteous, full of pride and contempt. How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of 20 men on those who take refuge in You! You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues. 21 Blessed be the LORD, 22 for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege. In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help. 23 Love the LORD, all His saints. 24 The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant. Be strong and courageous, Psalm 32 all you who hope in the LORD. The Joy of Forgiveness"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "8 3 Let all the earth fear the LORD; 9 let all the people of the world revere Him. 4 Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together. 10 For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm. 11 The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples. The counsel of the LORD stands forever, 12 the purposes of His heart to all generations. 5 I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; 6 their faces shall never be ashamed. This poor man called out, and the LORD 7 heard him; He saved him from all his troubles. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The angel of the LORD encamps around those 13 the people He has chosen as His inheritance! 8 who fear Him, and he delivers them. 14 The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men. 15 From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth. He shapes the hearts of each; 16 He considers all their works. No king is saved by his vast army; 17 no warrior is delivered by his great strength. A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save. 18 20 Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, 19 on those whose hope is in His loving devotion to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the LORD; 21 He is our help and our shield. For our hearts rejoice in Him, 22 since we trust in His holy name. May Your loving devotion rest on us, O"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 34,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–22 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "–16 (see also LXX) died d 18 i 8 to those who are dead NE and WH us see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "; see also"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 36,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "| 513 17 How long, O Lord, will You look on? 18 Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions. Then I will give You thanks in the great 19 assembly; I will praise You among many people. Let not my enemies gloat over me without d nor those who hate me without reason cause, 20 wink in malice. For they do not speak peace, 21 but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land. 22 They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!” O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. 23 O Lord, be not far from me. Awake and rise to my defense, 24 to my cause, my God and my Lord! Vindicate me by Your righteousness, 25 O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me. Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, 26 “We have swallowed him up!” May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; 27 may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach. May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD 28 who delights in His servant’s well-being.” Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long. Psalm 36 The Transgression of the Wicked For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. 1 like one mourning for his mother. An oracle is in my heart But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; regarding the transgression of the wicked they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "3 6 The words of his mouth are wicked and He will bring forth your righteousness like deceitful; 4 he has ceased to be wise and well-doing. Even on his bed he plots wickedness; 5 he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil. Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the 6 heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; 7 Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast. How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, 8 that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings! They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river 9 of delights. For with You is the fountain of life; 10 in Your light we see light. Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, 11 and Your righteousness to the upright in heart. Let not the foot of the proud come against 12 me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away. There the evildoers lie fallen, Psalm 37 thrown down and unable to rise. Delight Yourself in the LORD (1 Kings 2:1–9) Of David.a 1 Do not fret over those who do evil; 2 do not envy those who do wrong. For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants. 3 Trust in the LORD and do good; 4 dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD, 7 the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun. Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, 8 when they carry out wicked schemes. 9"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 37,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–40) home.” 2 2 As the time drew near for David to die, he “I am about to go charged his son Solomon, 3 the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove And keep the charge of the yourself a man. LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that 4 you may prosper in all you do and wherever you and so that the LORD may fulfill His prom- turn, ise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of 5 Israel.’ a Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet. So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to 7 Sheol in peace. 6 b c But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzil- lai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me 8 when I fled from your brother Absalom. Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Ben- jamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’ Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you ar"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": ". . 12 Blessed are you when people insult you, per- secute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, be- cause great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before Salt and Light"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 38,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–22) For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith.a A Psalm of David. 1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger 2 or discipline me in Your wrath. Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in 3 agony. 4 My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long? Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; 5 save me because of Your loving devotion. 6 For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol? I am weary from groaning; 7 all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping. The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer. All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; Psalm 7 they will turn back in sudden disgrace. I Take Refuge in You A Shiggaion b of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. 1 8 9 10"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "| 515 Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, 25 for the LORD is holding his hand. I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous 26 abandoned or their children begging for bread. They are ever generous and quick to lend, 27 and their children are a blessing. 28 Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever. For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, 29 but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off. The righteous will inherit the land 30 and dwell in it forever. The mouth of the righteous man utters 31 wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. The law of his God is in his heart; 32 his steps do not falter. Though the wicked lie in wait for the 33 righteous, and seek to slay them, the LORD will not leave them in their power 34 or let them be condemned under judgment. Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, 35 you will see it. I have seen a wicked, ruthless man 36 flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, 37 yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found. Consider the blameless and observe the b 38 upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace. But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off. 39 The salvation of the righteous is from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him. Psalm 38 Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "18 11 19 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. a b 20 21 Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason. Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good. 22 Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God. Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior. Psalm 39 I Will Watch My Ways For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 1 I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle 2 as long as the wicked are present.” I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking 3 good, and my sorrow was stirred. My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. 4 Then I spoke with my tongue: “Show me, O LORD, my end 5 and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is. You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. 6 Selah Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches 7 not knowing who will haul them away. And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? 8 My hope is in You. Deliver me from all my transgressions; 9 do not make me the reproach of fools. I have become mute; 10 I do not open my mouth because of what You have done. Remove Your scourge from me; My enemies are vigorous and strong a 19 gods I am perishing by the force of Your hand. d 6 who run after lies One DSS manuscript; MT or 10:5–7 Hebrew; some LXX ma"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 40,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–17 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "–8 (see also LXX) ber when you were first enlightened. 21 22 e But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and through the Holy Place preserve their souls. Remem- d 19 e 20 g 30 Or"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 41,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–13) things, you will be blessed if you do them. 18 17 b c 19 I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has I am telling you lifted up his heel against Me.’ now before it happens, so that when it comes to Truly, truly, pass, you will believe that I am He. I tell you, whoever receives the one I send re- ceives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the 21 One who sent Me.” 20 After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one 22 of you will betray Me.” 23 d 24 The disciples looked at one another, perplexed as to which of them He meant. One of His dis- ciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side. So Simon Peter motioned to him 25 to ask Jesus which one He was talking about. Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, 26 who is it?” 27 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Si- And when Judas had taken the mon Iscariot. morsel, Satan entered into him. 28 Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.” But no one at the table knew Since Judas why Jesus had said this to him. kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was was reclining d 23 c 18 29 Or Cited in"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "Greek"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "| 517 Psalm 41 Victory over Betrayal"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 44,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–26) interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine As it is or nakedness or danger or sword? written: 36 “For Your sake we face death all day long; a we are considered as sheep to be 37 slaughtered.” 38 No, in all these things we are more than con- For I am querors through Him who loved us. convinced that neither death nor life, neither an- gels nor principalities, neither the present nor neither height nor the future, nor any powers, depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Paul’s Concern for the Jews Christ Jesus our Lord. 39 9 3 4 2 I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy I have deep sorrow and unceasing an- Spirit. guish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake the of my brothers, my own flesh and blood, people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the Theirs are the patriarchs, and from promises. them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who God’s Sovereign Choice is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "Or a 8 “Through Isaac your offspring will be reck- oned.” So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring. For this b is what the promise stated: “At the appointed 10 time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.” 9 11 12 Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac. Yet be- fore the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election not by works but by Him who might stand, 13 calls, she was told, “The older will serve the d So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but younger.” 14 Esau I hated.” 15 c What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Cer- For He says to Moses: tainly not! “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom e 16 I have compassion.” 17 f So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He 19 wants to harden. 18 20 One of you will say to me, “Then why does God But still find fault? For who can resist His will?” who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” Does not the pot- ter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for spec"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 45,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–17 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "–7 Or"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "| 519 It was by Your right hand, 4 Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them. You are my King, O God, 5 who ordains victories for Jacob. Through You we repel our foes; since He knows the secrets of the heart? Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; d we are considered as sheep to be 23 slaughtered. 24 Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever. 6 through Your name we trample our 25 Why do You hide Your face enemies. a For I do not trust in my bow, 7 nor does my sword save me. For You save us from our enemies; 8 and forget our affliction and oppression? 26 For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth. Rise up; be our help! You put those who hate us to shame. In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah 9 Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion. Psalm 45 My Heart Is Stirred by a Noble Theme (1 Kings 3:1–15 ; 2 Chr. 1:1–13 ; Ps. 72:1–20) 10 But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies. 11 You have made us retreat from the foe, For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil e of the sons of Korah. A love song. and those who hate us have plundered us. 1 You have given us up as sheep to be 12 devoured; You have scattered us among the nations. 13 You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale. You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, 14 a mockery and derision to those around us. You have made us"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "8 5 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you 9 glad. God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning 6 dawns. Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; 7 The daughters of kings are among your the earth melts when He lifts His voice. honored women; 10 the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir. Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: 11 Forget your people and your father’s house, 12 and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord. 13 The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor. 14 All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold. In colorful garments she is led to the king; 15 her virgin companions are brought before you. 16 They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king. The LORD of Hosts is with us; 8 the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah Come, see the works of the LORD, 9 who brings devastation upon the earth. He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; b He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire. 10 “Be still and know that I am God; 11 I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.” The LORD of Hosts is with us; Selah the God of Jacob is our fortress. Psalm 47 Clap Your Hands, All You Peoples For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Your sons will succeed your fathers; 17 you will"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 46,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–11) 13 14 In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sen- nacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured So Hezekiah all the fortified cities of Judah. king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” a And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver Hezekiah gave him and thirty talents of gold. all the silver that was found in the house of the 16 LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace. 15 b At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem of Assyria. (2 Chronicles 32:9–19 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 49,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–20) words. Therefore, fear God. 8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the de- nial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one offi- cial is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them. The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields. 9 606 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "| 521 2 both low and high, 3 rich and poor alike. My mouth will impart wisdom, 4 and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding. I will incline my ear to a proverb; 5 I will express my riddle with the harp: Why should I fear in times of trouble, 6 when wicked usurpers surround me? e They trust in their wealth 7 and boast in their great riches. No man can possibly redeem his brother 8 or pay his ransom to God. 9 For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice, that he should live on forever 10 and not see decay. For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both 11 perish f and leave their wealth to others. Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their 12 Selah namesakes. 13 But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish. g 10 Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion. 11 Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness. c Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments. 12 13 March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers, 14 consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation. For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death. Psalm 49 The Evanescence of Wealth"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 50,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "Psalm 50 The Mighty One Calls A Psalm of Asaph. 1 The Mighty One, God the LORD, 2 speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets. From Zion, perfect in beauty, 3 God shines forth. Our God approaches and will not be silent! 4 Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him. He summons the heavens above, 5 and the earth, that He may judge His people: “Gather to Me My saints, 6 who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.” a And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, Selah 7 for God Himself is Judge. “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, 8 O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God. I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, 9 and your burnt offerings are ever before Me. 10 I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, 11 12 for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell you, 13 for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof. 14 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? Sacrifice a thank offering to God, 15 and fulfill your vows to the Most High. Call upon Me in the day of trouble; 16 I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.” To the wicked, however, God says, 17 “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? 18 For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you. When you see a thief, you befriend him, 19 and throw in"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 51,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–19) sight of the LORD. 12 3 2 Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the The rich man had a great number of other poor. but the poor man had nothing sheep and cattle, except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his chil- dren. It shared his food and drank from his cup; and was like a daughter to it slept in his arms 4 him. a Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and 5 prepared it for his guest.” David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the Because he man who did this deserves to die! has done this thing and has shown no pity, he 7 must pay for the lamb four times over.” 6 8 Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered I gave your master’s you from the hand of Saul. house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given 9 you even more. Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword Now, therefore, the sword of the Ammonites. in his bosom a 3 will neve"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "(see also LXX) i 3"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 52,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9) est of Hereth. 6 Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was sitting un- der the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing 7 around him. Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you command- Is that why all of ers of thousands or hundreds? a 3 you have conspired against me? Not one of you go forth 8 Syriac and Vulgate; Hebrew 10 But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed him- self with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob. Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the 11 sword of Goliath the Philistine.” Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king. “Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. 13 “Here I am, my lord,” he replied. 12 And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, 14 as he is doing today.” Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s 15 son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard and honored in your house? Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 53,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": ". is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142. 544 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "| 523 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, “Look at the man 14 and sinners will return to You. Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your 15 righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, 16 who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth 8 and strengthened himself by destruction.” But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God 9 and my mouth will declare Your praise. For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would forever and ever. I will praise You forever, 17 bring it; because You have done it. You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. I will wait on Your name— The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; 18 a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. 19 In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem. Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; Psalm 52 then bulls will be offered on Your altar. Why Do You Boast of Evil? (1 Samuel 22:6–23) For the choirmaster. A Maskil a of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” 1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all 2 day long. Your tongue devises destruction 3 like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah 4 You love every word that devours, 5 O deceitful tongue. Surely God"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 54,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) Keilah.) 7 When Saul was told that David had gone to Kei- lah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a 8 town with gates and bars.” Then Saul summoned all his troops to go to war 9 at Keilah and besiege David and his men. When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring 10 the ephod.” a 11 And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account. Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your a 11 servant.” Some manuscripts omit this question. 12 “He will,” said the LORD. So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah sur- render me and my men into the hand of Saul?” 13 “They will,” said the LORD. Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that Da- vid had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go 14 forth. And David stayed in the wilderness strong- holds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but 15 God would not deliver David into his hand. 16 While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in life. Horesh and strengthened his hand in God, say- ing, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 56,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–13) 8 But the boy did not know anything; only Jona- Then than and David knew the arrangement. Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, 41 “Go, take it back to the city.” a Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, be- 9 cause the king’s mission was urgent.” When the young man had gone, David got up fell facedown, from the south side of the stone, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though 42 David wept more. The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one here.” And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for a 41 the two of us have sworn in the name of the from beside the stone from the south side And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.” Hebrew ; LXX 1 Samuel 22:20 | 271 10 11 That day David fled from Saul and went to But the servants of Achish Achish king of Gath. said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against 9 me, as is the case today.” ‘Saul has slain his thousands, 12 and David his tens of thousands’?” 13 N"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 57,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–11 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 525 Psalm 57 In You My Soul Takes Refuge (1 Samuel 22:1–5 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 58,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "Psalm 58 God Judges the Earth For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam a of David. 1 Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? 2 Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? No, in your hearts you devise injustice; 3 with your hands you mete out violence on the earth. The wicked are estranged from the womb; 4 the liars go astray from birth. Their venom is like the venom of a snake, 5 like a cobra that shuts its ears, refusing to hear the tune of the charmer 6 who skillfully weaves his spell. 7 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions. May they vanish like water that runs off; b when they draw the bow, 8 may their arrows be blunted. Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun. Before your pots can feel the burning 9 thorns— 10 whether green or dry— He will sweep them away. The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; 11 they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the Psalm 59 earth!” Deliver Me from My Enemies (1 Samuel 19:1–24) For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam c of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. 1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; 2 protect me from those who rise against me. Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed. a 1 Miktam may they wither lik"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 59,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–17) esteemed. 19 Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. 2 3 so he But Jonathan delighted greatly in David, warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there. I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, 4 I will tell you.” 5 Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you. He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against 6 innocent blood by killing David for no reason?” Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will 7 not be put to death.” So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to 8 Saul, and David was with Saul as before. 9 a 10 But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was play- Saul tried to pin him to the wall ing the harp, with his spear. But David eluded him and the spear struck the wall. And David fled and es- 11 caped that night. Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But Da- vid"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 60,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–12) 18 Some time later, David defeated the Phil- istines, subdued them, and took Gath and 2 its villages from the hand of the Philistines. David also defeated the Moabites, and they be- 3 came subject to David and brought him tribute. c As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to es- 4 along the Euphrates River. tablish his dominion David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thou- sand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the 5 horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots. d 6 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down Then he twenty-two thousand of their men. in Aram of Damascus, and the placed garrisons e Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious 7 wherever he went. f 8 And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to and Cun, cities of Jerusalem. Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the g 9 pillars, and various bronze articles. And from Tibhath h 10 When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king to greet he sent his son Hadoram of Zobah, King David and bless him for fighting and defeat- ing Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and and King David dedicated silver and bronze, these to the LORD, along with the silv"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 62,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "| 527 Psalm 61 You Have Heard My Vows For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. Of David. 1 Hear my cry, O God; 2 attend to my prayer. From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock 3 that is higher than I. For You have been my refuge, 4 a tower of strength against the enemy. Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your Selah 5 wings. For You have heard my vows, O God; You have given me the inheritance reserved for those who fear Your name. 6 Increase the days of the king’s life; 7 may his years span many generations. May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; 8 appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him. Then I will ever sing praise to Your name and fulfill my vows day by day. Psalm 62 Waiting on God God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem 7 and apportion the Valley of Succoth. Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My 8 scepter. Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.” 9 Who will bring me to the fortified city? 10 Who will lead me to Edom? Have You not rejected us, O God? For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 1 In God alone my soul finds rest; 2 my salvation comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation. 3 He is my fortress; I will never be shaken. How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning w"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "5 7 Rest in God alone, O my soul, 6 for my hope comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; 7 For You are my help; 8 I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings. He is my fortress; I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor rest on God, my My soul clings to You; 9 Your right hand upholds me. 8 strong rock; my refuge is in God. Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah 9 Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. 10 Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor. Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, 11 do not set your heart upon them. God has spoken once; 12 I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God, a and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds. Psalm 63 Thirsting for God (2 Samuel 15:30–37) 10 11 But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth. They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes. But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut. Psalm 64 The Hurtful Tongue"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "BYZ and TR"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 64,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–10) so faith without deeds is dead. 3 2 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who We all stum- teach will be judged more strictly. ble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control 3 his whole body. 4 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole ani- Consider ships as well. Although they are mal. so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the 5 pilot is inclined. 6 In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider The how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze. tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, 7 and is itself set on fire by hell. k 8 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and crea- tures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. 9 It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 10 With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come l 11 blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be! My brothers, can a flow from the same spring? fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Nei- The Wisdom from Above ther can a salt spring 13 12 Can both fresh water and salt water produce fresh water. m Who is wise and underst"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 66,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–20) 8 Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, A Psalm of thanksgiving. that I may cut off every evildoer from the 1 2 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. Serve the LORD with gladness; 3 come into His presence with joyful songs. a Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His 4 pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name. 5 For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations. Psalm 101 I Will Set No Worthless Thing before My Eyes A Psalm of David. 1 I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; 2 to You, O LORD, I will sing praises. I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house 3 with integrity of heart. I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; 4 it shall not cling to me. A perverse heart shall depart from me; 5 I will know nothing of evil. city of the LORD. Psalm 102 The Prayer of the Afflicted A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. 1 Hear my prayer, O LORD; 2 let my cry for help come before You. Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; 3 answer me quickly when I call. For my days vanish like smoke, 4 and my bones burn like glowing embers. My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "| 529 Psalm 66 Make a Joyful Noise"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "16 3 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done 17 for me. a 18 I cried out to Him with my mouth 19 and praised Him with my tongue. If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But God has surely heard; 20 He has attended to the sound of my prayer. Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion! Psalm 67 May God Cause His Face to Shine upon Us For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. 1 May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah 2 3 that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations. 4 Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth. 5 Selah Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You. 6 7 The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us. God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth shall fear Psalm 68 Him. God’s Enemies Are Scattered For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. 1 God arises. His enemies are 2 scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence. As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence and His praise was on my tongue of God. b 4 a 17 But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy. 4 Sing to God! b Sing p"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 68,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "BYZ and TR"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 69,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "| 531 This is the mountain God chose for 31 until it submits, bringing bars of silver. His dwelling, Scatter the nations who delight in war. d where the LORD will surely dwell forever. Envoys will arrive from Egypt; 17 The chariots of God are tens of thousands— a thousands of thousands are they; 32 Cush will stretch out her hands to God. the Lord is in His sanctuary 18 as He was at Sinai. You have ascended on high; b You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there. 19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah 20 Our God is a God of deliverance; 21 the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death. Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, 22 the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways. The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from 1 Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; sing praises to the Lord— 33 Selah to Him who rides upon the highest heavens 34 of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds. Ascribe the power to God, 35 whose majesty is over Israel, whose strength is in the skies. O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God! Psalm 69 The Waters Are up to My Neck For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Bashan, 23 I will bring them up from the depths of the sea, that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes— the tongues of your dogs in the 24 same.” They have seen Y"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "8 9 I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons, because zeal for Your house has consumed a me, b 25 May their place be deserted; 26 let there be no one to dwell in their tents. For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You 27 e 10 and the insults of those who insult You wounded. have fallen on me. I wept and fasted, 11 but it brought me reproach. I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them. 12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards. 13 But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. 14 In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation. Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes 15 and out of the deep waters. Do not let the floods engulf me 16 or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me. Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great 17 compassion. Hide not Your face from Your servant, 36 18 for I am in distress. Answer me quickly! Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes. 19 You know my reproach, my shame and 20 disgrace. All my adversaries are before You. Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. 21 I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one. 1 They poisoned my food with gall Add iniquity to their iniquity; 28 let them not share in Your righteousness. May they be blotted out of the Book"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "unique BYZ and TR include e 13 d must be born again.’ Flesh is born of flesh, but water and the Spirit. 8 spirit is born of the Spirit. Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the 9 Spirit.” 10 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked. 11 “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you Truly, truly, I do not understand these things? tell you, we speak of what we know, and we tes- tify to what we have seen, and yet you people do 12 not accept our testimony. e If I have told you about earthly things and you 13 do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you No one has ascended about heavenly things? 14 into heaven except the One who descended from Just as Moses lifted heaven—the Son of Man. up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man f must be lifted up, that everyone who believes 16 in Him may have eternal life. g 15 17 18 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in For Him shall not perish but have eternal life. God did not send His Son into the world to con- demn the world, but to save the world through Whoever believes in Him is not con- Him. demned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not 19 believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather 20 than the Light"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": ". WH includes ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "–23 (see also LXX) Or"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 70,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 72,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–20) 1 Now Solomon son of David established him- self securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted 2 him. Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the com- manders of thousands and of hundreds, to the 3 judges, and to every leader in all Israel—the And Solomon and the heads of the families. whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meet- ing, which Moses the servant of the LORD had 4 made in the wilderness. Now David had brought the ark of God from Kir- iath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, 5 because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem. But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the taber- the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before nacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly 6 inquired of Him there. a Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar at the Tent of Meeting, 7 where he offered a thousand burnt offerings. That night God appeared to Solomon and said, 8 “Ask, and I will give it to you!” b Solomon replied to God: “You have shown much 9 loving devotion to my father David, and You Now, O LORD have made me king in his place. God, let Your promise to my father David be ful- 10 filled. For You have made me king over a people Now as numerous as the dust of the earth. grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may For who is able to govern this lead this people. 11 great people of Yours?” c 12 honor for yourself or death for your enemies— and since you h"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "| 533 May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation 5 always say, “Let God be magnified!” But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay. Psalm 71 Be My Rock of Refuge 1 In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; 2 3 incline Your ear and save me. Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, 4 for You are my rock and my fortress. Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the 5 wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless. 6 For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth. I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You. I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge. My mouth is filled with Your praise 7 8 9 My mouth will declare Your righteousness 16 and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure. I will come in the strength of the Lord GOD; 17 I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone. O God, You have taught me from my youth, 18 and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds. Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next 19 generation, Your might to all who are to come. Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, 20 You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You? Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, 21"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "3 13 May the mountains bring peace to the people, 4 and the hills bring righteousness. May he vindicate the afflicted among the 14 He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed. He will redeem them from oppression people; may he save the children of the a needy 5 and crush the oppressor. May they fear him as long as the sun shines, 6 as long as the moon remains, through all generations. May he be like rain that falls on freshly 7 cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth. righteous flourish in his days May the and prosperity abound until the moon is no more. 8 b May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates 9 to the ends of the earth. 10 May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust. May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; 11 may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him. 12 15 and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight. Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; 16 may they bless him all day long. May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, 17 the people of its cities like the grass of the field. c May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed. 18 19 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does mar"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 74,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–23 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "7 They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; 8 they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name. They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place 9 where God met us in the land. There are no signs for us to see. Psalm 75 God’s Righteous Judgment"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 75,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–10) but also approve of those who practice them. 2 3 2 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemn- ing yourself, because you who pass judgment do And we know that God’s judg- the same things. ment against those who do such things is based So when you, O man, pass judgment on on truth. 4 others, yet do the same things, do you think you Or do you disre- will escape God’s judgment? gard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads 5 you to repentance? 7 But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself 6 for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judg- a God “will repay each one ment will be revealed. To those who by per- according to his deeds.” severance in doing good seek glory, honor, and But for immortality, He will give eternal life. those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath 9 and anger. 8 10 There will be trouble and distress for every hu- man being who does evil, first for the Jew, then but glory, honor, and peace for for the Greek; everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then For God does not show favorit- for the Greek. 12 ism. 11 All who sin apart from the law will also perish 13 apart from the law, and all who sin under the law For it is not the hear- will be judged by the law. ers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 78,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–72) 34 35 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spo- ken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; c I will utter things hidden since the The Parable of the Weeds Explained"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "(see also . 43 throw them into the fiery furnace, where there Then will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. a the righteous will shine like the sun in the king- dom of their Father. The Parables of the Treasure and the Pearl He who has ears, let him hear. 44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and 45 bought that field. 46 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a mer- chant in search of fine pearls. When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold The Parable of the Net all he had and bought it. 47 48 Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into 49 containers, but threw the bad away. 50 So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery fur- nace, where there will be weeping and gnashing 51 of teeth. Have you understood all these things?” 52 “Yes,” they answered. Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his The Rejection at Nazareth storeroom new treasures as well as old.”"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "| 537 The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their 6 last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand. At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned. 7 You alone are to be feared. 8 When You are angry, who can stand before You? 9 From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still when God rose up to judge, 10 to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will a 11 clothe Yourself. Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; 12 let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared. He breaks the spirits of princes; Psalm 77 He is feared by the kings of the earth. In the Day of Trouble I Sought the Lord For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. 1 I cried out to God; 2 I cried aloud to God to hear me. In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands 3 did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted. I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah 4 You have kept my eyes from closing; 5 I am too troubled to speak. 6 I considered the days of old, the years long in the past. At night I remembered my song; 7 in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered: “Will the Lord spurn us forever 8 and never show His favor again? Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has God forgotten to be gracious? Selah Has His anger shut off His compassion?” 10 So I said, “I am grieved b 11 that the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "5 23 For He established a testimony in Jacob 24 and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, 6 Yet He commanded the clouds above a and opened the doors of the heavens. He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. 25 that the coming generation would know 26 Man ate the bread of angels; them— 7 even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children He sent them food in abundance. 27 He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might. that they should put their confidence in God, 28 He rained meat on them like dust, 8 not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments. Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, 9 whose spirit was not faithful to God. The archers of Ephraim 10 11 turned back on the day of battle. They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law. 12 They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them. He worked wonders before their fathers 13 in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. 14 He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall. 15 He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night. He split the rocks in the wilderness 16 and gave them drink as abundant as the seas. He brought streams from the stone 17 and made water flow down like rivers. But they continued to sin against Him, 18 rebelling in the desert ag"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "; see also"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 79,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–13 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "| 539 drink. 46 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, 47 and frogs that devastated them. He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust. a 48 49 He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet. He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning. He unleashed His fury against them, 50 wrath, indignation, and calamity— a band of destroying angels. He cleared a path for His anger; 51 He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham. 52 He led out His people like sheep 53 and guided them like a flock in the wilderness. 54 He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies. He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired. 1 55 wedding songs. His priests fell by the sword, 65 but their widows could not lament. 66 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine. 67 He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame. 68 He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim. 69 But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. 70 He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever. 71 He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance. 72 So David shepherde"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "7 6 for they have devoured Jacob 8 and devastated his homeland. Do not hold past sins against us; 9 let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name. Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” 10 Before our eyes, make known among the nations 11 Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants. 12 May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death. Pay back into the laps of our neighbors 13 sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord. Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise. Psalm 80 Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. 1 Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the 2 cherubim, shine forth before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us. 3 Restore us, O God, 4 and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved. O LORD God of Hosts, 5 how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people? You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of a 11 their tears. You make us contend with our neighbors; 7 our enemies mock us. Restore us, O God of Hosts, 8 and cause Your face to shine upon us, th"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 82,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "the temple e 34 Some manuscripts do not include 37 38 If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me. But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and under- stand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the 39 Father.” At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He es- John’s Testimony Confirmed caped their grasp. 40 41 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there. Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, every- thing he said about this man was true.” And The Death of Lazarus many in that place believed in Jesus. 42 11 2 At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord 3 with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.) So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one a 4 You love is sick.” When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through 5 it.” 6 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Laz- So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He and then He arus. stayed where He was for two days, 8 said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” 7 “Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to 9 stone You, and You are going back there?” 10 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyon"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 83,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "| 541 For this is a statute for Israel, 5 a an ordinance of the God of Jacob. He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph 6 when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language: They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are d shaken. 6 I have said, ‘You are gods; 7 “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; 7 his hands were freed from the basket. You called out in distress, and I rescued you; b 8 you are all sons of the Most High.’ But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.” I answered you from the cloud of thunder; Selah I tested you at the waters of Meribah. 8 Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: 9 10 O Israel, if only you would listen to Me! There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god. I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. 11 Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it. 12 But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me. 13 So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. 14 If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways, 15 how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes! Those who hate the LORD would feign 16 obedience, and their doom would last forever. But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” Psalm 82 God Presides in the Divine Assembly Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inh"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "16 11 Cover their faces with shame, 17 that they may seek Your name, O LORD. For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; May they be ever ashamed and terrified; 18 may they perish in disgrace. May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth. Psalm 84 Better Is One Day in Your Courts"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 84,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–12) of the desire or will of man, but born of God. 14 11 13 b c The Word became flesh and made His dwelling We have seen His glory, the glory of from the Father, full of among us. the one and only Son 15 grace and truth. John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was be- 16 fore me.’ ” 17 From His fullness we have all received grace For the law was given through Mo- upon grace. 18 ses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but the one and only is at the Father’s d e Son, who is Himself God and comprehended a 5 side, has made Him known. only begotten God, who g 26 b 14 Or in Or ; BYZ and TR Or 19 20 And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?” He did not refuse to confess, 21 but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.” “Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” 22 He answered, “No.” So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say 23 about yourself?” John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, f ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’ ” 24 25 Then the Pharisees who had been sent asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the g 26 Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” 27 “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but He is among you stands One yo"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 88,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": ". the fortunes of His people is probably a musical or liturgical LXX Cited in"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "| 543 Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and Psalm 87 The LORD Loves the Gates of Zion comforted me. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A song. 1 He has founded His city 2 on the holy mountains. a The LORD loves the gates of Zion 3 more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are ascribed to you, 4 O city of God. b Selah “I will mention Rahab and Babylon c among those who know Me— along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush 5 — when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’ ” And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.” 6 The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: 7 “This one was born in Zion.” Selah Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.” Psalm 88 I Cry Out before You A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth.d A Maskil e of Heman the Ezrahite. 1 O LORD, the God of my salvation, 2 day and night I cry out before You. May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry. For my soul is full of troubles, 3 4 and my life draws near to Sheol. But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and I am counted among those descending to the gracious God, 16 slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness. Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; His foundation is on the holy mountains save the son of Your maidservant. b 4 Rahab a 1 d 1 Ma"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "6 3 8 10 11 7 You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths. Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah You said, “I have made a covenant with 4 My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant: ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all Selah You have removed my friends from me; 5 generations.’ ” You have made me repulsive 9 to them; I am confined and cannot escape. The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You. Do You work wonders for the dead? Selah Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? 6 Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones. c For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? 7 Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD? Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed a 12 in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon ? Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, 8 In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him. 13 or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion? But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; 14 in the morning my prayer comes before You. Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face 15 from me? From my youth I was afflicted and near 16 death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. 17 Your wrath has swept over me; 18 Your terrors have destroyed me. All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side. You have r"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 89,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 52,
              "text": "| 545 20 “I have bestowed help on a warrior; Now, however, You have spurned and I have exalted one chosen from the people. 39 rejected him; 21 I have found My servant David; You are enraged by Your anointed one. with My sacred oil I have anointed him. You have renounced the covenant with My hand will sustain him; 22 surely My arm will strengthen him. 23 No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him. 24 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, 40 Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust. You have broken down all his walls; 41 You have reduced his strongholds to rubble. All who pass by plunder him; 42 he has become a reproach to his neighbors. 25 and through My name his horn will be You have exalted the right hand of his exalted. 43 foes; 26 I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers. He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’ 27 28 I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. I will forever preserve My loving devotion for 29 him, and My covenant with him will stand fast. I will establish his line forever, 30 his throne as long as the heavens endure. 31 If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, 32 if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments, I will attend to their transgression with the 33 rod, and to their iniquity with stripes. But I will not withd"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 90,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": ". the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ j 10 will be found Or dissolved will be unable to hide f 22 Or . BYZ and TR ; SBL, NE, and WH , i.e., . ; also in verses 11 and 12. Or k 10"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 91,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "–12"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 93,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5) 1 The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; 2 let the earth quake! Great is the LORD in Zion; 3 He is exalted above all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome b name— 4 He is holy! c The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice 5 and righteousness in Jacob. Exalt the LORD our God, 6 and worship at His footstool; He is holy! A Psalm. 1 Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm 2 have gained Him the victory. The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the 3 nations. He has remembered His love and faithfulness Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. 7 They called to the LORD and He answered. He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; 8 they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them. O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds. 9 to the house of Israel; Exalt the LORD our God all the ends of the earth a 11 c 4 have seen the salvation of our God. The might of the King loves justice. and worship at His holy mountain, it is holy! Light is sown for the LORD our God is holy. b 3 One Hebrew manuscript, LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts Or Or 550 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 94,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "That is, Peter BYZ and TR BYZ and TR Or Expel the Immoral Brother 12 1 Corinthians 7:7 | 1025 9 10 11 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunk- ard or a swindler. With such a man do not even 12 eat. world. 13 What business of mine is it to judge those out- side the church? Are you not to judge those in- side? God will judge those outside. “Expel the Lawsuits among Believers wicked man from among you.” a 6 2 If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unright- eous instead of before the saints! Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not compe- Do you not know that tent to judge trivial cases? we will judge angels? How much more the things 4 of this life! 3 5 So if you need to settle everyday matters, do you appoint as judges those of no standing in I say this to your shame. Is there re- the church? 6 ally no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers? Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of 7 unbelievers! 8 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "| 547 Psalm 93 The LORD Reigns!"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "14 10 For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage. Surely judgment will again be righteous, 15 16 For forty years I was angry with that generation, d and I said, “They are a people whose and all the upright in heart will follow it. 11 hearts go astray, 20 21 22 23 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? 17 Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity? Unless the LORD had been my helper, 18 I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence. If I say, “My foot is slipping,” 19 Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me. When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul. Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree? They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge. a He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. Psalm 95 The LORD our God will destroy them. Do Not Harden Your Hearts"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 95,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–11) 7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: 8 “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, 9 in the day of testing in the wilderness, 10 where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, 11 and they have not known My ways.’ i So I swore on oath in My anger, The Peril of Unbelief ‘They shall never enter My rest.’ ” 12 13 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from But exhort one another daily, as the living God. long as it is called today, so that none of you may 14 be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ if we hold 15 firmly to the end the assurance we had at first. As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, j as you did in the rebellion.” 16 17 For who were the ones who heard and re- belled? Were they not all those Moses led out of And with whom was God angry for Egypt? forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who diso- So we see that it was because of their beyed? unbelief that they were unable to enter. c 13 to make pro- e 17 18 19 just as Moses in His house d 13 g 5 ; SBL j 15"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "–11 (see also LXX)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "; also in verse 5 g 12 of the oracles of God"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 96,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–13) 23 Sing to the LORD, all the earth. 24 Proclaim His salvation day after day. 25 Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples. For great is the LORD, and greatly to be 26 praised; He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols, 27 but it is the LORD who made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy fill His dwelling. He remembers Or Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts ; see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 98,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 99,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9) 1 The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; 2 it cannot be moved. 3 Your throne was established long ago; You are from all eternity. The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves. 4 Above the roar of many waters— 5 the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic. Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, Psalm 94 for all the days to come. The LORD Will Not Forget His People 1 O LORD, God of vengeance, 2 O God of vengeance, shine forth. Rise up, O Judge of the earth; 3 render a reward to the proud. How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult? 4 5 6 They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast. They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage. They kill the widow and the foreigner; 7 they murder the fatherless. They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.” 8 Take notice, O senseless among the people! 9 O fools, when will you be wise? 10 He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see? He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? 11 He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge? b The LORD knows the thoughts of man, 12 that they are futile. 13 Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law, a 11 Rock, my ears hear evildoers when they rise against me and i"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "| 549 4 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and 5 sing praises! 6 Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp. Clouds and darkness surround Him; 3 righteousness and justice are His throne’s With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King. 7 foundation. Fire goes before Him 4 and consumes His foes on every side. 5 His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax 6 at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness; 7 all the peoples see His glory. All worshipers of images are put to shame— 8 those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods! Zion hears and rejoices, 9 and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD. For You, O LORD, are Most High over all 10 the earth; You are exalted far above all gods. Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the a 11 wicked. 12 Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart. Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name. Psalm 98 Sing to the LORD a New Song"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 100,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5) For the choirmaster. A song. A Psalm. 1 1 Praise awaits You, O God, in Zion; 2 to You our vows will be fulfilled. O You who listen to prayer, 3 all people will come to You. When iniquities prevail against me, 4 You atone for our transgressions. Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, Make a joyful noise to God, 2 all the earth! Sing the glory of His name; 3 make His praise glorious. Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! 4 So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You. All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.” Selah 5 the holiness of Your temple. 5 With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth 6 and of the farthest seas. 7 You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might. 8 You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations. Those who live far away fear Your wonders; a Come and see the works of God; 6 how awesome are His deeds toward mankind. He turned the sea into dry land; 7 they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him. He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt Selah themselves. 8 You make the dawn and sunset shout 9 for joy. b Bless our God, O peoples; 9 let the sound of His praise be heard. You attend to the earth and water it; wi"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 102,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "–27 f 7"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 103,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "| 551 Let this be written for the generation to come, 19 so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD. For He looked down from the heights of His 20 sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth to hear a prisoner’s groaning, 21 to release those condemned to death, that they may proclaim the name of the LORD 22 in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem, when peoples and kingdoms assemble 23 The LORD executes righteousness 7 and justice for all the oppressed. He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel. 8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving 9 devotion. 10 He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever. 11 He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, to serve the LORD. 12 so great is His loving devotion for those He has broken my strength on the way; 24 He has cut short my days. I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst 25 of my days! Your years go on through all generations. In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, 26 and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. 27 Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on. a But You remain the same, 28 and Your years will never end. The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.” Psalm 103 Bless the LORD,"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 104,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "Psalm 104 How Many Are Your Works, O LORD! 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; 2 You are clothed with splendor and majesty. 3 He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent, laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, 4 a walking on the wings of the wind. He makes the winds His messengers, 5 flames of fire His servants. He set the earth on its foundations, 6 never to be moved. 7 You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At Your rebuke the waters fled; 8 at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— 9 the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— You set a boundary they cannot cross, 10 that they may never again cover the earth. He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains. They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. The birds of the air nest beside the springs; 11 12 13 they sing among the branches. He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His 14 works. He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth: 15 wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart. The trees of the LORD have their fill, 16 17 19 20 He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set. 21"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "(see also LXX)"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 105,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–15) 6 7 On that day David first committed to Asaph and his associates this song of thanksgiving to the LORD: a 3 a portion of meat b 15 “Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; 9 make known His deeds among the nations. Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; 10 tell of all His wonders. Glory in His holy name; 11 let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. Seek out the LORD and His strength; 12 seek His face always. Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He 13 has pronounced, O offspring of His servant Israel, 14 O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. He is the LORD our God; b 15 His judgments carry throughout the earth. His covenant forever, Remember 16 the word He ordained for a thousand generations— the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, 17 18 to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ‘I will give you the land of Canaan 19 as the portion of your inheritance.’ When they were few in number, 20 few indeed, and strangers in the land, 21 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. He let no man oppress them; 22 He rebuked kings on their behalf: ‘Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!’ Sing to the LORD, All the Earth"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": ". 28 42 1 Chronicles 17:13 | 389 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the 29 nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. 30 Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; 31 it cannot be moved. Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. 32 Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’ Let the sea resound, and all that fills it; 33 let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy 34 before the LORD, 35 for He is coming to judge the earth. Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; endures forever. His loving devotion a Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’ 36 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and “Praise the Worship before the Ark LORD!” 37 38 So David left Asaph and his associates there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily along with Obed-edom and his requirements, sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jedu- 39 thun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers. b Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for And the sons of Jeduthun were the songs of God. 43 stationed at the g"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 44,
              "text": "| 553 22 b to instruct his princes as he pleased 23 and teach his elders wisdom. Then Israel entered Egypt; 24 Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham. 2 make known His deeds among the And the LORD made His people very fruitful, 25 nations. Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; 3 tell of all His wonders. Glory in His holy name; more numerous than their foes, whose hearts He turned to hate His people, 26 to conspire against His servants. He sent Moses His servant, 27 4 let the hearts of those who seek the LORD and Aaron, whom He had chosen. rejoice. Seek out the LORD and His strength; 5 seek His face always. Remember the wonders He has done, They performed His miraculous signs among 28 them, and wonders in the land of Ham. He sent darkness, and it became dark— c 6 His marvels, and the judgments He has 29 yet they defied His words. pronounced, 7 O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. He is the LORD our God; 8 His judgments carry throughout the earth. He remembers His covenant forever, 9 the word He ordained for a thousand generations— 10 11 the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: 12 “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.” 13 When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, 14 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. 15 He let no man oppre"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 45,
              "text": "45 16 that they might keep His statutes a and obey His laws. Hallelujah! Psalm 106 Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good 1 b Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; 2 His loving devotion endures forever. Who can describe the mighty acts of the 3 LORD or fully proclaim His praise? Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times. 4 Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your 5 people; In the camp they envied Moses, 17 as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD. 18 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram. Then fire blazed through their company; 19 d flames consumed the wicked. 20 At Horeb they made a calf e and worshiped a molten image. 21 They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox. 22 They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt, wondrous works in the land of Ham, 23 and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one visit me with Your salvation, 24 stood before Him in the breach that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen to divert His wrath from destroying them. ones, 6 and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance. We have sinned like our fathers; 7 we have done wrong and acted wickedly. Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; c but they rebelled by the sea, 8 there at the Red Sea. 25 They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe H"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 106,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 48,
              "text": "| 555 37 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. 38 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their 39 40 deeds. So the anger of the LORD burned against His 41 people, and He abhorred His own inheritance. He delivered them into the hand of the nations, 42 and those who hated them ruled over them. Their enemies oppressed them Many times He rescued them, 44 but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity. 45 Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress. And He remembered His covenant with them, 46 and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion. 47 He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive. Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, 48 that we may glory in Your praise. Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” and subdued them under their hand. Hallelujah! BOOK V Psalms 107–150 Psalm 107 Thanksgiving for Deliverance (Matt. 8:23–27 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 107,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–43 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 108,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–13 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 109,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "Or ; cited in is 2,000 cubits (approximately 3,000 feet or 914.4 meters) Psalm The Holy Spirit at Pentecost"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "| 557 35 10 36 He turns a desert into pools of water 11 Who will bring me to the fortified city? and a dry land into flowing springs. He causes the hungry to settle there, Who will lead me to Edom? Have You not rejected us, O God? 37 that they may establish a city in which to 12 Will You no longer march out, O God, with dwell. our armies? 38 They sow fields and plant vineyards 13 Give us aid against the enemy, that yield a fruitful harvest. 39 40 He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish. When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow, He pours out contempt on the nobles 41 and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland. 42 But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks. The upright see and rejoice, 43 and all iniquity shuts its mouth. Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD. Psalm 108 Israel’s Kingdom Blessing"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "16 For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and 17 brokenhearted, even to their death. The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, 18 may it be far from him. The cursing that he wore like a coat, 19 may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil. 20 May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him. May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, 21 to those who speak evil against me. But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; 22 deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion. For I am poor and needy; 23 my heart is wounded within me. I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; 24 I am shaken off like a locust. My knees are weak from fasting, 25 and my body grows lean and gaunt. I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their 26 heads. Help me, O LORD my God; 27 save me according to Your loving devotion. 28 Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it. Though they curse, You will bless. Psalm 110 God’s Faithful Messiah"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 110,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "Or 1078 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 112,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–10) 2 A song of ascents. 3 O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy. 1 2 Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways! 3 For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots 4 sitting around your table. 5 In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD. May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of 6 Jerusalem all the days of your life, that you may see your children’s children. Psalm 129 The Cords of the Wicked Peace be upon Israel! A song of ascents. 1 Many a time they have persecuted me from 2 my youth— let Israel now declare— many a time they have persecuted me from 3 my youth, but they have not prevailed against me. 4 The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. The LORD is righteous; 5 He has cut me from the cords of the wicked. 6 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame. 7 8 May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow, unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves. May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; Psalm 130 we bless you in the name of the LORD.” Out of the Depths A song of ascents. 4 5 If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand? But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared. 6 I wait for the LORD;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 113,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9) 12 1 a b Now there was a man named Elkanah who in the hill was from Ramathaim-zophim country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, 2 the son of Tohu, the son of the son of Elihu, He had two wives, one Zuph, an Ephraimite. named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And 3 Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. 4 Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and And when- Phinehas, were priests to the LORD. ever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife But Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters. to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed 6 her womb. 5 c 7 Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her. And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not 8 eat. “Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten Hannah Prays for a Son sons?” 9 So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of 10 the LORD. 11 In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears. And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maid"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 115,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "| 559 Psalm 113 The LORD Exalts the Humble (1 Samuel 1:1–8) 1 c Hallelujah! 2 3 Give praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD. Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore. From where the sun rises to where it sets, 4 the name of the LORD is praised. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of The LORD is exalted over all the nations, 5 wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. Psalm 112 His praise endures forever! The Blessed Fear of the LORD"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "2 because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness. 3 Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases. 4 8 9 14 15 16 5 Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. 6 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear; 7 they have noses, but cannot smell; they have hands, but cannot feel; a they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats. Those who make them become like them, b as do all who trust in them. O Israel, 10 trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield. O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! 11 He is their help and shield. You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! 12 He is their help and shield. The LORD is mindful of us; He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; 13 He will bless the house of Aaron; He will bless those who fear the LORD— small and great alike. May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children. May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. 17 The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind. 18 It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence. But it is we who will bless the LORD, c both now and forevermore. 3 The ropes of death entangled me; 4 the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow. 5 Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!” 6 The LORD is gracious and righteous"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 116,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "(see also LXX) SBL 1038 | 2 Corinthians 6:1 Paul’s Hardships and God’s Grace 18 6 a 2 And: As God’s fellow workers, not to receive God’s grace in vain. then, we urge you For He says: b “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day 3 of salvation! We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no 4 one can discredit our ministry. 7 5 Rather, as servants of God we commend our- selves in every way: in great endurance; in trou- bles, hardships, and calamities; in beatings, 6 imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger; in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteous- ness in the right hand and in the left; through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine; unknown, yet well- 10 known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and 11 yet possessing everything. 8 9 12 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. 13 Our hearts are open wide. It is not our affec- tion, but yours, that is restrained. As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open Do Not Be Unequally Yoked wide your hearts also. 14 c 15 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light What harmony is there hav"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 117,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 118,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "(see also LXX) Grace be with all of you. d 6 Amen. g 25 James 16 17 A Greeting from James"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "–23 A denarius was customarily a day’s wage for a laborer; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "; also in verse 15. BYZ and TR include f 9 is a transliteration of the Hebrew e 9 Hosanna TR is similar. When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole b 22 or be baptized with the baptism with city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?” and be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized Hosia-na BYZ includes Save, we pray Save now g 9 “Hosanna in the highest . , meaning or , which"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 26,
              "text": "Or See"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 119,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "| 561 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to 20 the LORD. 21 This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it. I will give You thanks, for You have answered 22 me, 23 and You have become my salvation. d The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. e 24 This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes. 25 This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. f O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper! g Blessed is he who comes in the name of the 27 LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you. The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. h but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. 28 Bind the festal sacrifice with cords They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut 12 them off. They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning 13 thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off. 14 I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me. 15 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. to the horns of the altar. 29 You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You. Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. Psalm 119 Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet א ALEPH 1 i Blessed 2 are those whose way is blameless, Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the who walk in the Law of the LORD. tents of the righteous: Bl"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "7 27 I will praise You with an upright heart 8 when I learn Your righteous judgments. 28 Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders. I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me. ב BETH 9 10 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word. With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your 11 commandments. 12 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You. 13 Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes. 14 With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth. I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies 15 as much as in all riches. 16 I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways. I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. ג GIMEL 17 18 Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word. 19 Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law. I am a stranger on the earth; 20 do not hide Your commandments from me. 21 My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times. You rebuke the arrogant— 22 the cursed who stray from Your commandments. Remove my scorn and contempt, 23 for I have kept Your testimonies. 24 Though rulers sit and slander me, 29 My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word. 30 Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law. 31 I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me. 32 I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me no"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 84,
              "text": "| 563 which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes. ז ZAYIN 49 50 Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope. 51 This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life. 52 The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law. I remember Your judgments of old, 53 O LORD, and in them I find comfort. Rage has taken hold of me 54 because of the wicked who reject Your law. 55 Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage. 56 In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law. This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts. ח HETH 57 58 The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your 59 promise. I considered my ways 60 and turned my steps to Your testimonies. 61 I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments. 62 Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law. 63 64 At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments. I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts. The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; ט teach me Your statutes. TETH 65 but now I keep Your word. 69 You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes. Though the arrogant have smeared me with 70 lies, a I keep Your precepts with all my heart. 71 Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law. 72 It was good for me to be afflicted, that"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 85,
              "text": "85 The arrogant have dug pits for me 86 in violation of Your law. All Your commandments are faithful; 87 I am persecuted without cause—help me! They almost wiped me from the earth, 88 but I have not forsaken Your precepts. Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your ל LAMEDH mouth. 89 90 Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens. Your faithfulness continues through all 91 generations; a You established the earth, and it endures. Your ordinances stand to this day, 92 for all things are servants to You. If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my 93 affliction. I will never forget Your precepts, 94 for by them You have revived me. I am Yours; save me, 95 for I have sought Your precepts. The wicked wait to destroy me, 96 but I will ponder Your testimonies. I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without מ MEM limit. 97 Oh, how I love Your law! 98 All day long it is my meditation. Your commandments make me wiser than 99 my enemies, for they are always with me. I have more insight than all my teachers, 100 for Your testimonies are my meditation. 101 I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts. נ NUN 105 106 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. I have sworn and confirmed 107 that I will keep Your righteous judgments. 108 I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word. Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O 109 LORD, an"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 163,
              "text": "| 565 ק KOPH 145 I call with all my heart; answer me, 146 O LORD! I will obey Your statutes. 147 I call to You; save me, 148 that I may keep Your testimonies. I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope. 149 My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word. Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your 150 loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice. Those who follow after wickedness draw 151 near; they are far from Your law. 152 You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true. Long ago I learned from Your testimonies ר that You have established them forever. RESH 153 154 Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law. 155 Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word. 156 Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes. 157 Great are Your mercies, O LORD; 158 revive me according to Your ordinances. Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies. 159 I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word. Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; 160 give me life according to Your loving devotion. The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure ש SIN and SHIN forever. 161 162 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word. 144 Trouble and distress have found me, 163 I rejoice in Your promise but Your commandments are my delight. like one who f"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 164,
              "text": "164 165 Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments. Abundant peace belongs to those who love 166 Your law; nothing can make them stumble. I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, 167 and I carry out Your commandments. 168 I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly. I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, ת TAW for all my ways are before You. 169 May my cry come before You, O LORD; 170 give me understanding according to Your word. 171 May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise. 172 My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes. 173 My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous. 174 175 May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts. I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight. 176 Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me. I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments. Psalm 120 In My Distress I Cried to the LORD A song of ascents. 1 In my distress I cried to the LORD, 2 and He answered me. Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. 3 What will He do to you, 4 and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? 5 Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree! Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, 6 that I live among the tents of Kedar! Too long have I dwelt 7 among those who hate peace. I am in favor of peace; a 6 be secure but when I speak, they want w"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 127,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "| 567 As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God 3 until He shows us mercy. 4 Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt. We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, Psalm 124 much contempt from the proud. Our Help Is in the Name of the LORD A song of ascents. Of David. 1 If the LORD had not been on our side— 2 let Israel now declare— if the LORD had not been on our side 3 when men attacked us, when their anger flared against us, 4 then they would have swallowed us alive, then the floods would have engulfed us, 5 then the torrent would have overwhelmed us, then the raging waters 6 would have swept us away. Blessed be the LORD, 7 who has not given us as prey to their teeth. Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, 5 and to the upright in heart. But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel. Psalm 126 Zion’s Captives Restored A song of ascents. 1 a When the LORD restored the captives of b 2 Zion, we were like dreamers. Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, 3 “The LORD has done great things for them.” 4 The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. c Restore our captives, 5 O LORD, like streams in the Negev. Those who sow in tears 6 will reap with shouts of joy. He who goes out weeping, bearing a tr"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 128,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–6) 1 a Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, 2 who greatly delights in His commandments. His glory above the heavens. 6 7 Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high? He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth. He raises the poor from the dust 8 and lifts the needy from the dump to seat them with nobles, 9 with the princes of His people. He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah! Psalm 114 A Psalm of Exodus His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be 3 1 blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house, 4 and his righteousness endures forever. Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous. 5 It is well with the man who is generous and 6 lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice. Surely he will never be shaken; 7 the righteous man will be remembered forever. He does not fear bad news; 8 his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD. 9 His heart is assured; he does not fear, b until he looks in triumph on his foes. He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; 10 his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor. When Israel departed from Egypt, 2 the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel His dominion. 4 The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; the mountains skipped like rams, 5 the hills like lambs. Why was it, O sea, that you fled"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 132,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "; ECM and NE"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "978 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 135,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–21) The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste 1 a 1 away; Hallelu YAH the desires of the wicked will perish. b 9 Praise the LORD c 1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, Praise the LORD Hallelu YAH Or , meaning . This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Cited in 2 Corinthians 9:9 Or , meaning ; also in verse 9 560 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "h 32 Literally Or"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "| 569 who serve by night 2 in the house of the LORD! Lift up your hands to the sanctuary 3 and bless the LORD! May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, Psalm 135 bless you from Zion. Give Praise, O Servants of the LORD"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "16 14 17 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear; 18 nor is there breath in their mouths. Those who make them become like them, 19 as do all who trust in them. O house of Israel, bless the LORD; 20 O house of Aaron, bless the LORD; O house of Levi, bless the LORD; 21 you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD! Blessed be the LORD from Zion— He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah! Psalm 136 His Loving Devotion Endures Forever (2 Chronicles 7:1–3) 1 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving devotion endures forever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His loving devotion endures forever. 4 He alone does great wonders. His loving devotion endures forever. 5 By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever. 6 He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever. 7 He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever. 8 the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever. 9 and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever. 15 b but swept Pharaoh and his army into the His loving devotion endures forever. Red Sea. 16 He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever. 17 He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever. 18 and slaughtered mighty kings— His loving devotion endures forever. 19 Sihon king of the Amorites His lo"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 136,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–26) servant David.” And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when 33 he comes and prays toward this temple, then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is 34 called by Your Name. When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of this 35 city You have chosen and the house I have then may You hear built for Your Name, from heaven their prayer and their plea, and 36 may You uphold their cause. 37 When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become an- gry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or and when they come to their senses near, in the land to which they were taken, and 7 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the 2 burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. The priests were un- able to enter the house of the LORD, because the 3 glory of the LORD had filled it. When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the tem- ple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 137,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9) 1 In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I 2 saw visions of God. a 3 On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth the word year of the exile of King Jehoiachin— b of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was The Four Living Creatures upon him. 4 I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center and within of the fire was a gleam like amber, it was the form of four living creatures. 5 c 6 7 And this was their appearance: They had a hu- but each had four faces and four man form, wings. Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the hooves of a calf, gleaming 8 like polished bronze. 9 Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings, and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each 10 one went straight ahead. The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle. Such were their faces. 11 Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on 12 either side, and two wings covering its body. Each creature went straight ahead. Whe"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 139,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "| 571 Psalm 139 You Have Searched Me and Known Me For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1 O LORD, You have searched me 2 and known me. You know when I sit and when I rise; 3 You understand my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down; 4 You are aware of all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD. You hem me in behind and before; 5 6 You have laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. 7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? 8 Where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; 9 if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. 10 11 12 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”— even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, b for darkness is as light to You. 13 For You formed my inmost being; 14 You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. 15 Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, 16 when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me 17 before one of them came to be. c How precious to me are Your thoughts, 18 O God, how vast is their s"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "19 11 20 O God, that You would slay the wicked— a away from me, you bloodthirsty men— who speak of You deceitfully; 21 Your enemies take Your name in vain. Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You? 22 23 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies. 24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 140 Rescue Me from Evil Men For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1 Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. 2 Protect me from men of violence, 3 who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long. b They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah 4 Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence 5 who scheme to make me stumble. The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah 6 7 I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help. May no slanderer be established in the land; 12 may calamity hunt down the man of violence. I know that the LORD upholds justice for the 13 poor and defends the cause of the needy. Surely the righteous will praise Your name; Psalm 141 the upright will dwell in Your presence. Come Quickly to Me"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 140,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "as a propitiation e 14 j 8 b 12 Or"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 141,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–10) For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance. 22 and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst. c May their table become a snare; 23 may it be a retribution and a trap. d May their eyes be darkened so they cannot 24 see, and their backs be bent forever. Pour out Your wrath upon them, Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me! 2 May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm 3 be repelled and humiliated. May those who say, “Aha, aha!” a 9 and let Your burning anger overtake them. c 22 b 9 Cited in"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 142,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) 22 2 So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, And all who were they went down to him there. distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About 3 four hundred men were with him. From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, a where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my 4 with you until I learn father and mother stay what God will do for me.” So he left them in the care of the king of Moab, and they stayed with 5 him the whole time David was in the stronghold. Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the for- Saul Slays the Priests of Nob"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 144,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "| 573 7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, 8 or I will be like those who descend to the Pit. Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, 9 for to You I lift up my soul. b Although my spirit grows faint within me, Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; 10 You know my way. Along the path I travel 4 they have hidden a snare for me. Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; 5 no one cares for my soul. 6 I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, 7 for they are too strong for me. Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me. Psalm 143 I Stretch Out My Hands to You A Psalm of David. 1 O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me. Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You. For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness 4 like those long since dead. My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me. 2 3 5 I remember the days of old; 6 I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands. I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched Selah land. a 1 Maskil b 9 I flee to You"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "8 8 9 whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving 9 I will sing to You a new song, O God; 10 on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You— to Him who gives victory to kings, 11 who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, 12 whose right hands are deceitful. Then our sons will be like plants 13 nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace. Our storehouses will be full, 14 supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields. a Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, 15 and no cry of lament in our streets. Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD. Psalm 145 I Will Exalt You, My God and King A Psalm of praise. Of David.b 1 I will exalt You, my God and King; 2 I will bless Your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You, 3 and I will praise Your name forever and ever. Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; 4 His greatness is unsearchable. One generation will commend Your works to 5 the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts— the glorious splendor of Your majesty. 6 And I will meditate on Your wondrous works. 3 They will proclaim the power of Your 7 awesome deeds, and I will declare Your"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 148,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–14) Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; 2 it is fitting for the upright to praise Him. Praise the LORD with the harp; 3 make music to Him with ten strings. 4 Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy. 5 For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy. 6 The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion. By the word of the LORD the heavens were Selah made, Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. a 1 Maskil b 1 man whose sin the LORD does not count against him LXX Blessed is he whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered c 2 Blessed is the is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142. my vitality was turned d 4 ; cited in"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "| 575 6 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, 7 the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever. 8 He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free, the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, 9 the LORD loves the righteous. The LORD protects foreigners; The LORD is pleased with those who 12 fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion. 13 Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion! For He strengthens the bars of your gates 14 and blesses the children within you. He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat. 15 He sends forth His command to the 10 He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates. 16 earth; His word runs swiftly. The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah! Psalm 147 It Is Good to Sing Praises 1 a Hallelujah! 2 How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him! The LORD builds up Jerusalem; 3 He gathers the exiles of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted 4 and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars; 5 He calls them each by name. 6 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit. The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground. 7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; 8 make music on the harp to our God, who co"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "7 4 Praise the LORD from the earth, 8 all great sea creatures and ocean depths, lightning and hail, snow and clouds, 9 powerful wind fulfilling His word, 10 mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, wild animals and all cattle, 11 crawling creatures and flying birds, 12 kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth, 13 young men and maidens, old and young together. Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and 14 the heavens. He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah! Psalm 149 Sing to the LORD a New Song"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 149,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9 ;"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Proverbs",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) all who hate me love death.” 9 2 a Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars. She has prepared her meat and mixed her 3 wine; she has also set her table. She has sent out her maidservants; 4 she calls out from the heights of the city. 5 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment. “Come, eat my bread 6 and drink the wine I have mixed. Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.” 7 He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; 8 he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. 9 Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; 10 teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, 11 and knowledge of the Holy One is b understanding. For through wisdom your days will be 12 multiplied, and years will be added to your life. If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; on a seat in the heights of the city, 16 calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight. 17 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment. 18 “Stolen water is sweet, c and bread eaten in secret is tasty!” But they do not know that the dead are there, Solomon’s Proverbs: The Wise Son that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. 10 The proverbs of Solomon: 2 A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 33,
              "text": "33 21 But whoever listens to me will dwell in 22 For the upright will inhabit the land, safety, The Benefits of Wisdom secure from the fear of evil.” 2 2 My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you, 3 if you incline your ear to wisdom 3 2 and direct your heart to understanding, and the blameless will remain in it; but the wicked will be cut off from the land, Trust in the LORD with All Your Heart and the unfaithful will be uprooted. My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; if you truly call out to insight 4 and lift your voice to understanding, if you seek it like silver 5 and search it out like hidden treasure, then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD gives wisdom; 7 from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with 8 integrity, to guard the paths of justice 9 and protect the way of His saints. Then you will discern righteousness 10 and justice and equity—every good path. 11 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul. 12 Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, 13 to deliver you from the way of evil, 14 from the man who speaks perversity, from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness, 15 from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil, whose paths are crooked 16 and whose ways are devious"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 34,
              "text": "(see also LXX) 1088 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "| 579 21 broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew. My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and 22 discernment. They will be life to your soul 23 and adornment to your neck. 24 Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble. 25 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet. 26 Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked, 27 for the LORD will be your confidence a and will keep your foot from the snare. 28 Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act. Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will 29 provide”— 30 when you already have the means. Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you. 31 Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm. 32 Do not envy a violent man 33 or choose any of his ways; for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright. The curse of the LORD is on the house of the 34 wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous. b 35 He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble. The wise will inherit honor, A Father’s Instruction but fools are held up to shame. 4 2 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. For I give you sound teaching; 3 do not abandon my directive. When I was a son to my father, 4 tender and the only child of my mother, he taught me and said, a 27 “Let your heart lay hold of my words; b"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "25 19 26 Let your eyes look forward; a fix your gaze straight ahead. 27 Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; Avoiding Immorality turn your feet away from evil."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 26,
              "text": "(see De. 9:19 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet 5 resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And you have forgotten the exhortation that ad- b 2 a 37 dresses you as sons: they were put to the test, NE, WH, BYZ, TR include g 15 h 18 Prov. 3:11–12 (see also LXX) also LXX) See De. 29:18 Or Literally d 11 founder it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness or Or i 20 to what can be touched and c 6 e 12 1084 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–23 ; 1 Corinthians 5:1–8) his father or mother, he must He has cursed his father or 10 If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put 11 to death. If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has un- covered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely 12 be put to death; their blood is upon them. If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted per- 13 versely; their blood is upon them. If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must 14 surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no de- 15 pravity among you. If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the ani- 16 mal. If a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you must kill both the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their 17 blood is upon them. c If a man marries his sister, whether the daugh- ter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncov- ered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his 18 iniquity. d If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "| 581 suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery. 16 There are six things that the LORD hates, 17 seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, 18 hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, 19 feet that run swiftly to evil, a false witness who gives false testimony, Warnings against Adultery and one who stirs up discord among brothers. 20 My son, keep your father’s commandment, 21 and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. 22 Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck. When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over 23 you; when you awake, they will speak to you. For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, 24 and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life, to keep you from the evil woman, a from the smooth tongue of the 25 33 He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself. Wounds and dishonor will befall him, 34 and his reproach will never be wiped away. For jealousy enrages a husband, 35 and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. He will not be appeased by any ransom, Warnings about the Adulteress or persuaded by lavish gifts. 7 2 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. d Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple 3 of your eye. Tie them to your fingers; 4 write them on the tablet of your heart. Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” 5 and call understanding your kinsman, that th"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "17 12 18 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon. 13 I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. 19 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. To fear the LORD is to hate evil; Let us delight in loving caresses! 20 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey. He took with him a bag of money 21 14 I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech. Counsel and sound judgment are mine; 15 I have insight and strength. and will not return till the moon is full.” By me kings reign, 16 22 With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him. 23 He follows her on impulse, a like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap, until an arrow pierces his liver, 24 like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life. 25 Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth. Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; 26 do not stray into her paths. and rulers enact just laws; c By me princes rule, 17 and all nobles who govern justly. I love those who love me, 18 and those who seek me early shall find me. With me are riches and honor, 19 enduring wealth and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, 20 and my harvest surpasses choice silver. I walk in the way of righteousness, 21 along the paths of justice, 27 For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number. bestowing wealth on those who lov"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 10,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 583 The Way of Folly 13 14 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. for blessed are those who keep my ways. 15 She sits at the door of her house, 34 Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it. Blessed is the man who listens to me, 35 watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway. 36 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD. But he who fails to find me harms himself; The Way of Wisdom"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "12 Hatred stirs up dissension, 13 but love covers all transgressions. 30 29 a The way of the LORD is a refuge to the Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment. 14 The wise store up knowledge, 15 but the mouth of the fool invites destruction. The wealth of the rich man is his fortified 16 city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor. The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings 17 punishment. Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to 18 life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray. 19 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool. 20 When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise. The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little 21 worth. 22 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment. 23 The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it. upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil. 31 The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land. The mouth of the righteous brings forth 32 wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out. The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse. Dishonest Scales"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–3 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 31,
              "text": "(see also LXX) . That is, Silas WH, BYZ, and TR Literally I appeal therefore to the el- Literally g 5"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 12,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 585 17 18 19 20 Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent. 13 A gossip reveals a secret, 14 but a trustworthy person keeps a 30 confidence. For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance. 15 He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure. 16 A gracious woman attains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth. A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself. The wicked man earns an empty wage, 29 31 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage. He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise. If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the a Loving Discipline and Knowledge sinner! 12 Whoever loves discipline loves 2 knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid. The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil. 3 but he who sows righteousness reaps a A man cannot be established through true reward. Genuine righteousness leads to life, 4 wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted. but the pursuit of evil brings death. A wife of noble character is her husband’s The perverse in heart are an abomination to crown, the LORD, 5 but she who causes shame is like decay in"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "12 13 The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes. 3 things, but the desire of the faithless is violence. An evil man is trapped by his rebellious He who guards his mouth protects his life, 14 speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble. 4 but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin. By fruitful speech a man is filled with good The slacker craves yet has nothing, 15 things, and the work of his hands returns to him. 5 but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, The righteous hate falsehood, but a wise man listens to counsel. but the wicked bring shame and disgrace. 6 16 18 19 20 22 25 26 27 28 17 A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult. He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit. 8 Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. 9 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment. Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise 21 evil, but the counselors of peace have joy. No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble. Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, 12 23 but those who deal faithfully are His delight. A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to 24 himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly. The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor. Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man, but a good word cheers it u"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 14,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": "| 587 He who walks with the wise will become wise, 21 but the companion of fools will be destroyed. Disaster pursues sinners, 22 but prosperity is the reward of the righteous. A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous. 15 23 Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the 24 poor, but without justice it is swept away. He who spares the rod hates his son, 25 but he who loves him disciplines him diligently. The Wise Woman A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty. 14 Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands. He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him. The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his 4 back, but the lips of the wise protect them. Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, 5 but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox. An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies. A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning. 2 3 6 7 8 14 16 17 18 11 The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy. 12 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish. 13 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow. The backslider in heart receives the fill of"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 29,
              "text": "29 11 b A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly. 30 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the 12 LORD— how much more the hearts of men! 31 A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones. A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise. Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him. 32 The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, 33 but the righteous man has a refuge even in death. a Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known. Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. A king delights in a wise servant, A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath but his anger falls on the shameful. 15 2 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise commends 3 knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly. 4 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good. A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent. The house of the righteous has great treasure, 7 but the income of the wicked is trouble. The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools. The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to 9 the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight. The LORD detests the way of the wicked, 10 but He loves those who pursue righteousness. 34 3"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 16,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 31,
              "text": "| 589 30 32 33 2 3 4 5 6 The LORD is far from the wicked, Righteous lips are a king’s delight, but He hears the prayer of the righteous. and he who speaks honestly is beloved. 31 The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones. The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it. 14 15 He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise. He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding. The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, The Reply of the Tongue Is from the LORD and humility comes before honor. 16 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the 19 All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD. LORD. Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved. The LORD has made everything for His purpose— 16 When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring. How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! 17 To gain understanding is more desirable than silver. The highway of the upright leads away from 18 evil; he who guards his way protects his life. Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be lowly in spirit among the 20 humble than to divide the spoil with the proud. a 21 Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD. 22 The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasa"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 32,
              "text": "32 16 He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, 17 Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom? 33 and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city. The lot is cast into the lap, Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness but its every decision is from the LORD. 17 a 19 A friend loves at all times, 18 and a brother is born for adversity. A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor. Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites strife. destruction. 2 5 6 8 9 14 15 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son 3 and share his inheritance as one of the brothers. 4 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts. A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue. He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished. 7 Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father. Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler! A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds. 10 Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends. A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment 11 deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool. An evil man seeks only rebellion; 12 a cruel messenger will be sent against"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 19,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "| 591 7 A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul. 19 Better a poor man who walks with 2 integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse. The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being. 3 Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark. the righteous run to it and are safe. Wealth attracts many friends, Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys. a The name of the LORD is a strong tower; 12 A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination. Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor. 13 He who answers a matter before he 14 hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him. 15 The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit? A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD. but a poor man is deserted by his friend. A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape. Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver. All the brothers of a poor man hate him— how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found. The heart of the discerning acquires He who acquires wisdom loves himself; 16 knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out. 9 one who safeguards understanding will"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "19 6 20 21 22 23 25 26 28 29 3 4 5 A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so 7 Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man? again. Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days. Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail. The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar. The fear of the LORD leads to life, 24 that one may rest content, without visitation from harm. The slacker buries his hand in the dish; 8 The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him. 9 A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes. 10 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; b I am cleansed from my sin”? 11 Differing weights and unequal measures both are detestable to the LORD. — 12 Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright. 13 Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both. he will not even bring it back to his mouth. Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will 14 open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food. gain knowledge. He who assaults his father or evicts his 27 mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace. If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge. A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth sw"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 21,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–31) For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1 2 O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation! You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of Selah 3 his lips. For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure 4 gold. He asked You for life, and You granted it— 5 length of days, forever and ever. Great is his glory in Your salvation; 6 You bestow on him splendor and majesty. For You grant him blessings forever; a 3 line There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. c 4 give victory to d 9 Or Cited in"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 31,
              "text": "| 593 27 28 A wise king separates out the wicked a and drives the threshing wheel over them. The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being. c 15 A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath. 16 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity. Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a The man who strays from the path of 29 king; by these he maintains his throne. 17 understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead. 30 The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old. Lashes and wounds scour evil, The King’s Heart"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 22,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "A Good Name 22 A good name is more desirable than 2 great riches; favor is better than silver and gold. 3 The rich and the poor have this in common: LORD is Maker of them all. The The prudent see danger and take cover, 4 but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences. The rewards of humility and the fear of the 5 LORD are wealth and honor and life. Thorns and snares lie on the path of the Thirty Sayings of the Wise Saying 1 17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the 18 wise— apply your mind to my knowledge— for it is pleasing when you keep them within 19 you 20 and they are constantly on your lips. So that your trust may be in the LORD, c I instruct you today—yes, you. 21 Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge, to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who Saying 2 sent you? perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from 22 them. 6 8 9 10 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. 7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. b A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. 26 23 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, Saying 3 for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them. 24 a Do not make friends with an angry man, 25 and do not associate with a hot-tempe"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": ", LXX addition."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "Literally ; a cubit was approximately 18 inches or 45 centimeters. ; see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": "and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 23,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "10 11 seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will 9 be opened. Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a stone? him a snake So if you who are evil know how ? to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things 12 to those who ask Him! In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the The Narrow Gate"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": ". . This is a derogatory term i 11 restore the fortunes of Or That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verse 10 Cited in"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 35,
              "text": "| 595 Saying 16 19 20 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course. Do not join those who drink too much wine 21 or gorge themselves on meat. For the drunkard and the glutton will come Saying 17 to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags. Listen to your father who gave you life, 23 and do not despise your mother when she is old. Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and 24 understanding. The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, 25 and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him. May your father and mother be glad, Saying 18 and may she who gave you birth rejoice! 26 27 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways. d For a prostitute is a deep pit, 28 and an adulteress is a narrow well. Like a robber she lies in wait Saying 19 and multiplies the faithless among men. 29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? 30 Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? Those who linger over wine, 31 who go to taste mixed drinks. Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. 32 33 34 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities. You will be like one sleeping on the high seas 35 or lying on the top of a mast: “They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! For surely there is a future, a 6 d 27 of him whose eye is evil"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 24,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "Do Not Envy Saying 20 24 2 Do not envy wicked men or desire their company; for their hearts devise violence, Saying 21 and their lips declare trouble. 3 By wisdom a house is built 4 and by understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful Saying 22 treasure. 5 a A wise man is strong, 6 and a man of knowledge enhances his strength. Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of Saying 23 counselors. 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting Saying 24 place. 8 He who plots evil 9 will be called a schemer. A foolish scheme is sin, Saying 25 and a mocker is detestable to men. 10 11 If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength! Rescue those being led away to death, 12 and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter. If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his Saying 26 deeds? 13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your a 5 taste. The wise are mightier than the strong LXX 14 Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, Saying 27 and your hope will never be cut off. 15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place. 16 For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still get"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 25,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "–22 (see also LXX) ; see verse 12. without quarreling over disputable matters"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": "| 597 28 11 Do not testify against your neighbor without 12 A word fitly spoken 29 cause, and do not deceive with your lips. Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; 30 I will repay the man according to his work.” is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine 13 gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear. Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who I went past the field of a slacker 31 and by the vineyard of a man lacking 14 send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters. judgment. 32 Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. 33 I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction: 34 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, More Proverbs of Solomon and need like a bandit. 25 These are additional proverbs of Sol- omon, which were copied by the men of 2 Hezekiah king of Judah: 3 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out. As the heavens are high and the earth is 4 deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be searched. Remove the dross from the silver, 5 and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth. Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, 6 and his throne will be established in 23 righteousness. Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the 7 king, and do not stand in the place of great men"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 26,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "Similitudes and Instructions 21 26 Like snow in summer and rain at 2 harvest, honor does not befit a fool. Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to 3 rest. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, 4 and a rod for the backs of fools! Do not answer a fool according to his folly, 5 or you yourself will be like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, 6 lest he become wise in his own eyes. Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence 7 is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool. Like lame legs hanging limp 8 is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. Like binding a stone into a sling 9 is the giving of honor to a fool. Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a 10 drunkard 11 is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby. a 12 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. 4 13 15 17 The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! 14 A fierce lion roams the public square!” As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed. The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his 16 mouth. The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly. Like one who grabs a dog by the ears 18 is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own. 19 Like a madman shooting firebrands 10 and deadly arrows, Like charcoal for emb"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "g 3 will not be See 11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought 12 to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed 13 by fire and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new Final Exhortations earth, where righteousness dwells. 14 Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace— 15 spotless and blameless in His sight. a"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 27,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": ") 13 14 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, You do carry on business, and make a profit.” not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for 15 a little while and then vanishes. 16 17 Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is will- As it is, you ing, we will live and do this or that.” boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting Anyone, then, who knows the right is evil. A Warning to the Rich thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 28,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "| 599 The Boldness of the Righteous 28 2 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order. 3 4 A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food. 5 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them. If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice Evil men do not understand justice, 15 early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse. 6 but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully. so one man sharpens another. He who increases his wealth by interest and A constant dripping on a rainy day 16 and a contentious woman are alike— restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand. b As iron sharpens iron, 17 18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, 19 and he who looks after his master will be honored. 20 As water reflects the face, c so the heart reflects the true man. 21 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, 22 but a man is tested by the praise accorded him. Though you grind a fool like grain with 23 mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him. 24 Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds; for riches are not forever, 25 nor does a crown endure to every generation. When hay is removed and new growth 26 appea"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "17 a 3 A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his 18 the Pit; let no one support him. He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall. The one who works his land will have plenty of food, 20 but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty. A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished. To show partiality is not good, 22 yet a man will do wrong for a piece of b bread. A stingy man hastens after wealth 23 and does not know that poverty awaits him. He who rebukes a man will later find more 24 favor than one who flatters with his tongue. He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It 25 is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys. A greedy man stirs up strife, father, 4 but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth. c By justice a king brings stability to the land, 5 but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it. 6 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices. The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns. Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger. If a wise man goes to court with a fool, 10 there will be raving and laughing with no resolution. d Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life. A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "SBL, WH, and NE c 22 If your eye is sound a single cubit to his height ; BYZ and TR include e 27 Literally Or seek first His kingdom For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen. 8 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who worm b 19 d 23 if your eye is evil ; see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 30,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "| 601 A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end. 11 An angry man stirs up dissension, Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt. and a hot-tempered man abounds in There is a generation of those who curse transgression. A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor. A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath but does not testify. The fear of man is a snare, 26 but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high. Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD. An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, The Words of Agur and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked. 30 These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh—the burden that this man de- clared to Ithiel: a “I am weary, O God, 2 and worn out. Surely I am the most ignorant of men, 3 and I lack the understanding of a man. I have not learned wisdom, 4 and I have no knowledge of the Holy One. Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of 5 His Son— surely you know! Every word of God is flawless; 6 He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to His words, 7 lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar. Two things I ask of You— 8 do not refuse me before I die: Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. 9"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "25 The ants are creatures of little strength, 26 yet they store up their food in the summer; a the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the 27 rocks; the locusts have no king, yet they all 28 advance in formation; 29 and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings. There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their 30 walk: a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to 31 retreat before anything; a strutting rooster; a he-goat; 32 and a king with his army around him. If you have foolishly exalted yourself 33 or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth. For as the churning of milk yields butter, The Sayings for King Lemuel and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.” 31 2 These are the words of King Lemuel— the burden that his mother taught him: c What shall I say, O my son? 3 What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows? Do not spend your strength on women 4 or your vigor on those who ruin kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, 5 6 it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice. Give strong drink to one who is perishing, 7 and wine to the bitter in soul. Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. 8 9 Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the disposse"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ecclesiastes",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concu- 9 bines. 10 So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusa- lem who had preceded me; and my wisdom re- mained with me. Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleas- ure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and 11 this was the reward for all my labor. Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained un- The Wise and the Foolish der the sun. 12 13 Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accom- plished? And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, 14 just as light exceeds darkness: The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. 15 Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes So I said to myself, “The fate of the them both. fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” 16 And I said to myself that this too is futile. 17 For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool! So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pur- The Futility of Work suit of the wind."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "–20) d For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. 1 This is the fate of the foolish and their followers who endorse their Selah 14 sayings. Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. 15 The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode. But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah 16 17 Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases. For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down. Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— 18 19 and men praise you when you prosper— 20 he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day. Hear this, all you peoples; a 2 c 11 in the far north listen, all inhabitants of the world, the villages Or Or He will guide us beyond death d 14 ; the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites was the way of the foolish g 13 e 7 Their inward thoughts Or Targum; Hebrew Or A man who has riches without understanding Zaphon b 7 a fleet of trading ships is like the beasts that perish. redeem another Or f 11 Or LXX, Syriac, and Aramaic 522 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "| 605 down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the 11 one who falls without another to help him up! Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly The Futility of Power broken. 13 12 14 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning. For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor 15 in his own kingdom. 16 I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who suc- ceeded the king. There is no limit to all the peo- ple who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. Approaching God with Awe This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind. 5 2 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to of- fer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that Do not be quick to speak, and do they do wrong. not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. 3 So let your words be few. As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words. 4 5 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. It is better not to vow than to Fulfill your vow. 6 make a vow and not fulfill it. b Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "10 11 He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satis- When good fied by income. This too is futile. things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to be- 12 hold them with his eyes? The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich 13 man permits him no sleep. There is a grievous evil I have seen under the 14 sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that 15 man has a son there is nothing to pass on. 16 As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands. This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is 17 born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind? Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, 18 and anger. Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days 19 of life that God has given him—for this is his lot. Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy 20 them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God. For a man seldom con- siders the days of his life, because God keeps him The Futility of Life occupied with the joy of his heart. 6 2 There is another evil I have seen under the sun,"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 8,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "–13) 11 For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in 12 the way of this people: “Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as c conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread. d 13 The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; 14 only He should be dreaded. And He will be a sanctuary— e but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem 15 a trap and a snare. Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.” 16 Bind up the testimony 17 and seal the law among my disciples. I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house f of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him. 18 g Here am I, and the children the LORD has given as signs and symbols in Israel from the me Darkness and Light LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion. 19 20 When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult To the law and the dead on behalf of the living? to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. Be evil a 9 threats Or eagerly look for Him LXX g 18 ; cited in"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "| 607 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, 12 and it benefits those who see the sun. For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its 13 owner. Consider the work of God: 14 Who can straighten what He has bent? In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, The Limits of Human Wisdom so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him. 15 In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, 16 and a wicked man living long in his wickedness. 17 Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy your- self? Do not be excessively wicked, and do not 18 be a fool. Why should you die before your time? It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will 19 follow both warnings. a Wisdom makes the wise man 20 stronger than ten rulers in a city. Surely there is no righteous man on earth 21 who does good and never sins. Do not pay attention to every word that is spo- 22 ken, or you may hear your servant cursing you. For you know in your heart that many times 23 you yourself have cursed others. 24 All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to What exists is be wise.” But it was beyond me. 25 out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it? 26 I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and e"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "God’s Ways Are Mysterious Enjoy Your Portion in This Life 14 7 There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the ac- tions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous 15 deserve. I say that this too is futile. So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the 16 sun. 17 When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the I saw every work of day or even in the night— God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his ef- forts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable Death Comes to Good and Bad to comprehend. 9 So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know 2 what lies ahead, whether love or hate. a It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who 3 refuses to take a vow. This is an evil in everything tha"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "| 609 for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your Cast Your Bread upon the Waters speech. 11 2 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again. Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, 3 for you do not know what disaster may befall the land. If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the 4 north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie. He who watches the wind will fail to sow, 5 and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap. b As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, 6 the Maker of all things. Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will Enjoy Your Years equally prosper. 7 Light is sweet, 8 17 Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning. Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper 18 time— for strength and not for drunkenness. Through laziness the roof caves in, 19 and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks. A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine 20 makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything. and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, 9 fo"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 12,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "Remember Your Creator 12 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, 2 “I find no pleasure in them,” 8 before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is before the pitcher is shattered at the 7 spring and the wheel is broken at the well, before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it. 3 darkened, and the clouds return after the rain, on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few 4 and those watching through windows see dimly, when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird 5 and all the daughters of song grow faint, when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets. 6 Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. The Whole Duty of Man “Everything is futile!” 9 Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, 10 searched out, and arranged many proverbs. The Teacher searched to find delightful say- a 11 ings and to record accurate words of truth. b 12 The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Isaiah",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9) tree. 5 So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. 6 Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force. For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fa- thers. Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed a 5 100 talents Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the 7 But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven. And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women 11 of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God? Now there- fore, listen to me and return the captives you took from your kinsmen, for the fierce anger of 12 the LORD is upon you.” 10 e f Then some of the leaders of the Ephraim- —Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son ites Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and of Meshillemoth, 13 Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war. “You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt 14 is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.” So the armed m"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "(see also LXX)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "19 If you are willing and obedient, 20 you will eat the best of the land. But if you resist and rebel, For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. you will be devoured by the sword.” The Corruption of Zion 21 See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! Your silver has become dross; 22 23 your fine wine is diluted with water. Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, 24 and the plea of the widow never comes before them. Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes 25 and avenge Myself on My enemies. I will turn My hand against you; 26 I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities. I will restore your judges as at first, The Mountain of the House of the LORD"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–4) and the temple mount a wooded ridge. 4 In the last days the mountain of the house I will assemble the outcast, 7 even those whom I have afflicted. And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount 8 Zion from that day and forever. a And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion— the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of 9 Jerusalem.” Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished 10 so that anguish grips you like a woman in of the LORD labor? will be established as the chief of the Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, mountains; 2 it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it. And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion 3 and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword 4 against nation, nor will they train anymore for war. And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. 5 For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken. Though all the nations may walk in the n"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "| 619 The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. 12 For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, 13 against all that is exalted— it will be humbled— against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and 14 lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan, 15 against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills, against every high tower, a against every fortified wall, against every ship of Tarshish, 16 17 and against every stately vessel. “I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.” 5 The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable. A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! 7 Take charge of this heap of rubble.” c On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. 6 8 Do not make me leader of the people!” So the pride of man will be brought low, 18 and the loftiness of men will be humbled; 19 the LORD alone will be exalted in that day, and the idols will vanish completely. Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD 20 and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— 21 the idols they made to worship."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "A Warning to the Daughters of Zion 4 16 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, 17 prancing and skipping as they go, when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem 5 by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire. Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion jingling the bracelets on their ankles— and over her assemblies the Lord will bring sores a on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads 18 bare. ” In that day the Lord will take away their finery: 19 20 their anklets and headbands and crescents; their pendants, bracelets, and veils; their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms; their signet rings and nose rings; their festive robes, capes, cloaks, and purses; and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, 21 22 23 24 and shawls. Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; b 25 instead of beauty, shame. 3 a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory 6 there will be a canopy, a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place The Song of the Vineyard"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) 4 5 49 50 6 I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and But I have how I wish it were already kindled! a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am 51 until it is accomplished! 52 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. From b 39 a 38 now on, five in one household will be divided, That is, between 9 at night and 3 in the morning lepton d 59 7 Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to So he look for fruit on it but did not find any. said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! BYZ and TR include he would have stayed awake, and c 53 Why should it use up the soil?’ Cut it down! e 7 See e Mic. 7:6. Greek ; that is, a bronze or copper coin worth about 1/128 of a denarius SBL, NE, WH 8 9 ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut Jesus Heals a Disabled Woman it down.’ 10 ” 11 One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman there had been dis- abled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was 12 hunched over and could not stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disabil- ity.” Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to 14 glorify"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": "| 621 I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: Woe to those who are heroes in drinking is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, Woes to the Wicked but heard a cry of distress. 8 Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left 9 and you live alone in the land. 10 “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied. a For ten acres of vineyard b will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed 11 only an ephah of grain. ” Woe to those who rise early in the morning 12 in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands. 13 Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; 14 their dignitaries are starving 22 24 His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come 20 so that we may know it!” Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight. 23 wine and champions in mixing strong drink, who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice. Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 29,
              "text": "29 9 Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; 30 they carry it away, and no one can rescue it. In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; Isaiah’s Commission even the light will be obscured by clouds. (Matt. 13:10–17 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–13 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "–10 (see also LXX) LXX); SBL, NE, and WH do not include ; also in verses 20, 22, and 23"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": ", meaning or , which became a shout of 966 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "–16 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "(see also DSS) See"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "–25) 9 1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he 2 saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem: Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, 3 the Lord from His holy temple. For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread 4 on the high places of the earth. The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, 5 like water rushing down a slope. All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? 6 Is it not Jerusalem? Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley 7 and expose her foundations. All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Weeping and Mourning Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute. 8 Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. a b For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, c 10 as far as Jerusalem itself. d 11 Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah. e Depart in shameful nakedness, f O dwelle"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 8,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 623 d On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates —the king of 21 Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well. On that 22 day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep, and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will 23 eat curds and honey. e And on that day, in every place that had a thou- sand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, Men will only briers and thorns will be found. go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be For fear of the covered with briers and thorns. briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become Assyrian Invasion Prophesied places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample. 24 25 8 f g 2 Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large sty- scroll and write on it with an ordinary lus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz. And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the 3 priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.” And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD 4 said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz. For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plun- der of Samaria will be carried off by the king of 5 Assyria.” 6 And the LORD spoke to me further: “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin 7 and the son of Remaliah, the Lord will surely bring against t"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "9 a 21 Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; 10 Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; prepare for battle, and be shattered! b it will not happen. state a proposal, but ” For God is with us. A Call to Fear God"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": ". 862 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "–15) detriment. 10 b 11 Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile. When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men 12 become fully set on doing evil. 13 Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent Yet because the wicked do not in His presence. fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow. were soon Or Some Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts 608 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "g 1 BYZ and TR for This sentence may also be included with the quotation from the previous verse; BYZ and TR include Or Or 1092 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": ". Or e 19 b 14 h 6 . Or See"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 10,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "| 625 8 The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, 9 and it has fallen upon Israel. a All the people will know it— Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. 21 They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own c offspring. With pride and arrogance of heart 10 they will say: “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, 11 but we will replace them with cedars.” The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin 12 b against him and joined his enemies together. Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; Judgment against Israel’s Hypocrisy His hand is still upraised. 13 But the people did not return to Him who 14 struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts. 15 So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day. The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches 16 lies. For those who guide this people mislead Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; Woe to Tyrants His hand is still upraised. 10 Woe to those who enact unjust 2 statutes and issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their pre"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "10 As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms 11 whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria, and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her 12 idols?” So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his 13 arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes. For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations 14 and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers. My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, 15 no beak opened or chirped.’ ” Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who 16 lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood! Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled 17 a fire like a burning flame. And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. 18 In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles. The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, 19 as a sickness consumes a man. The remaining trees of its forests will be so few A Remnant Shall Return that a child could co"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "–23 (see also LXX) e 15 f 17 j 28 n 5 d 13"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "(see also LXX) 1020 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 12,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "| 627 33 Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem. Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. 34 The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled. He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty The Root of Jesse One. 11 2 Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of 3 the LORD. And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, 4 and He will not decide by what His ears hear, but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth 5 and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips. Righteousness will be the belt around His 6 hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist. The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; a the calf and young lion and fatling will be 7 together, and a little child will lead them. The cow will graze with the bear, 8 their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. for the earth will be full of the knowledge of 10 the LORD as the sea is full of water. b 11 On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, On and His place of rest"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. 10 to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my For the stars of heaven and their 3 song, and He also has become my salvation.” 4 With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; 5 declare that His name is exalted. Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious 6 things. Let this be known in all the earth. Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of The Burden against Babylon Israel.” 13 2 This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, 3 that they may enter the gates of the nobles. I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath 4 and exult in My triumph. Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing 5 an army for war. They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— 6 to destroy the whole country. Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; a 7 it will come as destruction from the Almighty. Therefore all hands will fall limp, 8 and every man’s heart will melt. Terror, pain, and anguish will seize"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 13,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": ","
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 14,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "| 629 14 For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner 2 will join them and unite with the house of Jacob. The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors The Fall of the King of Babylon and rule over their oppressors. 3 On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced, you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: 4 a How the oppressor has ceased, 5 and how his fury has ended! The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, 6 the scepter of the rulers. It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage 7 with relentless persecution. All the earth is at peace and at rest; b 8 they break out in song. Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, 9 no woodcutter comes against us.” Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. 10 It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones. They will all respond to you, saying, 11 “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!” You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. d 14 I will"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "25 3 I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, In its streets they wear sackcloth; 4 on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. 26 and his burden removed from their shoul- Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; ders.” This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all 27 the nations. The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, Philistia Will Be Destroyed can turn it back? so who 28 In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden 29 was received: Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the 30 snake, and a flying serpent from its egg. Then the firstborn of the poor will find pas- ture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain. 31 Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! 32 For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks. What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find The Burden against Moab"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 15,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9) 48 Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; 2 the fortress will be shattered and dismantled. c There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: d ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, 3 silenced; will be the sword will pursue you. A voice cries out from Horonaim: 4 ‘Devastation and great destruction!’ e Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out. For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction: ‘Flee! Run for your lives! 5 6 7 f Become like a juniper in the desert. ’ Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile 8 with his priests and officials. The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, 9 and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said. g Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, 10 with no one to dwell in them. Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, 11 and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed. Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel when the LORD has commanded it? or gone into exile. He has appointed it against Ashkelon an"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 16,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–14 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": ". Probably the Dead Sea Two Hebrew manuscripts and LXX; most Hebrew manuscripts 728 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 17,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–14) in labor. 23 Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; d 24 they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed. Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; 25 anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor. 26 How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy? For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in declares the LORD of Hosts. that day,” 27 18 “Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds. of Sela b 20 a 16 As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown their pasture will be appalled at their fate “I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.” d 23 Sea of Reeds c 21 on the sea by the sea Or Or Or Hebrew or 730 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 631 in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening 6 righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness. We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. 7 But his boasting is empty. Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, 8 you who are utterly stricken. For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. b Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea. 9 So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent 10 over your summer fruit and your harvest. Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the 11 winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering. Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a c 12 harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres. When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, 13 it will do him no good. 14 This is the message that the LORD spoke And now the LORD earlier concerning Moab. says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.” a"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "yet the harvest will vanish 12 from a people tall and smooth-skinned, on the day of disease and incurable pain. from a people widely feared, Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; 13 they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters. The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, 14 like tumbleweeds before a gale. In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us. A Message to Cush from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers— to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD The Burden against Egypt of Hosts. 19 This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt 2 within them. a “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; 18 b 2 Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush, which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, 3 whose land is divided by rivers. All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; 4 when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it. For this is what t"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 21,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–10) earth.” 18 18 After this I saw another angel descend- ing from heaven with great authority, And and the earth was illuminated by his glory. he cried out in a mighty voice: 2 a “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, 3 every unclean bird, and every detestable beast. b c All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” 4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: d “Come out of her, My people, 5 so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. For her sins are piled up to heaven, 6 and God has remembered her iniquities. Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has 7 done; mix her a double portion in her own cup. As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; 8 I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ Therefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who a haunt for every unclean spirit and every unclean and judges her.” See"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "| 633 heart. The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”? Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned 12 13 against Egypt. b The princes of Zoan have become fools; 14 the princes of Memphis The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray. The LORD has poured into her are deceived. a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, 15 as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit. A Blessing upon the Earth There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm or reed. 16 17 In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes The land of Judah will bring it against them. terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts 18 has planned against it. In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear alle- c giance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be 19 called the City of the Sun. 20 In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the center of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near her border. It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and The LORD will make defender to rescue them. Himself known to Egyp"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "I am bewildered to hear, 4 I am dismayed to see. My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired 5 has turned to horror. They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! 6 Rise up, O princes, oil the shields! For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout 7 and have him report what he sees. When he sees chariots with teams of horse- men, 8 riders on donkeys, riders on camels, a he must be alert, fully alert.” Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night 9 I stay at my post. Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: b “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! 10 All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!” O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard The Burden against Edom"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "–12) like foliage from the fig tree. 5 When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to 6 destruction. The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat— with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, 7 a great slaughter in the land of Edom. And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, 8 and their soil will be soaked with fat. For the LORD has a day of vengeance, b 9 a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, 10 and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch. It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. they cannot secure the mast or spread the From generation to generation it will lie sail. 11 desolate; 24 Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder. And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” Judgment on the Nations The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity. no one will ever again pass through it. The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, c and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. 34 Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, a 2 cherem the world and all that springs from it. Forms of the Hebrew The LORD will stretch out over Edom 12 a measuring line of chaos a"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 22,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "“Let us eat and drink, 33 for tomorrow we die.” f 34 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. The Resurrection Body I say this to your shame. 35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” b 38 let him be ignorant Thais c 5 BYZ and TR That is, Peter Probably a quote from the Greek comedy by Menander 36 37 You fool! What you sow does not come to life And what you sow is not the unless it dies. body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of But God gives it a wheat or something else. body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed 39 He gives its own body. 38 40 Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and There are also heavenly bodies fish another. and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heav- enly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another. The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in 42 splendor. 41 44 43 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperish- It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. able. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a So it is written: “The first man spiritual body. Adam became a living being”; the las"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": ". Or or Or or 1106 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 23,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–18) LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’ 17 ” 26 c 2 3 4 In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the “Son of word of the LORD came to me, saying, man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: filled,’ ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up They will destroy the walls of Tyre its waves. and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil She will be- from her and make her a bare rock. come a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have 6 spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become and the villages on her plunder for the nations, mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they 7 will know that I am the LORD.’ 5 d 8 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchad- nezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops. He will slaughter the vil- lages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you. He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes. His multitude of horses will cover you in c 1 their dust. Nebuchadnezzar . Likely reading of the original Hebrew text; MT 10 In 9 and Seir throughout Ezekiel"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 635 On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, 13 for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, a eating of meat and drinking of wine: 14 “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!” The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, says the Lord GOD of Hosts. this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” A Message for Shebna 15 16 This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the pal- What are you doing here, and who author- ace: ized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here— to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your 17 resting place in the rock? Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to 18 shake you violently. He will take hold of you, roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of I will remove you from office, and your master. 20 you will be ousted from your position. 19 21 On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim I will clothe him with your robe son of Hilkiah. and tie your sash around him. I will put your au- thority in his hand, and he will be a father to the 22 dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and I will drive what he shuts no one can open. him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "12 6 He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; 13 Get up and cross over to Cyprus— a even there you will find no rest.” Look at the land of the Chaldeans a people now of no account. — The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and 14 stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, 15 for your harbor has been destroyed! At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the 16 song of the harlot: “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.” 17 18 And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on Yet her profits and wages the face of the earth. will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and God’s Judgment on the Earth fine clothing. 24 Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive. The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan. The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent. They no lo"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 25,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–12) and they will shout in triumph over you.” 15 The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His 16 understanding. When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His b 3 storehouses. cherem c 4 is a code name for Chaldea, that is, Babylonia. d 11 Forms of the Hebrew Fill the hand with the shields! things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering. also in v. 54 LXX and some translations of the Hebrew; literally or refer to the giving over of Take up the shields! That is, the Babylonians; 734 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "the That is, (see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 26,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 637 and remove the disgrace of His people For the LORD has spoken. from the whole earth. 9 And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. 10 Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.” For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. 11 But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile. He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. c 12 His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands. The high-walled fortress will be brought down, A Song of Salvation cast to the ground, into the dust. 26 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; 2 salvation is established as its walls and ramparts. Open the gates so a righteous nation may 3 enter— one that remains faithful. You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of 4 mind, because he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, 5 because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. For He has humbled those who dwell As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, 6 so the song of the ruthless is silenced. On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, 7 of finely aged wine. On this mountain He will swallow up 8 the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; a He will swallow up death forever. b The Lord GOD"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "9 a My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the 21 Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed. For behold, the LORD is coming out of His earth, 10 the people of the world learn righteousness. dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. The earth will reveal her bloodshed The LORD’s Vineyard"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 27,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–13) Get up! Let us go on from here. 15 2 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the He cuts off keeper of the vineyard. every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every 3 branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it You are already clean be- even more fruitful. cause of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you re- 5 main in Me. 4 6 7 I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and If you remain in Me and My words re- burned. main in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to No Greater Love be My disciples. 9 8 10 As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. If you keep My command- Remain in My love. ments, you will remain in My love, just as I have a 20 kept My Father’s commandments and remain in b 25 11 His love. I have told you these things so that My 12 joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. 13 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his 14 friends. 15 16 You are My friends if you do what I command"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 28,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "–12 Or 1032 | 1 Corinthians 14:36 husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a 36 woman to speak in the church. 37 a Did the word of God originate with you? Or are If anyone you the only ones it has reached? considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, 38 let him acknowledge that what I am writing you But if anyone ignores is the Lord’s command. 39 this, he himself will be ignored. b 40 So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do But everything not forbid speaking in tongues. The Resurrection of Christ must be done in a proper and orderly manner. 15 2 Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you By this received, and in which you stand firm. gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have be- 3 lieved in vain. 5 4 and that He appeared to Cephas For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins accord- ing to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that c He was raised on the third day according to the 6 Scriptures, and then to the Twelve. After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles. And last of all He appeared to me 9 also, as to one of untimely birth. 8 7 10 For I am the least of the apostles and am unwor- thy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, an"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "–22 ; workers; you are God’s field, God’s building."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "(see also LXX) Lev. 18:5; see also Ezek. 20:11, 13, 21. 1016 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "| 639 When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion 12 on them, and their Creator shows them no favor. a 13 In that day the LORD will thresh from the flow- to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O ing Euphrates Israelites, will be gathered one by one. And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in The Captivity of Ephraim Jerusalem. 28 b Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, 2 set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine. Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground. The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards 3 4 will be trampled underfoot. The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: 5 Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it. On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, 6 a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people, a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the 16 7 onslaught at the gate. These also stagger from wine and stumble from st"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "28 18 Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, Grain for bread must be ground, and water will flood your hiding place. Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes 19 through, you will be trampled by it. As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” 20 The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror. Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, 21 and the blanket too small to wrap around you. For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, 22 and to perform His task, His disturbing task. So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole Listen and Hear land. 23 24 Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say. Does the plowman plow for planting every day? 25 Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil? but it is not endlessly threshed. 29 Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it. This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel Woe to David’s City"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 29,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–16) the very stones will cry out.” 41 42 44 43 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! For the But now it is hidden from your eyes. days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in They will level you to the on every side. ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your Jesus Cleanses the Temple visitation from God. (Matt. 21:12–17 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": ". ally"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "(see also LXX)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "(see also LXX) BYZ and TR Literally ; twice in this verse"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": ";"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 30,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "| 641 11 He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers. and who with false charges 22 deprive the innocent of justice. And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone 12 to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.” Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, 13 he will say, “I cannot read.” Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: 23 “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale. For when he sees his children around him, Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. a 14 Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men. Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, b 15 and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden. ” Woe to those who dig deep 16 to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?” You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed c it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”? Sanctification for the Godly 17 In a very short time, 18 will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest? On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, 19 and out of the deep darkness the eyes"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "7 Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still. a 8 God Will Be Gracious 18 Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence therefore He rises to show you compassion, and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, 9 a witness forever and ever. These are rebellious people, deceitful children, 10 children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! 11 Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. 12 Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!” Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on 13 deceit, this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, 14 whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant! It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a 15 hearth for the LORD is a just God. 19 Blessed are all who wait for Him. 20 O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will The Lord will give you the bread answer you. of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your 21 own eyes you will see Hi"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 32,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "| 643 be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones. 31 For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of 32 the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter. a And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, 33 the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished. For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt sets it ablaze. 31 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; 2 they do not seek the LORD. Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the 3 wicked and against the allies of evildoers. But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together. 4 For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey— and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor— so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. 6 He will"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "8 But a noble man makes honorable plans; The Women of Jerusalem he stands up for worthy causes. 9 Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, 10 you overconfident daughters. In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail 11 and the fruit harvest will not arrive. Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. 12 Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists. Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, 13 for the fruitful vines, and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment 14 in this city of revelry. 7 a For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— 15 the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks— until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. 16 Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest. Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, 17 and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field. The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet 11 confidence forever. 18 20 Then my people will dwell in a peaceful 19 place, in safe and secure places of rest. But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths. Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, The LORD Is Exalted who let the ox and donkey range freely. 33 Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, The Ophel a"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 34,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": ", and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "–17) from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel. 11 c This is the burden against Dumah: d One calls to me from Seir, 12 “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?” The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. The Burden against Arabia Come back yet again.” 13 This is the burden against Arabia: 14 In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites. Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; b 9 lion meet the refugees with food. d 11 Seir a 8 silence 15 For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, 16 and from the stress of battle. 17 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone. The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” The Valley of Vision For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken. 22 This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, 2 that you have all gone up to the rooftops, O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, 3 nor were they killed in battle. All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, 4 having fled to a distant place. Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me 5 over the destruction of the daughter of my people.” For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling a"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 645 He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, 16 who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil— he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; 17 his food will be provided and his water assured. 18 Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar. Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who 19 weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?” You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand. 20 Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; 21 its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken. But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, 22 where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass. For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. 23 It is He who will save us. Your ropes are slack; The LORD is angry with all the nations a and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; 3 He will give them over to slaughter. Their slain will be left unburied, 4 and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies wi"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "13 7 Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. a b She will become a haunt for jackals, 14 an abode for ostriches. c The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature 15 will settle and find her place of repose. There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, 16 each with its mate. Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, 17 because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit. He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation The Glory of Zion to generation. 35 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; 2 the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, 3 5 the splendor of our God. d Strengthen the limp hands 4 and steady the feeble knees! Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.” 6 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then the lame will leap like a deer The parched ground will become a"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 35,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 36,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–22) 17 c d e the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tar- tan, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the up- 18 per pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field. Then they called for the king. And Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went a 14 300 talents out to them. c 17 Tartan 20 The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of As- syria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of You claim to have a strategy and yours? strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have re- 21 belled against me? 22 Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splin- tered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of But if you say to Egypt to all who trust in him. me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You 23 must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’? Now, therefore, make a bargain with my mas- ter, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thou- 24 sand horses—if you can put riders on them! For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you de- pend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? So now, was it apart from the LORD that I"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 37,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "–13) 8 When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found 9 the king fighting against Libnah. a Now Sennacherib had been warned about “Look, he has set out to Tirhakah king of Cush: fight against you.” 10 So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Heze- “Give this message to Hezekiah kiah, saying, king of Judah: 11 ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king Surely you have heard what the of Assyria. b kings of Assyria have done to all the other 12 countries, devoting them to destruction. Did the gods Will you then be spared? of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden Where are the kings of in Telassar? Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’ 13 Hezekiah’s Prayer ”"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 647 Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace adminis- trator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Isaiah’s Message of Deliverance Rabshakeh. (2 Kings 19:1–7) 37 2 3 On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and en- tered the house of the LORD. And he sent Eli- akim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sack- to tell cloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no Perhaps the LORD strength to deliver them. your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that 5 still survives.” 6 4 So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah, who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause Sennacherib’s Blasphemous Letter him to fall by the sword.’ (2 Kings 19:8–13) ” 7 8 When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of As- syria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the 9"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "12 Did the gods of Will you then be spared? the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar? Where are the kings of Hamath, Hezekiah’s Prayer (2 Kings 19:14–19) Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’ 13 ” 14 So Hezekiah received the letter from the mes- sengers, read it, and went up to the house of the And LORD and spread it out before the LORD. Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: 15 16 “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over 17 all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the Incline Your ear, O heavens and the earth. LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennach- 18 erib has sent to defy the living God. Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have 19 laid waste all these countries and their lands. They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human 20 hands. And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth ” may know that You alone, O LORD, are God. Sennacherib’s Fall Prophesied (2 Kings 19:20–34) a 21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Is- rael, says: Because you have prayed to Me con- this is the cerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, word that the LORD has spoken against him: 22 ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem 23"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "–20) 14 So Hezekiah received the letter from the mes- sengers, read it, and went up to the house of the And LORD and spread it out before the LORD. Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: 15 “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the 16 kingdoms of the earth. You made the heav- ens and the earth. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennach- 17 erib has sent to defy the living God. Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have 18 laid waste these nations and their lands. They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human 19 hands. And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.” cherem That is, the upper Nile region Forms of the Hebrew refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering. 362 | 2 Kings 19:20 Sennacherib’s Fall Prophesied"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "–35) 20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Is- rael, says: I have heard your prayer concerning This is the word Sennacherib king of Assyria. that the LORD has spoken against him: 21 ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; 22 the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you. Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice 23 and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. a I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. 24 I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests. I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities 26 into piles of rubble. Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, 27 grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown. But I know your sitting down, 28 your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me. Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, a 23 pines I will put My hook in your nose b 31 and My bit in your mouth; The zeal of the LORD or junipers c 37 or firs Or With the soles of my feet 2"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 36,
              "text": "–38) ” 35 And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next So morning, there were all the dead bodies! Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed 37 there. 36 c One day, while he was worshiping in the tem- ple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place. his sons reads . LXX and an alternate MT reading (see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 38,
              "text": "); MT lacks . LXX, many Hebrew manuscripts, and an alternate MT reading; the other alternate Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery (2 Chronicles 32:24–31 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 38,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–8) 20 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you 2 will not recover.’ ” 3 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying, “Please, O LORD, re- member how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept a 4 bitterly. 5 Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, “Go the word of the LORD came to him, saying, back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD. I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for 7 My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’ ” 6 Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hez- 8 ekiah recovered. Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will 9 go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?” And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go for- 10 ward ten steps, or back ten steps?” “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten ste"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "| 649 33 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. 34 He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it. shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’ ” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had de- Hezekiah’s Song of Thanksgiving scended. 9 He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD. 35 ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake Jerusalem Delivered from the Assyrians and for the sake of My servant David.’ (2 Kings 19:35–37 ; 2 Chronicles 32:20–23) ” 36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the As- syrians. When the people got up the next morn- 37 ing, there were all the dead bodies! a 38 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and One day, while he was worship- stayed there. ing in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery Esar-haddon reigned in his place. (2 Kings 20:1–11 ; 2 Chronicles 32:24–31) 38 In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you 2 will not recover.’ ” 3 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and saying, “Please, O LORD, re- prayed to the LORD, member how"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "19 The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; 20 fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness. The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives 21 in the house of the LORD. Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will 22 recover.” And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the Hezekiah Shows His Treasures sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?” (2 Kings 20:12–19) 39 At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and 2 a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Heze- And Hezekiah wel- kiah’s illness and recovery. comed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory—all that was found in his store- houses. There was nothing in his palace or in all 3 his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah 4 replied, “from Babylon.” “What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” an- swered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my 5 treasures that I did not show them.” 6 7 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of The time will surely come the LORD of Hosts: when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up u"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 39,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "); MT Or or 364 | 2 Kings 21:5 5 18 In both courtyards of the I will put My Name.” a 6 house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the 7 sight of the LORD He sacrificed his own son in the fire, , provoking Him to anger. 8 Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have cho- sen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever. I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law 9 that My servant Moses commanded them.” But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Manasseh’s Idolatries Rebuked Israelites. (2 Chronicles 33:10–20) 10 11 12 And the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, “Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, act- ing more wickedly than the Amorites who pre- ceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverber- 13 ate in the ears of all who hear it. 14 I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 40,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "(see also LXX) Or 15 So he got up, took the Child and His mother by where he stayed night, and withdrew to Egypt, until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Weeping and Great Mourning (Jer. 31:1–25) Egypt I called My Son.” 16 d When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending or- ders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and un- der, according to the time he had learned from Then what was spoken through the the Magi. 18 prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: 17 “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, The Return to Nazareth"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "–8) your faith and hope are in God. 22 e 23 Since you have purified your souls by obedi- ence to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from For you have been born again, a pure heart. not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, 24 through the living and enduring word of God. For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the 25 field; f the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever.” It was revealed to them that they were not a 1 serving themselves, but you, when they foretold To the elect sojourners of the Diaspora of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia has caused us to be born again has begotten us again And this is the word that was proclaimed to you. Literally gird up the loins of your mind located in what is now Turkey. b 3 d 16 Or Lev. 11:44–45; Lev. 19:2 e 22 or from the heart Wherefore c 13 . These provinces were f 25 Literally SBL, NE, and WH"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "–31) 33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, 34 and untraceable His ways! d 35 “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?” e “Who has first given to God, 36 that God should repay him?” For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. Living Sacrifices To Him be the glory forever! Amen. (1 Corinthians 3:16–23 ; 1 Corinthians 6:18–20) 12 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your f bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to 2 God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be trans- formed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, 3 pleasing, and perfect will of God. 4 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judg- ment, according to the measure of faith God has Just as each of us has one body with given you. many members, and not all members have the so in Christ we who are many same function, are one body, and each member belongs to one 6 another. 5 We have different gifts according to the grace 7 given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in 8 if it is serving, let him proportion to his faith; serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is en- couraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with di"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "(see also LXX)"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 41,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "| 651 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes. 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? 25 Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, 13 or weighed the mountains on a scale a and the hills with a balance? b 14 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor? Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of 15 understanding? Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the c 16 scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust. Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, 17 nor its animals enough for a burnt offering. All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and 18 emptiness. 19 To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him? To an idol that a craftsman casts 20 and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol 21 that will not topple. Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? 22 Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth? He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; mind of the LORD its dwellers are like grasshoppers. coastlands j"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow. 3 He pursues them, going on safely, 4 hardly touching the path with his feet. Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? You will thresh the mountains and crush 16 them, and reduce the hills to chaff. You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; 17 you will glory in the Holy One of Israel. The poor and needy seek water, but there is I, the LORD—the first and the last— 5 none; I am He.” The islands see and fear; 6 the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward. Each one helps the other 7 and says to his brother, “Be strong!” The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” 8 He nails it down so it will not be toppled. 9 “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend— I brought you from the ends of the earth their tongues are parched with thirst. 18 I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. 19 I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs. I will plant cedars in the wilderness, a acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. 20 I will set cyp"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": ". Literally Greek Literally Literally 15 ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny Such wisdom does not come from the truth. For above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there 17 will be disorder and every evil practice. 16 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of 18 mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit a A Warning against Pride of righteousness. 4 b 2 What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at You crave what you do not war within you? have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain 3 it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, be- And when you do ask, cause you do not ask. you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your 4 pleasures. c d You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend 5 an enemy of God. of the world renders himself Or do you think the Scripture says without rea- He caused to dwell in us But He gives us more grace. 6 son that the Spirit yearns with envy? This is why it says: e f “God opposes the proud, Drawing Near to God but gives grace to the humble.” 7 8 9 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the Draw near to devil, and he will flee from you. God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 42,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9) went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. 15 16 Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them 17 warning them not to make Him known. all, This was to fulfill what was spoken through b 7 c 21 the Bread of the Presence a 4 the prophet Isaiah: Beelzebub Or ; also in verse 27 18 “Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, 19 and He will proclaim justice to the nations. 20 He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets. A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not 21 till He leads justice to victory. extinguish, c In His name the nations will put A House Divided (Mk. 3:20–27 ; Lk. 11:14–23) their hope.” 22 Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed The the man so that he could speak and see. crowds were astounded and asked, “Could this 24 be the Son of David?” 23 d But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, the prince of demons, does “Only by Beelzebul, 25 this man drive out demons.” 26 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided If Satan drives out against itself will not stand. 27 Satan, he is divided against himself. How then And if I drive out de- can his kingdom stand? mons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive 28 them out? So then, they will be your judges. But if I"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "–17) 8 Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, 9 let the mountains sing together for joy before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness Psalm 99 and the peoples with equity. The LORD Reigns!"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "| 653 I will not yield My glory to another 9 or My praise to idols. Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth A New Song of Praise (Ps. 98:1–9 ; Ps. 149:1–9) I proclaim them to you.” 10 Sing to the LORD a new song— His praise from the ends of the earth— you who go down to the sea, and all that is d 11 in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them. Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; 12 let them cry out from the mountaintops. Let them give glory to the LORD 13 and declare His praise in the islands. The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars 14 in triumph over His enemies: “I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; 15 I will at once gasp and pant. I will lay waste the mountains and hills e and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land 16 and drain the marshes. I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. 17 These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them. But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ Israel Is Deaf and Blind will be turned back in utter shame. 18 Listen, you deaf ones; 19 look, you blind ones, that you ma"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "20 5 Though seeing many things, you do not keep Do not be afraid, for I am with you; watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.” 21 The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His 22 righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious. But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, 23 and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!” 24 Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter? Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? 25 They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law. So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, Israel’s Only Savior but they did not take it to heart. 43 But now, this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; 2 I have called you by your name; you are Mine! When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze. 3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; a I give Egypt for your ransom, 4 Cush and Seba in your place. Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 43,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "–28 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 44,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 655 who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; 18 to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: 19 “Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness 20 and streams in the desert. a b The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness 21 and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people. The people I formed for Myself Israel’s Unfaithfulness will declare My praise."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and 12 shame. The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. 13 Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint. The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, 14 like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine. a He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. Shall I make something detestable with the 20 rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?” He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand Jerusalem to Be Restored a lie?” 21 Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; 22 O Israel, I will never forget you. I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, 23 and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has He lets it grow strong among the trees of the done this; forest. 15 He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow. It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 45,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–25) 22 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows: 23 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has ap- pointed me to build a house for Him at Jeru- salem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’ ” eight a 9 b 10 e 15 g 21 uncle One Hebrew manuscript, some LXX manuscripts, and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts At the turn of the year Rising up early and sending (it), made courageous brother f 17 made strong d 13 c 10 Literally Literally See"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "l 33 h 25"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "| 657 Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “Concerning things to come, do you question His anointed, 12 Me about My sons, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: a 2 “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze 3 and cut through the bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, 4 the God of Israel, who calls you by name. For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; 5 I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, 6 though you have not known Me, so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; 7 I am the LORD, and there is no other. I form the light and create the darkness; 8 I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things. Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout 9 and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it. Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. b Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, 10 ‘He has no hands’? Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What hav"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "I, the LORD, speak the truth; 20 I say what is right. Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. 21 Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save. Speak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, 22 a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me. Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, 23 and there is no other. By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: a Every knee will bow before Me, 24 every tongue will swear allegiance. Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness ” and strength.’ All who rage against Him 25 will come to Him and be put to shame. In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult. Babylon’s Idols 46 Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, 2 a load to the weary animal. The gods cower; they crouch together, 3 unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity. “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, 4 carried along since birth. Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. 5 To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? 6 To whom will you compare Me, that we sh"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": "(see also LXX) g 9 will acknowledge God BYZ and TR include Lit. Gentiles; he who does not regard the day, to the Lord he does not regard it; will give praise to God in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.” b 11 or to be hindered or weakened e 23 SBL, BYZ, and TR include i 11 Or j 12 . Some manuscripts place the text of"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 48,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 659 I will take vengeance; 4 I will spare no one. ” Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His 5 name— is the Holy One of Israel. 6 “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms. I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; 7 even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke. You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ 8 You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome. So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow 9 or know the loss of children.’ These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, 10 in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells. You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none 11 besides me.’ But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. 12 Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly. So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. 13 Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror! You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "9 19 For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; 10 for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off. See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of 11 affliction. For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; Deliverance Promised to Israel for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another. 12 Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: 13 I am He; I am the first, and I am the last. Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, 14 they stand up together. Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, a and His arm will be against the 15 Chaldeans. I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, 16 and he will succeed in his mission. Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, 17 accompanied by His Spirit. Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, b and your offspring as numerous as its grains; 20 their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.” Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 49,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–6) even if someone told you.’ ” a 42 43 As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the syna- gogue, the people urged them to continue this After the syna- message on the next Sabbath. gogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to 44 continue in the grace of God. 45 On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contra- 46 dicted what Paul was saying. Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 47 ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the b 48 earth.’ ” district. So they shook the dust off their feet in And protest against them and went to Iconium. the disciples were filled with joy and with the Paul and Barnabas at Iconium Holy Spirit. 52 14 2 At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews But the unbelieving Jews and Greeks believed. 3 stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "15 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and “Men, why rushed into the crowd, shouting, are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea In past generations, and everything in them. Yet He has He let all nations go their own way. 16 17 992 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "(see also LXX) Scrivener’s TR and GOC; many Greek sources Lev. 26:12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "See"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "15 and 16 Hebrew Hebrew ; also in verse 16 the day of Egypt f 13 By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken. 13 This is what the Lord GOD says: f I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, 14 and I will instill fear in that land. 15 I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes. I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, g h 16 the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes. I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, 17 and Memphis will face daily distress. i The young men of On and Pi-beseth 18 will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity. The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, 19 and her daughters will go into captivity. So I will execute judgment on Egypt, Pharaoh’s Power Broken and they will know that I am the LORD.” 20 21 In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, “Son of man, I have broken the arm of saying, Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the 22 sword. Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Be- hold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword f"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "| 661 16 Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of 17 My hands; f your walls are ever before Me. Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart 18 from you. Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. 19 As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride. For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far 20 away. Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’ 21 Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, 22 so where did they come from?’ ” nor will scorching heat or sun beat down This is what the Lord GOD says: on them. For He who has compassion on them will 11 guide them and lead them beside springs of water. 12 13 I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up. d Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan. ” e Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones. But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!” 14 15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, or"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 26,
              "text": "8 I will contend with those who contend with The One who vindicates Me is near. 26 you, and I will save your children. I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, Israel’s Sin am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.” 50 This is what the LORD says: Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! 9 Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me! Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? 10 See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them. Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? “Where is your mother’s certificate 11 Let him trust in the name of the LORD; of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, 2 and for your transgressions your mother was sent away. Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water 3 and die of thirst. I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.” The Servant’s Obedience"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 50,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "–11 ; crucified."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 52,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "| 663 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; to establish the heavens, to found the earth, God’s Fury Removed and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ” for the heavens will vanish like smoke, 17 the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail. Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; 8 do not be broken by their insults. For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.” 7 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. 10 Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon? Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, 11 who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over? So the redeemed of the LORD will return 12 and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee. “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the 18 dregs— the cup that makes men stagger. Among all the sons she bore, 19 there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there i"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "3 Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion. For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.” 4 For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, 5 then Assyria oppressed them without cause. And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without a cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, b and My name is blasphemed continually 6 all day long. Therefore My people will know My name; therefore they will know on that day that I am He who speaks. 7 Here I am!” How beautiful on the mountains c are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, 8 who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see 9 when the LORD returns to Zion. Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, 10 for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem. The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God. d 11 Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; for the LORD goes before you, The Servant Exalted"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "(see also LXX) Or 1010 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "; see also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "–15) the interests of others. 5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ 6 Jesus: Who, existing in the form of God, a 7 did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied Himself, 8 taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself 9 and became obedient to death— even death on a cross. Therefore God exalted Him to the highest 10 place and gave Him the name above all names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, 11 in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, Lights in the World"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "(see also LXX) in Asia g 5 TR and Some translators 12 20"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 53,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "That is, the Sea of Galilee; Greek to the other side manuscripts Literally NA, BYZ, and TR 12 13 a On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy But go and who need a doctor, but the sick. learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacri- For I have not come to call the righteous, fice.’ Questions about Fasting ” but sinners."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "4"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "–8 (see also LXX) Kandakē Greek c 36 d 5 e 8 “It 19 2 Literally or TR includes 986 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "–12 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 54,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "c 27 c Or ; similarly in verse 9 See"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "| 665 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is 8 silent, so He did not open His mouth. By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? a For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people. A Grave Assigned"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "10 Though the mountains may be removed I will make with you an everlasting c and the hills may be shaken, 4 covenant— My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be My loving devotion promised to David. Behold, I have made him a witness to the broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you. 11 5 nations, a leader and commander of the peoples. Surely you will summon a nation you do not “O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, a 12 surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires. 13 I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones. Then all your sons will be taught by the b 14 LORD, and great will be their prosperity. In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, 15 for it will not come near you. 16 If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you. Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; 17 and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc. No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” Invitation to the Needy declares the LORD. 55 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine a"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "b 69 gathering pilgrimage to Jerusalem; also translated as (see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 55,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 56,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 57,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 667 56 This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, 2 for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed. Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” 3 Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” 4 And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.” For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, 5 who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant— I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name 6 that will not be cut off. And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it 7 and who hold fast to My covenant— I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, a for My house will be called a house of prayer 8 for all the nations.” Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others Israel’s Sinful Leaders besides those already gathered.” 9 Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, 11 lovi"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose 9 bed you have loved; a 18 yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart. I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; you have gazed upon their nakedness. 19 I will guide him and restore comfort You went to Molech with oil b and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys 10 a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself. You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” 11 You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak. to him and his mourners, bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the 20 LORD, “and I will heal them.” But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, 21 for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent 12 that you do not fear Me? I will expose your righteousness and your 13 works, and they will not profit you. When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land Healing for the Repentant and possess My holy mountain.” 14 And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, 15 take every obstacle out of the way of My people.” “There is no peace,” says"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 59,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–17 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "–8 (see also LXX)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "| 669 and not to turn away 8 from your own flesh and blood? For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, 9 and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, 10 the pointing of the finger and malicious talk, and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, 11 then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday. The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. 12 You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; 13 you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling. If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way 14 or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words, then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. father Jacob.” Sin Separates Us from God"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "speaking oppression and revolt, 14 conceiving and uttering lies from the but the LORD will rise upon you, 3 and His glory will appear over you. heart. So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, 15 and honesty cannot enter. Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes a prey. 16 The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice. He saw that there was no man; Nations will come to your light, 4 and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, 5 and your daughters will be carried on the arm. Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought He was amazed that there was no one to to you, intercede. 6 and the wealth of the nations will come to 17 So His own arm brought salvation, you. and His own righteousness sustained Him. He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, He put on garments of vengeance The Covenant of the Redeemer and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal. 18 So He will repay according to their deeds: 19 fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands. b So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. c"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "–21; see also LXX 1018 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 61,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–11 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "| 671 61 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, 2 to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, d c 3 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn, to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be 4 glorified. They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, 5 the desolations of many generations. Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, 6 and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers. But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, 7 and you will boast in their riches. Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion 8 in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs. For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense 9 and make an everlasting covenant with them. Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, 11 as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise Zion’s Salvation and New Name to spring up before all the nations. 62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright 2 light, her salvation like a blazing torch. Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name 3 that the mouth of the LORD will bestow. You will be a crown of glory in the hand 4 of the LORD, a a royal diadem in the palm of your God. b No longer will you be called Forsaken, c nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, d and your land Beulah; 5 for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, 6 so your God will rejoice over you. On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD 7 shall take no rest for yourselves, nor give Him any rest 8 until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth. The LORD has sworn by"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 63,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "–19) travel to a land they do not know.’ ” 19 Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, 20 but there was only terror. We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, 21 the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You. For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; 22 do not break it. Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? Judgment to Continue So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things. 15 Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Mo- ses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send If they them from My presence, and let them go! ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: 2 694 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 64,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "3 3 2 Brothers, I could not address you as spir- itual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not for you are still worldly. For since there ready, is jealousy and dissension among you, are you 4 not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” man? and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere 5 men? 6 7 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role. I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it So neither he who plants nor he who wa- grow. 8 ters is anything, but only God, who makes things He who plants and he who waters are one grow. in purpose, and each will be rewarded accord- ing to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow Christ Our Foundation"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "| 673 7 I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for 17 us— Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. the many good things for the house of Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Israel Your ways according to His great compassion and and harden our hearts from fearing You? 8 loving devotion. For He said, “They are surely My people, 9 sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior. a In all their distress, He too was afflicted, saved and the Angel of His Presence them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; 10 He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. 11 So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them. Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set 12 His Holy Spirit among them, who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them 13 14 who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble? Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way A Prayer for Mercy"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "For You have hidden Your face from us both for your iniquities a 7 8 and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity. and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. But now, O LORD, You are our Father; 9 we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. 8 “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.” Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people! 10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness. 11 Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, 12 has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins. After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent Judgments and Promises"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 65,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–16) 10 2 Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salva- For I testify about them that they are zeal- tion. 3 ous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge. Because they were ignorant of God’s righteous- ness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to eve- 5 ryone who believes. 4 n 6 For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.” But the righteous- ness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your i 26"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "(see also LXX) ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 66,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–2 984 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "| 675 b 16 but to His servants He will give another name. Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten A New Heaven and a New Earth"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "8 17 Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, 9 she gave birth to her children. Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” 10 says your God. Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, 11 all who mourn over her, so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves 12 in her glorious abundance. For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; 13 you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees. As a mother comforts her son, 14 so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.” When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His Final Judgments against the Wicked 15 enemies. For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— 16 to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": ". g 6 verse 48 and"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jeremiah",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "3 Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her were found guilty; disaster came upon them,’ declares the LORD. ” 4 13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— The Consequence of Israel’s Sin broken cisterns that cannot hold water. 5 14 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, This and all you families of the house of Israel. is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, 6 and became worthless themselves. They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, 7 a land where no one travels and no one lives?’ I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land 8 and made My inheritance detestable. The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols. 9 Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case 10 a against your children’s children. Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything 11 like this: Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": "–37) d 10 After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works And the Israelites that He had done for Israel. did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the 12 Baals. 11 Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed 13 down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, for they forsook Him and served Baal and the 14 Ashtoreths. e Then the anger of the LORD burned against Is- rael, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist. Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had Judges Raised Up sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed. 16 15 f Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them. ; also in verse 4 of plunderers . c 5 Bochim weepers means e 14 Or or ; see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "| 679 32 Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number. 33 How skillfully you pursue love! 34 Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways. Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. 35 But in spite of all these things you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, 36 because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’ How impulsive you are, 37 constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria. Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, The Wages of the Harlot for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.” 3 “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers— and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD. 2 “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land 3 with your prostitution and wickedness. Therefore the showers have been withheld, You people of this generation, consider the and no spring rains have fallen. word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "This you have spoken, Judah Follows Israel’s Example but you keep doing all the evil you can.” 6 Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and un- 7 der every green tree to prostitute herself there. I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not 8 return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. a She saw that because faithless Israel had com- mitted adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Ju- 9 dah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had de- filed the land and committed adultery with Yet in spite of all this, her un- stones and trees. faithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the A Call to Repentance (Hos. 14:1–3 ; Zech. 1:1–6) LORD. 11 10 12 And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Go, proclaim this message toward the Judah. north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, 13 for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the LORD. ” 14 “Return, O faithless children,” declares the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "–25 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "| 681 2 12 and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ a wind too strong for that comes from Me. sift; 13 Now I also pronounce judgments against them.” in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.” 3 For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, 4 and do not sow among the thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire Disaster from the North and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.” 5 Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined! 14 Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. 15 How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you? For a voice resounds from Dan, 16 proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim. Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of 17 Judah. They surround her like men guarding a field, “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. 18 because she has rebelled against Me,” Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves 6 and let us flee to the fortified cities.’ Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing d"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "25 26 I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled. I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, 27 before His fierce anger. For this is what the LORD says: 28 “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction. Therefore the earth will mourn They have made their faces harder than stone 4 and refused to repent. Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, 5 the justice of their God. I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” and the heavens above will grow dark. But they too, with one accord, had broken the I have spoken, I have planned, 29 and I will not relent or turn back.” Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. 30 Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left. And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers 31 despise you; they want to take your life. For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child— the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, No One Is Just for my soul faints before the murderers!” 5 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusa"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": ", and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "| 683 25 who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’ 26 Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty. For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. 27 Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. 28 They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended 29 the rights of the needy. Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? 30 31 A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land. The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, Jerusalem’s Final Warning but what will you do in the end? 6 “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, 2 even great destruction. a 3 Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion. Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, 4 each tending his own portion: ‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long. 5 who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, a 2 To a lovel"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "6 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; 7 there is nothing but oppression in her midst. As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; 8 sickness and wounds are ever before Me. Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; 9 I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.” This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more like a grape 10 gatherer over the branches.” To whom can I give this warning? a Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become 11 offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it. But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, 12 the old and the very old alike. No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD. 16 This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for 17 your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’ I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered,"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "884 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "| 685 26 Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side. O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, 27 for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us. a “I have appointed you to examine My people 28 like ore, so you may know and try their ways. All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. 29 They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt. The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. 30 The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged. They are called rejected silver, Jeremiah’s Message at the Temple Gate because the LORD has rejected them.” 7 2 3 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from “Stand in the gate of the the LORD, saying, house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Ju- dah who enter through these gates to worship Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God the LORD. of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will Do not trust in decep- let you live in this place. tive words, saying: 4 ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ 5 6 For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if if you no you act justly toward one another, longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed inno- cent blood in this place or follow other gods to then I will let you live in this your own"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "25 From the day your fathers came out forward. a of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you 26 all My servants the prophets again and again. Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more 27 evil than their fathers. 28 When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer. Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has dis- appeared from their lips. Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and The Valley of Slaughter forsaken the generation of His wrath.’ 30 29 31 For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, They have built the high and so have defiled it. places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it 32 even enter My mind. So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the 33 dead in Topheth until there is no more room. The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, 34 and there will be no one to scare them"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "| 687 Whatever I have given them will be lost The People Respond to them.” 14 9 Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, I would weep day and night 2 over the slain daughter of my people. let us flee to the fortified cities and perish If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, 15 because we have sinned against the LORD. We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, 16 but there was only terror. The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything 17 in it, the city and all who dwell in it. “For behold, I will send snakes among you, wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, 3 a crowd of faithless people. “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD. 4 “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, 5 and every friend spreads slander. Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; 6 they wear themselves out committing b vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” Jeremiah Weeps for His People declares the LORD. 18 a 7 in"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "21 for they have been scorched so no one passes For death has climbed in through our through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have 11 fled; they have gone away. a “And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a 12 desolation, without inhabitant.” Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one 13 can pass through it? And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; 14 they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice. Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their 15 fathers taught them.” 16 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to I will scatter them among the nations drink. that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have 17 finished them off.” This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 18 “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, 19 and our eyelids may gush with water. For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land 20"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "Paul’s Message by the Spirit’s Power God’s Fellow Workers"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 10,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "| 689 16 Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, 6 and neither can they do any good.” The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, There is none like You, O LORD. 7 You are great, and Your name is mighty in power. Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, 8 and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You. But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of 9 wood! Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz— the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, 10 all fashioned by skilled workers. But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, 11 and the nations cannot endure His indignation. Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these 12 heavens.” a The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom 13 and stretched out the heavens by His understanding. When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His 14 storehouses. Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. 15 For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. and Israel is t"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "The Broken Covenant 11 2 3 4 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah You must tell and the residents of Jerusalem. them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the which I commanded words of this covenant, your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and 5 you will be My people, and I will be your God.’ This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” 6 “Amen, LORD,” I answered. a 7 Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this cove- For from the time I nant and carry them out. brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt un- til today, I strongly warned them again and Yet they would again, not obey or incline their ears, but each one fol- lowed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not 9 keep.” saying, ‘Obey My voice.’ 8 10 And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Je- They have returned to the sins of rusalem. their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of the house of"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 13,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "| 691 You are ever on their lips, 3 but far from their hearts. But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the 4 slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage. How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, God’s Answer to Jeremiah “He cannot see what our end will be.” 5 “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, 6 how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan? Even your brothers— your own father’s household— even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, 7 though they speak well of you. I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul 8 into the hands of her enemies. My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; 9 therefore I hate her. Is not My inheritance to Me b like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? 10 Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her. Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. 11 They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland. They have made it a desolation; their kidneys b 9 desolate before Me, it mourns. a 2 Over all the barren heights in the wil"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "8 9 19 10 Then the word of the LORD came to me: “This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusa- These evil people, who refuse to listen to lem. My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loin- 11 cloth—of no use at all. For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not The Wineskins listen. 12 Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that 13 every wineskin should be filled with wine?’ then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on Da- vid’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the I will smash them against people of Jerusalem. one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compas- Captivity Threatened sion to keep Me from destroying them.’ 15 14 ” 16 Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken. Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, 17 but He turns it into deep gloo"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 14,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "–22) to make for Yourself a glorious name. 15 to gain for Himself everlasting renown, 5 18 Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage. For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, 19 but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary. We have become like those You never ruled, A Prayer for God’s Power like those not called by Your name. 64 If only You would rend the heavens and come down, 2 so that mountains would quake at Your presence, as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your 3 presence! When You did awesome works that we did not expect, 4 You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence. From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, b who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him. You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. 6 How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? Each of us has become like something unclean, c and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; Look down from heaven and see, we all wither like a leaf, from Your holy and glorious habitation. 7 and our iniquities carry us away like the Where are Your zeal and might? wind. Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained. b 4 angel of His presence No one calls on Your name like a stained menstrual garment or strives to take hold of You. c 6 a 9 Or Cited in 1 C"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 15,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "| 693 16 By sword and famine these very prophets will And the people to whom they meet their end! prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jeru- salem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil 17 upon them. You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people 18 has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound. If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest A Prayer for Mercy"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "‘Those destined for death, to death; a those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’ 3 I will appoint over them four kinds of destroy- ers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts I will make of the earth to devour and destroy. them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king 5 of Judah did in Jerusalem. 4 Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside 6 to ask about your welfare? You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you 7 and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion. I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people 8 who have not turned from their ways. I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon 12 in your time of trouble, in your time of distress. 13 Can anyone smash iron— iron from the north—or bronze? Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders. b 14 Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.” 15 You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 17,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "); most Hebrew manuscripts Disaster Predicted 16 2 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “You must not marry or have 3 sons or daughters in this place.” 4 For this is what the LORD says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and the mothers who bore them, and the fathers who fa- “They will die from thered them in this land: deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of 5 the air and beasts of the earth.” Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not en- ter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have re- moved from this people My peace, My loving de- 6 votion, and My compassion,” declares the LORD. 7 “Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone No food cut himself or shave his head for them. will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given 8 for the loss of a father or mother. You must not enter a house where there is 9 feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink. For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the 10 bride and bridegroom. When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pro- nounced a"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "5 This is what the LORD says: a “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength 6 and turns his heart from the LORD. He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the 7 desert, in a salt land where no one lives. But blessed is the man who trusts in the 8 LORD, You know that the utterance of my lips 17 was spoken in Your presence. 18 Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster. Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction. Restoring the Sabbath"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "–27) house of my God and for its services. 15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I 16 warned them against selling food on that day. Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of 17 Judah in Jerusalem. 18 Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day? Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this dis- aster on us and on this city? And now you are re- kindling His wrath against Israel by profaning a 6 the Sabbath!” When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I or- dered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the 20 Sabbath day. Once or twice, the merchants and those who 21 sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem, but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay 22 hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath. Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 18,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "–23) anger by burning incense to Baal.” 18 19 And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds. For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, 20 that his name may be remembered no more.” b O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause. 21 22 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seek- ing your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.” So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by 23 the sword, their sons and daughters by famine. There will be no remnant, for I will bring dis- aster on the people of Anathoth in the year of The Prosperity of the Wicked their punishment.” 12 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not a 7 raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will I earnestly warned them, rising up early and warning (them), Why does the way of the wicked prosper? the kidneys Why do all the faithless live at ease? b 20 Literally Hebrew 2 You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. a 12 All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 19,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "| 697 18 2 4 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will give you My mes- 3 sage.” So I went down to the potter’s house and saw But the vessel that he him working at the wheel. was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it 5 seemed best for him to do. 6 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, 7 O house of Israel. 8 At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and de- But if that nation I warned turns from stroyed. its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had 9 planned to bring. And if at another time I announce that I will 10 build up and establish a nation or kingdom, and if it does evil in My sight and does not lis- ten to My voice, then I will relent of the good I 11 had intended for it. Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your 12 ways and deeds.’ But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will fol- low our own plans, and each of us will act accord- 13 ing to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’ ” Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "4 Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who because they have aban- hear of it will ring, doned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this They have place with the blood of the innocent. built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—some- thing I never commanded or mentioned, nor did 6 it even enter My mind. 5 7 So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called a Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air 8 and the beasts of the earth. And in this place I will ruin b 9 I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds. I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and dis- tress inflicted on them by their enemies who 10 seek their lives.’ 11 Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence and you are to of the men who accompany you, proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, li"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 21,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "| 699 something like all His past wonders, so that Neb- 3 uchadnezzar will withdraw from us.” 4 But Jeremiah answered, “You are to tell Zedekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weap- c ons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will 5 assemble their forces in the center of this city. And I Myself will fight against you with an out- stretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath. I will strike down the res- idents of this city, both man and beast. They will 7 die in a terrible plague.’ 6 ‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the peo- ple in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or 8 show pity or compassion.’ 9 Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surren- ders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; For I he will retain his life like a spoil of war. have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be deliv- ered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who A Message to the House of David"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "14 I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around A Warning to Judah’s Kings ” you.’ 22 3 2 This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and pro- saying, ‘Hear the word claim this message there, of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David—you and your officials and your This is what the people who enter these gates. LORD says: Administer justice and righteous- ness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not 4 shed innocent blood in this place. 5 For if you will indeed carry out these com- mands, then kings who sit on David’s throne will enter through the gates of this palace riding on chariots and horses—they and their officials and But if you do not obey these words, their people. then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that A Warning about the Palace this house will become a pile of rubble.’ 6 ” 11 a For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who suc- ceeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return, but he will die in the place to which he was exiled; he will never A Warning about Jehoiakim see this land again.” 13 12 “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without 14 pay, and fails to pay their"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 23,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 701 dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the 5 LORD. Behold, the days are coming, d declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King 6 and will administer justice and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will e 7 be called: The LORD Our Righteousness. 8 So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out Instead they will say, ‘As of the land of Egypt.’ surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will Lying Prophets dwell once more in their own land.” 9 As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, 10 because of His holy words. For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil 11 and their power is misused. “For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their declares the LORD. wickedness,” 12 “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares t"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "13 22 “Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal 14 And and led My people Israel astray. among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; 15 the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.” Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem 16 ungodliness has spread throughout the land.” This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, 17 not from the mouth of the LORD. They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the 18 stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’ But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word 19 and obeyed it? Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down 20 upon the heads of the wicked. The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come 21 you will understand this clearly. I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them,"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 25,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "| 703 9 10 of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt. I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished And I will send against them sword and them. famine and plague, until they have perished from Seventy Years of Captivity the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’ ” 25 This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Ju- dah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar So the prophet Jeremiah spoke king of Babylon. to all the people of Judah and all the residents of 3 Jerusalem as follows: 2 24 a After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoi- akim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Ju- dah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Je- the rusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in One basket had front of the temple of the LORD. very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad 3 they could not be eaten. 2 b “Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be 4 eaten.” 5 c 6 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the ex- iles from"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "11 28 And this whole land will be- light of the lamp. come a desolate wasteland, and these nations 12 will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. But when seventy years are complete, I will a punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the for their guilt, declares land of the Chaldeans, the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting deso- 13 lation. 14 I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all For many nations and great kings the nations. will enslave them, and I will repay them accord- ing to their deeds and according to the work of The Cup of God’s Wrath ” their hands.’ 15 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine 16 of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I And they will drink and send you drink from it. stagger and go out of their minds, because of the 17 sword that I will send among them.” 21 19 18 20 So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to to make them a whom the LORD had sent me, ruin, an object of horror and contempt and curs- ing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the Pharaoh cities of Judah, its kings and officials; king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; people; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Edom, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; Moab, and the Ammonites; all the kings of"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 26,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": "| 705 He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of A Warning to the Cities of Judah the LORD. 26 2 At the beginning of the reign of Jehoia- kim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word “This is what the LORD came from the LORD: says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come Perhaps to worship there. Do not omit a word. they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil 4 of their deeds. 3 5 And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in and if you My law, which I have set before you, b do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again then I will make even though you did not listen, this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the Jeremiah Threatened with Death earth.’ 7 ” 6 8 Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD, and as soon as he had fin- ished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, How dare you prophesy “You must surely die! in the name of the LORD that this house will be- come like"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "and his body thrown into the burial place of the 24 common people. Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan sup- ported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar the people to be put to death. 27 a At the beginning of the reign of Zede- kiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this This is 2 b word came to Jeremiah from the LORD. what the LORD said to me: 3 “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps Send word to the kings and put it on your neck. of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zede- Give them a message from kiah king of Judah. the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, to relay to 5 their masters: 4 6 7 By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the So now face of it, and I give it to whom I please. I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to All nations will serve him and his son and him. grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave 8 him. As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares 9 the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand. 10 But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘Yo"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 28,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "); most Hebrew manuscripts Jehoiachin 24:12. is a variant of ; see 2 Kings 24:12. Most LXX manuscripts do not include this verse. is a variant of ; see 2 Kings declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of 5 the king of Babylon.’ ” Then the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests 6 and all the people who were standing in the “Amen!” Jeremiah said. house of the LORD. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to 7 this place from Babylon. 8 Nevertheless, listen now to this message I am speaking in your hearing and in the hearing of all The prophets of old who preceded the people. you and me prophesied war, disaster, and plague As for against many lands and great kingdoms. the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet 10 be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent.” 9 Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off 11 the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’ 12 At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way. But shortly after Hananiah the prophet had 13 broken the yoke off his neck, the word of the “Go and tell Hananiah LORD came to Jeremiah: that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 29,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": ". Or or Or or That is, the Babylonians; also clarified in verse 19 Ezra The Proclamation of Cyrus (2 Chronicles 36:22–23 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "| 707 Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles 29 a 2 This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebu- chadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem the to Babylon. queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the met- The alsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.) letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated: (This was after King Jeconiah, 3 4 6 5 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: “Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Seek the Multiply there; do not decrease. prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, 8 for if it prospers, you too will prosper.” 7 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do 9 not listen to the dreams you elicit from them. For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.” b 10 13 11 For this is what the LORD says: “When Baby- lon’s seventy years are comp"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "15 16 Because you may say, “The LORD has raised up this is what the for us prophets in Babylon,” LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into ex- ile— this is what the LORD of Hosts says: 17 18 “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so I will pursue them bad they cannot be eaten. with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth— a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish I will do this because they have not lis- them. tened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My serv- ants the prophets. And neither have you exiles 20 listened, declares the LORD.” 19 a 22 So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I 21 have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Is- rael, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zede- kiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Neb- uchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill Because of them, them before your very eyes. all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zede- kiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon For they have committed roasted in the fire!’ an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking li"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 30,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–17) will know that I am the Lord GOD.’ 25 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among lapis lazuli b 13 The precise identification of some of these gemstones is uncertain. Or whom they have been scattered, I will show My- self holy among them in the sight of the nations. 26 Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob. And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vine- yards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know A Prophecy against Pharaoh ” that I am the LORD their God.’ 29 2 In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD “Son of man, set your face came to me, saying, 3 against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy Speak to him against him and against all Egypt. and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; 4 I made it myself.’ But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. 5 I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales. I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food 6 to the beasts of the earth and the birds o"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 31,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "| 709 18 because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.” a This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful 19 place. Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; 20 I will honor them, and they will not be belittled. Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established 21 before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors. Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to declares the LORD. 22 approach Me?” 23 “And you will be My people, and I will be your God.” Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down 24 upon the heads of the wicked. The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come Mourning Turned to Joy"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "4 13 Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines 5 young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and go out in joyful dancing. 14 and give them comfort and joy for their Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of sorrow. 6 Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit. For there will be a day when watchmen will I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, declares the LORD. and will fill My people with My goodness,” 15 call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, ” to the LORD our God!’ 7 For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’ 8 Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, 9 expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly! They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, 10 Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather 11 them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock. For the LORD has ransomed Jacob 12 and redeemed him from the hand that had ove"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 26,
              "text": "–40) d 6 Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He medi- 7 ates is better and is founded on better promises. For if that first covenant had been without fault, 8 no place would have been sought for a second. But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel 9 and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, 11 and they will be My people. No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, 12 from the least of them to the greatest. e For I will forgive their iniquities f and will remember their sins no more.” 13 By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear. e 12"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 31,
              "text": "– is included for clarity but is not . covenant tabernacle 1080 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 33,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 34,
              "text": "But the righteous will live by faith j 38"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 32,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "| 711 I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. 34 And I will be their God, and they will be My people. No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities 35 and will remember their sins no more.” d Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His 36 name: “Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease 37 to be a nation before Me.” This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, searched out 30 and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’ Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will 31 be set on edge. Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel 32 and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— c a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them, ” declares the LORD. 33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel would I reject all of Israel’s descendants declares"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace 3 of the king of Judah. a 4 For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Bab- Zedekiah king of ylon, and he will capture it. Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chal- deans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye. He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay un- til I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight 6 against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’ ” 5 7 8 Jeremiah replied, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying: Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the Then, as the right of redemption to buy it.’ LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’ 9 Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. ” b 11 10 So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver. I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on Then I took the deed of purchase— the scales. 12 the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as and I gave this deed to we"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 36,
              "text": "–44) around you.” 13 Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the 14 remnant of Israel to a complete end?” 15 Then the word of the LORD came to me, say- “Son of man, your brothers—your rela- ing, tives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusa- lem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; 16 this land has been given to us as a possession.’ Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the 752 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 33,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 713 44 about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into Fields will be pur- the hands of the Chaldeans.’ chased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cit- ies of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the and the Negev—because I will restore foothills, The Excellence of the Restored Nation them from captivity, declares the LORD.” d c 33 e 2 While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the “Thus says LORD came to him a second time: the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His Call to Me, and I will answer and show name: you great and unsearchable things you do not 4 know. 3 For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for 5 defense against the siege ramps and the sword: and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its 6 wickedness. The Chaldeans are coming to fight f g 7 Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and heal- ing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. I will restore 8 Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild And I will cleanse them them as in former times. from all the iniquity they have committed"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; a His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity 12 former times, says the LORD. as in 13 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for b In the cities of shepherds to rest their flocks. the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who The Covenant with David counts them, says the LORD. 14 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel 15 and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice 16 and righteousness in the land. In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will c 17 be called: The LORD Our Righteousness. 18 For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house nor will the priests who are Levites of Israel, ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present 19 sacrifices.” 20 And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with 21 the night, so"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 35,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "| 715 22 Behold, I am going to give the command, de- clares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah The Obedience of the Rechabites a desolation, without inhabitant.” 35 This is the word that came to Jeremiah 2 from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to 3 offer them a drink of wine.” 4 So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons— the entire house of the Rechabites— and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the door- 5 keeper. Then I set pitchers full of wine and some cups before the men of the house of the Rechabites, 6 and I said to them, “Drink some wine.” a 7 “We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to Nor are you ever to build a house or drink wine. sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the 8 land where you wander.’ And we have obeyed the voice of our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab in all he commande"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept dis- 14 cipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD. The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and 15 again, and you have not obeyed Me! b a Again and again I have sent you all My serv- ants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or lis- tened to Me. Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to 17 Me. 16 Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, be- cause I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have 18 not answered.’ ” Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Recha- bites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the com- mand of your forefather Jonadab and have kept 19 all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 37,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": ". That is, the Babylonians; also in e 7 c 2 Jehucal Literally is a variant of verses 18, 19, and 23 Probably from the upper Nile region Or"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "| 717 written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it 30 of man and beast?’ Therefore this is what the LORD says about Je- hoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown 31 out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night. I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned 32 them but they did not listen.” Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jere- miah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah added to them. 37 a 2 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoia- kim. But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD 3 had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet. b Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shele- miah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the mes- 4 sage, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!” c Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among 5 the people, for they had not yet put him in prison. Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the who were besieging Jerusalem heard Chaldeans 6 the report, they withdrew from Jer"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "Jeremiah Imprisoned 11 12 13 When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jeru- salem for fear of Pharaoh’s army, Jeremiah a started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people. But when he reached the Gate of Ben- jamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the 14 Chaldeans!” “That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he 15 arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials. The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into 16 a prison. So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon 17 and remained there a long time. Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be deliv- 18 ered into the hand of the king of Babylon.” Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or 19 these people, that you have put me in prison? Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’? But now please lis- ten, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of 21 Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.” 20 So King Zedekiah gave orders f"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 38,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": ". That is, the Babylonians; also in verses 8, 9, 13, and 14 718 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 39,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–10) 25 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Neb- uchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Je- a rusalem with his entire army. They encamped a siege wall all around outside the city and built And the city was kept under siege until King it. 3 Zedekiah’s eleventh year. 2 b c By the ninth day of the fourth month, 4 the fam- ine in the city was so severe that the people of the Then the city was breached; land had no food. had surrounded the and though the Chaldeans city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. 5 d And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah be- fore his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Baby- lon. The Temple Destroyed"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "| 719 15 27 “If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, 16 you will not listen to me.” But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking 17 your life.” When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had over- And Jeremiah re- heard the conversation. mained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured. The Fall of Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:1–12 ; 2 Chronicles 36:15–21) 28 18 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will But if you do not surrender to the of- survive. ficers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not es- 19 cape their grasp.’ ” But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chal- deans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into 20 their hands to abuse me.” 21 “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah re- plied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you But"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "Jeremiah Delivered 11 Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzara- “Take him, dan captain of the guard, saying, look after him, and do not let any harm come to 13 him; do for him whatever he says.” 12 a shazban 14 mag So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, Nebu- the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rab- , and all the captains of the king of Babylon had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own 15 people. 16 And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him: “Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and 17 on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes. But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the For I will hands of the men whom you fear. surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares Jeremiah Remains in Judah the LORD.’ ” 18 40 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan cap- tain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being 2 exiled to Babylon. 4 The captai"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 40,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–16) 22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over 23 the people he had left behind in the land of Judah. When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth 24 son of the the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah And Gedaliah Maacathite, as well as their men. took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.” a 2 Kings 25:30 | 369 The Murder of Gedaliah"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": ". Literally 1 Chronicles From Adam to Abraham"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 41,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–10) 25 26 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with Then all the people small him at Mizpah. and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Jehoiachin Released from Prison Chaldeans."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 42,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "| 721 along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and Johanan Rescues the Captives set off to cross over to the Ammonites. 11 12 When Johanan son of Kareah and all the com- manders of the armies with him heard of all the crimes that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had com- they took all their men and went to mitted, fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found 13 him near the great pool in Gibeon. 14 When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced, and all the peo- ple whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah 15 turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah. But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the 16 Ammonites. b Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the com- manders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court offi- And he had brought back from Gibeon. cials 18 they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near c to Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom A Warning against Going to Egypt the king of Babylon had appointed over the land. 17 42 d"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "5 19 6 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God Whether it is pleasant or sends you to tell us. unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we obey the voice of 7 the LORD our God!” 8 After ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, and he summoned Johanan son of Ka- reah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the 9 greatest. 10 Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present ‘If you will indeed stay in this your petition: land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon 11 you. Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares 12 the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him. And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you 13 and restore you to your own land.’ 15 14 But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the God, land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or then hear the word of the hunger for bread,’ LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If y"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 43,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": ". Hebrew; LXX Azariah d 1 722 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 44,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "| 723 9 As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the Have you forgotten the nations of the earth. wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Ju- dah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of To this Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruc- tion or the statutes that I set before you and your 11 fathers. 10 12 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring dis- And I will take aster and to cut off all Judah. away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, 13 of vilification and reproach. 14 I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague, so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will The Stubbornness of the People return except a few fugitives.” 15 g 16 said to Jeremiah, 17 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with a"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "19 30 “Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrifi- cial cakes in her image and poured out drink of- Calamity for the Jews ferings to her?” 20 know that My threats of harm against you will This is what the LORD says: Be- surely stand. hold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the en- Jeremiah’s Message to Baruch emy who was seeking his life.” 21 22 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him, “As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind? So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhab- itant, as it is this day. Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His in- struction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this 24 disaster has befallen you, as you see today.” 23 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all 25 those of Judah who are in the land of Egypt. This is what the LORD o"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 46,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 27,
              "text": "| 725 and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall. Who is this, rising like the Nile, 8 like rivers whose waters churn? Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; 7 9 18 ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’ As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among 19 the mountains and like Carmel by the sea. Pack your bags for exile, I will destroy the cities and their people.’ O daughter dwelling in Egypt! Advance, O horses! Race furiously, a O chariots! 20 For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited. Let the warriors come forth— Egypt is a beautiful heifer, Cush 10 and Put carrying their shields, 21 but a gadfly from the north is coming men of Lydia drawing the bow. For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice 11 in the land of the north by the River Euphrates. Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, 12 but for you there is no healing. The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior 13 against her. Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; to"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": "28 Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid. And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you Judgment on the Philistines (Zeph. 2:4–7) unpunished.” 47 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the 2 Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza. This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, 3 and all who dwell in the land will wail at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; 4 their hands will hang limp. For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the 5 Philistines, a the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor. The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; b Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, 6 how long will you gash yourself? ‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’ 7 How can it rest Judgment on Moab"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 47,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 48,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–47) refuge.” 15 This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, 2 destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, a 5 every beard is cut off. Zoar, like a heifer three years of age. b 7 Poplars Dibon Or Or wordplay on (see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; 5 their souls tremble within. My heart cries out over Moab; a her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; 6 they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim. The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, 7 and the greenery is no more. b So they carry their wealth and belongings 8 over the Brook of the Willows. For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. 9 Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim. c The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon— a lion upon the fugitives of Moab Moab’s Destruction"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 35,
              "text": "| 727 13 who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars. Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, 14 just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel. 27 so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock. Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? 28 For whenever you speak of him you shake your head. 15 How can you say, ‘We are warriors, mighty men ready for battle’? Moab has been destroyed Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! and its towns have been invaded; 29 Be like a dove the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, 16 declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts. 17 Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly. Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered— 18 the glorious staff! Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against 19 you; he has destroyed your fortresses. Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! 20 Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’ Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed. a 21 22 23 Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath, upon Dibon, Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, 24 upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth- meon, upon Ke"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 36,
              "text": "36 Therefore My heart laments like a flute The people of Chemosh have perished; for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished. 37 For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; 38 on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth. On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” 39 declares the LORD. “How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule 40 and horror to all those around him.” For this is what the LORD says: 41 “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab. Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. 42 In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor. Moab will be destroyed as a nation 43 because he vaunted himself against the LORD. Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD. 44 “Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD. 45 “Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab 46 a 47 and the skulls of the sons of tumult. restore the fortunes of Moab c 4 Woe to you, O Moab! b 1 their king d 6 your valleys flowi"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 49,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "–22) 9 1 This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom— We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, 2 and let us go to battle against her!”— “Behold, I will make you small among the 3 nations; you will be deeply despised. a The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, 4 ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you declares the LORD. 5 down,” “If thieves came to you, if robbers by night— oh, how you will be ruined— would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, 6 would they not leave some gleanings? But how Esau will be pillaged, 7 his hidden treasures sought out! All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you b will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it. 8 In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the retreats of Sela in the mountains of Esau? b 7 a 3 Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, 10 so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter. Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, 11 you will be covered with shame and cut off forever. On the day you stood aloof while strange"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 27,
              "text": "| 729 7 Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? 8 Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed? Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him. 9 If grape gatherers came to you, along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, 19 “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there. Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? would they not leave some gleanings? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Were thieves to come in the night, 10 would they not steal only what they 20 Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?” wanted? But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed 11 along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more. Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their 12 lives. Let your widows trust in Me.” 13 For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go For by unpunished, for you must drink it too. Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins 14 forever.” I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sen"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": "Judgment on Kedar and Hazor 28 Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon de- feated, this is what the LORD says: 29 “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east! They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on 30 every side!’ Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you. 31 Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, declares the LORD. one that dwells securely,” “They have no gates or bars; 32 they live alone. Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them declares the LORD. 33 from all sides,” I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them 38 until I finish them off. I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD. 39 “Yet in the last days, b I will restore Elam from captivity, ” declares the LORD. A Prophecy against Babylon 50 This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concern- c 2 ing Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans: “Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 50,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "| 731 and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, 8 their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’ Flee from the midst of Babylon; 9 depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock. For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed. a 10 Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD. Babylon’s Fall Is Certain 11 “Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land. Redemption for God’s People 17 Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones 18 was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.” Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and 19 his land as I punished the king of Assyria. I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied 20 on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead. In those days and at that time, 12 because you frolic like a heifer treading grain declares the LORD, and neigh like stallions, your"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "25 35 The LORD has opened His armory A sword is against the Chaldeans, and brought out His weapons of wrath, declares the LORD, for this is the work of the Lord GOD 36 against those who live in Babylon, 26 of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. 27 Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors. Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment. 28 Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD 29 our God, the vengeance for His temple. Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. 30 Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in declares the LORD. 31 that day,” “Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, 32 “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you. The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.” 33 and against her officials and wise men. A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, 37 and they will be filled with terror. A sword is agai"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 51,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "| 733 45 9 Therefore hear the plans “We tried to heal Babylon, that the LORD has drawn up against but she could not be healed. Babylon Abandon her! and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.” 10 dragged away; 46 certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them. At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth 11 “The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.” d will quake; Judgment on Babylon a cry will be heard among the nations. 51 This is what the LORD says: a “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon 2 and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer. I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side 3 in her day of disaster. Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; 4 b devote all her army to destruction! And they will fall slain in the land of the c 5 Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets. For Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt 6 before the Holy One of Israel.” Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; 7 He will pay her what she deserves. Babylon was a go"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "17 Every man is senseless and devoid of 28 Appoint a captain against her; knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his bring up horses like swarming locusts. Prepare the nations for battle against her— idols. 18 For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. They are worthless, a work to be mocked. 19 In the time of their punishment they will perish. The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name. Babylon’s Punishment 20 “You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; 21 with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. With you I shatter the horse and rider; 22 with you I shatter the chariot and driver. With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; 23 with you I shatter the young man and the maiden. With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his the kings of the Medes, 29 their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule. The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: 30 to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant. The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; 31 they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken. One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 45,
              "text": ". Lament over Babylon 20"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 58,
              "text": "| 735 37 I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry. Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a 49 because the destroyers from the north declares the LORD. will come against her,” a haunt for jackals, 38 an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant. 39 They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs. While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never 40 wake up, declares the LORD. I will bring them down like lambs to the 41 slaughter, b like rams with male goats. “Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, 50 just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon. You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! 51 Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.” “We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, 52 because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.” “Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, 42 What a horror Babylon has become among the nations! 43 The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves. Her cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, 44 where no son of man passes through. I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swal"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 59,
              "text": "6 So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel Jeremiah’s Message to Seraiah the flames.” 59 60 This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Jeremiah had written on a Zedekiah’s reign. single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had 61 been written concerning Babylon. And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to 62 Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud, and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate 63 forever.’ 64 When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone Then you to it and cast it into the Euphrates. are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’ The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted Here end the words of Jeremiah."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 52,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–3) 18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter 19 of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. 20 And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, For because of the just as Jehoiakim had done. anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem Babylon. (2 Chronicles 36:15–21 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "); MT does not include e 17 18 cubits d 4 . Or is approxi- mately 27 feet or 8.2 meters. is approximately 4.5 feet or 1.4 meters. the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were 20 found in the city. 21 Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Rib- lah. There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away Gedaliah Governs in Judah from its own land."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "–23) 8 9 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusa- He burned down the house of the LORD, lem. the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusa- And the whole lem—every significant building. army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the 11 guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem. 10 12 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the popula- But the captain of the guard left behind tion. some of the poorest of the land to tend the vine- 13 yards and fields. 14 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze They also took away the pots, to Babylon. shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the arti- The cles of bronze used in the temple service. captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure 16 gold or fine silver. 15 e 17 As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these Each pillar was articles was beyond measure. eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one with a network of pillar was three cubits high, bronze pomegranates all around. The second pil- Captives Carried to Babyl"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "–30) f 18 but the army They headed toward the Arabah, of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook 6 him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him. The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Rib- He encamped outside it and they built a 1 lah, where they pronounced judgment on him. c 4 b 3 The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers. Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of fourth 19 Literally f 17 3 cubits That is, the Babylonians; also in verses 5, 6, 10, 13, 24, 25, and 26 the Jordan Valley Probable reading (see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 31,
              "text": "–34) 27 On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-mer- King odach became king of Babylon, he released And he spoke Jehoiachin of Judah from prison. kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in 29 Babylon. 28 b So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison 30 clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table And the king provided for the rest of his life. Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life. a 23 Jaazaniah Jezaniah b 27 lifted up the head of is a variant of ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 34,
              "text": "| 737 27 There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, Riblah. the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, 28 away from its own land. These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: 29 in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews; in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 30 people from Jerusalem; in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. Jehoiachin Released from Prison So in all, 4,600 people were taken away. (2 Kings 25:27–30) 31 a On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil- Jehoi- merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned achin king of Judah and released him from prison. And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other 33 kings who were with him in Babylon. 32 34 So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life. And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death. a 21 b 21 4 fingers c 22 5 cubits Each pillar was approximately 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference (8.2 meters high and 5.5 meters in circumference). or 2.3 meters. is approximately 2.9 inches or 7.4 centimeters. is approximately 7.5 feet Lamentations How Lonely Lies the City! (2 Kings 24:10–17) a 1 lonely lies the city, How once so full of people! 8 Her enemies"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Lamentations",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 739 The Lord has rejected a all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, 16 the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah. For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute 17 because the enemy has prevailed. Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become 18 an unclean thing among them. The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity. 19 I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city 20 while they searched for food to keep themselves alive. See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. 21 Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death. People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me. 22 Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, b 1 has set a time for me and my heart is faint. a 15 b 2 Ho"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; 9 together they waste away. Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets 10 11 find no vision from the LORD. The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground. My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, 12 because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away 13 in the arms of their mothers. What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. 14 Who can ever heal you? The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. 15 The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading. All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?” 16 All your enemies open their mouths"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 44,
              "text": "| 741 a 3 2 am the man who has seen affliction I under the rod of God’s wrath. He has driven me away and made me walk 3 in darkness instead of light. Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long. He has worn away my flesh and skin; 5 He has shattered my bones. He has besieged me and surrounded me 6 with bitterness and hardship. He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages. 4 7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; 8 He has weighed me down with chains. Even when I cry out and plead for help, 9 He shuts out my prayer. 10 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked. 11 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush. He forced me off my path and tore me 12 to pieces; He left me without help. He bent His bow 13 and set me as the target for His arrow. 14 He pierced my kidneys with His arrows. 15 I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long. He has filled me with bitterness; 16 He has intoxicated me with wormwood. 17 18 He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust. My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. So I say, “My strength has perished, The Prophet’s Hope along with my hope from the LORD.” 19 20 Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall. 21 Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me. 25 28 24 They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 45,
              "text": "45 The Distress of Zion You have made us scum and refuse 46 among the nations. 47 All our enemies open their mouths against us. Panic and pitfall have come upon us— 48 devastation and destruction. Streams of tears flow from my eyes 49 over the destruction of the daughter of my people. 50 My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief, 51 until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees. My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city. 52 54 55 58 53 Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird. They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me. The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die. 56 I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit. 57 You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.” You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.” 59 You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life. You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done 60 to me; vindicate my cause! 61 You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me. 62 O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me— the slander and murmuring of my 63 assailants against me all day long. 64 When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song. You will pay them back what they deserve, O 65 LORD, a 4 2 the gold has become tarnished, How the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner. How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jar"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 22,
              "text": "| 743 The presence of the LORD has scattered 9 there is no one to deliver us from their 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem. But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst. They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared 15 to touch their garments. “Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.” them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor. All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come! Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness. The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, 21 “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.” So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; 22 you will get drunk and expose yourself. O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is a complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, a 22"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Ezekiel",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–3) the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever. 1 10 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever. 11 and brought Israel out from among them His loving devotion endures forever. 12 His loving devotion endures forever. with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. a 13 His loving devotion endures forever. in two He divided the Red Sea the Sea of Reeds a 13 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept c 2 when we remembered Zion. There on the willows 3 we hung our harps, for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: 4 “Sing us a song of Zion.” How can we sing a song of the LORD 5 in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, b 15 shook off c 2 poplars may my right hand cease to function. Or ; also in verse 15 Hebrew Or 6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, 7 if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy! Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, 8 “tear it down to its foundations!” O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you 9 as you have done to us. Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. Psalm 138 A Thankful Heart Of David. 1 I give You thanks with all my heart; 2 before the gods I sing Your praises. I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name 3 and Yo"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "| 745 2 3 So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll. “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my 4 mouth. 6 Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the 5 house of Israel and speak My words to them. For you are not being sent to a people of unfa- miliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel— not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to 7 you. But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and 8 hard-hearted. 9 Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their fore- heads. I will make your forehead like a dia- mond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they 10 are a rebellious house.” “Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all 11 the words I speak to you, and take them to heart. Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ 12 whether they listen or refuse to listen.” b Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: “Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place! It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against one another and the sound of 14 the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "18 4 a If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will But if you hold you responsible for his blood. warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his 20 iniquity, but you will have saved yourself. 19 b Now if a righteous man turns from his right- eousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did and the not warn him, he will die in his sin, righteous acts he did will not be remembered. 21 And I will hold you responsible for his blood. But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved 22 yourself.” And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, 23 and there I will speak with you.” So I got up and went out to the plain, and be- hold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and 24 I fell facedown. Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my 25 feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut your- self inside your house. And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people. I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to re- 27 buke them, though they are a rebelliou"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) 15 16 So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Ho- reb, be careful that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or 17 shape, whether in the likeness of a male or fe- male, of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air, or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters 19 below. 18 When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what a 10 the LORD your God has apportioned to all the b 13 the Ten Words c 24 Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of an- For the LORD ything He has forbidden you. 25 your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. 24 c 26 After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—do- ing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger— I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live 27 long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed. Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among 28 the nations to which the LORD will drive you. And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see o"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "| 747 5 2 “As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and di- When the days of the siege have vide the hair. ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair in- side the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a 3 sword behind them. 4 But you are to take a few strands of hair and se- cure them in the folds of your garment. Again, take a few of these, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From there a fire will spread to the 5 whole house of Israel. 6 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusa- lem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her. But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wick- edly than the nations, and against My statutes worse than the countries around her. For her people have rejected My ordinances and have 7 not walked in My statutes.’ a Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even con- formed to the ordinances of the nations around 8 you.’ 9 10 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Be- hold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations. Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will neve"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "Me—how I have been grieved by their adulter- ous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations. And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that 11 I would bring this calamity upon them. 10 12 This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” be- cause of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague. He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent 13 My fury upon them. 14 Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their al- tars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols. I will stretch out My hand against a them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. The Hour of Doom Then they will know that I am the LORD.’ ” 7 2 And the word of the LORD came to me, say- “O son of man, this is what the Lord ing, GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come 3 upon the four corners of the land. The end is now upon you, The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains 8 instead of shouts of joy. Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent M"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 8,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 749 I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. The Vision of Idolatry in the Temple Then they will know that I am the LORD.’ ” 8 In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the el- ders of Judah were sitting before me; and there 2 the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me. Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was a 3 like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright He stretched out what as the gleam of amber. looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jeal- 4 ousy was seated. 5 And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain. “Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” b So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol 6 of jealousy. “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater 7 abominations.” Then He brought me to the entrance to the 8 court, and I looked and saw a hole in the wall. “Son of man,” He told me, “dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a 9 doorway. Then H"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "12 5 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness , each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the 13 LORD has forsaken the land.’ ” Again, He told me, “You will see them commit- 14 ting even greater abominations.” Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw 15 women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz. a “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than 16 these.” So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the 17 east in worship of the sun. “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and con- tinually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are There- even putting the branch to their nose! fore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to Execution of the Idolaters them.” 18 9 Then I heard Him call out in a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the 2 city, each with a weapon of destruction in hand.” And I saw six me"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "–21) such an abomination and cause Judah to sin. 36 37 Now therefore, about this city of which you say, ‘It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and famine and plague,’ this I will is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger 38 and great wrath, and I will return them to this b They will place and make them dwell in safety. be My people, and I will be their God. I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for 40 the good of their children after them. 39 I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they Yes, I will re- will never turn away from Me. joice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with 42 all My soul. 41"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "| 751 Evil in High Places 11 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of And Benaiah, who were leaders of the people. the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to city. build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’ Therefore prophesy against 5 them; prophesy, O son of man!” 4 2 3 a And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; 6 and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds. You have multiplied those you killed in this city 7 and filled its streets with the dead. 8 9 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it. You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD. I will bring you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I will execute judgments against you. You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then 11 you will know that I am the LORD. 10 12 The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 17,
              "text": "countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanc- tuary for them in the countries to which they 17 have gone.’ Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you 18 the land of Israel.’ 19 When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations. And I will give them singleness of heart and put a 20 new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh, so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordi- nances, and practice them. Then they will be My 21 people, and I will be their God. But as for those whose hearts pursue detesta- ble things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares God’s Glory Leaves Jerusalem the Lord GOD.” 22 23 Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood 24 over the mountain east of the city. a And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to the exiles in the vision given by to Chaldea, 25 the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me, I told the exiles everything the LORD Signs of the Coming Captivity had shown me. 12 2 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 12,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": ". BYZ and TR ; also in verse 43 See"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 13,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–16) to divide the land by lot. 6 “Do not preach,” they preach. 7 “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.” Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good 8 to him who walks uprightly? But of late My people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe 9 from unsuspecting passersby like men returning from battle. You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. 10 You take away My blessing from their children forever. Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, 11 because its defilement brings destruction— a grievous destruction! If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, a “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this The Remnant of Israel"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": "| 753 Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ 24 But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when For there will be every vision will be fulfilled. 25 no more false visions or flattering divinations because I, the LORD, within the house of Israel, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebel- lious house, I will speak a message and bring it to 26 pass, declares the Lord GOD.’ 27 ” Furthermore, the word of the LORD came to “Son of man, take note that the me, saying, house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about 28 the distant future.’ Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, de- Reproof of False Prophets"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 14,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know Idolatrous Elders Condemned that I am the LORD.”"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 16,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 29,
              "text": "| 755 7 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the for- est, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will And I will set give up the people of Jerusalem. My face against them. Though they may have es- caped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you 8 will know that I am the LORD. Thus I will make the land desolate, because they Jerusalem’s Unfaithfulness have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.” 16 2 4 3 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, confront Jerusalem and tell her that this is with her abominations what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your On the day of your birth your mother a Hittite. cord was not cut, nor were you washed with wa- ter for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt No one cared enough for or wrapped in cloths. you to do even one of these things out of compas- sion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the 6 day of your birth. 5 7 Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’ I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you 8 were naked and bare. 10 Then I passed by and saw you, and you were"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 30,
              "text": "30 a your heart, 31 How weak-willed is declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts But when you built of a shameless prostitute! your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you 32 scorned payment. 33 34 You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband! Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you So your from everywhere for your illicit favors. prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the Judgment on Jerusalem very opposite! 35 36 own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other 44 abominations? Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: 45 ‘Like mother, like daughter.’ 46 You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their hus- bands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, 47 who lived with her daughters to your south. And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were 48 more depraved than they were. 37 Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD! This"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 17,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–10) 24 25 Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among When the wheat the wheat, and slipped away. sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also 27 appeared. 26 The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? 28 Where then did the weeds come from?’ ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. 30 ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you Let both might uproot the wheat with them. grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather The Parable of the Mustard Seed ” the wheat into my barn.’"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "| 757 It stretched out its branches to him from 8 its planting bed, so that he might water it. It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters 9 in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’ So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people 10 to pull it up by its roots. Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it The Parable Explained sprouted.’ ” 11 12 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ c 13 Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and He brought them back with him to Babylon. took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land, so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his cov- 15 enant. 14 But this king rebelled against Babylon by send- ing his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a cove- 16 nant and yet escape?’ 17 ‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthr"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "5 gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, 19 he will not escape!’ Now suppose a man is righteous and does what 6 is just and right: 20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant I will spread My net over him that he broke. and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there All for the treason he committed against Me. will fall by the sword, and his choice troops those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have 22 spoken.’ 21 a This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, 23 and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, 24 Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, The Soul Who Sins Will Die and I have done it.’ ” 18 2 Then the word of the LORD came to me, “What do you people mean by saying, quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’? 4 3 As surely as I live, dec"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 19,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "| 759 31 Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgres- sions, so that your iniquity will not become your Cast away from yourselves all the downfall. transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why 32 should you die, O house of Israel? For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, de- A Lament for the Princes of Israel clares the Lord GOD. So repent and live! 19 2 “As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; 3 she reared her cubs. She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, 4 he devoured men. When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away 5 to the land of Egypt. When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs 6 and made him a young lion. He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, 7 a he devoured men. He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it 8 shuddered at the sound of his roaring. Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. 9 They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity 10"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "11 it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters. It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage. 12 But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off 13 and they withered; the fire consumed them. 14 Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ Israel’s Rebellion in Egypt This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.” 20 In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Is- rael came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat 2 down before me. 3 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire of Me? As surely as I live, I will not be consulted by you, declares the 4 Lord GOD. 5 Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am 6 the LORD your God.’ 7 On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a la"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 20,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": ", 13, and 21. Or here and throughout this chapter 11 You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your 12 father; she is your sister. You must not have sexual relations with your 13 father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative. You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close 14 relative. You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations 15 with her; she is your aunt. You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are 16 not to have sexual relations with her. You must not have sexual relations with your 17 brother’s wife; that would shame your brother. You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are 18 close relatives; it is depraved. You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while 19 your wife is still alive. You must not approach a woman to have sex- ual relations with her during her menstrual pe- 20 riod. You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s 21 wife and thus defile yourself with her. a You must not give any of your children to be to Molech, for you must not profane sacrificed 22 the name of your God. I am the LORD. You must not lie with a man as with a woman; 23 that is an abomination. You must not lie carnally"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "and 21. 9 before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt. But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by Israel’s Rebellion in the Wilderness bringing them out of the land of Egypt. 10 11 a So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and And I gave them led them into the wilderness. My statutes and made known to them My ordi- 12 nances—for the man who does these things will live by them. I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that 13 I am the LORD who sanctifies them. Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in follow My the wilderness. They did not statutes and they rejected My ordinances— though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sab- baths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilder- But I acted for the sake of My name, so ness. that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the 15 nations in whose sight I had brought them out. 14 16 Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all because they kept rejecting My ordi- lands— nances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and pro- 17 faning My S"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 34,
              "text": ", including LXX. See 2 Samuel 7:14. 14 In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his Indeed, spirit has been refreshed by all of you. I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has And his affection for proved to be true as well. you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear I rejoice that I can have com- and trembling. Generosity Commended plete confidence in you."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 47,
              "text": "| 761 c outpoured wrath I will bring you out from the from the lands to which peoples and gather you And I will bring you you have been scattered. into the wilderness of the nations, where I will 36 enter into judgment with you face to face. 35 d 37 Just as I entered into judgment with your fa- thers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the I will make you pass under the rod Lord GOD. 38 and will bring you into the bond of the covenant. And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am 39 the LORD. And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy 40 name with your gifts and idols. For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all 41 your holy sacrifices. When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scat- tered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Is- 43 rael, the land tha"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 48,
              "text": "48 every face from south to north will be scorched. Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have 49 kindled it; it will not be quenched.” Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of God’s Sword of Judgment me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’ ” 21 2 3 And the word of the LORD came to me, “Son of man, set your face saying, against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctu- and aries. Prophesy against the land of Israel tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous Because I will cut off both the and the wicked. righteous and the wicked, My sword will be un- 5 sheathed against everyone from south to north. Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it 6 again.’ 4 7 But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their And eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief. when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, 8 declares the Lord GOD.” 9 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, 10 sharpened and polished— it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! 11 Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 22,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "| 763 you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the Those nations and a mockery to all the lands. near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full 6 of turmoil. 5 7 See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood. Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the father- 8 less and the widow are oppressed. 9 You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths. Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of in- 10 decency. 11 In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity. One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; an- other wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s 12 daughter. In you they take bribes to shed blood. You en- gage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, de- 13 clares the Lord GOD. 15 14 Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst. Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act. I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your un- cleanness. And when you have"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "21 22 Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city. As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted within the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My Israel’s Wicked Leaders wrath upon you.’ 23 ” 24 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, say to her, ‘In the day of indignation, you are a land that has not been 25 cleansed, upon which no rain has fallen.’ a The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is lion tearing its prey. They like a roaring devour the people, seize the treasures and pre- 26 cious things, and multiply the widows within her. Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction be- tween the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am pro- 27 faned among them. Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives 28 for dishonest gain. Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not 29 spoken. The people of the land have practiced extor- tion and committed robbery. They have op- pressed the poor and needy and have exploited 30 the foreign resident without justice. 31 I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destro"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 23,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 47,
              "text": "| 765 34 You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD. 35 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Be- cause you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the conse- Judgment on Both Sisters quences of your indecency and prostitution.’ 36 ” 37 Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abomina- For they have committed adultery, and tions. blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacri- ficed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the 38 fire as food for their idols. b They have also done this to Me: On that very 39 same day, they defiled My sanctuary and pro- faned My Sabbaths. On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did 40 this inside My house. c 41 Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, You sat on and adorned yourself with jewelry. 42 a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on ac- which you had set My incense and My oil, companied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put brace- lets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your 43 head. d Then I said of her who had grown old in adul- teries: ‘N"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 48,
              "text": "49 48 sons and daughters and burn down their houses. So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to im- They will repay you for itate your behavior. your indecency, and you will bear the conse- quences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will The Parable of the Cooking Pot ” know that I am the Lord GOD.’ 24 2 In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came “Son of man, write down today’s to me, saying, 3 date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has Now speak a parable to laid siege to Jerusalem. this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; 4 put it on and pour in the water. Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece— thigh and shoulder— 5 fill it with choice bones. Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’ 6 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! a Empty it piece by piece; 7 cast no lots for its contents. For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground 8 to cover it with dust. In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, 9 I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’ Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! 10 I, too, will pile the kindling high. Pile on the logs and k"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 26,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–21)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "| 767 14 stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, de- A Prophecy against the Philistines clares the Lord GOD.’ 15 16 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient therefore this is what the Lord GOD hostility, says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites I will and destroy the remnant along the coast. execute great vengeance against them with furi- ous reproof. Then they will know that I am the A Prophecy against Tyre"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "A Lament for Tyre 11 When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the The noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots. hooves of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slaughter your people with the sword, 12 and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your 13 stones and timber and soil into the water. So I will silence the sound of your songs, and 14 the music of your lyres will no longer be heard. I will make you a bare rock, and you will be- come a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, 15 declares the Lord GOD.’ This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the 16 slaughter in your midst? All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with ter- ror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every Then they will moment, appalled over you. lament for you, saying, 17 “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men— she who was powerful on the sea, a 18 along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples! Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea 19 are dismayed by your demise.” ’ 20 For this is what the Lord GOD says:"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 28,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "| 769 28 will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall. 29 The countryside will shake when your sailors cry out. All who handle the oars will abandon their ships. 30 The sailors and all the captains of the sea will stand on the shore. They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. 31 They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes. They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you 32 with anguish of soul and bitter mourning. As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: 33 ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea? When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and 34 merchandise. Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; 35 your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you. All the people of the coastlands 36 are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted. Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end A Prophecy against the Ruler of Tyre and will be no more.’ ” 28 2 And the word of the LORD came to me, “Son of man, tell the ruler of saying, Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, a 15 Rhodes b 16 you, with all the other people on board, —and Da"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "3 15 4 Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you! By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth 5 and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries. By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud 6 because of it. Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart 7 as the heart of a god, behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords 8 9 against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor. They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas. Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, 10 in the hands of those who wound you. You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. declares the Lord GOD.” For I have spoken, A Lament for the King of Tyre 11 12 Again the word of the LORD came to me, say- ing, “Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: From the day you were created 16 you were blameless in your ways— until wickedness was found in you. By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, 17 and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "–26) ” 30 2 3 This is the word that came to Jeremiah “This is what the LORD, from the LORD: the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you. For behold, the c days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will My people Israel and restore from captivity Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will 4 possess it.’ ” 5 These are the words that the LORD spoke con- Yes, this is what the cerning Israel and Judah. LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard— 6 a cry of terror, not of peace. Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like 7 a woman in labor and every face turned pale? How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, 8 but he will be saved out of it. On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, You said and no longer will strangers enslave them. Zephaniah b 25 Literally added for clarity. Or Hebrew ; the addressee is 9 Instead, they will serve the LORD their God 10 and David their king, whom I will raise up for them. As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! 11 Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid. For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. T"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 29,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "| 771 9 The land of Egypt will become a man and beast. desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. 10 Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’ therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a b desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as No foot of man or far as the border of Cush. beast will pass through, and it will be uninhab- 12 ited for forty years. 11 I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie des- olate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations 13 and scatter them throughout the countries. 14 For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the c I will re- nations to which they were scattered. store Egypt from captivity and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. 15 There they will be a lowly kingdom. 16 Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish Egypt so that it will never again Egypt will never again be rule over the nations. an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Egypt the Reward of Nebuchadnezzar Lord GOD.” 17 18 In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king me, saying, o"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 30,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "A Lament for Egypt 30 2 Again the word of the LORD came to me, “Son of man, prophesy and de- saying, clare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas 3 for that day!’ For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. a It will be a day of clouds, 4 a time of doom for the nations. b A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, 5 and its foundations are torn down. c Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the 6 covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword. For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, d and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD. 7 8 They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities. Then they will know that I am the LORD 9 when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered. On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming. e 10 This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt 11 by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt 12 and fill the land with the slain. a 3 I will make the streams dry up and sell the la"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 32,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "| 773 10 c d 11 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account I delivered it into the hand of the of its height, ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it ac- 12 cording to its wickedness. I have banished it. Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peo- 13 ples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it. 14 All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among This happened so that no other its boughs. trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who de- 15 scend to the Pit.’ This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its riv- ers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. 16 17 Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were con- soled in the earth below. They too"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "3 14 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you 4 with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net. I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth 5 to eat their fill of you. a I will put your flesh on the mountains 6 and fill the valleys with your remains. I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains— 7 the ravines will be filled. When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. Then I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil,’ declares the Lord GOD. 15 ‘When I make the land of Egypt a desolation and empty it of all that filled it, when I strike down all who live there, 16 then they will know that I am the LORD.’ This is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it, declares Egypt Cast into the Pit the Lord GOD.” 17 c In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the 18 month, the word of the LORD came to me, say- “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of ing, Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with 19 those who descend to the Pit: I will cover the sun with a cloud, 8 and the moon will not give its light. All the shining lights in the heavens Whom do you surpass in beauty? 20 Go down and be placed with the unci"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 33,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "–9. See"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 775 25 They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace 26 with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain. Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, 27 because they spread their terror in the land of the living. a They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, b whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, 28 although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living. But you too will be shattered 29 and lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. 30 They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit. All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame 31 with those who descend to the Pit. Pharaoh will see them and be comforted over all hi"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house 12 of Israel?’ Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not de- liver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wicked- ness. Nor will the righteous man be able to sur- 13 vive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’ If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because 14 of the iniquity he has committed. 15 But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right— if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity— None of then he will surely live; he will not die. the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will 17 surely live. 16 18 Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not If a just.’ But it is their way that is not just. righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it. But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does 20 what is just and right, he will live because of this. 19 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, Word of J"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 34,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "–24 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 35,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "| 777 My flock went astray on all the wild beasts. mountains and every high hill. They were scat- tered over the face of all the earth, with no one to 7 search for them or seek them out.’ 8 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord LORD: GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead, therefore, you 10 shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!’ 9 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed them- selves. For I will deliver My flock from their The Good Shepherd mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "5 6 Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their therefore as surely as I live, de- punishment, clares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to blood- shed and it will pursue you. Since you did not 7 hate bloodshed, it will pursue you. 8 I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will I will fill cut off from it those who come and go. its mountains with the slain; those killed by the 9 sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and I will make you a perpetual in all your ravines. desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. 10 Then you will know that I am the LORD. 11 Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there, therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge 12 you. 13 Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to de- You boasted against Me with your vour!’ mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I 14 heard it Myself! This is what the Lord GOD says: While the 15 whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. Y"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 36,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "–38 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 37,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "| 779 So like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity. I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because 19 they had defiled it with their idols. 20 I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds. And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they But I had concern for My had to leave His land.’ holy name, which the house of Israel had pro- 22 faned among the nations to which they had gone. 21 23 Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to I will show the holiness of My which you went. great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My 24 holiness in you before their eyes. 26 25 For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will I will also bring you back into your own land. sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities I will give you a new heart and all your idols. and put a new spirit within you; I will remove 27 your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "four winds, O breath, and breathe into these 10 slain, so that they may live!” So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life 11 and stood on their feet—a vast army. Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are say- ing, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has 12 perished; we are cut off.’ 13 14 Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I Then will bring you back to the land of Israel. you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from I will put My Spirit in you and you will them. live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and One Nation with One King I will do it, declares the LORD.’ 15 ” 16 a Again the word of the LORD came to me, say- ing, “And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Is- raelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel Then join them together associated with him.’ into one stick, so that they become one in your 18 hand. 17 19 When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain you are to tell to us what you mean by these?’ them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 39,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "| 781 23 and on the many nations with him. I will mag- nify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know The Slaughter of Gog’s Armies that I am the LORD. 39 c 2 “As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O I will Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the Then I will strike the bow mountains of Israel. from your left hand and dash down the arrows 4 from your right hand. 3 On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast. You will fall in the open 6 field, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. 5 I will send fire on Magog and on those who 7 dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD. So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Is- rael. Yes, it is coming, and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD. This is the day of which I 9 have spoken. 8 10 Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons— the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel. They will not gather wood from the countrysi"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "29 invaders who remain on the ground. At the end 15 of the seven months they will begin their search. As they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley (Even the city will be named of Hamon-gog. 17 Hamonah. ) And so they will cleanse the land. 16 a 18 And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and You will eat the flesh of the mighty drink blood. and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls— At the sac- all the fattened animals of Bashan. rifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are 20 gorged and drink blood until you are drunk. And at My table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, of mighty men and warriors of every Israel to Be Restored kind,’ declares the Lord GOD. 21 19 22 23 I will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment that I exe- From cute and the hand that I lay upon them. that day forward the house of Israel will know And the nations that I am the LORD their God. will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hand"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 40,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–4) 2 2 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to de- 3 termine its width and length.” 4 5 Then the angel who was speaking with me went forth, and another angel came forward to meet him and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls be- cause of the multitude of men and livestock For I will be a wall of fire around it, within it. declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within ” The Redemption of Zion"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 39,
              "text": "| 783 25 measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and Seven steps led up to twenty-five cubits wide. it, and its portico was opposite them; it had palm 27 trees on its side pillars, one on each side. 26 The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to The Gates of the Inner Court gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits. 28 29 Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the Its gate chambers, side pillars, and por- others. tico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five (The porticoes around the inner cubits wide. court were twenty-five cubits long and five cu- bits deep. Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm 32 trees. Eight steps led up to it. 31 30 ) f 33 And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had Its gate the same measurements as the others. chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around. It was 34 fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each 35 side. Eight steps led up to it. 36 Then he"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 40,
              "text": "40 Inside the Temple 41 Outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the So there were four tables inside gate’s portico. the gateway and four outside—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were to be slaugh- 42 tered. There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter 43 the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices. a b c The double-pronged hooks, each a hand- were fastened all around the breadth long, inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering Chambers for Ministry was to be placed on the tables. 44 d e Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south 45 gate and facing north. 46 Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple, and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who The Inner Court may approach the LORD to minister before Him.” 47 Next he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. 48 And the altar was in front of the temple. f h 49 Then he brought me to the portico of the tem- ple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 42,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 785 25 26 swinging panels. There were two panels for one door and two for the other. Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the por- There were beveled windows and palm tico. trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side Chambers for the Priests rooms of the temple also had canopies. 42 2 Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple court- The yard and the outer wall on the north side. building with the door facing north was a hun- dred cubits long and fifty cubits wide. Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty that belonged to the inner court and op- cubits posite the pavement that belonged to the outer 4 court. 3 e f g In front of the chambers was an inner walkway Their ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. 5 doors were on the north. 7 Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers 6 on the lower and middle floors of the building. For they were arranged in three stories, and un- like the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower An outer wall in front of the and middle floors. chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to For the the chambers and the outer court. chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits 9 long, while those facing the temple were a hun- And below the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "13 6 14 Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt of- ferings—for the place is holy. Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before The Outer Measurements they approach the places that are for the people.” 15 Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around: 16 a With a measuring rod he measured the 17 east side to be five hundred cubits long. He measured the north side to be five 18 hundred cubits long. He measured the south side to be five 19 hundred cubits long. 20 And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long. So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the The Glory of the LORD Returns to the Temple holy from the common. 43 2 Then the man brought me back to the and I saw the glory gate that faces east, of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the 3 earth shone with His glory. b 4 The vision I saw was like"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 44,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "| 787 eat in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out 4 the same way.” 5 Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell The LORD said to me: “Son of man, facedown. pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the en- trance to the temple, along with all the exits of Reproof of the Levites the sanctuary. 6 7 Tell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all In addi- your abominations, O house of Israel. tion to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and And you the blood; you broke My covenant. have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary 9 for you.’ 8 This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives 10 among the Israelites. 11 Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the con- Yet they shall be sequences of their iniquity. ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and m"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "The Duties of the Priests 28 15 But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctu- ary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, de- They alone shall enter My clares the Lord GOD. sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister 17 before Me. They will keep My charge. 16 18 When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the tem- They are to wear linen turbans on their ple. heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes 19 them perspire. When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their 20 garments. 22 They must not shave their heads or let their 21 hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair. No priest may drink wine before he enters the And they shall not marry a widow inner court. or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a They are to teach My people widow of a priest. the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to discern between the clean 24 and the unclean. 23 In any dispute, they shall officiate as judge"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 45,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "–12) 13 14 You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. You shall not have two differing measures in your house, 15 one large and one small. You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long 16 in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. For everyone who behaves dishonestly in re- gard to these things is detestable to the LORD Revenge on the Amalekites your God. 17 18 Remember what the Amalekites did to you how they met you a 4 along your way from Egypt, b 5"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": ""
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 46,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "| 789 sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the al- 20 tar, and on the gateposts of the inner court. You must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for anyone who strays unintention- ally or in ignorance. In this way you will make 21 atonement for the temple. 23 On the fourteenth day of the first month you are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, 22 during which unleavened bread shall be eaten. On that day the prince shall provide a bull as a sin offering for himself and for all the people of Each day during the seven days of the the land. feast, he shall provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, He along with a male goat for a sin offering. shall also provide as a grain offering an ephah for 25 each bull and an ephah for each ram, along with Dur- a hin of olive oil for each ephah of grain. ing the seven days of the feast that begins on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, he is to make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offer- The Prince’s Offerings ings, grain offerings, and oil.’ 24 i j 46 2 “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New The prince is to enter Moon it shall be opened. from the outside through the portico of the gate- way and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peac"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "6 7 On the day of the New hin of oil per ephah. Moon he shall offer a young, unblemished bull, He is to six lambs, and a ram without blemish. provide a grain offering of an ephah with the bull, an ephah with the ram, and as much as he is able 8 with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah. When the prince enters, he shall go in through the portico of the gateway, and he shall go out the 9 same way. When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each 10 must go out by the opposite gate. When the people enter, the prince shall go in 11 with them, and when they leave, he shall leave. At the festivals and appointed feasts, the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and as much as one is able to give 12 with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah. When the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace of- fering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after 13 he goes out. a 14 And you shall provide an unblemished year- old lamb as a daily burnt offering to the LORD; You are also you are to offer it every morning. b to provide with it eve"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 48,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": ". g 6 their possession, twenty chambers is approximately 87.5 feet or 26.7 meters. The portion was to be approximately 8.3 miles long and 3.3 miles wide (13.3 kilometers long and 5.3 kilometers wide); similarly in verse 5. LXX; Hebrew the city was to be approximately 1.7 miles wide and 8.3 miles long (2.7 kilometers wide and 13.3 kilometers long). The property of Or 9 And My princes will no longer oppress My peo- ple, but will give the rest of the land to the house For this is of Israel according to their tribes. what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My Honest Scales (De. 25:13–16 ; Prov. 11:1–3) people, declares the Lord GOD.’ a 10 b You must use honest scales, a just ephah, 11 a just bath. and The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the d 12 homer will be the standard measure for both. c The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fif- Offerings and Feasts teen shekels will equal one mina. 13 e g This is the contribution you are to offer: a sixth f of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and a 14 sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley. The prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (a cor 15 consists of ten baths or one homer, since ten baths are equivalent to a homer). And one sheep shall be giv"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "10 This will be the holy portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side , and 25,000 cubits 11 long on the south side. In the center will be the sanctuary of the LORD. It will be for the conse- crated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray. It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion adjacent to the ter- 13 ritory of the Levites. 12 a Bordering the territory of the priests, the Le- vites shall have an area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. The whole length will be 14 25,000 cubits, and the width 10,000 cubits. They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, The Common Portion for it is holy to the LORD. 15 b 16 The remaining area, 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for common use by the city, for houses, and for pastureland. The city will c be in the center of it and will have these meas- on the north side, 4,500 urements: 4,500 cubits cubits on the south side, 4,500 cubits on the east 17 side, and 4,500 cubits on the west side. d The pastureland of the city will extend 250 cu- to the north, 250 cubits to the south, 250 bits 18 cubits to the east, and 250 cubits to the west. The remainder of the length bordering the holy portion and running adjacent to it will be 10,000 cubits on t"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Daniel",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "through"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "5 The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its in- terpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble. But if you tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will re- ceive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. 7 So tell me the dream and its interpretation.” 6 “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, 21 for wisdom and power belong to Him. He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. They answered a second time, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will give the 8 interpretation.” 22 He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals the deep and hidden 9 The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time because you see that my word is final. If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me false and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give 10 me its interpretation.” 11 The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked an- ything like this of any magician, enchanter, or as- trologer. What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, 12 whose dwelling is not with mortals.” 13 This response made the king so angry and fu- rious that he gave orders to destroy"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "| 795 without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trust- Nebuchadnezzar Promotes Daniel worthy.” 46 47 At this, King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, paid homage to Daniel, and ordered that an offer- The king ing and incense be presented to him. said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, 48 since you were able to reveal this mystery.” 49 Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administra- And at tor over all the wise men of Babylon. Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s Nebuchadnezzar’s Golden Statue court. 3 d 2 King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden e statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the Then King Nebuchadnez- province of Babylon. zar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magis- trates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had 3 set up. So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, 4 and they stood"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Accused set up. 8 a 9 10 At this time some astrologers came forward saying to and maliciously accused the Jews, King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live for- You, O king, have issued a decree that ever! everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music 11 must fall down and worship the golden statue, and that whoever does not fall down and wor- 12 ship will be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace. But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods 13 or worship the golden statue you have set up.” 15 14 Then Nebuchadnezzar, furious with rage, sum- moned Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So and these men were brought before the king, Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Shadrach, Me- shach, and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden statue I Now when you hear the sound of have set up? the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will 16 be able to deliver you from my hands?” 18 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to 17 the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 24,
              "text": "| 797 His dominion endures from generation to Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of a Great Tree generation. 4 5 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and I had a dream, and it flourishing in my palace. 6 frightened me; while I was in my bed, the images So I issued and visions in my mind alarmed me. a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be a 7 brought before me to interpret the dream for me. When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but 8 they could not interpret it for me. 9 But at last, into my presence came Daniel (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy “O Belteshaz- gods). And I told him the dream: zar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery baf- fles you. So explain to me the visions I saw in my In these vi- dream, and their interpretation. sions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: 10 There was a tree in the midst of the land, 11 and its height was great. The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible 12 to the ends of the earth. Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed. 13 b As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of a holy one, coming down 14 my mind a watcher, from heaven. He called out in a loud"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "25 You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and 26 gives it to whom He wishes. 27 As for the command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to rules. you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by show- ing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be The Second Dream Fulfilled an extension of your prosperity.” 28 29 30 All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar. Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, the king ex- claimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my maj- 31 esty?” 32 While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has de- You will be driven away from parted from you. mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind 33 and gives it to whom He wishes.” At that moment the sentence against Nebu- chadnezzar was fulfil"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "| 799 10 a 21 Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let 11 your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale. There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. from his royal throne, and his glory was taken He was driven away from mankind, from him. and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, 22 setting over it whom He wishes. b Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrolo- 12 gers, and diviners. Your own father, the king, did this because Daniel, the one he named Belteshazzar, was found to have an extraordi- nary spirit, as well as knowledge, understanding, and the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Summon Daniel, therefore, and he will give you the inter- Daniel Interprets the Handwriting pretation.” 13 14 So Daniel was brought before the king, who asked him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah? I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that you have insight, intelligence, and extraordinary 15 wisdom. 16 Now the wise men and enchanters wer"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "4 16 Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, be- cause he was trustworthy, and no negligence or Finally these men corruption was found in him. said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel unless we find something against him 6 concerning the law of his God.” 5 7 So the administrators and satraps went to- gether to the king and said, “O King Darius, may All the royal administrators, you live forever! prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordi- nance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except 8 you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions. Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Per- 9 sians, which cannot be repealed.” Therefore King Darius signed the written Daniel in the Lions’ Den decree. 10 11 Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, Then these men just as he had done before. went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God. So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except y"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–8) And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. a 13 Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There 2 were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphe- The beast I saw was mous names on its heads. like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast 3 his power and his throne and great authority. 4 One of the heads of the beast appeared to have been mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and They worshiped the dragon followed the beast. who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the And he stood on the sand of the sea. a 17 beast, and who can wage war against it?”"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "–14. Or Or BYZ and TR do not include ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "| 801 A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, 11 and the books were opened. Then I kept watching because of the arrogant words the horn was speaking. As I continued to watch, the beast was slain, and its body was As destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire. for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was removed, but they were granted an extension of Daniel’s Vision of the Son of Man life for a season and a time. 13 12 In my vision in the night I continued to watch, b c and I saw One like the Son of Man 14 coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one Daniel’s Visions Interpreted that will never be destroyed. 15 16 I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit, and the vi- sions in my mind alarmed me. I approached one of those who were standing there, and I asked him the true meaning of all this. 17 So he told me the interpretation of these things: ‘These four great beasts are four kings who will arise from the earth. But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess 19 it forever—yes, forever and ever.’ 18 20 Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from al"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "21 As I watched, this horn was waging war 22 against the saints and prevailing against them, until the Ancient of Days arrived and pro- nounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for them to possess 23 the kingdom. 24 This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, dif- ferent from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it. And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings. He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his 26 hand for a time, and times, and half a time. 25 27 But the court will convene, and his dominion will be taken away and completely destroyed forever. Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting king- 28 dom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’ Thus ends the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face Daniel’s Vision of the Ram and the Goat turned pale. But I kept the matter to myself.” 8 2 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me And in the vision I saw myself in t"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": "is in Aramaic. Hebrew That is, the Babylonians Or ; also in 794 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 18,
              "text": "| 803 Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have 8 driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You. O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we 9 have sinned against You. 10 To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled and have not obeyed the voice of against Him the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He 11 set before us through His servants the prophets. 12 All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, You have because we have sinned against You. carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to 13 Jerusalem. 14 Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your Therefore the LORD has kept the calam- truth. ity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have 15 not obeyed His voice. 16 Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your peo- ple out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wick- O Lord, in keeping with a"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "19 O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your Gabriel’s Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks name.” 20 22 21 While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning while I was still praying, His holy mountain— Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the He instructed me and spoke evening sacrifice. with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to At the be- give you insight and understanding. ginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and under- a 24 stand the vision: 23 Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the 25 Most Holy Place. b c Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt 26 with streets and a trench, but in times of distress. d Then after the sixty-two weeks will be cut off and will have nothing. the Messiah e 27 Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 27,
              "text": ","
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "| 805 e she will be given up, along with her royal escort 7 and the one who supported her. and her father f 8 But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and pre- He will take even their gods captive to vailing. Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North, who will invade the realm of the king of the South and 10 then return to his own land. 9 But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress. In a rage, the king of the South will march out to fight the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but 12 it will be delivered into the hand of his enemy. 11 13 When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be proud in heart and will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not triumph. For g the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many sup- 14 plies. In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the 15 vision, but they will fail. 16 Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best t"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "20 35 In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though 21 not in anger or in battle. 22 In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by Then a flood of forces will be swept intrigue. away before him and destroyed, along with a 23 prince of the covenant. 24 After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a In a time of peace, he will invade few people. the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot 25 against the strongholds—but only for a time. 26 And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised Those who eat from his provi- against him. sions will seek to destroy him; his army will be 27 swept away, and many will fall slain. 28 And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed The king of the North will return to his time. land with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant; so he will do damage 29 and return to his own land. a Ships of Kittim At the appointed time he will invade the So"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 31,
              "text": ", and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 12,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–13) 1 a This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by who tes- sending His angel to His servant John, tifies to everything he saw. This is the word of 3 God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 2 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time John Greets the Seven Churches is near. 4 John, b To the seven churches in the province of Asia: c 5 Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was before and is to come, and from the seven spirits and from Jesus Christ, the faithful His throne, witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. 6 To Him who loves us and has released us from who has made us to be a our sins by His blood, kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him 7 be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen. Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because 8 of Him. So shall it be! Amen. d “I am the Alpha and the Omega, ” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the John’s Vision on Patmos Almighty. 9 seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, 12 Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.” f 13 14 Then I turned to see the voice that was speak- ing with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Ma"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": ". 29 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is com- ing when all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out—those who have done a good to the resurrection of life, and those who 30 have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Testimonies about Jesus Me. 31 32 If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not There is another who testifies about Me, valid. 33 and I know that His testimony about Me is valid. 34 You have sent to John, and he has testified to Even though I do not accept human the truth. testimony, I say these things so that you may be 35 saved. 37 36 John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light. But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has And the Father who sent Me has Him- sent Me. self testified about Me. You have never heard His nor does His word voice nor seen His form, abide in you, because you do not believe the One The Witness of Scripture"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": ". BYZ and TR ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": ". 16 17"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "| 807 be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been 8 shattered, all these things will be completed.” I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these 9 things?” 10 “Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end. Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, 11 but the wise will understand. And from the time the daily sacrifice is abol- ished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days. Blessed is he who 13 waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days. 12 But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and then you will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.” a 2 b 3 expanse firmament c 3 See"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Hosea",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 23,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5) it.’ 6 “Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like 7 the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD. “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the 8 Daughter of Babylon!” a b For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After against the nations that His Glory has sent Me 9 have plundered you—for whoever touches you I will surely touches the apple wave My hand over them, so that they will be- come plunder for their own servants. Then you 10 will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.” of His eye— 11 “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares “On that day many nations will join the LORD. themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will 12 know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. And the LORD will take possession of Judah as 13 His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once Be silent before the again choose Jerusalem. LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from The Vision of Joshua the High Priest His holy dwelling.” 3 c d Then the angel showed me Joshua the high of the priest standing before the angel standing at his right hand to LORD, with Satan 2 accuse him. And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes a 8 you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen After the Glorious One has sent Me e Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a fire- 3 brand snatched from the fire?” 4 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": ""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "| 809 in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her 11 out of My hands. I will put an end to all her exultation: 12 her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths— all her appointed feasts. I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, 13 and the beasts of the field will devour them. I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. declares the LORD. But Me she forgot,” God’s Mercy to Israel 14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly. a 15 There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did 16 in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt. In that day,” declares the LORD, b c “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ 17 and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’ For I will remove from her lips the names of 18 the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked. On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword I will betroth you in righteousness and d 20 justice, in loving devotion and compassion. 21 And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.” “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD— 22 “I will respond to the heavens"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "2 Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; 3 one act of bloodshed follows another. Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds 4 of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; a for your people are like those who contend with a priest. 5 You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by 6 night; so I will destroy your mother— My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, 7 I will also forget your children. The more they multiplied, b the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory 8 for a thing of disgrace. c 9 They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity. And it shall be like people, like priest. 10 I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds. They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. 11 For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding. 12 My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against 13 their God. They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, b 7 for My case is ag"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": ". 21 “I hate, I despise your feasts! 22 I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; 23 for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. 24 Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. But let justice roll on like a river, 25 and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings 26 forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? a You have taken along Sakkuth your king 27 and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond b Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Woe to Those at Ease in Zion"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "BYZ and TR ; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 811 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their 6 iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them. They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; 7 He has withdrawn Himself from them. They have been unfaithful to the LORD; a for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon 8 along with their land. will devour them Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: b 9 Lead on, O Benjamin! Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel 10 I proclaim what is certain. The princes of Judah c are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury 11 upon them like water. Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless d 12 idols. So I am like a moth to Ephraim, 13 and like decay to the house of Judah. When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, e then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. 14 But he cannot cure you or heal your wound. For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. 15 I will carry them off where no one can rescue them. Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; 6 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, 2 but He will bind up our wounds. After two days He will revive us; on the third d"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "Ephraim’s Iniquity 13 7 a When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim as well as the crimes of Samaria. will be exposed, For they practice deceit and thieves break in; 2 bandits raid in the streets. But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; 3 they are before My face. 4 They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies. They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire 5 from the kneading to the rising of the dough. The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands 6 with those who mock him. b For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; 7 Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! 14 Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me. They do not cry out to Me from their hearts d when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and 15 new wine, but turn away from Me. Although I trained and strengthened 16 their arms, they plot evil against Me. They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind in the land of Egypt. 8 Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed 2 My covenant in the morning"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "| 813 Israel is swallowed up! 9 Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel. 10 a For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers. Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes. 11 For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over 7 by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents. The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, 12 Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, because of the greatness 8 they became his altars for sinning. Though I wrote for them the great things of of your iniquity and hostility. The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, c 13 My law, they regarded them as something strange. Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and 14 punish their sins: They will return to Egypt. Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels. Israel’s Punishment 9 Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; 2 you have made love for hire on every threshing floor. The thresh"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "16 Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, 17 I will slay the darlings of their wombs. My God will reject them 9 Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. g 10 Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity? I will chasten them when I please; because they have not obeyed Him; nations will be gathered against them and they shall be wanderers Retribution for Israel’s Sin among the nations. 11 to put them in bondage for their double transgression. 10 Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, 2 the better he made the sacred pillars. Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars 3 and demolish their sacred pillars. Surely now they will say, “We have no king, 4 for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?” They speak mere words; Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. 12 I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground. Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD 13 until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain. You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. 14 Because you have trust"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 10,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "17 Now Pilate was obligated to release to the people one prisoner at the feast , rendered in some translations as See"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) another route. 13 When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to a 25 search for the Child to kill Him.” he did not know her as it rose b 2 c 6 f 3 Literally 31:15"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 13,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "| 815 with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks 5 and bent down to feed them. Will they not return to the land of Egypt 6 and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent? A sword will flash through their cities; 7 it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans. My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them. God’s Love for Israel 8 How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; 9 My compassion is stirred! prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; e he found Him at Bethel 5 and spoke with Him there — the LORD God of Hosts, 6 the LORD is His name of renown. But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God. 7 A merchant loves to defraud 8 with dishonest scales in his hands. And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me 9 no iniquity that is sinful.” But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, 10 as in the days of the appointed feast. I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I spoke through the prophets I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man— 10 the Holy One among you— and I will not come in wrath. They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, 11"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, His fountain will fail, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window. 4 Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; 5 you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me. 6 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought. When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, 7 8 their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me. So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path. Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, Death and Resurrection (1 Cor. 15:50–58) 9 like a wild beast tearing them apart. You are destroyed, O Israel, 10 because you are against Me— a against your helper. Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”? So in My anger I gave you a king, 11 12 14 13 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up. Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening 8 of the womb. b I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. c Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Judgment on Samaria Compassion is hidden from My eyes. 15 Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— and his spring w"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "–14) 49 50 Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor 51 does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 52 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all in an in- sleep, but we will all be changed— stant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trum- pet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be 53 raised imperishable, and we will be changed. with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. a 45 e 55 For the perishable must be clothed clothe itself b 53 c 54 b 1 Corinthians 16:12 | 1033 54 c When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: 55 “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” d e “Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” 56 57 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin But thanks be to God, who gives us is the law. 58 the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the The Collection for the Saints Lord is not in vain. (2 Corinthians 9:1–15) 16 3 2 Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches On the first day of every week, each of Galatia: of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections Then, on my arrival, I will send will be needed. 4 letters with those you recommend to carr"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 14,
              "text": "(see also LXX); BYZ and TR Feast of Weeks Shavuot, the late spring feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; it is also known as (see"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 14,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–3) 1 In the eighth month of the second year of Da- rius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of 2 Iddo, saying: 3 “The LORD was very angry with your fathers. So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD 4 of Hosts.’ Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, de- 5 clares the LORD. 6 Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, But did not My words and do they live forever? My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He The Vision of the Horses has done to us.’ 7 ” a On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of 8 Iddo. I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myr- tle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, 9 sorrel, and white horses. “What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, 10 “I will show you what they are.” Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent a 7 Shebat t"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Joel",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "–20 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "20 Even the beasts of the field pant for You, Indeed, His camp is very large, The Army of Locusts"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": ". Or 888 |"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 28,
              "text": "–32) 14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Ju- dea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be 15 known to you, and listen carefully to my words. These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is No, this is what only the third hour of the day! 17 was spoken by the prophet Joel: 16 d ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. a 1 the Feast of Weeks"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 32,
              "text": "good news of good things See"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 819 The northern army I will drive away from you, a banishing it to a barren and desolate land, b its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. 21 For He has done great things. 22 Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things. Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, c 23 the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best. Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, 24 both autumn and spring rains, as before. The threshing floors will be full of grain, 25 and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, d the destroying locust, and the devouring 26 locust — My great army that I sent against you. You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. 27 My people will never again be put to shame. Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again I Will Pour Out My Spirit"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "9 Proclaim this among the nations: But the LORD will be a refuge for His “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war 10 advance and attack! Beat your plowshares into swords 11 and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’ Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD. 12 Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, 13 for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side. a Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes 15 in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 16 The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine. The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. people, a stronghold for the people Blessings for God’s People of Israel. 17 Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, 18 never again to be overrun by foreigners. And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house b 19 of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias. Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the peopl"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": ", including LXX. BYZ and TR ; GOC Literally 16 34"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Amos",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–15) the LORD.” 14 This is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I be- queathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them. But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have com- passion on them and return each one to his 16 inheritance and to his land. 15 And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be es- tablished among My people. But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot The Linen Loincloth it and destroy it, declares the LORD.” 17 13 This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch 2 water.” So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the 3 word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist. 4 Then the word of the LORD came to me a second “Take the loincloth that you bought and and hide time: are wearing, and go at once to Perath 5 it there in a crevice of the rocks.” c So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had 6 commanded me. 7 Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.” So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all. to the Euphrates c 4 like a"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "2 12 So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, 3 amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD. 4 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies 5 in which their fathers walked. 6 So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.” This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver 7 and the needy for a pair of sandals. They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father 8 have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name. They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. a b And in the house of their God, 9 they drink wine obtained through fines. Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. 10 Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below. And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, 11 that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite. I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, dec"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 823 d Bring your sacrifices every morning, 5 your tithes every three days. Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love declares the Lord GOD. to do,” 6 e “I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of This is what the LORD says: teeth “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued b 13 having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch. 14 Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts. On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; 15 the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground. I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, declares the LORD. and the great houses will come to an end,” Punishment Brings No Repentance 4 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.” 2 The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming 3 when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. You will go out through broken walls, each one straight ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon, declares the LORD. c ” 4 and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "13 10 For behold, He who forms the mountains, There are those who hate the one who who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness reproves in the gate 11 and despise him who speaks with integrity. A Lamentation against Israel and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.” Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, 5 2 Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you: “Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. 3 She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.” This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will have but a hundred left, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of A Call to Repentance"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "–15 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "–27) 39 40 But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to Egypt. who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what 41 has happened to him.’ h 42 At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of But God turned away from them their hands. and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings 43 forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. i Therefore I will send you into exile The Tabernacle of the Testimony"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 25,
              "text": "–27 (see also LXX) SBL, WH, BYZ, and TR; see also LXX for"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": ". 10 11 Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old, still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so 12 it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in. Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you your- self heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD 13 has spoken.” 15 14 and gave him Hebron as his Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh inheritance. Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel. (Hebron used to be called Kir- iath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Judah’s Inheritance Then the land had rest from war. 15 Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary: 2 a 3 b Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea, proceeded continued south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh- barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka. It proceeded to d Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended 5 at the Sea. southern border. This was their 4 c The eastern b"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–9) for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures. for mighty are those who obey His command. 2 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near— 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, 3 nor will ever be in ages to come. Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert 4 wasteland— surely nothing will escape them. a Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds. 5 With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle. 6 Nations writhe in horror before them; 7 every face turns pale. They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, 8 not swerving from the course. They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, 9 never breaking ranks. They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, 10 entering through windows like thieves. Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, 11 and the stars lose their brightness. a 4 The LORD raises His voice like caval"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "| 825 The Pride of Israel 8 The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.” 10 9 And if there are ten men left in one house, they c too will die. And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is any- one else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of 11 the LORD must not be invoked.” For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, 12 and the small house to rubble.” d “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into e 13 wormwood— you who rejoice in Lo-debar ‘Did we not take Karnaim 14 f and say, by our own strength?’ For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, Are you better than these kingdoms? 3 Is their territory larger than yours? “and they will oppress you You dismiss the day of calamity 4 and bring near a reign of violence. You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock 5 and calves from the stall. You improvise songs on the harp like David 6 and invent your own musical instruments. You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve 7 over"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "5 Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will 6 Jacob survive, since he is so small?” Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. c So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not 7 happen either,” said the Lord GOD. This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand. “Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. 8 “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare 9 them: The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Amaziah Accuses Amos Jeroboam with My sword.” 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house 11 of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words, for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, 12 and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’ ” And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the 14 kingdom.” 13 a b “I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman But the and a tender of sycamore-fig trees. LORD took me from following the flock and said 16 to me,"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": ". k 2 Hebrew; LXX and 1 Chronicles 1:17 in the east Babylon Or Babel Or from the east j 2 also"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "–15 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "| 827 “Are you not like the Cushites O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. to Me, “Did I not bring Israel d up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, 8 and the Arameans from Kir? Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of declares the LORD. Jacob,” 9 “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations 10 as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground. All the sinners among My people will die by the sword— all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront A Promise of Restoration"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Obadiah",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–14) declares the LORD. Milcom restore the fortunes of the Ammonites Molech ; Or is a variant of ; also in verse 3; see"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "| 829 They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and 20 Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead. And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in 21 Sepharad b will possess the cities of the Negev. The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. land of the Philistines. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD. a 19 Those being delivered will go up Shephelah lowlands b 21 The deliverers will go up from Hebrew or ; that is, the western foothills of Judea Or ; LXX Jonah Jonah Flees from the LORD"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Jonah",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–3) 12 1 This is what the LORD says: 2 This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes 3 and reserves wrath for His enemies. The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, 4 and clouds are the dust beneath His feet. He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, 5 and the flower of Lebanon wilts. The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— 6 the world and all its dwellers. Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; 7 even rocks are shattered before Him. The LORD is good, 8 a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him. a But with an overwhelming flood 9 He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness. Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up 10 a second time. For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a 11 drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry. From you, O Nineveh, comes forth 13 Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer. For I will now break their yok"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "–10) both southwest and northwest. 13 14 When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the But it was not long before a cy- coast of Crete. 15 clone called the Northeaster swept down across Unable to head into the wind, the the island. ship was caught up. So we gave way and let our- 16 selves be driven along. a Passing to the lee of a small island called 17 Cauda, we barely managed to secure the life- After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes boat. to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven 18 along. b 19 We were tossed so violently that the next day On the the men began to jettison the cargo. 20 third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard When neither sun nor with their own hands. stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all 21 hope of being saved. 22 After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this But now I urge you to keep disaster and loss. 23 up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship. For just last 24 night an angel of the God to whom I belong and and said, ‘Do whom I serve stood beside me not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–10 ; Lk. 11:29–32) ted, and by your words you will be condemned.” 38 36 37 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to 39 Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” 40 Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous gener- ation demands a sign, but none will be given it For as Jo- except the sign of the prophet Jonah. nah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three 41 days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 42 The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they re- pented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One The Queen of the greater than Jonah is here. South will rise at the judgment with this genera- tion and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and An Unclean Spirit Returns"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "| 831 9 call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands. Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.” 10 When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon Jonah’s Anger at the LORD’s Compassion them. 4 d 2 Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry. So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion— And One who relents from sending disaster. now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it 4 is better for me to die than to live.” 3 But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be 5 angry?” e 6 Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city. So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with 7 the plant. When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it 8 withered. As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorch- ing east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, say- 9 ing, “It is better for me to die than to live.” Then"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Micah",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–7) laid waste. 17 16 The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time un- like any since the day Ephraim separated from 18 Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.” On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees 19 in the land of Assyria. And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the 20"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "–11) ” clares the Lord GOD.’ 13 2 4 3 Then the word of the LORD came to me, “Son of man, prophesy against saying, the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagi- This is what nation: Hear the word of the LORD! the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen noth- Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes ing. You did not go up to the gaps among the ruins. or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the 6 LORD. 5 They see false visions and speak lying divina- tions. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait 7 for the fulfillment of their message. Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spo- 8 ken? 9 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord My hand will be against the prophets who GOD. see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Is- rael, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD. 11 Because they have led My people astray, say- ing, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and white- tell those washing any flimsy wall that is built, whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will 12"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "–13) and marches into our borders. 7 Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man 8 or linger for mankind. Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes 9 through, with no one to rescue them. 10 Your hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off. “In that day,” declares the LORD, 11 “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots. 12 I will remove the cities of your land 13 and tear down all your strongholds. I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers. I will also cut off the carved images a 5 their peace and sacred pillars from among you, Acacia Grove b 5 Or Or you! For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, 5 as well as Aaron and Miriam. My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled b and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, 6 so that you may acknowledge the ” righteousness of the LORD.’ With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, 7 with year-old calves? Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "| 833 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, 4 for it will be a time of calamity. In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! 5 He has allotted our fields to traitors.’ ” Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD Reproof of False Prophets"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "10 11 who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, 12 “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.” Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, The Mountain of the House of the LORD"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "Literally 706 |"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5) 2 2 Jerusalem: This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, 3 and all nations will stream to it. And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, 4 and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, The Day of Reckoning nor train anymore for war. 5 and your counselors as at the beginning. Come, O house of Jacob, 6 After that you will be called the City of 27 Righteousness, the Faithful City.” Zion will be redeemed with justice, 28 her repentant ones with righteousness. But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, 29 and those who forsake the LORD will perish. Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens 30 that you have chosen. let us walk in the light of the LORD. For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of 7 foreigner"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "–13) turned the pleasant land into a desolation.” 8 2 Again the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am 3 jealous for her with great fervor.” This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Moun- 4 tain.” 5 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age. And the streets of the city will be 6 filled with boys and girls playing there.” j This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “If this is in the eyes of the remnant of this impossible people in these days, should it also be impossible 7 in My eyes?” declares the LORD of Hosts. 8 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west. I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.” And there will be a priest on His throne c 14 e 1 Chislev f 2 Hebrew; Syriac Bethel-sharezer had sent Regem-melech, is the ninth month of the Hebrew lunar h 9 ; see verse 10. g 7 along with his men, Shephelah calendar, usually occurring within the months of November and December. chesed love goodness heavy to hear are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as kindness j 6"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 5,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–6) Him the name Jesus. 2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, 2 during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship 3 Him.” b 4 When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be 5 born. “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this 6 is what the prophet has written: ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, c for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’ ” 7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned 8 from them the exact time the star had appeared. And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and 9 worship Him.” 10 11 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight. On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and 12 myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to re- turn to Herod, they withdrew to thei"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "; see also 2 Samuel 5:2."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "–15) people! 12 I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, Rulers and Prophets Condemned the LORD as their leader. 3 Then I said: 2 “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? You hate good and love evil. 3 You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the 4 cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.” Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. 5 At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done. This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one 6 who puts nothing in their mouths: Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, 7 and the daylight will turn black over them. Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths 8 because there is no answer from God.” As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, 9 to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin. Now hear this, O"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "| 835 One whose origins are of old, 3 from the days of eternity. 14 so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands. Therefore Israel will be abandoned I will root out the Asherah poles from your until she who is in labor has given birth; 15 midst then the rest of His brothers will return 4 to the children of Israel. He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, 5 for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth. a And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, 6 even eight leaders of men. And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and demolish your cities. I will take vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed The Case against Israel Me.” 6 Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the 2 mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, 3 and He will argue it against Israel: ‘My people, what have I done to you? and the land of Nimrod with the blade 4 Testify against Me how I have wearied drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land The Remnant of Jacob"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "“Heed the rod 10 and the One who ordained it. Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness 11 and the short ephah, which is accursed? 12 Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights? For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; 13 their tongues are deceitful in their mouths. 14 Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins. You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the 15 sword. You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; 16 you will tread grapes but not drink the wine. You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; a you will bear the scorn of the Israel’s Great Misery ”"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 7,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–6 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "Greek Greek The Reward of Service (2 Kings 4:8–17) 14"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 20,
              "text": "| 837 They will come trembling from their strongholds 18 in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You. Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, 19 b because He delights in loving devotion? He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. 20 You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea. You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old. a 14 in a woodland, in the midst of Carmel loving devotion b 18 chesed love goodness kindness faithfulness Or mercy throughout the Scriptures as loyalty to a covenant Forms of the Hebrew ; the range of meaning includes , as well as . are translated here and in most cases , and , , , Nahum The Burden against Nineveh"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Nahum",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–15) Jonah Cast into the Sea 11 1 2 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah “Get up! Go to the son of Amittai, saying, great city of Nineveh and preach against it, be- 3 cause its wickedness has come up before Me.” Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tar- The Great Storm shish, away from the presence of the LORD."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "| 839 they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, 5 darting about like lightning. He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; 6 the protective shield is set in place. 7 The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses. It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, 8 and beat upon their breasts. Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, 9 but no one turns back. “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, 10 an abundance of every precious thing. She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale! 11 Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with 12 their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away? The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. 13 It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey. “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will reduce your chariots to cinders, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.” Judgment on Nineveh 3 Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, No-amon never without prey. b 9 a 8 Hebrew That is, the upper Nile region the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 13,
              "text": "13 Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land 14 are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars. Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. 17 The young locust strips the land a and flies away. b Your guards are like the swarming locust, like clouds of locusts and your scribes that settle on the walls on a cold day. 18 When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where. 15 Work the clay and tread the mortar; O king of Assyria, your shepherds repair the brick kiln! There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; 16 make yourself many like the swarming locust! You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. slumber; your officers sleep. 19 Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them. There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty? a 17 princes b 17 marshals Or Or Habakkuk Habakkuk’s First Complaint 1 2 This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision: How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” 3 but You do not save? Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. 4 Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Habakkuk",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": "(see also LXX)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 12,
              "text": "–17) For the choirmaster. Of David. 1 In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: 2 “Flee like a bird to your mountain! The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; 6 His soul hates the lover of violence. On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals 7 and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion. For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. Psalm 12 The Godly Are No More The upright will see His face. For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith.c A Psalm of David. 1 Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among 2 men. They lie to one another; 3 they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips 4 and every boastful tongue. They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?” 5 “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. 6 “I will bring safety to him who yearns.” The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold. d 7 You, O LORD, will keep us; 8 You will forever guard us from this generation. The wicked wander freely, Psalm 13 and vileness is exalted among men. How Long, O LORD? For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1 For behold, the wicked bend their bows. How long, O LORD? They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright a 7 bitterness in heart. LXX sevenfold here and in 1 Chronicles 15:21 and"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 3,
              "text": "3 14 For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, a 4 since it will surely come and will not For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the 15 LORD as the waters cover the sea. delay. b Look at the proud one; his soul is not c 5 upright d — but the righteous will live by faith — and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself Woe to the Chaldeans and collects all the peoples as his own. 6 Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his 7 and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’ 18 Will not your creditors suddenly arise 8 and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey. Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the 9 city, and all their dwellers. Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high 10 and escape the hand of disaster! You have plotted shame for your house e 11 by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life. For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the 12 woodwork. 13 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquit"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "Or 29"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 19,
              "text": "| 843 You crushed the head of the house of the Selah wicked and stripped him from head to toe. 14 With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready 15 to secretly devour the weak. You trampled the sea with Your horses, 16 churning the great waters. I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who Habakkuk Rejoices invade us. 17 Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, 18 though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls, yet I will exult in the LORD; 19 I will rejoice in the God of my salvation! GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; For the choirmaster. He makes me walk upon the heights! With stringed instruments. Zephaniah Zephaniah Prophesies Judgment on Judah"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Zephaniah",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–6) foundation of the world.” 36 Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in 37 the field.” 38 He replied, “The One who sows the good seed The field is the world, and is the Son of Man. the good seed represents the sons of the king- 39 dom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters 40 are angels. 41 As the weeds are collected and burned in the The Son fire, so will it be at the end of the age. of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin And they will and all who practice lawlessness. c 35 42 So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go a 15 and pull them up?’ the one sown b 19 of the world Literally"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–3 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "–11) and upon the remnant of the land. 16 Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert 2 to the mount of Daughter Zion. Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon: 3 “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; 4 do not betray the one who flees. Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from Dimon the land, Dibon c 9 blood MT, twice in this verse; DSS and Vulgate . ; , a 5 a The Burden against Damascus (Jer. 49:23–27)"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 15,
              "text": "| 845 Judgment on Moab and Ammon"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "Judgment on Jerusalem 11 3 2 Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; 3 she has not drawn near to her God. Her princes are roaring lions; 4 her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning. Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; 5 they do violence to the law. The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; Purification of the Nations He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame. 6 “I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, 7 with no man, no inhabitant. I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early 8 to corrupt all their deeds. Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, a “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation— all My burning anger. A Faithful Remnant For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy. 9 For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, 10 that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder. b From beyond the rivers of Cush a 8 My worshipers, My scattered people, b 10 will bring Me an offering. rise up to plu"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Haggai",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–11) 5 2 Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, a Then Zerubbabel son of who was over them. Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping 3 them. b At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and 4 restore this structure?” c They also asked, “What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?” a 2 Jozadak c 4 Then we told them, Jehozadak d 10 But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius and written instructions Tattenai’s Letter to Darius about this matter were returned. 6 This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the offi- The re- cials in the region, sent to King Darius. port they sent him read as follows: 7 To King Darius: 8 All peace. Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and 9 is prospering in their hands. So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple 1"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 4,
              "text": "4 But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, 5 declares the LORD of Hosts. This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. And My Spirit remains among you; do not be afraid.” 6 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, a I will shake the heavens and the 7 earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, 8 says the LORD of Hosts. The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, 9 declares the LORD of Hosts. The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. Blessings for a Defiled People And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.” 10 12 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the 11 LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying, “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the If a man carries conse- priests for a ruling. crated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’ 13 “No,” replied the priests. ” 14 “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered. Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; what- 15 ever they offer there i"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "BYZ and TR"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Zechariah",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 2,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "The Vision of the Measuring Line"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "–13) ” ‘You are my God.’ 3 Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to i your wife again, though she is loved by an- other and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other 2 gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols. k ” j l 3 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, 4 and I will do the same for you.” 5 For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, Afterward, the peo- and without ephod or idol. ple of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trem- bling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last God’s Case against His People days. 4 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: a 15 Achor and battle in the land, c 16 b 16 trouble and will make them lie down in safety. loving devotion Hebrew loyalty to a covenant means faithfulness my Ishi . kindness mercy here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as ruhamah , i 1 ; LXX g 23 I will love her who was not loved Go show love to a woman who is loved by another , as well as Hebrew , and l 2 Lo-ammi . a homer and a half of barley Literally j 1 Hebrew Or “There is no truth, no loving devotion, my Baal and no knowledge of God in the land! chesed d 19 love Forms of the Hebrew f 23 God s"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 6,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 8,
              "text": "| 851 7 So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but What are by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts. you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace 8 to it!’ 9 ” 10 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the founda- tion of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has For who has despised the day sent me to you. of the of small things? But these seven eyes LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice in the hand of when they see the plumb line 11 Zerubbabel.” a b Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive 12 trees on the right and left of the lampstand?” And I questioned him further, “What are the c two olive branches beside the two gold pipes 13 from which the golden oil pours?” “Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. 14 “No, my lord,” I replied. d e So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the The Vision of the Flying Scroll earth.” 5 2 Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll. “What do you see?” asked the angel. f “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits 3 long and ten cubits wide. ” 4 Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be re- moved; and according to the"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "The Crown and the Temple 9 10 The word of the LORD also came to me, saying, “Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon—and go that same day to the Take silver house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. a and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the 12 head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak. 11 13 And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His Yes, He place and build the temple of the LORD. the LORD; He will be will build the temple of clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, 14 there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’ b c d 15 The crown will reside in the temple of the LORD as a memorial to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and the gracious Even those far away will come and build the temple of the LORD, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. This will happen if you A Call to Justice and Mercy diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.” son of Zephaniah. 7 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of e the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth 2 day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev. f Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and 3 Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the proph- ets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as 4 I have don"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 8,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–23) forever and ever. 6 a 8 “On that day,” declares the LORD, hill “I will gather the lame; And you, Migdal-eder, the Ophel b 13 Or ; Hebrew Or like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you 11 from the hand of your enemies! But now many nations have assembled against you, 12 saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.” But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, 13 for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze b to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, A Ruler from Bethlehem"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 9,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 9,
              "text": "| 853 10 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts. For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor. But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the 12 past,” declares the LORD of Hosts. 11 9 This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place— for the eyes of men a and of all the tribes of Israel — are upon the LORD and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, 2 3 though they are very shrewd. 13 “For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an in- heritance. As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not 14 be afraid; let your hands be strong.” 15 16 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts, “so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Ju- dah. Do not be afraid. These are the things you 17 must do: Speak tr"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "10 a 2 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim the horse from Jerusalem, and and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. b His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates 11 to the ends of the earth. As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, 12 I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit. Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare 13 that I will restore to you double. For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. c I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword The LORD Will Save His People of a mighty man. 14 Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the 15 south. The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; 16 they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar. On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown 17 they will sparkle over His land. How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Judah and Israel Will Be Restored Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women. 10 Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 11,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "–17)"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 12,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 6,
              "text": "| 855 They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought 12 down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart. I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD. The Doomed Flock 11 2 Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars! a Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, 3 for the dense forest has been cut down! Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed. 5 4 This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture whose buyers the flock marked for slaughter, slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion 6 on them. For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will dev- astate the land, and I will not deliver it from their 7 hands.” 8 So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, es- pecially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other And in one Union, and I pastured the flock. month I dismissed three shepherds. 9 My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their Then I said, “I will no souls also detest"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "around them on the right and on the left, while 7 the people of Jerusalem remain secure there. 8 The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that On that day the LORD will defend the of Judah. people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among a them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going 9 before them. So on that day I will set out to destroy all the Mourning the One They Pierced nations that come against Jerusalem."
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "–14) 3"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 13,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 7,
              "text": "–9 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 14,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 16,
              "text": "–21) 33 34 c And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the sev- enth month the Feast of Tabernacles to the 35 LORD begins, and it continues for seven days. 36 On the first day there shall be a sacred assem- bly. You must not do any regular work. For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sa- cred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do 37 any regular work. These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting food offerings to the LORD—burnt of- ferings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day. These offerings are in addition to the offerings for the LORD’s Sabbaths, and in addition to your gifts, to all your vow offerings, and to all the freewill 39 offerings you give to the LORD. 38 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, af- ter you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first 40 day and also on the eighth day. d 41 On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. You are to cel- ebrate this as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generat"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 21,
              "text": "| 857 horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all All Nations Will Worship the King the animals in those camps."
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Malachi",
      "chapters": [
        {
          "chapterNum": 1,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5) 5 b 29 And we know that God works all things to- gether for the good of those who love Him, who For those are called according to His purpose. God foreknew, He also predestined to be con- 30 formed to the image of His Son, so that He would a 36 And be the firstborn among many brothers. forever blessed b 5 6 It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not 7 all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary,"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 2,
              "text": "–3"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 3,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–5 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 10,
              "text": "| 859 7 True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from For the lips of a priest should preserve iniquity. knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of 8 the LORD of Hosts. 9 But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the “So I in turn have made you des- LORD of Hosts. pised and humiliated before all the people, be- cause you have not kept My ways, but have Judah’s Unfaithfulness shown partiality in matters of the law.” 10 Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our 11 fathers? Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctu- 12 ary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering 13 to the LORD of Hosts. And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your of- 14 ferings or receives them gladly from your hands. Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness be- tween you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 11,
              "text": "a 11 18 b I will out for you blessing without measure. rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the 12 LORD of Hosts. “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of The Book of Remembrance Hosts. 13 “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spo- 14 ken against You?’ You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and 15 walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts? So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and es- 16 cape.’ ” At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared 17 the LORD and honored His name. “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured posses- sion. And I will spare them as a man spares his So you will again dis- own son who serves him. tinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do The Day of the LORD not.” (Zeph. 1:7–18 ; 1 Thess. 5:1–11 ;"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "chapterNum": 4,
          "verses": [
            {
              "verseNum": 1,
              "text": "–6 ; 1 Thess. 5:1–11 ;"
            },
            {
              "verseNum": 5,
              "text": ". Or BYZ and TR Come to Me, all you who are weary and bur- dened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke c 5 he sent two of his disciples upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and f 12 e 10 has been forcefully advancing leper"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}