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But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.


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And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day.


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And God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water”; and it was so.


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And God made the firmament, and God divided between the water which was under the firmament and the water which was above the firmament.


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And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.


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And God said, “Let the water which is under the heaven be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was gathered into its places, and the dry land appeared.


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And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering of the waters He called Seas; and God saw that it was good.


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And God said, “Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass-bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth”; and it was so.


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And the earth brought forth the herb of grass-bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth; and God saw that it was good.


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And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, to divide between day and night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years.


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And let them be for light in the firmament of the heavens, so as to shine upon the earth”; and it was so.


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And God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; <i>He made</i> the stars also.


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and to rule over <i>the</i> day and <i>the </i>night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.


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And God said, “Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of the heavens”; and it was so.


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And God made great whales, and every living reptile, which the waters brought forth according to their kinds, and every creature that flies with wings according to its kind; and God saw that they were good.


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And God blessed them saying, “Increase and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the creatures that fly be multiplied on the earth.”


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And God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind, cattle and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth according to their kind”; and it was so.


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And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth according to their kind, and God saw that they were good.


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And God said, “Let Us make man according to Our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that move upon the earth.”


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And God blessed them, saying, “Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas, and the birds of the sky, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that move on the earth.”


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And God said, “Behold, I have given to you every plant-yielding seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; to you it shall be for food.


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And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the birds of the sky, and to every reptile that creeps on the earth, which has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food”; and it was so.


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And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.


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And God finished on the sixth day His works which He made, and He ceased on the seventh day from all His works which He made.


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And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He ceased from all His works which God began to do.


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<n>Another Account of Creation</n> This is the book of the generations of heaven and earth, when they were made, in the day in which the Lord God made the heaven and the earth,


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and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate it.


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And God formed the man of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.


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And God caused to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful to the eye and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.


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The name of the one <i>is</i> Pishon, this is that which encircles the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.


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And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.


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And the Lord God took the man whom He had formed, and placed him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and keep it.


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but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—of it you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die.”


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And the Lord God said, “<i>It is</i> not good that the man should be alone, let Us make for him a helper suitable to him.”


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And God formed yet farther out of the earth all the wild beasts of the field, and all the birds of the sky, and He brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam called any living creature, that was its name.


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And Adam gave names to all the cattle and to all the birds of the sky, and to all the wild beasts of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to himself.


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And God brought a deep sleep upon Adam, and he slept, and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.


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And Adam said, “This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”


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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.


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<n>The Temptation and Fall of Man</n> Now the serpent was the most crafty of all the beasts on the earth, which the Lord God had made. And the serpent said to the woman, “Has God truly said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”


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but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God said, ‘You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”


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For God knew that in whatever day you should eat of it, your eyes would be opened, and you would be as gods, knowing good and evil.”


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And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate. And having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate.


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And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they perceived that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves coverings to go around them.


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And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day; and both Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the trees of the garden.


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And he said to Him, “I heard Your voice as You walked in the garden, and I feared because I was naked and I hid myself.”


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And God said to him, “Who told you that you were naked, unless you have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”


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And the Lord God said to the woman, “Why have you done this?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”


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And the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle and all the beasts of the earth; on your breast and belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.


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And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her Seed, He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”


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And to the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply your pains and your groanings; in pain you shall bring forth children, and your submission shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.”


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And to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat of it—of that you have eaten, cursed is the ground in your labors, in pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life.


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In the sweat of your face shall you eat your bread until you return to the ground out of which you were taken, for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”


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And God said, “Behold, Adam has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest at any time he stretch forth his hand, and take of the tree of life and eat, and so he shall live forever”—


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so the Lord God sent him forth out of the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground out of which he was taken.


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And He cast out Adam and caused him to dwell outside of the garden of Eden, and stationed the cherubim and the fiery sword that turns about to keep the way of the tree of life.


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<n>Cain Murders Abel</n> Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and brought forth Cain and said, “I have acquired a man through God.”


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And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.


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And Abel also brought of the firstborn of his sheep and of his fatlings. And God looked upon Abel and his gifts,


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but Cain and his sacrifices He did not regard. And Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell.


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Have you not sinned if you have brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? Be still, to you shall be his submission, and you shall rule over him.”


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And Cain said to Abel his brother, “Let us go out into the field.” And it came to pass, that when they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him.


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And the Lord God said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know—am I my brother’s keeper?”


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And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries <i>out </i>to Me from the ground.


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And now you <i>are</i> cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.


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When you till the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to you: you shall be groaning and trembling on the earth.”


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If You cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from Your presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that anyone that finds me shall kill me.”


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And the Lord God said to him, “Not so; anyone that slays Cain shall suffer a seven-fold vengeance.” And the Lord God set a mark upon Cain, so that no one that found him would kill him.


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<n>The Beginnings of Civilization</n> So Cain went forth from the presence of God, and dwelt in the land of Nod opposite Eden.


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And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.


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And to Enoch was born Irad; and Irad fathered Mehujael; and Mehujael fathered Methushael; and Methushael fathered Lamech.


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And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second <i>was </i>Zillah.


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And Zillah also bore Tubal-Cain; he was a smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.


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And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, “Hear my voice, you wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief.


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Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain’s behalf, on Lamech’s <i>it shall be</i> seventy times seven.”


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And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, “For God has raised up to me another offspring in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.”


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<n>Adam’s Descendants to Noah and His Sons</n> This is the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God He made him:


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male and female He made them, and blessed them; and He called his name Adam, in the day in which He made them.


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And Adam lived 230 years, and fathered <i>a son</i> in his <i>own</i> likeness, and after his own image, and he called his name Seth.


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And the days of Adam, which he lived after he fathered Seth, were 700 years; and he had sons and daughters.


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And Enoch was well-pleasing to God. After he had Methuselah, <i>He walked with God </i>200 years, and he fathered <i>other</i> sons and daughters.


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And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will cause us to cease from our works, and from the toils of our hands, and from the earth, which the Lord God has cursed.”


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<n>The Wickedness and Judgment of Man</n> And it came to pass when men began to be numerous upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,


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that the sons of God, having seen the daughters of men, that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose.


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And the Lord God said, “My Spirit shall by no means remain with these men forever, for they are flesh, but their days shall be 120 years.”


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Now the giants were upon the earth in those days; and after that when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, they bore <i>children</i> to them. Those were the giants of old, the men of renown.


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And the Lord God, having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that everyone in his heart was meditating on evil continually,


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And God said, “I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man and beast, and reptiles, along with the birds of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them.”


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<n>Noah Pleases God</n> And these are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man; being perfect in his generation; Noah was well pleasing to God.


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And the Lord God saw the earth, that it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.


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<n>The Preparation of the Ark</n> And the Lord God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth has been filled with unrighteousness by them, and behold, I shall destroy them and the earth.


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Therefore make for yourself an ark of square timber; you shall make the ark in compartments, and you shall line it inside and out with pitch.


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And thus shall you make the ark: the length of the ark shall be 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.


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You shall narrow the ark as you make it, and in a cubit above you shall finish it, and the door of the ark you shall make on the side; with lower, second, and third stories you shall make it.


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And behold, I shall bring a flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven, and whatsoever things are upon the earth shall die.


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And I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall enter into the ark, and your sons and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.


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And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, you shall bring by pairs into the ark, so that you may feed them with yourself: male and female they shall be.


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Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to you, male and female, to be fed with you.


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And you shall take to yourself of all kinds of food which you eat, and you shall gather them to yourself, and it shall be for you and them to eat.”


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<n>The Great Flood</n> And the Lord God said to Noah, “Enter into the ark, you and all your family, for I have seen <i>that</i> you <i>are </i>righteous before Me in this generation.


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You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, male and female, and of the unclean animals <i>take </i>two each, male and female.


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And also seven each of <i>the </i>clean birds of the sky, male and female, and also pairs of all unclean birds, male and female, to maintain seed on all the earth.


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For after seven more days I shall bring rain upon the earth <i>for </i>forty days and forty nights, and I shall blot out every living thing which I have made from the face of all the earth.”


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And then Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.


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And of the clean birds and the unclean birds, and of the clean cattle and the unclean cattle, and of all the things that creep upon the earth,


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In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the flood gates of heaven were opened.


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On that very day Noah, his sons Shem, Ham, Japheth, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons, entered into the ark.


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And all the wild beasts after their kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and all the reptiles after their kind, and every flying bird after its kind,


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went in to Noah into the ark, by pairs, <i>both </i>male and female of all flesh in which is the breath of life.


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And those that entered went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded Noah, and the Lord God shut the door behind him.


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And the flood was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and the water increased greatly and raised up the ark, and it was lifted up high from off of the earth.


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And the waters prevailed and abounded exceedingly upon the earth, and the ark floated upon the waters.


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And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and covered all the high mountains which were under heaven.


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And all flesh that moved upon the earth died; of the birds and cattle, and of the wild beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, and every man.


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And <i>God</i> blotted out every living thing which was upon the face of the earth, both man and beast, and reptiles, and birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth, and Noah was left alone, and those that were with him in the ark.


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<n>The Flood Subsides</n> And God remembered Noah, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters subsided.


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And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.


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And the waters subsided, and receded off the earth, and after 150 days the waters were diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.


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And he sent forth a raven; and it went out, and did not return until the waters were dried up from the earth.


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And the dove, not having found rest for her feet, returned to him into the ark, because the waters were upon all the face of the earth, and he stretched out his hand and took her <i>in</i>, and brought her to himself into the ark.


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And the dove returned to him in the evening, and had an olive leaf in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had subsided from off the earth.


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And waiting yet another seven days, he again sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him anymore.


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And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of the life of Noah, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters subsided from off of the earth, and Noah opened the covering of the ark which he had made, and he saw that the waters had subsided from the face of the earth.


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And all the wild beasts, as many as are with you, and all flesh, both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with you: be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.”


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And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and every bird, and every reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind, came forth out of the ark.


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<n>God’s Covenant with Man</n> And Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a burnt offering upon the altar.


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And the Lord God smelled a sweet aroma. And the Lord God, having considered <i>all things</i>, said, “I will never again curse the earth, due to the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will never again destroy all living flesh as I have done.


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All the days of the earth, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and spring, shall not cease by day or night.”


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<n>God’s Covenant with Noah</n> And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.


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And the dread and the fear of you shall be upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fish of the sea, I have placed them under your power.


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And every living reptile shall be to you for food, I have given all things to you as the green herbs.


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For your lifeblood shall I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I shall require a man’s life at the hand of his fellow man.


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He that sheds man’s blood, instead of that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man.


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and with every living creature with you, of birds and of beasts, and with all the wild beasts of the earth, as many as are with you, of all that came out of the ark.


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And I will establish My covenant with you: never again shall all flesh die by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy all the earth.”


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And the Lord God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and between every living creature which is with you for all generations:


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And I shall remember My covenant, which is between Me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out all flesh.


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And My rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look at it and remember the everlasting covenant between Me and the earth, and between every living soul in all flesh, which is upon the earth.”


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And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant, which I have made between Me and all flesh, which is upon the earth.”


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<n>Noah and His Sons</n> Now the sons of Noah which came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.


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And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers outside.


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And Shem and Japheth, having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face <i>was</i> backward, and they did not see the nakedness of their father.


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“May God make room for Japheth, and let him dwell in the habitations of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.”


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<n>Nations Descended from Noah</n> Now these <i>are</i> the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.


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From these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes and in their nations.


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And the sons of Cush <i>were</i> Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah. And the sons of Raamah <i>were</i> Sheba and Dedan.


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He was a mighty hunter before the Lord God; therefore they said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.”


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and the Aradian, and the Samarean, and the Amathite; and after this the tribes of the Canaanites were dispersed.


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And the boundaries of the Canaanites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerar and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.


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These <i>were</i> the sons of Ham in their tribes according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.


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And to Shem himself also were children born, the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.


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And to Eber were born two sons, the name of the one <i>was</i> Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother <i>was </i>Joktan.


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These were the sons of Shem in their tribes, according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.


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These are the tribes of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, according to their nations: of them were the islands of the Gentiles scattered over the earth after the flood.


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And it came to pass as they moved from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.


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And a man said to his neighbor, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire.” And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was asphalt.


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And they said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall reach the heavens, and let us make for ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”


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And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have one language between them, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they have purposed to do.


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Come, let Us go down and confound their language, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbor.”


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And the Lord scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower.


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On this account its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and then the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.


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<n>The Descendants of Shem</n> And these are the generations of Shem: and Shem was 100 years old when he fathered Arphaxad, the second year after the flood.


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And Shem lived 500 years after he had fathered Arphaxad, and fathered <i>other</i> sons and daughters, and died.


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And Arphaxad lived 400 years after he had fathered Cainan, and fathered <i>other</i> sons and daughters, and died. And Cainan lived 130 years and fathered Salah; and Canaan lived 330 years after he had fathered Salah, and fathered <i>other </i>sons and daughters, and died.


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And Salah lived 330 years after he had fathered Eber, and fathered <i>other </i>sons and daughters, and died.


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And Eber lived 270 years after he had fathered Peleg, and fathered <i>other </i>sons and daughters, and died.


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And Peleg lived 209 years after he had fathered Reu, and fathered <i>other </i>sons and daughters, and died.


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And Reu lived 207 years after he had fathered Serug, and fathered <i>other </i>sons and daughters, and died.


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And Serug lived 200 years after he had fathered Nahor, and fathered <i>other </i>sons and daughters, and died.


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And Nahor lived 125 years after he had fathered Terah, and fathered <i>other </i>sons and daughters, and he died.


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<n>The Descendants of Terah</n> And these are the generations of Terah: Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.


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And Haran died in the presence of Terah his father, in the land in which he was born, in the country of the Chaldees.


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And Abram and Nahor took to themselves wives; the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife <i>was</i> Milcah, daughter of Haran, and he was the father of Milcah, <i>and </i>the father of Iscah.


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And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot his grandson, the son of Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and led them forth out of the land of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan, and they came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.


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<n>The Call of Abram</n> And the Lord said to Abram, “Go forth out of your land, and out from your family, and out of the house of your father, into the land which I will show you.


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“And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be blessed.


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“And I will bless those that bless you, and curse those that curse you, and in you all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed.”


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So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.


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And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and every soul which they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go into the land of Canaan.


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And Abram traveled the land lengthwise as far as Shechem, to the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites then inhabited the land.


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Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I will give this land to your decendants.” And Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to him.


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And he departed from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and there he pitched his tent in Bethel near the sea, and Ai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.


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<n>Abram and Sarai in Egypt</n> Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.


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And it came to pass when Abram approached Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a beautiful woman.


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It shall come to pass then, that when the Egyptians shall see you, that they shall say, ‘This is his wife,’ and they shall kill me, but they shall keep you alive.


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Therefore say to them, ‘I am his sister,’ that it may be well with me on account of you, and my soul shall live because of you.”


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that the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh, and brought her into Pharaoh’s house.


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And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, calves, donkeys, male and female servants, mules, and camels.


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And God afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great and severe afflictions, because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.


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And Pharaoh, having called Abram, said, “What is this you have done to me, that you did not tell me that she was your wife?


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Why then did you say, ‘She is my sister?’ And I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, your wife is before you, take her and go away immediately.”


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And Pharaoh commanded <i>his</i> men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had.


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<n>Abram and Lot Separate</n> And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the wilderness.


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to the place of the altar, which he built there at first, and Abram there called on the name of the Lord.


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And the land was not large enough for them to live together, because their possessions were great; and the land was not large enough for them to live together.


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And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle, and the Canaanites and the Perizzites then inhabited the land.


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And Abram said to Lot, “Let there not be strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.


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Behold, is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me; if you <i>go</i> to the left, I will go to the right, and if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”


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And Lot, having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about the Jordan, that it was well watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until you come to Zoar.


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And Lot chose for himself all the country surrounding the Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated from each other. And Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan.


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And God said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, “Look up with your eyes, and behold from the place where you now are northward and southward, and eastward and westward;


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And I will make your decendants like the dust of the earth; if anyone is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall your decendants be numbered.


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Arise, walk in the land, both in its length and in its breadth; for to you will I give it, and to your decendants forever.”


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And Abram, having removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mamre, which was in Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.


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<n>Lot’s Captivity and Rescue</n> And it came to pass in the reign of Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, that Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,


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made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, and with Shinab, king of Adamah, and with Shemeber king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela, (that is, Zoar).


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And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings with him, and they cut to pieces the giants in Ashteroth, and Karnaim, and strong nations with them, and the Emim in the city of Shaveh Kiriathaim.


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And the Horites in the mountains of Seir, to the terebinth tree of El Paran, which is in the desert.


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And having turned back, they came to the Well of Judgment; this is Kadesh, and they cut to pieces all the princes of Amalek, and the Amorites dwelling in Hazezon Tamar.


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And the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrhah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, (that is, Zoar) went out, and they set themselves in battle array against them for war in the Salt Valley,


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against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, the four kings against the five.


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Now the Salt Valley consists of slime pits. And the king of Sodom fled and the king of Gomorrah, and they fell in there. And those that were left fled to the mountain country.


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And they also took Lot, the son of Abram’s brother, and his possessions, and departed, for he dwelt in Sodom.


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And one of them that had been rescued came and told Abram the Hebrew; and he dwelt by the oak of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eschol, and the brother of Aner, who were allies of Abram.


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And Abram, having heard that Lot his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own home-born servants, 318, and pursued after them to Dan.


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And he came upon them by night, he and his servants, and he struck them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.


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And he recovered all the cavalry of Sodom, and he recovered Lot his nephew, and all his possessions, and the women and the people.


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And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and the kings with him, to the valley of Shaveh; this was the plain of the kings.


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<n>Abram and Melchizedek</n> And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth loaves and wine, (he was the priest of the Most High God).


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and blessed be the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your power.” And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.


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And Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted my hand to the Lord, the Most High God, who made the heaven and the earth,


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that I will not take from all your goods, from a string to a sandal strap, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’


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Except what things the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Eschol, Aner, Mamre, these shall take a portion.”


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<n>God’s Covenant with Abram</n> And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, <i>for </i>I <i>am </i>your shield. Your reward shall be very great.”


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And Abram said, “Master and Lord, what shall You give me? Seeing I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus <i>is my heir</i>.”


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And Abram said, “<i>I am grieved</i> since You have given me no offspring, but my home-born servant shall succeed me.”


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And immediately the voice of the Lord came to him, saying, “This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come out of you shall be your heir.”


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And He brought him out and said to him, “Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if you shall be able to number them fully.” And He said, “So shall your descendants be.”


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And He said to him, “I am God that brought you out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land to inherit.”


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And He said to him, “Take for Me a heifer in her third year, and a female goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon.”


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So he took to Him all these things, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide.


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And <i>God</i> said to Abram, “You shall surely know that your decendants shall be sojourners in a land not their own, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years.


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And the nation whom they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth with great possessions.


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And in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.”


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And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold, a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between the divided pieces.


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In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your decendants I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.


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<n>Hagar and Ishmael</n> Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Hagar.


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And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children; go therefore in to my maid, that I may obtain children for myself through her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.


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So Sarai, Abram’s wife, having taken Hagar the Egyptian her maid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.


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And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she was pregnant, her mistress was dishonored before her.


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Then Sarai said to Abram, “You have hurt me! I gave my maid into your arms, and when I saw that she was pregnant, I was dishonored before her. The Lord judge between me and you!”


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And Abram said to Sarai, “Behold your maid is in your hands, use her as it may seem good to you.” And Sarai afflicted her, and she fled from before her.


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And the Angel of the Lord found her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.


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And the Angel of the Lord said to her, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, from where do you come, and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.”


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And the Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority.”


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And the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will surely multiply your decendants, so that they shall be too many to count.”


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And the Angel of the Lord said to her, “Behold, you are pregnant, and shall bear a son, and you shall call his name Ishmael, for the Lord has <i>seen</i> your humiliation.


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He shall be a wild man, his hands shall be against all, and the hands of all shall be against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brothers.”


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And she called the name of the Lord God who spoke to her, “You are the God who sees”; for she said, “For I have openly seen Him that appeared to me.”


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And Hagar bore a son to Abram; and Abram called the name of his son which Hagar bore to him, Ishmael.


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<n>The Sign of the Covenant</n> When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am your God, be well-pleasing before Me, and be blameless.


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And your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.


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And I will increase you very exceedingly, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.


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“And I will establish My covenant between you and your decendants after you, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be your God, and the God of your descendants after you.


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And I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land in which you sojourn, even all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God.”


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And God said to Abraham, “You also shall fully keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you for their generations.


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And this is the covenant which you shall fully keep between Me and you, and between your descendants after you for their generations; every male of you shall be circumcised.


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And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and you.


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And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and the servant born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who is not of your offspring.


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He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with money shall surely be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.


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And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from his family, for he has broken My covenant.”


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And God said to Abraham, “Sarai, your wife—her name shall not be called Sarai, <i>but </i>Sarah shall be her name.


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And I will bless her, and give you a son by her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall <i>decend </i>from him.”


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And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed; and said in his heart, “Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear <i>a child</i>?”


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And God said to Abraham, “Behold, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to him and to his descendants after him.


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As for Ishmael, behold, I have heard you, and behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he father, and I will make him into a great nation.


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And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all his home-born servants, and all those bought with money, and every male of the men in the house of Abraham, and he circumcised their foreskins that very day, according as God spoke to him.


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and all the men of his house, both those born in the house, and those bought with money among the foreign nations.


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<n>A Son Promised to Abraham and Sarah</n> And God appeared to him by the oak of Mamre, as he sat by the door of his tent in the heat of the day.


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And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood before him; and having seen them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and bowed himself to the ground.


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And I will bring bread, and you shall eat, and after this you shall depart on your journey, on account of which refreshment you have turned aside to your servant.” And He said, “Do as you have said.”


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And Abraham hastened to the tent to Sarah, and said to her, “Quickly, knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes.”


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And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hastened to prepare it.


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And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had prepared; and he set them before them, and they ate, and he stood by them under the tree.


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And He said, “I will return and come to you at the appointed time, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door, being behind him.


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And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old.”


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And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I indeed bear <i>a child</i>? But I have grown old.’


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Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At the appointed time I shall return to you, and Sarah shall have a son.”


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But Sarah denied <i>it</i>, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said to her, “No, but you did laugh!”


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<n>Judgment Pronounced on Sodom</n> And the men rose up from there, and looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah. And Abraham went with them, attending to them on their journey.


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But Abraham shall become a great and populous nation, and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.


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For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham all things whatsoever He has spoken to him.”


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And the Lord said, “The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has reached My <i>ears</i>, and their sins are very great.


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I will therefore go down and see, if they completely correspond with the cry which comes to Me, and if not, I will know.”


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And Abraham drew near and said, “Would You destroy the righteous with the wicked? And shall the righteous be as the wicked?


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Should there be fifty righteous in the city, will You destroy them? Will You not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it?


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Far be it from You to do such at thing, so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous shall be as the wicked: far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”


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And the Lord said, “If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous people, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes.”


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And Abraham answered and said, “Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am <i>but </i>dust and ashes.


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But if the fifty righteous should be diminished to forty-five, will You destroy the whole city because of the five that are lacking?” And He said, “I will not destroy it, if I should find there forty-five.”


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And he continued to speak to Him still, and said, “But if there should be found there forty?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the forty’s sake.”


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And he said, “Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I shall speak? But if there be found there thirty?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the thirty’s sake.”


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And he said, “Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty?” And He said, “I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty.”


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And he said, “Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I speak yet once <i>more</i>? But if there should be found there ten?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”


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<n>The Depravity of Sodom</n> And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom. And Lot, having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he bowed down with his face to the ground, and said,


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“Wait, My lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and rest from your journey, and wash your feet. Rise early in the morning to depart on your journey.” And they said, “No, but we will lodge in the street.”


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And he constrained them, and they turned aside to him, and they entered into his house. And he made a feast for them, and baked unleavened cakes for them, and they ate.


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But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people together.


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And they called out Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men that came to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may be with them.”


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But I have two daughters, who have not known a man. I will bring them out to you, and you may do with them as you wish, only do not harm these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shelter of my roof.”


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And they said to him, “Stand back! You came here to sojourn, was it also to judge? Now then we would harm you more than them!” And they pressed hard against Lot, and they drew near to break down the door.


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And they struck the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, and they were wearied with seeking the door.


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<n>Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed</n> And the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, or sons or daughters, or if you have any other friend in the city, bring them out of this place.


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For we are going to destroy this place; for their outcry has risen up before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”


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And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law who had married his daughters, and said, “Rise up, and depart out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city”; but he seemed to be speaking foolishly before his sons-in-law.


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But when it was morning, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Arise and take your wife, and your two daughters, and go forth; lest you also be destroyed with the iniquities of the city.”


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And they were troubled, and the angels laid hold on his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, in that the Lord spared him.


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And it came to pass when they brought them out, that they said, “By all means save your own life; do not look behind you, nor stay in this surrounding country, <i>but </i>escape to the mountains, lest perhaps you be overtaken together with them.”


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since your servant has found mercy before you, and you have magnified your righteousness, in that you have spared my life, but I shall not be able to escape to the mountains, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.


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Behold, this city is near for me to escape to, which is a small one, and there shall I be preserved, is it not little? And my soul shall live because of you.”


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And he said to him, “Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.


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Hurry then to escape there, for I shall not be able to do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore he called the name of that city, Zoar.


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And He overthrew these cities, and all the surrounding countryside, and all the inhabitaints of the cities, and the plants which grew of the ground.


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And he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and towards the neighboring countryside, and behold, he saw a flame going up from the earth, like the smoke from a furnace.


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And it came to pass, that when God had destroyed all the cities of the region round about, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when the Lord overthrew those cities in which Lot dwelt.


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<n>The Shameful Origin of Moab and Ammon</n> And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, he and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.


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And the elder said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no one on the earth who shall come in to us, as it is fit in all the earth.


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Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us sleep with him, and let us raise up offspring from our father.”


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So they made their father drink wine in that night, and the elder went in and lay with her father that night, and he knew not when he slept and when he rose up.


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And it came to pass on the next day, that the elder said to the younger, “Behold, I slept last night with our father, let us make him drink wine tonight as well, and you go in and sleep with him, and let us raise up offspring from our father.”


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So they made their father drink wine in that night also, and the younger went in and slept with her father, and he knew not when he slept, nor when he arose.


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And the elder bore a son and called his name Moab, saying, “<i>He is</i> of my father.” This is the father of the Moabites to this day.


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<n>Abraham and Sarah at Gerar</n> And Abraham journeyed from there to the southern country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.


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And Abraham said concerning Sarah his wife, “She is my sister,” for he feared to say, “She is my wife,” lest at any time the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.


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And God came to Abimelech by night in his sleep, and said, “Behold, you shall die for the woman whom you have taken, for she has a husband.”


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But Abimelech had not touched her, and he said, “Lord, will You destroy an ignorantly <i>sinning</i> and just nation?


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Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister’, and she, even she herself said, ‘He is my brother’? With a pure heart and in the righteousness of my hands have I done this.”


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And God said to him in his sleep, “Yes, I knew that you did this with a pure heart, and I spared you, so that you should not sin against Me, therefore I did not let you touch her.


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But now return the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and <i>he </i>shall pray for you, and you shall live; but if you do not restore her <i>to him</i>, know that you and all yours shall die.”


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And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and he spoke all these words in their ears, and all the men feared exceedingly.


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And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What is this you have done to us? Have we sinned against you, that you have brought upon me and upon my kingdom <i>this</i> great sin? You have done a deed to me that ought not to be done!”


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And Abraham said, “Because I <i>thought</i>, ‘Surely there is not the worship of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’


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And it came to pass when God brought me forth out of the house of my father, that I said to her, “This righteousness you shall perform to me, in every place into which we may enter, say of me, ‘He is my brother.’”


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And Abimelech took a thousand pieces of silver, and sheep, and calves, and servants, and maid servants, and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.


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And to Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver, those shall be to you for the price of your countenance, and to all the women with you, and speak the truth in all things.”


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And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.


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<n>The Birth of Isaac</n> And the Lord visited Sarah, as He said, and the Lord did to Sarah as He spoke.


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And she conceived and bore to Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time according as the Lord spoke to him.


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And she said, “Who shall say to Abraham that Sarah nurses a child? For I have born a child in my old age.”


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<n>Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away</n> And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast the day that his son Isaac was weaned.


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that she said to Abraham, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not inherit with my son Isaac.”


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But God said to Abraham, “Let it not be distressing before you concerning the child, and concerning the bondwoman; whatever Sarah shall say to you, listen to her voice, for in Isaac shall your offspring be named.


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And Abraham rose up in the morning and took loaves and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar, and he put the child on her shoulder, and sent her away, and she, having departed, wandered in the wilderness near the Well of the Oath.


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And she departed, and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were about a bowshot, for she said, “Surely I cannot see the death of my child.” And she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept.


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And God heard the voice of the child from the place where he was, and an angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What is it, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the child from the place where he is.


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<n>Abraham and Abimelech Make a Covenant</n> And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech, and Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the chief captain of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all things, in all that you do.


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Now therefore, swear to me by God that you will not injure me, nor my offspring, nor my name, but according to the righteousness which I have performed with you, you shall deal with me, and with the land in which you have sojourned.”


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And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away.


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And Abimelech said to him, “I know not who has done this thing to you, neither did you tell it to me, neither did I hear it until today.”


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And Abraham said, “You shall receive the seven ewe lambs from me, that they may be for me as a witness, that I dug this well.”


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And they made a covenant at the Well of the Oath. And there rose up Abimelech, Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.


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And Abraham planted a field at the Well of the Oath, and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.


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<n>The Testing of Abraham’s Faith</n> And it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham, Abraham”; and he said, “Behold! I am here.”


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And He said, “Take your son, the beloved one, whom you have loved—Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”


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And Abraham rose up in the morning and saddled his donkey, and he took two servants with him, and Isaac his son, and having split wood for a burnt offering, he arose and departed, and came to the place of which God spoke to him.


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And Abraham said to his servants, “Sit here with the donkey, and I and the lad will proceed thus far, and having worshipped, we will return to you.”


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And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took into his hands both the fire and the knife, and the two went together.


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And Isaac said to Abraham his father, “Father.” And he said, “What is it, son?” And he said, “Behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”


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And Abraham said, “God will provide for Himself a lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” And both, having gone together,


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came to the place which God spoke to him of; and there Abraham built the altar, and laid the wood on it, and having bound the feet of Isaac his son together, he laid him on the altar upon the wood.


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But the Angel of the Lord called to him out of heaven, and said, “Abraham, Abraham.” And he said, “Behold, I <i>am here</i>.”


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And He said, “Do not lay your hand upon the child, neither do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, and for My sake you have not spared your beloved son.”


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And Abraham lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! A ram caught by his horns in a plant of Sabek; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of Isaac his son.


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And Abraham called the name of that place, The Lord Has Seen; that they might say today, In the mount the Lord was seen.


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surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is on the seashore, and your offspring shall inherit the cities of their enemies.


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And in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”


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And Abraham returned to his servants, and they arose and went together to the Well of the Oath; and Abraham dwelt at the Well of the Oath.


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<n>The Family of Nahor</n> And it came to pass after these things, that it was reported to Abraham, saying, “Behold, Milcah herself too has born sons to Nahor your brother.”


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And Sarah died in Kirjath Arba, which is in the valley, this is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to lament for Sarah and to mourn.


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“I am a sojourner and a stranger among you. Therefore give me possession of a burial place among you, and I will bury my dead away from me.”


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but hear us; you are in the midst of us a prince of God; bury your dead in our choice tombs, for none of us will by any means withhold his tomb from you, so that you should not bury your dead there.”


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And Abraham spoke to them, saying, “If you have it in your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me, and speak to Ephron the son of Zohar for me.


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And let him give me the double cave which he has, which is in a part of his field, let him give it to me for the money it is worth for possession of a burial place among you.”


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Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham and spoke in the hearing of the sons of Heth, and of all who entered the city, saying,


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“Attend to me, my lord, and hear me, I give to you the field and the cave which is in it; I have given it to you before all my countrymen; bury your dead.”


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And he said in the ears of Ephron before the people of the land, “Since you are on my side, hear me; take the price of the field from me, and I will bury my dead there.”


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“No, my lord, I have heard indeed, the land <i>is worth</i> four hundred silver shekels, but what can this be between me and you? So bury your dead.”


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And Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham rendered to Ephron the money, which he mentioned in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver approved with merchants.


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And the field of Ephron, which was in Double Cave, which is opposite Mamre, the field and the cave, which was in it, and every tree which was in the field, and whatever is in its borders round about, were deeded


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After this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the Double Cave of the field, which is opposite Mamre, this is Hebron in the land of Canaan.


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So the field and the cave which was in it were deeded to Abraham for possession of a burying place, by the sons of Heth.


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<n>The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah</n> And Abraham was old, advanced in days, and the Lord blessed Abraham in all things.


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And Abraham said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, “Put your hand under my thigh,


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and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites, with whom I dwell, in the midst of them.


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But you shall go instead to my country, where I was born, and to my tribe, and you shall take from there a wife for my son Isaac.”


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And the servant said to him, “Shall I carry back your son to the land from which you came from, if the woman should not be willing to return happily with me to this land?”


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The Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, who took me out of my father’s house, and out of the land from which I sprang, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, ‘I will give this land to you and to your offspring’, He shall send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife to my son from there.


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And if the woman should not be willing to come with you into this land, you shall be clear from my oath, only do not carry my son there again.”


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And the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham, and swore to him concerning this matter.


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And the servant took ten camels from among his master’s herds, and <i>he took</i> of all the goods of his master with him, and he arose and went into Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor.


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And he rested his camels outside the city by the well of water towards evening, when women go forth to draw water.


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And he said, “O Lord God of my master Abraham, prosper my way before me today, and deal mercifully with my master Abraham.


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Behold, I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of them that inhabit the city come forth to draw water.


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And it shall be, the virgin to whomsoever I shall say, ‘Let down your water pot, that I may drink,’ and she shall say, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels a drink, until they have finished drinking’—even this one You have prepared for Your servant Isaac, and hereby shall I know that You have dealt mercifully with my master Abraham.”


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And it came to pass before he had done speaking in his mind, that behold, Rebecca the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came forth, having a water pot on her shoulders.


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And the virgin was very beautiful in appearance, she was a virgin, a man had not known her; and she went down to the well, and filled her water pot, and came up.


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And the servant ran up to meet her, and said, “Give me a little water to drink out of your pitcher”;


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and she said, “Drink, sir”; and she quickly let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him to drink, till he ceased drinking.


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And she quickly emptied the water pot into the trough, and ran to the well to draw again, and drew water for all the camels.


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And the man took great notice of her, and remained silent to know whether the Lord had made his way prosperous or not.


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And it came to pass when all the camels ceased drinking, that the man took golden earrings, each weighing half a shekel, and he put two bracelets on her hands, their weight was ten pieces of gold.


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And he asked her, and said, “Whose daughter are you? Tell me if there is room for us to lodge with your father.”


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and said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not allowed His righteousness to fail, nor His truth from my master, and the Lord has brought me prosperously to the house of the brother of my lord.”


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And it came to pass when he saw the earrings and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebecca his sister, saying, “Thus the man spoke to me,” that he went to the man, as he stood by the camels at the well.


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And he said to him, “Come in here, you blessed of the Lord, why do you stand outside, whereas I have prepared the house and a place for the camels?”


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And the man entered into the house, and unloaded the camels, and gave the camels straw and feed, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were with him.


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And he set before them loaves to eat; but he said, “I will not eat, until I have told my errand.” And he said, “Speak on.”


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and the Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him sheep, calves, silver, gold, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.


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And Sarah my master’s wife bore one son to my master after he had grown old; and he gave him whatever he had.


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And my master caused me to swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I sojourn in their land.


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But you shall go to the house of my father, and to my tribe, and you shall take from there a wife for my son.’


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And he said to me, ‘The Lord God Himself, to whom I have been acceptable in His presence, shall send out His angel with you, and shall prosper your journey, and you shall take a wife for my son of my tribe, and of the house of my father.


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Then shall you be clear from my oath, for whenever you have come to my tribe, and they shall not give her to you, then shall you be clear from my oath.’


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And having come this day to the well, I said, ‘Lord God of my master Abraham, if You prosper my journey on which I am now going,


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behold, I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water, and it shall be that the woman to whom I shall say, ‘Give me a little water to drink out of your pitcher’,


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and she shall say to me, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels’, also; this <i>shall be</i> the wife whom the Lord has prepared for His own servant Isaac; and hereby shall I know that You have shown mercy to my master Abraham.’”


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“And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my mind, that Rebecca came forth, having her pitcher on her shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, ‘Give me a drink’.


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And she quickly let down her pitcher on her arm from her head, and said, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels a drink, also’; and I drank, and she gave the camels a drink.


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And I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you? Tell me’; and she said, ‘I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him’; and I put on her the earrings, and the bracelets on her hands.


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And being well-pleased, I worshipped the Lord, and I blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has prospered me in a true way, so that I should take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son.


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If then you <i>will</i> deal mercifully and justly with my lord, <i>tell me</i>, and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.”


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And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, “This matter has come forth from the Lord, we shall not be able to answer you bad or good.


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Behold, Rebecca is before you, take her and go away, and let her be the wife to the son of your master, as the Lord has said.”


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And it came to pass when the servant of Abraham heard these words, he <i>worshipped</i> the Lord, bowing down to the earth.


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And the servant, having brought forth jewels of silver and gold and clothing, gave them to Rebecca, and gave gifts to her brother, and to her mother.


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And both he and the men with him ate and drank and went to sleep. And he arose in the morning and said, “Send me away, that I may go to my master.”


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And her brothers and her mother said, “Let the young woman remain with us about ten days, and after that she shall depart.”


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But he said to them, “Do not delay me, for the Lord has prospered my journey for me; send me away, that I may depart to my master.”


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So they sent forth Rebecca their sister, and her goods, and the servant of Abraham, and his attendants.


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And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, “You are our sister; <i>may </i>you become <i>the mother</i> of thousands and thousands, and let your descendants possess the cities of their enemies.”


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And Rebecca rose up, <i>both she</i> and her maidens, and they mounted the camels and went with the man. And the servant, having taken up Rebecca, departed.


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And Isaac went through the wilderness to the Well of the Vision, and he dwelt in the land toward the south.


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And Isaac went forth into the plain toward evening to meditate; and having lifted up his eyes, he saw camels coming.


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and said to the servant, “Who is that man that walks in the plain to meet us?” And the servant said, “This is my master”; and she took her veil and covered herself.


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And Isaac went into the house of his mother, and took Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted over Sarah his mother.


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And Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Assurians, the Letushim, and the Leummim.


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And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah; all these were sons of Keturah.


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But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and he sent them away from his son Isaac, while he was yet living, to the country of the east.


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<n>The Death of Abraham</n> And these <i>were</i> the years of the days of the life of Abraham, as many as he lived, 175 years.


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Then Abraham breathed his last, and died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added to his people.


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And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the double cave, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is opposite Mamre,


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And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son, and Isaac dwelt by the Well of the Vision.


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<n>Ishmael’s Descendants</n> And these are the generations of Ishmael the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, the maid of Sarah, bore to Abraham.


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And these are the names of the sons of Ismael, according to the names of their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael <i>was</i> Nabajoth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,


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These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their towns and in their camps, twelve princes according to their nations.


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And these are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. And he breathed his last and died, and was added to his fathers.


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And he dwelt from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt, in the direction of Assyria; he dwelt in the presence of all his brothers.


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Abraham fathered Isaac. And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebecca as wife, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, out of Syrian Mesopotamia, sister of Laban the Syrian.


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Now Isaac prayed to the Lord concerning Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife Rebecca conceived in her womb.


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And the babes leaped within her; and she said, “If it is thus, why is this <i>happening </i>to me?” And she went to inquire of the Lord.


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And the Lord said to her, “There are two nations in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your body, and one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.”


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And after this his brother came forth, and his hand took hold of the heel of Esau; and she called his name Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when Rebecca bore them.


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And the boys grew, and Esau was a man skilled in hunting, dwelling in the country, and Jacob a simple man, dwelling in a house.


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And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me taste of that red stew, because I am fainting”; therefore his name was called Edom.


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And Esau said, “Behold, I am going to die, and for what good does this birthright <i>belong</i> to me?”


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And Jacob said to him, “Swear to me this day”; and he swore to him; and Esau sold his birthright to Jacob.


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And Jacob gave bread to Esau, and a stew of lentiles; and he ate and drank, and he arose and departed; thus Esau despised his birthright.


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<n>Isaac and Abimelech</n> And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine, which was in the time of Abraham; and Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines to Gerar.


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And the Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but dwell in the land which I shall tell you of.


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And sojourn in this land; and I will be with you, and bless you, for I will give to you and to your descendants all this land; and I will establish My oath which I swore to your father Abraham.


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And I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and I will give to your descendants all this land, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in your descendants.


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Because Abraham your father obeyed My voice, and kept My injunctions, My commandments, My ordinances, and My statutes.”


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And the men of the place questioned him concerning Rebecca his wife, and he said, “She is my sister” (for he feared to say, “She is my wife,” lest at any time the men of the place should kill him because of Rebecca, because she was beautiful).


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And he remained there a long time, and Abimelech the king of Gerar leaned to look through the window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebecca his wife.


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And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, “Is she then your wife? Why have you said, She is my sister?” And Isaac said to him, “<i>I did so</i>, for I said, ‘Lest at any time I should die on her account.’”


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And Abimelech said to him, “Why have you done this to us? One of my kindred might soon have lain with your wife, and you would have brought a sin of ignorance upon us.”


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And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, “Every man that touches this man and his wife shall be liable to death.”


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And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found barley in that year, and reaped one hundred fold, and the Lord blessed him.


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And he had herds of sheep, and herds of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Philistines envied him.


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And all the wells which the servants of his father had dug in the time of his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.


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And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which the servants of his father Abraham had dug, and the Philistines had stopped them up, after the death of his father Abraham; and he gave them names, according to the names by which his father named them.


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And the shepherds of Gerar quarreled with the shepherds of Isaac, saying that the water was theirs; and they called the name of the well, Injury, for they injured him.


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And having departed from there he dug another well, and they fought for that one also; and he named the name of it, Enmity.


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And he departed from there and dug another well; and they did not quarrel about that <i>one</i>; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, “Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth.”


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And the Lord appeared to him in that night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father; fear not, for I am with you, and I will bless you, and multiply your descendants for the sake of Abraham your father.”


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And he built an altar there, and called on the name of the Lord, and there he pitched his tent, and there the servants of Isaac dug a well in the valley of Gerar.


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And Abimelech came to him from Gerar, and so did Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the commander of his army.


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And Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me? Seeing <i>that </i>you hated me, and sent me away from you.”


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And they said, “We have surely seen that the Lord was with you, and we said, ‘Let there be an oath between us and you, and we will make a covenant with you,


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that you shall do us no harm, as we have not abhorred you, and since we have treated you well, and have sent you forth peaceably; and now you are blessed of the Lord.’”


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And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbor; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in safety.


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And it came to pass in that day, that the servants of Isaac came and told him of the well which they had dug; and they said, “We have not found water.”


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And he called it, Oath: therefore he called the name of that city, the Well of Oath, until this day.


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And Esau was forty years old; and he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite.


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<n>Isaac Blesses Jacob</n> And it came to pass after Isaac was old, that his eyes were dim so that he could not see. And he called Esau, his older son, and said to him, “My son”; and he said, “Behold, I <i>am here</i>.”


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and prepare some meats for me, as I like them, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.”


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And Rebecca heard Isaac speaking to Esau his son; and Esau went to the plain to hunt for venison for his father.


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And Rebecca said to Jacob her younger son, “Behold, I heard your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying,


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‘Bring me some venison, and prepare some meats for me, that I may eat and bless you before the Lord, before I die.’


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Go now to the cattle and bring me from there two choice kids, tender and good, and I will prepare the meats for your father, as he likes.


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And you shall bring them in to your father, and he shall eat, that your father may bless you before he dies.”


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And Jacob said to his mother Rebecca, “Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-<i>skinned</i> man.


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Perhaps my father may feel me, and I shall be before him as one ill-intentioned, and I shall bring upon me a curse, and not a blessing.”


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And his mother said to him, “On me be your curse, <i>my </i>son; only listen to my voice, and go and bring <i>them</i> for me.”


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So he went and took and brought them to his mother; and his mother prepared the meats, as his father liked <i>them</i>.


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And Rebecca, having taken the fine clothing of her elder son Esau which was with her in the house, put it on Jacob her younger son.


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And he brought <i>them</i> to his father, and said, “Father”; and he said, “Behold I <i>am here</i>; who are you, son?”


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And Jacob said to his father, “I, Esau your firstborn, have done as you told me: come, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.”


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And Isaac said to his son, “What is this which you have quickly found?” And he said, “That which the Lord your God presented before me.”


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And Isaac said to Jacob, “Come close to me, and I will feel you, son, if you are my son Esau or not.”


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And Jacob came close to his father Isaac, and he felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”


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And he did not recognize him, for his hands were as the hands of his brother Esau, hairy; and he blessed him,


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And he said, “Bring <i>it</i> near to me, and I will eat of your venison, <i>my </i>son, that my soul may bless you.” And he brought it near to him, and he ate, and he brought him wine, and he drank.


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And he came close and kissed him, and smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, “Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of an abundant field, which the Lord has blessed.


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And may God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of grain and wine.


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And let nations serve you, and princes bow down to you, and be master over your brother, and the sons of your father shall reverence you; accursed is he that curses you, and blessed is he that blesses you.”


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<n>Esau’s Lost Blessing</n> And it came to pass after Isaac had ceased blessing his son Jacob, just when Jacob had gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.


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And he also had prepared meats and brought them to his father; and he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.”


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And Isaac was amazed with very great amazement, and said, “Who then was it that has hunted venison and brought it to me? And I have eaten all of it before you came, and I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed.”


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And it came to pass when Esau heard the words of his father Isaac, he cried out with a great and very bitter cry, and said, “Bless me—me also, father!”


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And he said, “Rightly was his name called Jacob, for behold, this second time has he supplanted me; he has both taken my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing!” And Esau said to his father, “Have you not a blessing left for me, father?”


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And Isaac answered and said to Esau, “If I have made him your master, and have made all his brothers his servants, and have strengthened him with grain and wine, what then shall I do for you, son?”


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And Esau said to his father, “Have you <i>only</i> one blessing, father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Isaac cried out, <i>and </i>Esau cried aloud and wept.


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And Isaac his father answered and said to him, “Behold, your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.


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And you shall live by your sword, and shall serve your brother; and there shall be <i>a time</i> when you shall break and loosen his yoke from off your neck.”


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<n>Jacob Escapes Esau’s Fury</n> And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, “Let the days of my father’s mourning draw near, that I may kill my brother Jacob.”


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And the words of Esau her elder son were reported to Rebecca, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “Behold, Esau your brother threatens you, to kill you.


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Now then, my son, hear my voice, and rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother, into Haran.


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and rage toward you departs, and he forgets what you have done to him; and I will send and bring you from there, lest at any time I should be bereaved of you both in one day.”


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And Rebecca said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life, because of the Hittite women! If Jacob shall take a wife of the daughters of this land, where then shall I live?”


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And Isaac, having called for Jacob, blessed him, and charged him, saying, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of the Canaanites.


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Rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia, to the house of Bethuel the father of your mother, and take to yourself a wife of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.


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And may my God bless you, and increase you, and multiply you, and you shall become an assembly of nations.


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And may He give you the blessing of my father Abraham, even to you and to your descendants after you, to inherit the land of your sojourning, which God gave to Abraham.”


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<n>Esau Marries Ishmael’s Daughter</n> And Esau saw that Isaac blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Mesopotamia of Syria as he blessed him, to take to himself a wife from there, and <i>that</i> he charged him, saying, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of the Canaanites”;


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went to Ishmael, and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, the sister of Nebajoth, for a wife, in addition to his <i>other</i> wives.


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<n>Jacob’s Dream at Bethel </n> And Jacob went forth from the Well of the Oath, and departed into Haran.


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and dreamed. And behold, a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.


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And the Lord stood upon it, and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham, and the God of Isaac; fear not, the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your descendants.


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And your descendants shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in you and in your descendants shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.


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And behold, I am with you, to preserve you continually wherever you shall go; and I will bring you back to this land; for I will not desert you, until I have done all that I have said to you.”


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And he was afraid, and said, “How fearful is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”


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And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone he <i>had</i> laid there by his head, and he set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.


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And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If the Lord God will be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,


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And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be to me a house of God; and of everything You shall give me, I will tithe a tenth to You.”


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<n>Jacob Meets Rachel</n> So Jacob started on his journey and came to the land of the east to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Syrian, and the brother of Rebecca, mother of Jacob and Esau.


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And he looked, and behold, a well in the plain; and there were three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the mouth of the well.


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And all the flocks were gathered there, and they used to roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the flocks, and set the stone again in its place on the mouth of the well.


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And he said to them, “Is he well?” And they said, “He is well.” And behold Rachel his daughter came with the sheep.


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And Jacob said, “It is yet high day, it is not yet time that the flocks be gathered together. Water the flocks, and go and feed them.”


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And they said, “We shall not be able, until all the shepherds are gathered together, and they shall roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, then we will water the flocks.”


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While he was yet speaking to them, behold, Rachel the daughter of Laban came with her father’s sheep, for she fed the sheep of her father.


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And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, that Jacob came and rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother.


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And he told Rachel that he was the near relative of her father, and the son of Rebecca; and she ran and reported to her father according to these words.


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And it came to pass when Laban heard the name of Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet him, and embraced and kissed him, and brought him into his house; and he told Laban all these sayings.


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<n>Jacob Marries Laban’s Daughters</n> And Laban said to Jacob, “Surely you shall not serve me for nothing, because you are my brother; tell me what your reward is to be.”


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Now Laban had two daughters, the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.


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And the eyes of Leah were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in appearance, and exceedingly fair in countenance.


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And Laban said to him, “It is better that I should give her to you, than that I should give her to another man; dwell with me.”


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And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they seemed <i>only</i> a few days, because of the love that he had for her.


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And so it was, that he took his daughter Leah, and brought her in to Jacob, and Jacob went in to her.


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So it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah; and Jacob said to Laban, “What is this that you have done to me? Did I not serve you for Rachel? And why have you deceived me?”


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Fulfill then her week, and I will give her to you also in return for your service, which you serve with me, yet seven other years.”


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And Leah conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name Reuben, saying, “Because the Lord has looked on my humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me.”


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And she conceived again, and bore a second son to Jacob; and she said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, He has given to me this one also”; and she called his name Simeon.


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And she conceived yet again, and bore a son, and said, “In the present time my husband will be with me, for I have born him three sons”; therefore she called his name Levi.


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And having conceived yet again, she bore a son, and said, “Now yet again this time will I give thanks to the Lord”; therefore she called his name, Judah; and ceased bearing.


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And Rachel, having perceived that she bore Jacob no children, was jealous of her sister; and said to Jacob, “Give me children; and if not, I shall die.”


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And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, “Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of the womb?”


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And Rachel said to Jacob, “Behold my maid Bilhah, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children by her.”


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And Rachel said, “God has given judgment for me, and heard my voice, and has given me a son”; therefore she called his name Dan.


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And Rachel said, “God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed”; and she called his name Naphtali.


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And Leah saw that she ceased from bearing, and she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for a wife; and he went in to her.


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And Leah said, “I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed”; and she called his name Asher.


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And Reuben went in the day of barley harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah; and Rachel said to Leah her sister, “Give me <i>some </i>of your son’s mandrakes.”


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And Leah said, “<i>Is it</i> not enough for you that you have taken my husband, will you also take my son’s mandrakes?” And Rachel said, “Not so: let him lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”


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And Jacob came in out of the field in the evening; and Leah went forth to meet him, and said, “You shall come in to me this day, for I have hired you for my son’s mandrakes”; and he lay with her that night.


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And Leah said, “God has given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my husband”; and she called his name Issachar, which is, Reward.


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And Leah said, “God has given me a good gift in this time; my husband will choose me, for I have born him six sons”; and she called his name Zebulun.


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<n>Jacob Prospers at Laban’s Expense</n> And it came to pass when Rachel had born Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my land.


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Restore my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, that I may depart, for you know the service with which I have served you.”


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And Laban said to him, “If I have found grace in your sight, for I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me at your coming in.


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And Jacob said, “You know in what things I have served you, and how many livestock of yours is with me.


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For what you had was little before my time, and it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord God has blessed you since my coming; now then, when shall I set up also my own house?”


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And Laban said to him, “What shall I give you?” And Jacob said to him, “You shall not give me anything; if you will do this thing for me, I will again tend your flocks and keep them.


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Let all your sheep pass by today, and separate from there every gray sheep among the rams, and everyone that is speckled and spotted among the goats—<i>this</i> shall be my reward.


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And my righteousness shall answer for me in the morning, for it is my reward before you: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled among the goats, and gray among the rams, shall be considered stolen if <i>it is </i>with me.”


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And he separated in that day the spotted and speckled male goats, and all the spotted and speckled female goats, and all those that were gray among the rams, and everyone that was white among them, and he gave them into the hand of his sons.


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And he set a distance of a three days’ journey between them and Jacob. And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind.


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And Jacob took to himself rods of green poplar, and walnut and plane tree; and Jacob peeled white strips in them; and as he drew off the green, the white strips which he had made appeared alternate on the rods.


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And he laid the rods which he had peeled in the hollows of the watering troughs, so that whenever the cattle should come to drink, they might conceive at the rods.


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So the cattle conceived before the rods, and the cattle brought forth young speckled, streaked and spotted with ash-colored <i>spots</i>.


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And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every streaked one among the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with Laban’s sheep.


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And it came to pass in the time that whenever the cattle became pregnant, that Jacob put the rods before the cattle in the troughs, that they might conceive by the rods.


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But he did not put them in <i>indiscriminately</i> whenever the cattle happened to bring forth, but the unmarked ones were Laban’s, and the marked ones were Jacob’s.


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And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle and oxen, and male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.


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<n>Jacob Flees from Laban</n> And Jacob heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and of our father’s property has he gotten all this glory.”


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And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold it was not <i>favorable </i>toward him as before.


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And the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your father, and to your family, and I will be with you.”


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And he said to them, “I see the countenance of your father, that it is not <i>favorable </i>toward me as before, but the God of my father was with me.


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But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God did not give him the <i>power</i> to hurt me.


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If he should say thus, The speckled shall be your reward, then all the cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be your reward, then would all the cattle bear white.


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And it came to pass when the cattle conceived and were with young, that I beheld with my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the female goats, speckled and streaked and spotted with ash-colored spots.


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And He said, ‘Look up with your eyes, and behold the male goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the female goats, speckled and streaked and spotted with ash-colored spots; for I have seen all things that Laban does to you.


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I am God that appeared to you in the place of God where you anointed a pillar to Me, and vowed to Me there a vow; now then arise and depart out of this land, depart into the land of your nativity, and I will be with you.’”


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And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, “Have we yet a part or inheritance in the house of our father?


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All the wealth and the glory which God has taken from our father, it shall be ours, and our children’s; now then do whatever God has said to you.”


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and he took away all his possessions and all his store, which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and all that belonged to him, to depart to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.


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And he departed, himself and all that belonged to him, and passed over the river, and went into the mountain of Gilead.


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<n>Laban Pursues Jacob</n> But it was told to Laban the Syrian on the third day that Jacob had fled.


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And having taken his brothers with him, he pursued after him seven days’ journey, and overtook him on Mount Gilead.


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And God came to Laban the Syrian in sleep by night, and said to him, “Take heed to yourself that you do not speak evil things to Jacob at any time.”


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And Laban overtook Jacob; and Jacob pitched his tent in the mountain; and Laban stationed his brothers in the mountains of Gilead.


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And Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? Why did you run away secretly, and pillage me, and lead away my daughters as captives taken with the sword?


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And I was not counted worthy to embrace my children and my daughters. Now then you have done foolishly.


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And now my hand has the power to hurt you; but the God of your father spoke to me yesterday, saying, ‘Take heed to yourself that you speak no evil words to Jacob.’


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Now then go on your way, for you have earnestly desired to depart to the house of your father; <i>but</i> why have you stolen my gods?”


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And Jacob answered and said to Laban, “Because I was afraid; for I said, Lest at any time you should take away your daughters from me, and all my possessions.”


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And Jacob said, “With whomever you shall find your gods, he shall not live in the presence of our brothers; take notice of what I have of your property, and take it”; and he observed nothing with him, but Jacob did not know that his wife Rachel had stolen them.


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And Laban went in and searched in the house of Leah, and did not found <i>them</i>; and he went out of the house of Leah, and searched in the house of Jacob, and in the house of the two maid-servants, and did not found <i>them</i>; and he went also into the house of Rachel.


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And she said to her father, “Do not be angry, Sir; I cannot rise up before you, for it is with me according to the manner of women.” Laban searched in all the house, and did not find the images.


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And Jacob was angry, and contended with Laban; and Jacob answered and said to Laban, “What is my injustice, and what <i>is </i>my sin, that you have pursued after me,


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and that you have searched all the furniture of my house? What have you found of all the furniture of your house? Set it here between your relations and my relations, and let them decide between us two.


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These twenty years have I been with you; your sheep, and your female goats have not failed in bearing; and I have not eaten the rams of your cattle.


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That which was torn of beasts I did not bring to you; I made good of myself the thefts of the day, and the thefts of the night.


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I was parched with heat by day, and <i>chilled</i> with frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes.


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These twenty years have I been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years among your sheep, and you falsely changed my wages for ten lambs.


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Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed; <i>but </i>God saw my humiliation, and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you yesterday.”


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<n>Laban’s Covenant with Jacob</n> And Laban answered and said to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the cattle are my cattle, and all things which you see are mine, and <i>the property</i> of my daughters; what shall I do to them today, or their children which they bore?


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Now then come, let me make a covenant, both you and I, and it shall be for a witness between me and you”; and he said to him, “Behold, there is no one with us; behold, God is witness between me and you.”


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And Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones”; and they gathered stones and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap; and Laban said to him, “This heap witnesses between me and you this day.”


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And Laban said to Jacob, “Behold this heap, and the pillar, which I have set between me and you; this heap witnesses, and this pillar witnesses; therefore its name was called, The Heap Witnesses.


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And the vision of which he said, Let God look to it between me and you, because we are about to depart from each other.


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If you shall humble my daughters, if you should take wives in addition to my daughters, see, there is no one with us looking on. God is witness between me and you.”


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For if I should not cross over unto you, neither should you cross over to me, for mischief beyond this heap and this pillar.


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The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor judge between us”; and Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.


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And he offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his kinsmen, and they ate and drank, and slept in the mountain.


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And Laban rose up in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban, having turned back, departed to his place.


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<n>Esau Comes to Meet Jacob</n> And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him.


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And Jacob said, when he saw them, “This is the Camp of God”; and he called the name of that place, Encampments.


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And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.


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And he charged them, saying, “Thus shall you say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob; ‘I have sojourned with Laban and stayed there until now.


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And there were born to me oxen, donkeys, sheep, male and female servants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that your servant might find grace in your sight.’”


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And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and behold, he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him.”


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And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.


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And Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, You are He that said to me, ‘Depart quickly to the land of your birth, and I will do you good.’


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Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which You have wrought with Your servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.


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Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest he should come and attack me, and the mother with the children.


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But You said, ‘I will do you good, and will make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.’”


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And he delivered them to his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his servants, “Go on before me, and put a space between successive droves.”


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And he charged the first, saying, “If Esau my brother meets you, and he asks you, saying, ‘To whom do you belong? And where are you going, and whose are these possessions in front of you?’


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You shall say, ‘Your servant Jacob’s; he has sent gifts to my lord Esau, and behold, he is behind us.’”


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And he charged the first, the second, and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, “Thus shall you speak to Esau when you find him;


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and you shall say, ‘Behold your servant Jacob comes after us.’” For he said, “I will appease him with the gifts going before his presence, and afterwards I will behold his face, perhaps he will accept me.”


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<n>Jacob Wrestles with God</n> And he rose up in that night, and took his two wives and his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed over the ford of Jabbok.


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And He saw that He did not prevail against him; and He touched the broad part of his thigh, and the broad part of Jacob’s thigh was numbed in his wrestling with Him.


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And He said to him, “Let Me go, for the day has dawned”; but he said, “I will not let You go, except You bless me.”


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And He said to him, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name; for you have prevailed with God, and shall be mighty with men.”


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And Jacob asked and said, “Tell me Your name”; and He said, “Why is it that you ask about My name?” And He blessed him there.


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And Jacob called the name of that place Peniel; for, <i>he said</i>, “I have seen God face to face, and my life was preserved.”


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Therefore the children of Israel will by no means eat of the sinew which was numbed, which is on the broad part of the thigh, until this day, because <i>the Angel</i> touched the broad part of Jacob’s thigh—<i>even</i> the sinew which was numbed.


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<n>Jacob and Esau Meet</n> And Jacob lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo, Esau his brother <i>was </i>coming, and four hundred men with him. And Jacob divided the children to Leah and to Rachel, and the two maidservants.


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And he put the two maidservants and their children with the first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.


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But he advanced himself before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother.


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And Esau ran on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept.


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And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, “What are these to you?” And he said, “The children with which God has mercifully blessed your servant.”


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And Leah and her children drew near and bowed down; and after Rachel and Joseph drew near, and bowed down.


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And he said, “What are these things to you, all these companies that I have met?” And he said, “That your servant might find grace in your sight, my lord.”


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And Jacob said, “If I have found grace in your sight, receive the gifts through my hands; therefore have I seen your face, as if anyone should see the face of God, and you shall be well-pleased with me.


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Receive my blessings, which I have brought you, because God has had mercy on me, and I have all things”; and he urged him, and he took <i>them</i>.


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And he said to him, “My lord knows, that the children are very tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are with young; if then I shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle will die.


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Let my lord go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before me, and according to the strength of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.”


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And Esau said, “I will leave with you some of the people who are with me.” And he said, “Why so? It is enough that I have found favor before you, my lord.”


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And Jacob departed to his tents; and he made for himself a house there, and for his cattle he made booths; therefore he called the name of that place, Succoth.


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And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and took up a position in front of the city.


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And he bought the portion of the field, where he pitched his tent, of Hamor the father of Shechem, for a hundred lambs.


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<n>The Rape of Dinah</n> And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went forth to observe the daughters of the inhabitants.


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And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her.


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And he was strongly attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman, and he spoke kindly to the young woman.


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And Jacob heard that the son of Hamor had defiled Dinah his daughter (now his sons were with his herds in the plain). And Jacob was silent until they came.


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And the sons of Jacob came from the plain; and when they heard, the men were deeply pained, and it was very grievous to them, because <i>the man</i> had done a disgraceful thing in Israel, having lain with the daughter of Jacob, which ought not to be done.


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And Hamor spoke to them, saying, “Shechem my son has chosen your daughter in his heart; therefore give her to him for a wife,


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And dwell in the midst of us; and behold, the land is spacious before you; dwell in it, and trade, and acquire possessions in it.”


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And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “I seek grace before you, and will give whatever you shall name.


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Multiply <i>your demand of</i> dowry very much, and I will give accordingly as you shall say to me, only you shall give to me this young woman for a wife.”


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And the sons of Jacob answered to Shechem and Hamor his father craftily, and spoke to them, because they had defiled Dinah their sister.


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And Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah, said to them, “We shall not be able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for it is a reproach to us.


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Only on these terms will we conform to you, and dwell among you, if you also will be as we are, in that every male of you be circumcised.


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And we will give our daughters to you, and we will take of your daughters for wives to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will be as one race.


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And the young man did not delay to do this thing, for he was much attached to Jacob’s daughter, and he was the most honorable of all in his father’s house.


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“These men are peaceable, let them dwell with us upon the land, and let them trade in it, and behold the land is extensive before them; we will take their daughters to us for wives, and we will give them our daughters.


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Only on these terms will the men conform to us to dwell with us so as to be one people, if every male of us be circumcised, as they also are circumcised.


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And shall not their cattle and their herds, and their possessions, be ours? Only in this let us conform to them, and they will dwell with us.”


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And all that went in at the gate of their city hearkened to Hamor and Shechem his son, and they were circumcised in the flesh of their foreskin, every male.


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<n>Dinah’s Brothers Avenge Their Sister</n> And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that the two sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each man took his sword, and came upon the city securely, and killed every male.


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And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of the house of Shechem, and went forth.


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But the sons of Jacob came upon the wounded, and ravaged the city in which they had defiled Dinah their sister.


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And they took their sheep, their oxen, and their donkeys, and all things that were in the city, and were in the plain.


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And they took captive all their people, and all their store, and their wives, and plundered both whatever things there were in the city, and whatever things there were in the houses.


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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against me and cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house.”


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<n>Jacob Returns to Bethel</n> And God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to the God that appeared to you, when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”


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And Jacob said to his house, and to all that were with him, “Remove the foreign gods that are with you from the midst of you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes.


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And let us rise and go up to Bethel, and let us there make an altar to God who listened to me in the day of calamity, who was with me, and preserved me throughout in the journey, by which I went.”


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And they gave to Jacob the foreign gods, which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which is in Shechem, and destroyed them to this day.


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So Israel departed from Shechem, and the fear of God was upon the cities round about them, and they did not pursue after the children of Israel.


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And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, which is Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.


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And he built an altar there, and called the name of the place Bethel; for there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother Esau.


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And Deborah, Rebecca’s nurse, died, and was buried below Bethel under the oak; and Jacob called its name, The Oak of Mourning.


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And God appeared to Jacob once more in Luz, when he came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and God blessed him.


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And God said to him, “Your name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name”; and He called his name Israel.


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And God said to him, “I am your God; be fruitful and multiply; for nations and gatherings of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come out of your loins.


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And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I have given to you; and it shall come to pass that I will give this land also to your descendants after you.”


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<n>The Death of Rachel</n> (And Jacob journeyed from Bethel, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader,) and it came to pass when he drew near to Habratha, to enter into Ephratha, Rachel labored <i>in childbirth</i>; and she had hard labor.


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And it came to pass in her hard labor, that the midwife said to her, “Be of good courage, for you shall also have this son.”


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And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin.


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And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, the concubine of his father Jacob; and Israel heard, and the thing appeared grievous before him. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:


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<n>Jacob’s Twelve Sons</n> The sons of Leah <i>were</i> Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn; Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.


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And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, <i>were</i> Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.


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<n>The Death of Isaac</n> And Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to a city of the plain; this is Hebron in the land of Canaan, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.


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And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.


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And Esau took to himself wives of the daughters of the Canaanites; Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon, the Hivite;


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And Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah; these are the sons of Esau, which were born to him in the land of Canaan.


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And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and all his possessions, and all his cattle, and all that he had gotten, and all things whatsoever that he had acquired in the land of Canaan; and Esau went forth from the land of Canaan, from the face of his brother Jacob.


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For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojourning could not bear them, because of the abundance of their possessions.


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And these are the names of the sons of Esau: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath, wife of Esau.


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And Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau; and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Adah, the wife of Esau.


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And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, wife of Esau.


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And these are the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the son of Sebegon, the wife of Esau; and she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah.


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These are the chiefs of the son of Esau, even the sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau; Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz,


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Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These are the chiefs of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.


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And these are the sons of Reuel, the son of Esau: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs of Reuel, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, wife of Esau.


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And these are the sons of Oholibamah, wife of Esau; Chief Jeush, Chief Jaalam, and Chief Korah. These are the chiefs of Oholibamah, daughter of Anah, wife of Esau.


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Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs of the Horites, the son of Seir, in the land of Edom.


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And these are the sons of Zibeon: Ajah, and Anah; this is the Anah who found Jamin in the wilderness, when he tended the beasts of his father Zibeon.


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Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, and Chief Dishon. These are the chiefs of Horri, in their principalities in the land of Edom.


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And when Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who cut off Midian in the plain of Moab, ruled in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.


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And when Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor died, Hadar the son of Barad reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pau; and the name of his wife was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred, son of Mezahab.


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These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, in their tribes, according to their place, in their countries, and in their nations; Chief Timnah, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth,


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Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom in their dwelling places in the land of their possession; this is Esau, the father of Edom.


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<n>Joseph’s Dream of Greatness</n> And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned, in the land of Canaan.


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And these are the generations of Jacob. And Joseph was seventeen years old, feeding the sheep of his father with his brothers, being young; with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, the wives of his father; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to Israel their father.


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And Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was to him the son of his old age; and he made for him a coat of many colors.


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And his brothers, seeing that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceable to him.


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I thought you were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and my sheaf stood up and was erected, and your sheaves turned round, and bowed down to my sheaf.”


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And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us, or shall you indeed be lord over us?” And they hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.


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And he dreamed another dream, and told it to his father, and to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream: and this time, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”


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And his father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream which you have dreamed? Shall indeed both I and your mother and your brothers come and bow before you to the earth?”


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<n>Joseph Sold by His Brothers </n> And his brothers went to feed the sheep of their father in Shechem.


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And Israel said to Joseph, “Do not your brothers feed their flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them”; and he said to him, Behold, I <i>am here</i>.


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And Israel said to him, “Go and see if your brothers and the sheep are well, and bring me word.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.


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And the man said to him, “They have departed from here, for I heard them saying, Let us go to Dothan”; and Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.


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And they spied him from a distance before he came near them, and they wickedly took counsel to kill him.


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Now then come, let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, ‘An evil wild beast has devoured him’; and we shall see what his dreams will be.”


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And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; cast him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but do not lay <i>your</i> hand upon him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and restore him to his father.”


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And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic that was upon him, <i>the tunic </i>of many colors.


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And they sat down to eat bread. And having lifted up their eyes they beheld, and lo, Ishmaelite travelers came from Gilead, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and myrrh; and they were on their way to bring them to Egypt.


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Come, let us sell him to these Ishmaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh”; and his brothers listened.


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And the men, the merchants of Midian, went by, and they reached down and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they brought Joseph down into Egypt.


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And having taken the coat of Joseph, they killed a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood.


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And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this: Do you know if it is your son’s coat or not?”


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And he recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s coat, an evil wild beast has devoured him; a wild beast has carried off Joseph.”


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And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, “I will go down to my son mourning to Hades”; and his father wept for him.


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<n>Judah and Tamar</n> And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and came as far as to a certain man of Adullam, whose name was Hirah.


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And Judah saw there the daughter of a Canaanite man, whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in to her.


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And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and marry her as her brother-in-law, and raise up descendants to your brother.”


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And Onan, knowing that the descendants would not be his—and it came to pass when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he spilled it upon the ground, so that he should not give seed to his brother’s wife.


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And Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in the house of your father-in-law, until Shelah my son is grown”; for he said, “lest he also die as his brothers”; and Tamar departed, and sat in the house of her father.


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And the days were fulfilled, and Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah, being comforted, went to them that sheared his sheep, himself and Hirah the Adullamite, to Timna.


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And it was told Tamar his daughter-in-law, saying, Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timna, to shear his sheep.


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And having taken off the garments of her widowhood from her, she put on a veil, and adorned her face, and sat by the gates of Aenan, which is in the way to Timna, for she saw that Shelah was grown; but she was not given to him as a wife.


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And when Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she covered her face, and he did not recognize her.


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And he went out of his way to her, and said to her, “Let me come in to you.” (For he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law). And she said, “What will you give me if you should come in to me?”


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And he said, “I will send you a kid of the goats from my flock.” And she said, “Well, if you will give me a pledge, until you send it.”


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And he said, “What is the pledge that I shall give you?” And she said, “Your ring, and your bracelet, and the staff in your hand.” And he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.


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And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his shepherd the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman; but he did not find her.


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And he asked the men of the place, “Where is the harlot who was in Aenan by the way side?” And they said, “There was no harlot here.”


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And he returned to Judah, and said, “I have not found her; and the men of the place say, There is no harlot here.”


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And Judah said, “Let her have them, but let us not be ridiculed; I sent this kid, but you have not found her.”


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And it came to pass after three months, that it was told Judah, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has grievously played the harlot, and behold she is with child by harlotry.” And Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”


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And as they were bringing her, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man whose these things are.” And she said, “See whose ring this is, and bracelet and staff.”


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And Judah acknowledged them, and said, “Tamar is more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son”; and he never knew her again.


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And it came to pass as she was bringing forth, one thrust forth his hand, and the midwife, having taken hold of it, bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, “This one shall come out first.”


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And when he drew back his hand, then immediately came forth his brother; and she said, “Why has the barrier been cut through because of you?” And she called his name Perez.


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And after this came forth his brother, on whose hand was the scarlet thread; and she called his name Zerah.


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<n>Joseph a Slave in Egypt</n> And Joseph was brought down to Egypt. And Potiphar, Pharaoh’s eunuch, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hands of the Ishmaelites, who brought him down there.


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And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house with his master the Egyptian.


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And his master knew that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord prospered in his hands all that he did.


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And Joseph found grace in the presence of his master, and was well-pleasing to him; and he set him over his house; and all that he had, he gave into the hand of Joseph.


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And it came to pass after that he was set over his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all his possessions in the house, and in his field.


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And he committed all that he had into the hands of Joseph; and he knew not of anything that belonged to him, except the bread which he himself ate. And Joseph was handsome in form, and exceedingly beautiful in countenance.


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And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and said, “Lie with me.”


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But he would not; but said to his master’s wife, “If because of me my master knows nothing in his house, and has given into my hands all things that belong to him;


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and in this house there is nothing above me, nor has anything been kept back from me, but you, because you are his wife—how then shall I do this wicked thing, and sin against God?”


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So it was, as she talked with Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her, to sleep with her, or to be with her.


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But it came to pass on a certain day, that Joseph went into the house to do his business, and there was no one of the household inside.


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And she caught hold of him by his clothes, and said, “Lie with me.” And having left his clothes in her hands, he fled, and ran outside.


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And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his clothes in her hands and fled, and ran outside,


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that she called those that were of her house, and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew servant to mock us—he came in to me, saying, ‘Lie with me,’ and I cried with a loud voice.


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And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, having left his clothes with me, he fled, and went outside.”


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And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you brought in to us, came in to me to mock me, and said to me, ‘I will lie with you.’


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And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, having left his clothes with me, he fled outside.”


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And it came to pass, when his master heard all the words of his wife, that she spoke to him, saying, “Thus did your servant to me,” that he was very angry.


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And his master took Joseph, and cast him into the prison, into the place where <i>all </i>the king’s prisoners are kept. <i>And he was </i> there in the prison.


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And the Lord was with Joseph, and poured down mercy upon him; and He gave him favor in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison.


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And the chief keeper of the prison gave the prison into the hand of Joseph, and all the prisoners, as many as were in the prison; and all things whatsoever they do there, he did them.


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Because of him the chief keeper of the prison knew nothing, for all things were in the hands of Joseph, because the Lord was with him; and whatever things he did, the Lord made them to prosper in his hands.


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<n>The Prisoners’ Dreams</n> And it came to pass after these things, that the chief cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the chief baker trespassed against their lord, the king of Egypt.


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And the chief keeper of the prison committed them to Joseph, and he served them; and they were some days in the prison.


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And they both had a dream in one night; and the vision of the dream of the chief cupbearer and chief baker, who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were in the prison, was this:


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So he asked the eunuchs of Pharaoh who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, “Why is it that you look so sad today?”


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And they said to him, “We have seen a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.” And Joseph said to them, “Is not the interpretation of them with God? Therefore tell them to me.”


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And in the vine were three stems; and its budding shot forth blossoms; the clusters of grapes were ripe.


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And the cup of Pharaoh was in my hand; and I took the bunch of grapes, and squeezed it into the cup, and gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.”


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Yet three days and Pharaoh shall remember your position, and he shall restore you to your place of chief cupbearer, and you shall give Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, according to your former high place, as you were his cupbearer.


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But remember me when it is well with you, and you shall deal mercifully with me, and you shall make mention of me to Pharaoh, and you shall bring me forth out of this dungeon.


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For surely I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here I have done nothing, but they have cast me into this pit.”


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And the chief baker saw that he interpreted correctly; and he said to Joseph, “I also saw a dream, and <i>in it</i> I took up on my head three baskets of bread.


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And in the upper basket there was the work of the baker of every kind <i>of bread </i>which Pharaoh eats; and the birds of the air ate them out of the basket that was on my head.”


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And Joseph answered and said to him, “This is the interpretation of it; The three baskets are three days.


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Yet three days, and Pharaoh shall lift up your head from off you, and shall hang you from a tree, and the birds of the sky shall eat your flesh from off of you.”


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And it came to pass on the third day that it was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he made a banquet for all his servants, and he remembered the office of the cupbearer and the office of the baker in the midst of his servants.


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<n>Pharaoh’s Dreams</n> And it came to pass after two full years that Pharaoh had a dream. He thought he stood upon <i>the bank of</i> the river.


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And behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, fair in appearance, and choice of flesh, and they fed in the meadow.


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Then behold, seven other cows came up after these out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and fed by the other cows on the bank of the river.


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And the seven ill-favored and lean cows devoured the seven well-favored and choice-fleshed cows. So Pharaoh awoke.


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And the seven thin heads blasted with the wind devoured the seven choice and full heads. And Pharaoh awoke, and indeed, it was a dream.


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And it was morning, and his soul was troubled. And he sent and called all the interpreters of Egypt, and all the wise men; and Pharaoh related to them his dream, and there was no one to interpret it to Pharaoh.


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when Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put us in prison in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker.


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And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew servant of the captain of the guard; and we related to him <i>our dreams</i>, and he interpreted <i>them</i> to us.


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And it came to pass, as he interpreted them to us, so also it happened, both that I was restored to my office, and that he was hanged.”


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And Pharaoh, having sent, called Joseph; and they brought him out from the prison, and shaved him, and changed his clothes, and he came to Pharaoh.


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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have seen a vision, and there is no one to interpret it; but I have heard it said concerning you that you can hear dreams and interpret them.”


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And Joseph answered Pharaoh and said, “Without God an answer of safety shall not be given to Pharaoh.”


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Suddenly seven cows came up out of the river, well-favored and choice-fleshed, and they fed in the meadow.


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And behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, evil and ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such that I never saw worse in all the land of Egypt.


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And they went into their bellies; and it was not perceptible that they had gone into their bellies, and their appearance was ill-favored, as also at the beginning. And after I awoke, I slept,


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And the seven thin and blasted heads devoured the seven fine and full heads: so I spoke to the interpreters, and there was no one to explain it to me.”


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And Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.


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The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years; the dream of Pharaoh is one.


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And the seven thin cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven thin and blasted heads are seven years; there shall be seven years of famine.


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But there shall come seven years of famine after these, and they shall forget the plenty that shall be in all Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land.


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And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of the famine that shall be after this, for it shall be very grievous.


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And concerning the repetition of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it is because the saying which is from God shall be true, and God will hasten to accomplish it.


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And let Pharaoh make and appoint local governors over the land; and let them take up a fifth part of all the produce of the land of Egypt for the seven years of the plenty.


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And let them gather all the food of these seven good years that are coming, and let the grain be gathered under the hand of Pharaoh; let food be kept in the cities.


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And the stored food shall be for the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; and the land shall not be utterly destroyed by the famine.”


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<n>Joseph’s Rise to Power</n> And the word was pleasing in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of all his servants.


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And Pharaoh said to all his servants, “Shall we find such a man as this, who has the Spirit of God in him?”


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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all these things, there is not a wiser or more prudent man than you.


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You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be obedient to your word; only in the throne will I excel you.”


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And Pharaoh took his ring off his hand, and put it on the hand of Joseph, and put on him a robe of fine linen, and put a necklace of gold about his neck.


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And he mounted him on the second of his chariots, and a herald made proclamation before him; and he set him over all the land of Egypt.


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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh; without you no one shall lift up his hand on all the land of Egypt.”


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And Pharaoh called the name of Joseph Zaphnath-Paaneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of Heliopolis, as a wife.


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And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went through all the land of Egypt.


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And he gathered all the food of the seven years, in which was the plenty in the land of Egypt; and he laid up the food in the cities; the food of the fields of a city round about it he laid up in it.


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And Joseph gathered very much grain as the sand of the sea, until it could not be numbered, for there was no number of it.


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And to Joseph were born two sons, before the seven years of famine came, which Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.


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And Joseph called the name of the firstborn, Manasseh; “For God,” <i>he said</i>, “has made me forget all my toils, and all my father’s house.”


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And he called the name of the second, Ephraim; “For God,” <i>he said</i>, “has increased me in the land of my humiliation.”


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And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph said; and there was a famine in all the land; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.


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And all the land of Egypt was hungry; and the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph, and do whatever he shall say to you.”


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And the famine was upon the face of the whole earth; and Joseph opened all the granaries, and sold to all the Egyptians.


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<n>Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt</n> And Jacob, having seen that there was a sale <i>of grain</i> in Egypt, said to his sons, “Why do look at one another?


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Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; now go down there, and buy for us a little food, that we may live, and not die!”


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But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers; for he said, “Lest some calamity befall him.”


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And the sons of Israel came to buy with those that journeyed, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.


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Now Joseph was ruler over the land; and he sold to all the people of the land. And the brothers of Joseph, having come, bowed down to him, with their faces to the ground.


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And when Joseph saw his brothers, he knew them, and estranged himself from them, and spoke harsh words to them; and said to them, “Where do you come from?” And they said, “Out of the land of Canaan, to buy food.”


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And Joseph remembered his dream, which he saw; and he said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the exposed parts of the land!”


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And they said, “We your servants are twelve brothers, in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is with our father today, but the other one is not.”


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In this manner shall you be tested; by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not depart from here, unless your younger brother comes here.


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Send one of you, and take your brother; and you shall be kept in prison, until your words may be tested, whether you speak the truth or not; but, if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”


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If you are peaceable, let one of your brothers be detained in prison; but go, and carry back the grain you have purchased.


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And bring your younger brother to me, and your words shall be believed; but, if not, you shall die.” And they did so.


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And each said to his brother, “Yes indeed, for we are to blame concerning our brother, when we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he pleaded with us, and we would not hear him; therefore has this affliction come upon us.”


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And Reuben answered them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not hurt the boy, and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now required of us.”


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And Joseph turned away from them and wept; and again he came to them, and spoke to them; and he took Simeon from them, and bound him before their eyes.


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<n>Joseph’s Brothers Return to Canaan</n> And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with grain, and to return their money to each into his sack, and to give them provisions for the way; and it was so done to them.


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And one <i>of them</i>, having opened his sack to feed his donkeys, at the place where they rested, saw also his bundle of money, for it was on the mouth of his sack.


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And he said to his brothers, “My money has been restored to me, and behold it is in my sack!” And their hearts sank, and they were troubled, saying one to another, “What is this that God has done to us?”


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And they came to their father Jacob, into the land of Canaan, and reported to him all that had happened to them, saying,


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We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is with his father today in the land of Canaan.’


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And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this shall I know that you are peaceable: leave one brother here with me, and having taken the grain you have purchased for your family, depart.


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And bring to me your younger brother; then I shall know that you are not spies, but that you are men of peace; and I will restore you your brother, and you shall trade in the land.’”


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And it came to pass as they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bundle of money in his sack; and they and their father saw their bundles of money, and they were afraid.


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And their father Jacob said to them, “You have bereaved me. Joseph is no <i>more</i>, Simeon is no <i>more</i>, and will you take Benjamin <i>as well</i>? All these things have come against me!”


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And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons if I do not bring him <i>back</i> to you; give him into my hand, and I will bring him back to you.”


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But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and only he has been left; and <i>suppose</i> it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which you go, then you shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades.”


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And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said to them, “Go again; buy us a little food.”


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And Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man, the lord of the country, positively testified to us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your younger brother is with you.


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but if you do not send our brother with us, we will not go: for the man spoke to us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your younger brother is with you.’”


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And they said, “The man closely questioned us about our family also, saying, ‘Does your father yet live, and have you a brother?’ And we answered him according to this question: did we know that he would say to us, ‘Bring your brother?’”


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And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you, and our store.


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And I myself will be a surety for him; at my hand you shall require him; if I do not bring him to you, and place him before you, I shall be guilty toward you forever.


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And Israel their father said to them, “If it be so, do this; take of the fruits of the earth in your vessels, and carry down to the man presents of balm and honey, frankincense and myrrh, pistachio nuts and walnuts.


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And take double money in your hands, and the money that was returned in your sacks, carry back with you, lest perhaps it was a mistake.


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And may God give you favor in the sight of the man, and send away your other brother, and Benjamin, for I accordingly, as I have been bereaved, am bereaved.”


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And the men, having taken these presents, and the double money, took Benjamin in their hands; and they rose up and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.


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And Joseph saw them and his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said to the steward of his household, “Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal and make ready, for the men are to eat bread with me at noon.”


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And the men, when they perceived that they were brought into the house of Joseph, said, “We have been brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks in the beginning; to make a case against us, and lay it to our charge; to take us for servants, and our donkeys.”


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And having approached the man who was over the house of Joseph, they spoke to him in the porch of the house,


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And it came to pass, when we came to the encampment, that we opened our sacks; and <i>there</i>, in our sacks, <i>was</i> each man’s money. We have now brought back our money, in full weight, in our hands.


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And he said to them, “<i>God deal</i> mercifully with you; be not afraid; your God, and the God of your fathers, has given you treasures in your sacks, and I have enough of your good money.” And he brought Simeon out to them.


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And they prepared their gifts, until Joseph came at noon, for they heard that he was going to dine there.


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And Joseph entered into the house, and they brought him the gifts which they had in their hands, into the house; and they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.


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And he asked them, “How are you?” And he said to them, “Is your father, the old man of whom you spoke, well? Does he still live?”


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And they said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” And he said, “Blessed be that man by God”—and they bowed, and prostrated themselves.


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And Joseph lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said, “Is this your younger brother, whom you spoke of bringing to me?” And he said, “God have mercy on you, my son.”


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And Joseph was troubled, for his heart yearned over his brother, and he wanted to weep; and he went into his chamber, and wept there.


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And they set out <i>bread</i> for him alone, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians feasting with him by themselves, for the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for it is an abomination to the Egyptians.


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And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his seniority, and the younger according to his youth; and the men looked with amazement, everyone at his brother.


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And they took their portions from him to themselves; but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as the portions of <i>the others</i>. And they drank and were merry with him.


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<n>Joseph Detains Benjamin</n> And Joseph charged the manager of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put the money of each in the mouth of his sack.


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And put my silver cup into the sack of the youngest, and the price of his grain.” And it was done according to the word of Joseph, as he said.


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And when they had gone out of the city, and were not far off, then Joseph said to his manager, “Arise, and pursue after the men; and you shall overtake them, and say to them, ‘Why have you returned evil for good?


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Why have you stolen my silver cup? Is it not this out of which my lord drinks? And he practices divination with it. You have accomplished evil in that which you have done.’”


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And they said to him, “Why does our lord speak according to these words? Far be it from your servants to do according to this word!


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If we brought back to you out of the land of Canaan the money which we found in our sacks, why should we steal silver or gold out of the house of your lord?


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With whomever of your servants you shall find the cup, let him die; and moreover, we will be servants to our lord.”


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And he said, “Now then it shall be as you say; with whomever the cup shall be found, he shall be my servant, and you shall be blameless.”


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And they made haste, and took down every man his sack on the ground, and they opened every man’s sack.


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And he searched, beginning from the eldest, until he came to the youngest; and he found the cup in Benjamin’s sack.


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And Judah and his brothers came in to Joseph, while he was yet there, and fell on the ground before him.


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And Joseph said to them, “What is this thing you have done? Did you not know that a man such as I can certainly practice divination?”


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And Judah said, “What shall we answer to our lord, or what shall we say, or how shall we clear ourselves? God has discovered the unrighteousness of your servants; behold, we are slaves to our lord, both we and he with whom the cup has been found.”


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And Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do this thing; the man with whom the cup has been found, he shall be my servant. But as for you, go up with safety to your father.”


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<n>Judah Intercedes for Benjamin</n> And Judah drew near him, and said, “I beseech you, Sir, let your servant speak a word before you, and be not angry with your servant, for you are next to Pharaoh.


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And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and he has a son of his old age, a young one, and his brother is dead, and he alone has been left behind to his mother, and his father loves him.’


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And we said to my lord, ‘The child will not be able to leave his father; but if he should leave his father, he will die.’


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But you said to your servants, ‘Except your younger brother come down with you, you shall not see my face again.’


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And it came to pass, when we went up to your servant our father, we reported to him the words of our lord.


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And we said, ‘We shall not be able to go down; but if our younger brother go down with us, we will go down; for we shall not be able to see the man’s face if our younger brother is not with us.’


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and one is departed from me; and you said that he was devoured by wild beasts, and I have not seen him until now.


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If then you take this one also from my presence, and an affliction happen to him by the way, then shall you bring down my old age with sorrow to the grave.’


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Now then, if I should go in to your servant, and our father, and the boy should not be with us, (and his life depends on this <i>lad’s</i> life)


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—it shall even come to pass, when he sees the boy is not with us, <i>that</i> he will die, and your servants will bring down the old age of your servant, and our father, with sorrow to the grave.


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For your servant has received the boy in charge from his father, saying, ‘If I don’t bring him to you, and place him before you, I shall be guilty towards my father forever.’


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Now then, I will remain a servant with you instead of the lad, a slave of my lord; but let the lad go up with his brothers.


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For how shall I go up to my father, <i>if</i> the lad is not with us? Lest I behold the evils which will befall my father.”


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<n>Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers</n> And Joseph could not refrain himself when all were standing by him, but said, “Dismiss everyone from before me”; and no one stood near Joseph, when he made himself known to his brothers.


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And he uttered his voice with weeping; and all the Egyptians heard, and it was reported to the house of Pharaoh.


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And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph; does my father yet live?” And his brothers could not answer him, for they were troubled.


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And Joseph said to his brothers, “Draw near to me”; and they drew near; and he said, “I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.


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Now then, do not be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.


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For this second year there is famine on the earth, and there are yet five years remaining, in which there is to be neither plowing, nor mowing.


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For God sent me before you, that there might be left to you a remnant upon the earth, even to nourish a great remnant of you.


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Now then, you did not send me here, but God; and He has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler of all the land of Egypt.


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Hurry, therefore, and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph: God has made me lord of all the land of Egypt; come down therefore to me, and do not delay.


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And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen of Arabia; and you shall be near me, you and your sons, and your sons’ sons, your sheep and your oxen, and whatever things are yours.


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And I will provide for you there: for the famine is yet for five years; lest you be consumed, and your sons, and all your possessions.


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Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.’


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Therefore report to my father all my glory in Egypt, and all things that you have seen, and make haste and bring my father down here.”


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And the report was carried into the house of Pharaoh, saying, “Joseph’s brothers have come”; and Pharaoh was glad, and his household.


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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, Do this; fill your wagons, and depart into the land of Canaan.


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And take up your father, and your possessions, and come to me; and I will give you of all the goods of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.


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And do charge them thusly: that they should take for themselves wagons out of the land of Egypt, for your little ones, and for your wives; and take up your father, and come.


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And the children of Israel did so; and Joseph gave to them wagons, according to the words spoken by King Pharaoh; and he gave them provision for the journey.


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And he gave to them all two sets of clothing apiece; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of gold, and five changes of clothing.


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And to his father he sent <i>presents</i> at the same rate, and ten donkeys, bearing some of all the good things of Egypt, and ten mules, bearing bread for his father for the journey.


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And they reported to him, saying, “Your son Joseph is living, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And Jacob was amazed, for he did not believe them.


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But they spoke to him all the words uttered by Joseph, whatsoever he said to them; and having seen the chariots which Joseph sent to take him up, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.


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And Israel said, “It is a great thing for me if Joseph my son is yet alive. I will go and see him before I die.”


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<n>Jacob’s Journey to Egypt</n> And Israel departed, he and all that he had, and came to the Well of the Oath; and he offered a sacrifice to the God of his father Isaac.


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And He said to him, “I am the God of your fathers; do not fear to go down into Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.


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And I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will bring you up at the end; and Joseph shall put his hands on your eyes.”


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And Jacob rose up from the Well of the Oath; and the sons of Israel took up their father, and the baggage, and their wives on the wagons, which Joseph sent to take them.


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And they took up their goods, and all their property, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and they came into the land of Egypt—Jacob, and all his descendants with him.


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His sons, and his grandsons with him; his daughters, and his granddaughters <i>as well</i>; and he brought all of his family into Egypt.


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And these are the names of the sons of Israel that went into Egypt with their father Jacob—Jacob and his sons. The firstborn of Jacob <i>was</i> Reuben.


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And the sons of Simeon <i>were</i> Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.


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And the sons of Judah <i>were</i> Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan).


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And the sons of Perez <i>were</i> Esron, and Jemuel. And the sons of Issachar <i>were</i> Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.


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These are the sons of Leah, which she bore to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, with Dinah his daughter; all the persons, sons and daughters, <i>were </i>thirty-three.


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And the sons of Asher <i>were</i> Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah, and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah <i>were</i> Heber and Malchiel.


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These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, who bore these to Jacob, sixteen persons.


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And there were sons born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him, even Manasseh and Ephraim. And there were sons born to Manasseh, which the Syrian concubine bore to him, <i>even</i> Machir. And Machir fathered Gilead. And the sons of Ephraim, the brother of Manasseh <i>were</i> Sutalaam, and Taam. And the son of Sutalaam <i>was</i> Edom.


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And the sons of Benjamin <i>were</i> Belah, Becher, and Ashbel. And the sons of Belah <i>were</i> Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, and Muppim. And Gera fathered Ard.


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These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, who bore these to Jacob; seven persons in all.


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And all the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob, were sixty-six persons in all.


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And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in the land of Egypt were nine persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came with Joseph into Egypt were seventy-five persons.


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<n>Jacob Settles in Goshen</n> And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to meet him at the City of Heroes, into the land of Rameses.


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And Joseph, having made ready his chariots, went up to meet Israel his father, at the City of Heroes; and having appeared to him, he fell on his neck, and wept with abundant weeping.


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And Israel said to Joseph, “After this I will <i>gladly</i> die, since I have seen your face, and you are still alive!”


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And Joseph said to his brothers, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and will say to him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.


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And the men are shepherds; for they have been feeders of cattle, and they have brought with them their cattle, and their cows, and all their property.’


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You shall say, ‘We your servants are herdsmen from our youth until now, both we and our fathers’; that you may dwell in the land of Goshen of Arabia, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”


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And Joseph came and told Pharaoh, <i>saying</i>, “My father, my brothers, their cattle, their oxen, and all their possessions have come out of the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”


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And Pharaoh said to Joseph’s brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and our father.”


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And they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Canaan. Now then, we will dwell in the land of Goshen.” And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Let them dwell in the land of Goshen; and if you know that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle.” So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharaoh, king of Egypt, heard <i>of it</i>.


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And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are one hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.”


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And Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded.


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And Joseph gave provision to his father, and his brothers, and to all the house of his father, bread for each person.


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<n>The Famine in Egypt</n> And there was no bread in all the land, for the famine prevailed greatly; and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted on account of the famine.


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And Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and the land of Canaan, <i>in return for</i> the grain which they bought, and he distributed grain to them; and Joseph brought all the money into the house of Pharaoh.


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And all the money failed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Canaan. And all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, “Give us bread, and why do we die in your presence? For our money is spent.”


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And Joseph said to them, “Bring your cattle, and I will give you bread for your cattle, if your money is spent.”


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And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in return for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for their donkeys; and Joseph maintained them with bread for all their cattle in that year.


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And that year passed, and they came to him in the second year, and said to him, “Must we then be consumed from before our lord? For if our money has failed, and our possessions, and our cattle, <i>brought</i> to you our lord, and there has not been left to us before our lord more than our own bodies and our land, <i>we are indeed destitute</i>.


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In order then that we die not before you, and the land be made desolate, buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh: give seed that we may sow, and live and not die, so our land shall not be made desolate.”


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And Joseph bought all the land of the Egyptians for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians sold their land to Pharaoh; for the famine prevailed against them, and the land became Pharaoh’s.


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And he brought the people into bondage to him, for servants, from one extremity of Egypt to the other,


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except for the land of the priests; Joseph did not buy this, for Pharaoh gave a portion in the way of a gift to the priests, and they ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land.


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And Joseph said to all the Egyptians, “Behold, I have bought you and your land this day for Pharaoh; take seed for yourselves, and sow the land.


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And there shall be the fruits of it; and you shall give the fifth part to Pharaoh, and the four <i>remaining</i> parts shall be for yourselves, for seed for the earth, and for food for yourselves, and all that are in your houses.”


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And they said, “You have saved us; we have found favor before our lord, and we will be servants to Pharaoh.”


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And Joseph appointed it to them for an ordinance until this day; to reserve a fifth part for Pharaoh, of the land of Egypt, except for the land of the priests, that was not Pharaoh’s.


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<n>The Last Days of Jacob</n> And Israel dwelt in Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they gained an inheritance upon it; and they increased and multiplied very greatly.


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And Jacob survived seventeen years in the land of Egypt; and Jacob’s days of the years of his life were one hundred and forty-seven years.


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And the days of Israel drew near for him to die. And he called his son Joseph, and said to him, “If I have found favor before you, put your hand under my thigh, and you shall execute mercy and truth toward me, so as not to bury me in Egypt.


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But I will sleep with my fathers, and you shall carry me up out of Egypt, and bury me in their tomb.” And he said, “I will do according to your word.”


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And he said, “Swear to me”; and he swore to him. And Israel bowed down, leaning on the top of his staff.


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<n>Jacob Blesses Joseph’s Sons</n> And it came to pass after these things, that it was reported to Joseph, “Behold, your father is ill.” And having taken his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, he came to Jacob.


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And it was reported to Jacob, saying, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you.” And Israel, having strengthened himself, sat up upon the bed.


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and said to me, ‘Behold, I will increase you, and multiply you, and will make of you a multitude of nations; and I will give this land to you, and to your descendants after you, for an everlasting possession.’


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Now then your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt, before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon they shall be mine.


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And the children which you shall beget hereafter, shall be in the name of their brothers; they shall be named after their inheritances.


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And as for me, when I came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, Rachel, your mother, died in the land of Canaan, as I drew near to the horse course of Cabratha of the land <i>of Canaan</i>, so as to come to Ephratha; and I buried her by the road of the course; which is Bethlehem.”


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And Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God gave me here.” And Jacob said, “Bring them to me, that I may bless them.”


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Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, and he could not see; and he brought them near to him, and he kissed them, and embraced them.


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And Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I have not been deprived of <i>seeing</i> your face, and lo! God has shown me your children also.”


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And Joseph brought them out from <i>between</i> his knees, and they bowed down to him, with their face to the ground.


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And Joseph took his two sons, both Ephraim in his right hand, but on the left of Israel, and Manasseh on his left hand, but on the right of Israel, and brought them near to him.


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But Israel, having stretched out his right hand, laid it on the head of Ephraim, and he was the younger; and his left hand on the head of Manasseh <i>guiding</i> his hands crosswise.


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And he blessed them and said, “The God in whose sight my fathers were well pleasing, <i>even</i> Abraham and Isaac, the God who continues to feed me from my youth until this day;


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the angel who delivers me from all evils, bless these boys, and my name shall be called upon them, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac; and let them be increased to a great multitude on the earth.”


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And Joseph, having seen that his father put his right hand on the head of Ephraim—it seemed grievous to him; and Joseph took hold of the hand of his father, to remove it from the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh.


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And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, father; for this is the firstborn; lay your right hand upon his head.”


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And he would not, but said, “I know it, son, I know it; he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted, but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”


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And he blessed them in that day, saying, “In you shall Israel be blessed,” saying, “God make you as Ephraim and Manasseh”; and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.


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And Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I die; and God shall be with you, and restore you to the land of your fathers.


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And I give to you Sicima, a select portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.”


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“Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear me, <i>you </i>sons of Jacob; hear Israel, hear your father.


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Reuben, you <i>are</i> my firstborn, you my strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, <i>hard and</i> self-willed.


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You were insolent like water, burst not forth with violence, for you went up to the bed of your father; then you defiled the couch, whereupon you went up.


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Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not my inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they slew men, and in their passion they hamstrung a bull.


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Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, and their anger, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.


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Judah, your brothers have praised you, and your hands shall be on the back of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you.


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Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the tender plant, my son, you have gone up. Having couched, you lie down like a lion, and as a whelp; who shall stir him up?


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A ruler shall not fail from Judah, nor a prince from his loins, until there come the things stored up for him; and He is the expectation of nations.


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Binding his foal to the vine, and the foal of his donkey to the branch of it, he shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape.


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Zebulun shall dwell on the coast, and he <i>shall be</i> by a haven of ships, and shall extend to Sidon.


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And having seen the resting place that it was good, and the land that it was fertile, he subjected his shoulder to labor, and became a farmer.


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And let Dan be a serpent in the way, besetting the path, biting the heel of the horse (and the rider shall fall backward),


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But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, and the sinews of their arms were slackened by the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob; this is he that strengthened Israel from the God of your father;


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and my God helped you, and He blessed you with the blessing of heaven from above, and the blessing of the earth possessing all things, because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb,


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the blessings of your father and your mother—it has prevailed above the blessing of the lasting mountains, and beyond the blessings of the everlasting hills; they shall be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the head of the brothers of whom he took the lead.


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All these are the twelve sons of Jacob; and their father spoke these words to them, and he blessed them; he blessed each of them according to his blessing.


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<n>Jacob’s Death and Burial</n> And he said to them, “I am added to my people; you shall bury me with my fathers in the cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,


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in the double cave which is opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the cave which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite for a possession, for a tomb.


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There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac, and Rebecca his wife; there they buried Leah;


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in the portion of the field, and of the cave that was in it, <i>purchased</i> from the sons of Heth.”


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And Jacob ceased giving charges to his sons; and having lifted up his feet on the bed, he died, and was gathered to his people.


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And Joseph commanded his servants the embalmers to embalm his father; and the embalmers embalmed Israel.


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And they fulfilled forty days for him, for so are the days of embalming numbered; and Egypt mourned for him seventy days.


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And when the days of mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the princes of Pharaoh, saying, “If I have found favor in your sight, speak concerning me in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,


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‘My father adjured me, saying, ‘In the tomb which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me’; now then I will go up and bury my father, and return again.’”


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So Joseph went up to bury his father; and all the servants of Pharaoh went up with him, and the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt.


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And all the household of Joseph, and his brothers, and all the house of his father, and his kindred; and they left behind the sheep and the oxen in the land of Goshen.


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And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan; and they bewailed him with a great and very sore lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.


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And the inhabitants of the land of Canaan saw the mourning at the floor of Atad, and said, “This is a great mourning to the Egyptians; therefore he called its name, The Mourning of Egypt, which is beyond the Jordan.”


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And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and those that had gone up with him to bury his father.


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<n>Joseph Forgives His Brothers</n> And when Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “<i>Let us take heed</i>, lest at any time Joseph remember evil against us, and recompense to us all the evils which we have done against him.”


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‘Thus you shall say to Joseph, ‘Forgive them their injustice and their sin, forasmuch as they have done you evil; and now pardon the injustice of the servants of the God of your father.’” And Joseph wept while they spoke to him.


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You took counsel against me for evil, but God took counsel for me for good, that the matter might be as it is today, and many people might be fed.”


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<n>The Death of Joseph</n> And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his brothers, and all the family of his father; and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.


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And Joseph saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation; and the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh were borne on the sides of Joseph.


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And Joseph spoke to his brothers, saying, “I die, and God will surely visit you, and will bring you out of this land to the land concerning which God swore to our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”


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And Joseph adjured the sons of Israel, saying, “At the visitation with which God shall visit you, then you shall carry up my bones from here with you.”


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And Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years; and they prepared his body, and put him in a coffin in Egypt.


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<n>Israel’s Suffering In Egypt</n> These are the names of the sons of Israel that came into Egypt, together with Jacob their father. They came in each with their whole family.


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And he said to his nation, “Behold, the race of the children of Israel is a great multitude, and is stronger than us!


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Come then, let us deal craftily with them, lest at any time they be increased, and whenever war shall happen to us, these also shall be added to our enemies, and having prevailed against us in war, they will depart out of the land.”


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And he set over them taskmasters, who afflicted them in their works; and they built strong cities for Pharaoh, both Pithom, and Raamses, and On, which is Heliopolis.


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But as they humbled them, by so much they multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong. And the Egyptians greatly abhorred the children of Israel.


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And they embittered their life by hard labors, in the clay and in brick-making, and all the works in the plains, according to all the works, wherein they caused them to serve with violence.


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And the king of the Egyptians spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews. The name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the second <i>was </i>Puah.


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And he said, “When you do the duties of midwife to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if the baby is a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.”


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But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.


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And the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, “Why is it that you have done this thing, and saved the male children alive?”


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And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not as the women of Egypt, for they are delivered before the midwives go in to them.” So they bore children.


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And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, “Whatever male <i>child</i> shall be born to the Hebrews, cast into the river; and every female, save it alive.”


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<n>The Birth of Moses</n> And there was a certain man of the tribe of Levi, who took to wife one of the daughters of Levi.


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And she conceived, and bore a male child; and having seen that he was fair, they hid him three months.


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And when they could no longer hide him, his mother took an ark, covered it with pitch, and put the child into it, and put it in the reeds by the river.


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And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to the river to bathe. And her maids walked by the riverside, and having seen the ark in the reeds, she sent her maid, and took it up.


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And having opened it, she saw the babe weeping in the ark. And the daughter of Pharaoh had compassion on it, and said, “This <i>is one</i> of the Hebrew’s children.”


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And his sister said to the daughter of Pharaoh, “Do you will that I call for you a nurse from the Hebrews, and shall she nurse the child for you?”


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And the daughter of Pharaoh said, “Go.” And the young woman went, and called the mother of the child.


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And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, “Take care of this child, and nurse it for me, and I will give <i>you </i>your wages.” And the woman took the child, and nursed it.


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And when the boy was grown, she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he became her son; and she called his name Moses, saying, “I took him out of the water.”


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<n>Moses Flees to Midian</n> And it came to pass after some time, that Moses, having grown, went out to his brothers, the sons of Israel. And having noticed their distress, he saw an Egyptian striking a certain Hebrew from among his brothers, the children of Israel.


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And having looked around this way and that, he saw no one. And he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.


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And having gone out the second day, he saw two Hebrew men fighting; and he said to the injurer, “Why do you strike your neighbor?”


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And he said, “Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Will you slay me as you slew the Egyptian yesterday?” Then Moses was alarmed, and said, “If <i>it be</i> thus, this matter has become known.”


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And Pharaoh heard this matter, and sought to kill Moses. And Moses departed from the presence of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian. And having come into the land of Midian, he sat on the well.


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And the priest of Midian had seven daughters, feeding the flock of their father Jethro. And they came and drew water until they filled their pitchers, to water the flock of their father Jethro.


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And the shepherds came, and were driving them away; and Moses rose up and rescued them, and drew water for them, and watered their sheep.


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And they said, “An Egyptian delivered us from the shepherds, and drew water for us and watered our sheep.”


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And he said to his daughters, “And where is he? And why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”


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And the woman conceived and bore a son, and Moses called his name Gershom, saying, “I am a sojourner in a strange land.”


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And in those days, after some time, the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel groaned because of their tasks, and cried, and their cry because of their tasks went up to God.


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And God heard their groanings, and God remembered His covenant <i>that He </i>made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.


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<n>Moses at the Burning Bush</n> And Moses was feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he brought the sheep close to the wilderness, and came to the mount of Horeb.


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And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in flaming fire out of the bush, and he saw that the bush burned with fire, but the bush was not consumed.


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And when the Lord saw that he drew near to see, the Lord called him out of the bush, saying, “Moses, Moses.” And he said, “What is it?”


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And He said, “Draw no closer! Loose your sandals from off your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.”


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And He said, “I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses turned away his face, for he was afraid to gaze at God.


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And the Lord said to Moses, “I have surely seen the affliction of My people that is in Egypt, and I have heard their cry <i>caused</i> by their taskmasters; for I know their affliction.


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And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, and to bring them into a good and wide land, into a land flowing with milk and honey, into the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and Girgashites and Hivites and Jebusites.


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And now behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have seen the affliction with which the Egyptians afflict them.


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And now come, I will send you to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and you shall bring out My people the children of Israel from the land of Egypt.”


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And Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and that I should bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt?”


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And God spoke to Moses, saying, “I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that I shall send you forth: when you bring out My people out of Egypt, then you shall serve God in this mountain.”


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<n>The Divine Name Revealed</n> And Moses said to God, “Behold, I shall go forth to the children of Israel, and shall say to them, ‘The God of our fathers has sent me to you’; and they will ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?”


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And God spoke to Moses, saying, “I AM <RF q=1>1 &#61509;&#61543;&#61559;&#61472;&#61541;&#61545;&#61549;&#61545;&#61472;&#61519;&#61472;&#61559;&#61550;&#61484;&#61472;in Greek. Literally, I AM the One who is; “I AM The Being,” as Brenton originally translated it.</n>THE BEING.” And He said, “Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, THE BEING has sent me to you.”


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And God said again to Moses, “Thus shall you say to the sons of Israel: ‘The Lord God of our fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is My name forever, and My memorial to all generations.’


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Go then and gather the elders of the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, ‘The Lord God of our fathers has appeared to me, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, saying, ‘I have surely looked upon you, and upon all the things which have happened to you in Egypt.’”


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And He said, “I will bring you up out of the affliction of the Egyptians to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Girgashites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.


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And they shall hearken to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel shall go in to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, ‘The God of the Hebrews has called us. We will go then a journey of three days into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to our God.’


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and I will stretch out My hand, and strike the Egyptians with all My wonders, which I shall work among them, and after that he will send you forth.


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And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and whenever you shall escape, you shall not depart empty.


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But every woman shall ask of her neighbor and fellow lodger, articles of gold and silver, and apparel; and you shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.”


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<n>Moses’ Miraculous Power</n> And Moses answered and said, “If they do not believe me, and do not listen to my voice (for they will say, ‘God has not appeared to you’), what shall I say to them?”


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And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses fled from it.


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And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch forth your hand, and take hold of its tail (and he stretched forth his hand and took hold of the tail,


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and it became a rod in his hand), that they may believe you, that the God of your fathers has appeared to you, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”


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And the Lord said again to him, “Put your hand into your bosom.” And he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and his hand became <i>leprous, </i>as snow.


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And He said again, “Put your hand into your bosom.” And he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and it was again restored to the complexion of the rest of his flesh.


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<i>And God said, </i>“And if they will not believe you, nor heed the message of the first sign, they will believe you because of the message of the second sign.


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And it shall come to pass if they will not believe you for these two signs, and will not heed your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land, and the water which you shall take from the river shall be blood upon the dry land.”


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And Moses said to the Lord, “I pray, O Lord, I have not been sufficient in former times, neither from the time that You have begun to speak to Your servant: I am weak in speech, and slow of tongue.”


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And the Lord said to Moses, “Who has given a mouth to man, and who has made the very hard of hearing, and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? Have not I, God?


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And the Lord was greatly angered against Moses, and said, “Lo! Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he will surely speak to you. And behold, he will come forth to meet you, and beholding you, he will rejoice within himself.


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And you shall speak to him; and you shall put My words into his mouth, and I will open your mouth and his mouth, and I will instruct you in what you shall do.


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And he shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be for him in things pertaining to God.


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And this rod that was turned into a serpent you shall take in your hand, with which you shall work miracles.”


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<n>Moses Returns to Egypt</n> And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said, “I will go and return to my brothers in Egypt, and will see if they are yet living.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in health.” And in those days after some time, the king of Egypt died.


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And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go, depart into Egypt, for all that sought your life are dead.”


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And Moses took his wife and his children, and mounted them on the beasts, and returned to Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.


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And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go and return to Egypt, see—all the miracles I have charged you with, you shall work before Pharaoh. And I will harden his heart, and he shall certainly not send away the people.


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And I said to you, Send away My people, that they may serve Me: now if you will not send them away, see, I will kill your firstborn son.’”


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And it came to pass that the Angel of the Lord met him by the way in the inn, and sought to kill him.


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And Zipporah, having taken a stone, cut off the foreskin of her son, and fell at his feet and said, “The blood of the circumcision of my son is established!”


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And he departed from him, because she said, “The blood of the circumcision of my son is established.”


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And the Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” And he went and met him in the mount of God, and they kissed each other.


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And Moses reported to Aaron all the words of the Lord, which He sent, and all the things which He charged him.


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And Aaron spoke all these words, which God spoke to Moses, and worked the miracles before the people.


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And the people believed and rejoiced, because God visited the children of Israel, and because He saw their affliction. And the people bowed down and worshipped.


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<n>Bricks Without Straw</n> And after this Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they said to him, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Let My people go, that they may keep a feast to Me in the wilderness.”


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And Pharaoh said, “Who is He that I should listen to His voice, so that I should send away the children of Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”


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And they said to him, “The God of the Hebrews has called us to Him: we will go, therefore, on a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest at any time death or slaughter happen to us.”


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And the king of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, turn the people from their works? Depart, each of you, to your works.”


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And Pharaoh said, “Behold now, the people are very numerous; let us not then give them rest from their work.”


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“You shall no longer give straw to the people for brick-making as yesterday and the third day; but let them go themselves, and collect straw for themselves.


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And you shall impose on them daily the rate of brick-making which they perform: you shall not reduce anything, for they are idle. Therefore have they cried, saying, ‘Let us arise and do sacrifice to our God.’


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Let the works of these men be made grievous, and let them care for these things, and not care for vain words.”


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And the taskmasters and the accountants hastened them, and they spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh: I will give you straw no longer.


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And the taskmasters hastened them, saying, “Fulfill your regular daily tasks, even as when straw was given to you.”


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And the accountants of the children of Israel went in and cried to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you act thus to your servants?


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Straw is not given to your servants, and they tell us to make bricks; and behold, your servants have been scourged; therefore you will injure your people.”


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And he said to them, “You are idle, you are idlers. Therefore you say, ‘Let us go and do sacrifice to our God.’


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And they said to them, “The Lord look upon you and judge you, for you have made our scent abominable before Pharaoh, and before his servants, to put a sword into his hands to kill us.”


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And Moses turned to the Lord and said, “I pray, O Lord, why have You afflicted this people? And why have You sent me?


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<n>Israel’s Deliverance Assured</n> And the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for he shall send them forth with a mighty hand, and with a high arm shall he cast them out of his land.”


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And I appeared to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, being their God, but I did not manifest My name <span class='smcaps'>Lord</span> to them.


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And I established My covenant with them, to give them the land of the Canaanites, the land in which they sojourned, in which also they dwelt as strangers.


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And I heard the groaning of the children of Israel (the affliction with which the Egyptians enslave them) and I remembered the covenant with you.


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Go, speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘I am the Lord; and I will lead you forth from the tyranny of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from bondage, and I will ransom you with a high arm, and great judgment.


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And I will take you to Me as a people unto Myself, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the tyranny of the Egyptians.


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And I will bring you into the land concerning which I stretched out My hand to give it to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and I will give it to you for an inheritance: I am the Lord.’”


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And Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, and they did not listen to Moses, on account of <i>their </i>faint-heartedness, and because of their hard tasks.


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And Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, “Behold, the children of Israel do not listen to me, and how shall Pharaoh hearken to me? And I am not eloquent.”


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And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a charge to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he should send forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.


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<n>The Families of Moses and Aaron</n> And these are the heads of the houses of their families: the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel <i>were</i> Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.


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And Amram took Jochabed for a wife, the daughter of his father’s brother, and she bore to him both Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. And the years of the life of Amram were 132 years.


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And Aaron took for himself Elisabeth, daughter of Aminadab sister of Naasson, as a wife, and she bore to him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.


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And Eleazar the son of Aaron took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife, and she bore to him Phinehas. These are the heads of the family of the Levites, according to their generations.


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This is Aaron and Moses, whom God told to bring out the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt with their forces.


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These are they that spoke with Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and Aaron himself and Moses brought out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,


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<n>Moses and Aaron Obey God’s Commands</n> Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “I am the Lord. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt whatsoever I say to you.”


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And Moses said before the Lord, “Behold, I am not able in speech, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?”


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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, I have made you a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.


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And you shall say to him all things that I command you, and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he should send forth the children of Israel out of his land.


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And I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.


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And Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay My hand upon Egypt; and I will bring out My people, the children of Israel, with My power out of the land of Egypt with great vengeance.


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And all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, stretching out My hand upon Egypt, and I will bring out the children of Israel from the midst of them.”


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And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron his brother was eighty-three years old, when he spoke to Pharaoh.


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“Now if Pharaoh should speak to you, saying, ‘Give us a sign or a wonder,’ then shall you say to your brother Aaron, ‘Take your rod and cast it upon the ground before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it shall become a serpent.’”


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So Moses and Aaron went in before Pharaoh, and <i>before</i> his servants, and they did as the Lord commanded them. And Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.


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And they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents, but the rod of Aaron swallowed up their rods.


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<n>The First Plague: Water Turned to Blood</n> And the Lord said to Moses, “The heart of Pharaoh is made hard, so that he should not let the people go.


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Go to Pharaoh early in the morning—behold, he goes forth to the water; and you shall meet him on the bank of the river, and you shall take in your hand the rod that was turned into a serpent.


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And you shall say to him, ‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, ‘Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness; but indeed, until now you have not heard!’


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Thus says the Lord: By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, I will strike the water which is in the river with the rod that is in my hand, and it shall turn to blood.


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And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink, and the Egyptians shall not be able to drink water from the river.”


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And the Lord said to Moses, “Say to your brother Aaron, ‘Take your rod in your hand, and stretch forth your hand over the waters of Egypt, and over their rivers, and over their canals, and over their ponds, and over all their standing water, and it shall become blood. And there was blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone.’”


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And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them. And Aaron, having lifted up <i>his hand</i> with his rod, struck the water in the river before Pharaoh and before his servants, and changed all the water in the river into blood.


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And the fish in the river died, and the river stank; and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river, and the blood was in all the land of Egypt.


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And the charmers also of the Egyptians did so with their sorceries; and the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not listen to them, even as the Lord had said.


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And all the Egyptians dug round about the river, so as to drink water, for they could not drink water from the river.


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<n>The Second Plague: Frogs</n> And the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, and you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: Let My people go, that they may serve Me.


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And the river shall be filled with frogs, and they shall go up and enter into your houses, and into your bedrooms, and upon your beds, and upon the houses of your servants, and of your people and on your dough, and on your ovens.


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And the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron your brother, ‘Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the rivers, and over the canals, and over the pools, and bring up the frogs.’”


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And Aaron stretched forth his hand over the waters of Egypt, and brought up the frogs. And the frogs were brought up, and covered the land of Egypt.


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And the charmers of the Egyptians also did likewise with their sorceries, and brought up the frogs on the land of Egypt.


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And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said, “Pray to the Lord for me, and let Him take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will send them away, and they shall sacrifice to the Lord.”


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And Moses said to Pharaoh, “Appoint me <i>a time</i> when I shall pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, to cause the frogs to disappear from you, and from your people, and from your houses; only in the river shall they be left behind.”


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And the frogs shall be removed away from you, and from your houses and from the villages, and from your servants, and from your people; only in the river they shall be left.”


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And Moses and Aaron went forth from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the Lord concerning the restriction of the frogs, as Pharaoh appointed him.


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And the Lord did as Moses had requested, and the frogs died out of the houses, and out of the villages, and out of the fields.


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And when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, his heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord said.


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<n>The Third Plague: Lice</n> And the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch forth your rod with your hand and strike the dust of the earth; and there shall be lice upon both man and beast, and in all the land of Egypt.’”


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So Aaron stretched out his rod with his hand, and struck the dust of the earth; and the lice were on men and beasts, and in all the dust of the earth there were lice.


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And the charmers tried to bring forth the lice with their sorceries, but they could not. And the lice were both on the men and on the beasts.


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So the charmers said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord said.


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<n>The Fourth Plague: Flies</n> And the Lord said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and behold, he will go forth to the water, and you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness.


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And if you will not let My people go, behold, I send upon you, and upon your servants, and upon your people, and upon your houses, the dog-fly. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with the dog-fly, even throughout the land upon which they are.


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And I will distinguish marvelously in that day the land of Goshen, on which My people dwell, in which the dog-fly shall not be, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of all the earth.


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And I will put a difference between My people and your people, and tomorrow shall this be on the land.’” And the Lord did thus.


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And the dog-fly came in abundance into the houses of Pharaoh, and into the houses of his servants, and into all the land of Egypt. And the land was destroyed by the dog-fly.


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And Moses said, “It cannot be so, for we would be sacrificing to the Lord our God the abominations of the Egyptians; for if we sacrifice the abominations of the Egyptians before them, we shall be stoned.


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We will go a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as the Lord has said to us.”


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And Pharaoh said, “I <i>will</i> let you go and sacrifice to your God in the wilderness, but do not go very far away—pray then to the Lord for me.”


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And Moses said, “I then will go forth from you and pray to God, and the dog-fly shall depart both from your servants, and from your people tomorrow. However do not deceive again, Pharaoh, so as not to send the people away, that they may sacrifice to the Lord.”


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<n>The Fifth Plague: Livestock Diseased</n> And the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, and you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me.


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behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon your cattle in the fields, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the oxen and on the sheep—a very great pestilence.


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And I will make a marvelous distinction in that time between the livestock of the Egyptians and the livestock of the children of Israel: nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.”


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And the Lord did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel not one of them died.


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And when Pharaoh saw that of all the livestock of the children of Israel, that not one had died, the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.


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<n>The Sixth Plague: Boils</n> And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “Take for yourselves handfuls of ashes from the furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward heaven before Pharaoh, and before his servants.


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And let it become dust over all the land of Egypt, and there shall be sore boils breaking forth upon men and upon beasts, in all the land of Egypt.”


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So he took ashes from the furnace before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered it toward heaven, and it became sore boils breaking forth both on men and on beasts.


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And the sorcerers could not stand before Moses because of the sores, for the sores were on the sorcerers, and in all the land of Egypt.


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<n>The Seventh Plague: Hail</n> And the Lord said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; and you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me.


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For at this present time I will send forth all My plagues into your heart, and the heart of your servants and of your people; that you may know that there is not another such as I in all the earth.


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For now I will stretch forth My hand and strike you and kill your people, and you shall be consumed from off of the earth.


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And for this purpose have you been preserved, that I might display My strength in you, and that My name might be declared in all the earth.


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Behold, tomorrow at this hour I will rain a very great hail, such as has not been in Egypt from the time it was created until this day.


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Now then hasten to gather your livestock, and all that you have in the fields, for all the men and the livestock, as many as shall be found in the fields, and shall not enter into a house, (but the hail shall fall upon them,) shall die.’”


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And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, and there shall be hail on all the land of Egypt, both on the men and on the cattle, and on all the herbs on the land.”


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And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail; and the fire ran along upon the ground, and the Lord rained hail on all the land of Egypt.


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So there was hail and flaming fire mingled with hail; and the hail was very great, such as was not in Egypt from the time there was a nation upon it.


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And the hail struck both man and beast in all the land of Egypt, and the hail struck all the grass in the field, and the hail broke in pieces all the trees in the field.


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And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.


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Pray then for me to the Lord, and let Him cause the thundering of God to cease, and the hail and the fire, and I will send you forth and you shall remain no longer.”


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And Moses said to him, “When I have departed from the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord, and the thundering shall cease, and the hail and the rain shall be no longer, so that you may know that the earth is the Lord’s.


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And Moses went forth from Pharaoh out of the city, and stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunders ceased and the hail, and the rain did not drop on the earth.


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And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders had ceased, he continued to sin; and <i>he</i> hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not send forth the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.


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<n>The Eighth Plague: Locusts</n> And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Go in to Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that these signs may come upon them; in order


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that you may relate in the ears of your children, and to your children’s children, in how many things I have mocked the Egyptians, and My wonders which I wrought among them; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”


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And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharaoh, and they said to him, “Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: ‘How long do you refuse to reverence Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.


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But if you will not send My people away, behold, at this hour tomorrow I will bring an abundance of locusts upon all your coasts.


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And they shall cover the face of the earth, and you shall not be able to see the earth; and they shall devour all that is left of the abundance of the earth, which the hail has left you, and shall devour every tree that grows for you on the land.


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And your houses shall be filled, and the houses of your servants, and all the houses in all the land of the Egyptians; things which your fathers have never seen, nor their forefathers, from the day that they were upon the earth until this day.’” And Moses turned away and departed from Pharaoh.


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And Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long shall this be a snare to us? Send the men away, that they may serve their God; don’t you know that Egypt is destroyed?”


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And they brought back both Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh; and he said to them, “Go and serve the Lord your God; but who are they that are going with you?”


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And Moses said, “We will go with the young and the old, with our sons and daughters, and our sheep and oxen; for it is a feast to the Lord.”


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And he said to them, “So let the Lord be with you. As I <i>will</i> send you away, <i>must I send away</i> your little ones also? Beware, for evil is before you.”


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“Not so, but let the men go and serve God, for this you yourselves seek.” And they cast them out from the presence of Pharaoh.


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And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, and let the locust come up on the land, and it shall devour every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which the hail left.”


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and brought them up over all the land of Egypt. And they rested in very great abundance over all the borders of Egypt. Before them there were not such locusts, neither after them shall there be.


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And they covered the face of the earth, and the land was wasted, and they devoured every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which was left by the hail: there was no green thing left on the trees, nor on all the herbs of the field, in all the land of Egypt.


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And Pharaoh hastened to call Moses and Aaron, saying, “I have sinned before the Lord your God, and against you.


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Therefore pardon my sin yet this time, and pray to the Lord your God, and let Him take away from me this death.”


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And the Lord brought in the opposite direction a strong wind from the sea, and took up the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea, and there was not one locust left in all the land of Egypt.


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<n>The Ninth Plague: Darkness</n> And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, and let there be darkness over the land of Egypt—darkness that may be felt.”


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And Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was darkness, very black, even a storm over all the land of Egypt three days.


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And for three days no man saw his brother, and no man rose up from his bed for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in all the places where they were.


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And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, saying, “Go, serve the Lord your God, only leave your sheep and your oxen, and let your little ones depart with you.”


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And Moses said, “No, but you shall give to us burnt offerings and sacrifices, which we will sacrifice to the Lord our God.


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And our livestock shall go with us, and we will not leave a hoof behind, for of them we will take to serve the Lord our God; but we know not in what manner we shall serve the Lord our God until we arrive there.”


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And Pharaoh said, “Depart from me! Beware of seeing my face again, for in what day you shall appear before me, you shall die!”


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<n>Tenth Plague Announced</n> And the Lord said to Moses, “I will yet bring one plague upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt, and after that he will send you forth from here; and whenever he sends you forth with everything, he will indeed cast you out <i>altogether</i>.


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Therefore speak secretly in the ears of the people, and let everyone ask of his neighbor jewels of silver and gold, and clothing.”


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And the Lord gave His people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they lent to them; and the man Moses was very great before the Egyptians, and before Pharaoh, and before his servants.


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And every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sits on the throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant that is by the mill, and to the firstborn of all cattle.


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And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as never before, the <i>likes of</i> which shall not be repeated again.


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But among all the children of Israel shall not a dog snarl with his tongue, either at man or beast; that you may know how wide a distinction the Lord will make between the Egyptians and Israel.’


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And all these your servants shall come down to me, and reverence me, saying, ‘Go forth, you and all the people over whom you presided, and afterwards I will go forth.”


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And Moses went forth from Pharaoh with great anger. And the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not heed you, that I may greatly multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.”


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And Moses and Aaron did all these signs and wonders in the land of Egypt before Pharaoh; and the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not hearken to send forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.


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“This month <i>shall be</i> to you the beginning of months: it is the first to you among the months of the year.


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Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month let each man take for himself a lamb according to the houses of their families, every man a lamb for his household.


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And if there be few in a household, so that there are not enough for the lamb, he shall take with himself his neighbor that lives near to him, as to the number of persons, everyone according to each man’s need you shall make a reckoning for the lamb.


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It shall be to you a lamb unblemished, a male of a year old. You shall take it from the lambs or from the goats.


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And it shall be kept by you till the fourteenth of this month, and all the multitude of the congregation of the children of Israel shall kill it toward evening.


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And they shall take of the blood, and shall put it on the two doorposts, and on the lintel, in the houses wherever they shall eat them.


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And they shall eat the flesh in this night roasted with fire, and they shall eat unleavened bread with bitter herbs.


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You shall not eat of it raw nor boiled in water, but only roasted with fire, the head with its legs and its entrails.


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Nothing shall be left of it till the morning, and a bone of it you shall not break; but that which is left of it till the morning you shall burn with fire.


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And thus shall you eat it: your loins girded, and your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and you shall eat it in haste. It is a Passover to the Lord.


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And I will go throughout the land of Egypt in that night, and I will strike every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and on all the gods of Egypt will I execute vengeance: I am the Lord.


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And the blood shall be for a sign to you on the houses in which you are, and I will see the blood, and I will protect you, and there shall not be on you the plague of destruction, when I strike in the land of Egypt.


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And this day shall be to you a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord through all your generations; you shall keep it a feast for a perpetual ordinance.


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Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and from the first day you shall utterly remove leaven from your houses: whoever shall eat leaven, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from Israel, from the first day until the seventh day.


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And the first day shall be called holy, and the seventh day shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall do no customary work on them, only as many things as is necessary shall be done by every soul, this only shall be done by you.


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And you shall keep this commandment, for on this day will I bring out your force out of the land of Egypt; and you shall make this day a perpetual ordinance for you throughout your generations.


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Beginning the fourteenth day of the first month, you shall eat unleavened bread from evening, till the twenty-first day of the month, till evening.


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Seven days leaven shall not be found in your houses; whosoever shall eat anything leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, both among the occupiers of the land and the original inhabitants.


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Then Moses called all the elders of the children of Israel, and said to them, “Go away and take to yourselves a lamb according to your families, and slay the Passover <i>lamb</i>.


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And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and having dipped it into some of the blood that is by the door, you shall touch the lintel, and <i>shall put it</i> upon both doorposts, even of the blood which is by the door; but none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning.


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And the Lord shall pass by to strike the Egyptians, and shall see the blood upon the lintel, and upon the doorposts; and the Lord shall pass over the door, and shall not allow the destroyer to enter into your houses to kill you.


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And if you should enter into the land which the Lord shall give you, as He has spoken, keep this service.


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That you shall say to them, ‘This Passover is a sacrifice to the Lord, as He defended the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when He struck the Egyptians, but delivered our houses.’”


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And the people bowed and worshipped. And the children of Israel departed and did as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.


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<n>The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn</n> And it came to pass at midnight that the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the captive in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all cattle.


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And Pharaoh rose up by night, and his servants, and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in all the land of Egypt, for there was not a house in which there was not one dead.


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<n>The Exodus</n> And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron by night, and said to them, “Rise and depart from my people, both you and the children of Israel. Go and serve the Lord your God, even as you say.


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And the Egyptians constrained the people, so that they cast them out of the land with haste, for they said, “We all shall die.”


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And the people took their dough before their meal was leavened, bound up as it was in their garments, on their shoulders.


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And the children of Israel did as Moses commanded them, and they asked of the Egyptians articles of silver and gold and apparel.


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And the Lord gave His people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they lent to them; and they plundered the Egyptians.


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And the children Israel departed from Rameses to Succoth, <i>to the full number of</i> six hundred thousand footmen, even men, besides the baggage.


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And they baked the dough which they brought out of Egypt, <i>and made </i>unleavened cakes, for it had not been leavened; for the Egyptians cast them out, and they could not remain, neither did they prepare provisions for themselves for the journey.


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And the sojourning of the children of Israel, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan, was four hundred and thirty years.


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And it came to pass after the four hundred and thirty years, all the forces of the Lord came forth out of the land of Egypt by night.


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It is a watch kept to the Lord, so that He should bring them out of the land of Egypt; that very night is a watch kept to the Lord, so that it should be to all the children of Israel to their generations.


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<n>Instructions Regarding the Passover</n> And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the law of the Passover: no stranger shall eat of it.


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And if any proselyte shall come to you to keep the Passover to the Lord, you shall circumcise every male of him, and then shall he approach to sacrifice it, and he shall be even as the original inhabitant of the land; no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.


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And it came to pass in that day that the Lord brought out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt with their forces.


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“Sanctify to Me every firstborn, first produced, opening every womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast: it is Mine.”


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And Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you came forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you out from this <i>place. </i>No leavened bread shall be eaten.


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And it shall come to pass when the Lord your God shall have brought you into the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites and the Girgashites and the Perizzites, which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall perform this service in this month.


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And you shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘Therefore the Lord has dealt thus with me, as I was going out of Egypt.’


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And it shall be unto you a sign upon your hand and a memorial before your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord God has brought you out of Egypt.


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that you shall set apart every <i>offspring</i> opening the womb, the males to the Lord, everyone that opens the womb out of the herds or among your cattle, as many as you shall have: you shall sanctify the males to the Lord.


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And if later on your son should ask you, saying, ‘What is this?’ Then you shall say to him, ‘With a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.’


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And when Pharaoh hardened <i>his heart so as not</i> to send us away, He slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast; therefore I sacrifice every <i>offspring</i> that opens the womb, the males to the Lord, and every firstborn of my sons I will redeem.


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And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and immovable before your eyes, for with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.”


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<n>The Pillars of Cloud and Fire</n> And when Pharaoh sent forth the people, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, because it was near; for God said, “Lest at any time the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt.”


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And God led the people round by the way to the wilderness, to the Red Sea. And in the fifth generation the children of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt.


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And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had solemnly adjured the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here with you.”


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And God led them in the day by a pillar of cloud, to show them the way, and in the night by a pillar of fire.


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And the pillar of cloud did not fail by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, before all the people.


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“Speak to the children of Israel, and let them turn and encamp before the village, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon: before them shall you encamp by the sea.


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And I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and he shall pursue after them; and I will be glorified in Pharaoh, and in all his army, and all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.


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And it was reported to the king of the Egyptians that the people had fled. And the heart of Pharaoh was turned, and that of his servants against the people; and they said, “What is this that we have done, to let the children of Israel go, so that they should not serve us?”


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And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and of his servants, and he pursued after the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went forth with a high hand.


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And the Egyptians pursued after them and found them encamped by the sea; and all the cavalry and the chariots of Pharaoh, and the horsemen, and his host were before the village, over against Baal Zephon.


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and said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in the land of Egypt have you brought us forth to slay us in the wilderness? What is this that you have done to us, having brought us out of Egypt?


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Is not this the word which we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? For it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.’”


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And Moses said to the people, “Be of good courage: stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will work for us this day; for as you have seen the Egyptians today, you shall see them again no more forever.


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And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Speak to the children of Israel, and let them proceed.


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But lift up your rod, and stretch forth your hand over the sea, and divide it, and let the children of Israel enter into the midst of the sea on the dry land.


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And behold, I will harden the heart of Pharaoh and of all the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them; and I will be glorified upon Pharaoh, and upon all his army, and on his chariots and his horses.


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And all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I am glorified upon Pharaoh and upon his chariots and his horses.”


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And the Angel of God that went before the camp of the children of Israel removed and went behind <i>them</i>, and the pillar of the cloud also removed from before them and stood behind them.


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And it went between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and stood; and there was darkness and blackness; and the night passed, and they did not come near to one another during the whole night.


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And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the Lord carried back the sea with a strong south wind the whole night long, and made the sea dry, and the water was divided.


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And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the water of it was a wall on the right hand and on the left.


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And the Egyptians pursued them and went in after them, all of Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea.


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and bound the axle-trees of their chariots, and caused them to go with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”


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And the water returned and covered the chariots and the riders, and all the forces of Pharaoh, who entered after them into the sea; and there was not so much as one of them left.


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But the children of Israel went along dry land in the midst of the sea, and the water was to them a wall on the right hand, and on the left.


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And Israel saw the mighty hand, the things which the Lord did to the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and they believed God and Moses His servant.


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<n>The Song of Moses</n> Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to God, and spoke, saying, “Let us sing to the Lord, for He is very greatly glorified: horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.


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He was to me a helper and protector for salvation: this is my God and I will glorify Him; my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.


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He has cast the chariots of Pharaoh and his army into the sea, the chosen mounted captains: they were swallowed up in the Red Sea.


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Your right hand, O God, has been glorified in strength; Your right hand, O God, has broken the enemies.


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And in the abundance of Your glory You have broken the adversaries to pieces. You have sent forth Your wrath, it devoured them as stubble.


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And by the breath of Your anger the waters were parted; the waters were congealed as a wall, the waves were congealed in the midst of the sea.


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The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; I will satisfy my soul, I will destroy with my sword, my hand shall have dominion.’


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Who is like You among the gods, O Lord? Who is like You? Glorified in holiness, marvelous in glories, working wonders.


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You have guided in Your righteousness this Your people whom You have redeemed, by Your strength You have called them into Your holy resting place.


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Let trembling and fear fall upon them; by the greatness of Your arm, let them become as stone; till Your people pass over, O Lord, till this Your people pass over, whom You have purchased.


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Bring them in and plant them in the mountain of their inheritance, in Your prepared habitation, which You, O Lord, have prepared; the sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have made ready.


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For the horse of Pharaoh went in with the chariots and horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought upon them the water of the sea, but the children of Israel walked through dry land in the midst of the sea.”


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<n>The Song of Miriam</n> Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, having taken a timbrel in her hand, then there went forth all the women after her with timbrels and dances.


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And Miriam led them, saying, “Let us sing to the Lord, for He has been very greatly glorified: the horse and rider has He cast into the sea.”


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<n>Bitter Water Made Sweet</n> So Moses brought up the children of Israel from the Red Sea, and brought them into the Wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water to drink.


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And they came to Marah, and they could not drink <i>the water </i>of Marah, for it was bitter; therefore he named the name of that place, Bitterness.


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And Moses cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree, and he cast it into the water, and the water was sweetened. There He established to him ordinances and judgments, and there He proved him,


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and said, “If you will indeed hear the voice of the Lord your God, and do the things pleasing before Him, and will heed His commands, and keep all His ordinances, no disease which I have brought upon the Egyptians will I bring upon you, for I am the Lord your God that heals you.”


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And they came to Elim, where there were twelve fountains of water and seventy stems of palm trees; and they camped there by the waters.


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<n>Bread From Heaven</n> And they departed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai; and on the fifteenth day, in the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt,


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And the children of Israel said to them, “If only we would have died smitten by the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots, and ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness, to slay all this congregation with hunger.”


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And the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread upon you out of heaven; and the people shall go forth, and they shall gather their daily portion for the day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not.


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And it shall come to pass on the sixth day that they shall prepare whatsoever they have brought in, and it shall be double of what they shall have gathered for the day, daily.”


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And Moses and Aaron said to all the congregation of the children of Israel, “At evening you shall know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt;


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and in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, inasmuch as He hears your murmuring against God; and who are we, that you continue to murmur against us?”


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And Moses said, “<i>This shall be</i> when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread in the morning to the full, because the Lord has heard your murmuring, which you murmur against us: and what are we? For your murmuring is not against us, but against God.”


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And Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘Come near before God; for He has heard your murmuring.’”


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And when Aaron spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they turned toward the wilderness, then the glory of the Lord appeared in a cloud.


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“I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘Towards evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be satisfied with bread; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”


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In the morning it came to pass as the dew ceased round about the camp, that behold, on the face of the wilderness <i>was</i> a small thing like white coriander seed, as frost upon the earth.


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And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, “What is this?” For they did not know what it was; and Moses said to them,


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“This <i>is</i> the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. This is that which the Lord has appointed; gather of it each man for his family, a homer for each person, according to the number of your souls, gather each of you with his fellow lodgers.”


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And having measured the homer <i>full</i>, he that gathered much had nothing <i>left </i>over, and he that had gathered less had no lack; each gathered according to the need of those who belonged to him.


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But they did not hearken to Moses, but some left of it till the morning; and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was irritated with them.


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And it came to pass on the sixth day, they gathered double what was needed, two homers for one <i>man</i>; and all the chiefs of the synagogue went in and reported it to Moses.


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And Moses said to them, “Is not this the word which the Lord spoke? Tomorrow is the Sabbath, a holy rest to the Lord: bake what you will bake, and boil what you will boil, and all that is <i>left </i>over lay aside for tomorrow.”


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And they left it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them; and it did not stink, neither was there a worm in it.


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And Moses said, “Eat <i>that</i> today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord: <i>it</i> shall not be found in the plain.


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Six days you shall gather it, and on the seventh day is a Sabbath, for there shall be none on that <i>day</i>.”


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And it came to pass on the seventh day that some of the people went forth to gather, and found none.


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See, for the Lord has given you this day as the Sabbath, therefore He has given you on the sixth day the bread of two days. You shall sit each of you in your houses; let no one go forth from his place on the seventh day.”


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And the children of Israel called the name of it Manna; and it was as white coriander seed, and the taste of it as a wafer with honey.


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And Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded, Fill a homer with manna, to be laid up for your generations, that they may see the bread which you ate in the wilderness, when the Lord led you forth out of the land of Egypt.”


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And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a golden pot, and cast into it one full homer of manna; and you shall lay it up before God, to be kept for your generations,”


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And the children of Israel ate manna for forty years, until they came to the land they ate the manna, until they came to the region of Phoenicia.


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<n>Water from the Rock</n> And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the Wilderness of Sin, according to their encampments, by the word of the Lord; and they encamped in Rephidim. And there was no water for the people to drink.


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And the people reviled Moses, saying, “Give us water, that we may drink!” And Moses said to them, “Why do you revile me, and why do you tempt the Lord?”


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And the people thirsted there for water, and there the people murmured against Moses, saying, “Why is this? Have you brought us up out of Egypt to slay us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”


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And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, “What shall I do to this people? Yet a little while and they will stone me.”


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And the Lord said to Moses, “Go before this people, and take with you some of the elders of the people; and the rod with which you struck the river, take in your hand, and you shall go.


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Behold, I stand there before you, on the rock in Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out from it, and the people shall drink.” And Moses did so before the sons of Israel.


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And he called the name of that place, Temptation and Reviling, because of the reviling of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”


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And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose out for yourself mighty men, and go forth and set the army in array against Amalek tomorrow; and behold, I <i>shall</i> stand on the top of the hill, and the rod of God <i>will be</i> in my hand.”


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And Joshua did as Moses said to him, and he went out and set the army in array against Amalek, and Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.


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And it came to pass, when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hands, Amalek prevailed.


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But the hands of Moses were heavy, and they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on this side and one on the other, and the hands of Moses were supported till sunset.


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And the Lord said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and speak in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly blot out the memorial of Amalek from under heaven.”


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<n>Jethro’s Advice</n> And Jethro the priest of Midian, the father-in-law of Moses, heard of all that the Lord did to His people Israel; for the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt.


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And Jethro the father-in-law of Moses, took Zipporah the wife of Moses after she had been sent away,


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and her two sons: the name of the one was Gershom, <i>his father</i> saying, “I was a sojourner in a strange land”;


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and the name of the second <i>was </i>Eliezer, saying, “For the God of my father is my helper, and He has rescued me out of the hand of Pharaoh.”


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And Jethro the father-in-law of Moses, and his sons and his wife, went forth to Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped on the mount of God.


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And it was told Moses, saying, “Behold, your father-in-law Jethro is coming to you, and your wife and two sons with him.”


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And Moses went forth to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down and kissed him, and they embraced each other, and he brought them into the tent.


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And Moses related to his father-in-law all things that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and all the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the labor that had come upon them along the way, and that the Lord had rescued them out of the hand of Pharaoh, and out of the hand of the Egyptians.


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And Jethro was amazed at all the good things which the Lord had done to them, inasmuch as he rescued them out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh.


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And Jethro said, “Blessed be the Lord, because He has rescued them out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh.


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And Jethro the father-in-law of Moses took burnt offerings and sacrifices for God, for Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.


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And it came to pass the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and all the people stood by Moses from morning till evening.


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And Jethro, having seen all that <i>Moses</i> did to the people, said, “What is this that you do to the people? Why do you alone sit, and all the people stand by you from morning till evening?”


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For whenever there is a dispute among them, and they come to me, I give judgment upon each, and I teach them the ordinances of God and His law.”


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You will wear away with intolerable weariness, both you and all these people who are with you: this thing is hard, you will not be able to endure it by yourself.


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Now then listen to me, and I will advise you, and God shall be with you: be all things to the people pertaining to God, and you shall bring their matters to God.


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And you shall testify to them the ordinances of God and His law, and you shall show to them the ways in which they shall walk, and the works which they shall do.


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Also you shall select for yourself able men out of all the people, God fearing <i>men</i>, righteous men, hating pride, and you shall set over the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.


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And they shall judge the people at all times, and those matters too burdensome they shall bring to you, but they shall judge the smaller cases; so they shall relieve you and help you.


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If you will do this thing, God shall strengthen you, and you shall be able to endure, and all this people shall go into their own place with peace.”


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And Moses chose out able men out of all Israel, and he made them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens over the people.


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And they judged the people at all times; and every matter too burdensome they brought to Moses, but every light matter they judged themselves.


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<n>Israel at Mount Sinai</n> And in the third month of the departure of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came into the Wilderness of Sinai.


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And they departed from Rephidim, and came into the Wilderness of Sinai, and there Israel encamped before the mountain.


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And Moses went up to the mount of God, and God called him out of the mountain, saying, “These things shall you say to the house of Jacob, and you shall report them to the children of Israel.


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‘You have seen all that I have done to the Egyptians, and I took you up as upon eagles' wings, and I brought you near to Myself.


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And now if you will indeed hear My voice, and keep My covenant, you shall be to Me a peculiar people above all nations; for the whole earth is Mine.


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And you shall be to Me a royal priesthood and a holy nation.’ These words shall you speak to the children of Israel.”


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And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and he set before them all these words, which God appointed them.


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And all the people answered with one accord, and said, “All things that God has spoken, we will do and hearken to.” And Moses reported these words to God.


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And the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you in a pillar of a cloud, that the people may hear Me speaking to you, and may believe you forever.” And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.


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And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and solemnly charge the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments.


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And let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will descend upon Mount Sinai before all the people.


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And you shall separate the people round about, saying, ‘Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up into the mountain, nor touch any part of it: <i>for </i>whoever touches the mountain shall surely die.


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A hand shall not touch it, for <i>everyone that touches</i> shall be stoned with stones or shot through with a dart, whether beast or man, it shall not live; when the voices and trumpets and cloud depart from off the mountain, they shall come up on the mountain.’”


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And Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified them, and they washed their clothes.


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And it came to pass on the third day, as the morning drew near, <i>that </i> there were voices and lightnings and a dark cloud on Mount Sinai. The voice of the trumpet sounded loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.


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Now Mount Sinai was engulfed in smoke, because God had descended upon it in fire; and the smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the people were exceedingly amazed.


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And the sounds of the trumpet were growing much louder. <i>And </i>Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice.


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And the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai on the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.


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And God spoke to Moses, saying, “Go down, and solemnly charge the people, lest at any time they draw near to God to gaze, and many of them perish.


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And let the priests that draw near to the Lord God sanctify themselves, lest He destroy some of them.”


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And Moses said to God, “The people cannot approach Mount Sinai, for You have solemnly charged us, saying, ‘Set boundaries around the mountain and sanctify it.’”


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And the Lord said to him, “Go down and then come up, you and Aaron with you; but let not the priests and the people force their way to come up to God, lest the Lord destroy some of them.”


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“You shall not make for yourself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth.


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You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate Me,


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and bestowing mercy on them that love Me, to <i>the </i>thousands <i>of them,</i> and on them that keep My commandments.


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“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord your God will not acquit him that takes His name in vain.


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But on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God; on it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your servant nor your maidservant, your ox, nor your donkey, nor any cattle of yours, nor the stranger that sojourns with you.


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For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.


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“Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the good land, which the Lord your God gives to you.


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“You shall not covet your neighbor's wife; you shall not covet your neighbor's house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to your neighbor.”


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And all the people perceived the thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off,


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And Moses said to them, “Be of good courage, for God has come to you to test you, that His fear may be among you, that you do not sin.”


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<n>The Law Concerning the Altar</n> And the Lord said to Moses, “Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and you shall report it to the children of Israel: “You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.


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You shall not make for yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.


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You shall make to Me an altar of earth; and upon it you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record My name; and I will come to you and bless you.


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<n>The Law Concerning Servants</n> “And these <i>are</i> the ordinances which you shall set before them:


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If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you, and in the seventh year he shall go forth free for nothing.


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If he should have come in alone, he shall also go forth alone; and if his wife should have gone in together with him, his wife also shall go out.


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Moreover, if his master gives him a wife, and she has <i>born</i> him sons or daughters, the wife and the children shall be his master's; and he shall go forth alone.


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And if the servant should answer and say, ‘I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free’;


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his master shall bring him to the judgment seat of God, and then shall he bring him to the door, to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.


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If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has dealt deceitfully with her.


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And if he should have betrothed her to his son, he shall do to her according to the right of daughters.


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And if he take another to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her companionship <i>with him</i>.


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<n>The Law Concerning Violence</n> “And if any man strike another and he dies, let him by all means be put to death.


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But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him into his hands, I will give you a place where the slayer may flee to.


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“And if anyone lie in wait for his neighbor to slay him by craft, and he go for refuge, you shall take him from My altar to put him to death.


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“Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him certainly die.


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“And if two men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die, but is laid upon his bed;


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if the man arises and walks about with his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for his loss of time, and for his healing.


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“And if a man beats his manservant or his maidservant with a rod, and <i>the party</i> dies under his hands, he shall be surely punished.


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But if <i>the servant</i> continues to live a day or two, let not <i>the master</i> be punished; for he is his property.


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“And if two men strive and strike a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman's husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.


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“And if one strike the eye of his manservant, or the eye of his maidservant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake.


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And if he should strike out the tooth of his manservant, or the tooth of his maidservant, he shall send them away free for their tooth's sake.


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<n>Laws Concerning Property</n> “And if a bull gores a man or woman and they die, the bull shall be stoned with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall be clear.


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But if the bull was inclined to goring in the past, and men have told his owner, and he has not removed him, so that it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.


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And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him.


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And if the bull gores a manservant or maidservant, he shall pay to their master thirty silver shekels, and the bull shall be stoned.


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the owner of the pit shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own.


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And if any man's bull gores the bull of his neighbor, and it dies, they shall sell the living bull and divide the money, and they shall divide the dead bull.


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But if the bull was known to have been given to goring in the past, and they have testified to his owner and he has not removed him, he shall repay bull for bull, but the dead shall be his own.”


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<n>Laws of Restitution</n> “And if one steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall pay five calves for a calf, and four sheep for a sheep.


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And if the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be no blood shed for him.


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But if the sun has risen upon him, he is guilty, <i>and </i>he shall die instead; and if a thief has nothing, let him be sold in compensation for what he has stolen.


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And if the thing stolen is left and is in his hand alive, whether ox or sheep, he shall restore them twofold.


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“And if anyone should feed down a field or a vineyard, and should send in his beast to feed down another field, he shall make compensation of his own field according to his produce; and if he shall have fed down the whole field, he shall pay for compensation the best of his own field and the best of his vineyard.


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“And if fire has gone forth and caught thorns, and should also set on fire threshing floors or ears of corn or a field, he that kindled the fire shall make compensation.


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“And if anyone gives to his neighbor money or goods to keep, and they are stolen out of the man's house, if the thief is found he shall repay double.


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according to every injury alleged, <i>whether it </i>concerns a calf, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, and every alleged loss, whatever in fact it may be—the judgment of both shall proceed before God, and he that is convicted by God shall repay to his neighbor double.


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“And if anyone gives to his neighbor a calf, a sheep or any beast to keep, and it is wounded or dies or is taken, and no one know,


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an oath of God shall be between both, <i>each swearing</i> that he has by no means been guilty in the matter of his neighbor's goods; and so his master shall hold him guiltless, and he shall not make compensation.


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<n>Social and Religious Laws</n> “And if anyone borrow from his neighbor, and it becomes wounded or dies or is carried away, and the owner of it is not with it, he shall make compensation.


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But if the owner is with it, he shall not make compensation: but if it is a hired thing, there shall be <i>a compensation</i> to him instead of his hire.


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“And if anyone deceive a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her for a wife to himself.


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And if her father positively refuses, and will not consent to give her to him for a wife, he shall pay compensation to her father according to the amount of the dowry of virgins.


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And if you should afflict them by ill treatment, and they should cry aloud to Me, I will surely hear their voice.


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And I will be very angry, and will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans.


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“And if you should lend money to your poor brother who is among you, you shall not be hard upon him—you shall not charge interest from him.


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For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; how shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to Me, I will listen to him, for I am merciful.


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“You shall not keep back the firstfruits of your threshing floor and press. The firstborn of your sons you shall give unto Me.


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So shall you do with your calf and your sheep and your donkey; seven days shall it be under the mother, and the eighth day you shall give it unto Me.


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“And you shall be holy men to Me; and you shall not eat flesh taken from beasts, you shall cast it to the dogs.”


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<n>Justice for All</n> “You shall not receive a false report. You shall not agree with the unjust to become an unjust witness.


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You shall not associate with the multitude for evil. You shall not join yourself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment.


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“And if you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall turn them back and restore them to him.


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And if you see your enemy's donkey fallen under its burden, you shall not pass by it, but you shall help to raise it with him.


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You shall abstain from every unjust thing: you shall not slay the innocent and righteous, and you shall not justify the wicked for gifts.


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And you shall not afflict a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger; for you yourselves were strangers in the land of Egypt.


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But in the seventh year you shall let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of your nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains; thus shall you do to your vineyard and to your olive grove.


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Six days shall you do your work, and on the seventh day there shall be rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and that the son of your maidservant and the stranger may be refreshed.


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Observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and you shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shall they be heard out of your mouth.


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Take heed to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread: seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you at the season of the month of new <i>grain</i>, for in it you came out of Egypt. You shall not appear before Me empty.


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And you shall keep the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors, whatsoever you shall have sown in your field, and the Feast of Completion at the end of the year in the gathering of your fruits out of your field.


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For when I shall have cast out the nations from before you, and shall have widened your borders, you shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leaven, neither must the fat of My feast abide till the morning.


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You shall bring the first offerings of the firstfruits of your land into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young lamb in its mother's milk.


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<n>The Conquest of Canaan Promised</n> “And behold, I send My Angel before your face, that He may keep you in the way, that He may bring you into the land which I have prepared for you.


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Take heed to yourself and hearken to Him, and do not disobey Him; for He will not give way to you, for My name is in Him.


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If you will indeed hear My voice, and if you will do all the things I shall command you, and keep My covenant, you shall be to Me a peculiar people above all nations. For the whole earth is Mine, and you shall be to Me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation. These words shall you speak to the children of Israel: ‘If you shall indeed hear My voice, and do all the things I shall tell you, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.


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For My Angel shall go as your leader, and shall bring you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Gergesites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them.


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You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them. You shall not do according to their works, but you shall utterly destroy them, and break to pieces their pillars.


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And you shall serve the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread and your wine and your water, and I will turn away sickness from you.


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There shall not be one that is impotent or barren on your land. I will surely fulfill the number of your days.


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“And I will send terror before you, and I will strike with amazement all the nations to which you shall come, and I will make all your enemies to flee.


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And I will send hornets before you, and you shall cast out the Amorites and the Hivites and the Canaanites and the Hittites from you.


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I will not cast them out in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against you.


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By little <i>and little</i> I will cast them out from before you, until you shall be increased and inherit the earth.


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And I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates; and I will give into your hand those that dwell in the land, and will cast them out from you.


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And they shall not dwell in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me; for if you should serve their gods, these will be an offense to you.”


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<n>The Blood of the Covenant</n> And to Moses he said, “Go up to the Lord, you and Aaron and Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they shall worship the Lord from a distance.


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And Moses alone shall draw near to God; and they shall not draw near, and the people shall not come up with them.”


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And Moses went in and related to the people all the words of God and the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, saying, “All the words which the Lord has spoken, we will do and be obedient.”


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And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and <i>set up</i> twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.


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And he sent forth the young men of the children of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings, and they sacrificed young calves as a peace offering to God.


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And Moses took half the blood and poured it into bowls, and half the blood he poured out upon the altar.


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And he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the ears of the people, and they said, “All things whatsoever the Lord has said we will do and be obedient.”


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And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it upon the people, and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has made with you concerning all these words.”


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<n>On the Mountain with God</n> And Moses went up, and Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel.


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And they saw the place where the God of Israel stood; and under His feet was as it were a work of sapphire slabs, and as it were the appearance of the firmament of heaven in its purity.


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And of the chosen ones of Israel there was not even one missing, and they appeared in the place of God, and did eat and drink.


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And the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me into the mountain, and be there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, the law and the commandments, which I have written to give them laws.”


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And to the elders they said, “Rest there till we return to you; and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have a cause to be tried, let them go to them.”


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And the glory of God came down upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and the Lord called Moses on the seventh day out of the midst of the cloud.


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And the appearance of the glory of the Lord was as burning fire on the top of the mountain, before the children of Israel.


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And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up to the mountain, and was there in the mountain forty days and forty nights.


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“Speak to the children of Israel, and take <i>the </i>firstfruits from all, who may be disposed in their heart to give; and you shall take My firstfruits.


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And you shall make for Me according to all things which I show you in the mountain; even the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furniture: so shall you make it.


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<n>The Ark of Testimony</n> “And you shall make the Ark of Testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half.


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And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it; and you shall make for it golden wreaths twisted round about.


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And you shall cast for it four golden rings, and shall put them on the four sides; two rings on the one side, and two rings on the other side.


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And you shall make a mercy seat, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half.


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And you shall make two cherubim graven in gold, and you shall put them on both sides of the mercy seat.


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They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the mercy seat; and you shall make the two cherubim on the two sides.


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The cherubim shall stretch forth their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings; and their faces shall be toward each other, the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.


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And you shall set the mercy seat on the ark above, and you shall put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give you.


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And I will make Myself known to you from there, and I will speak to you from above the mercy seat between the two cherubim, which are upon the Ark of Testimony, even in all things which I shall charge you concerning the children of Israel.


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<n>The Table for the Showbread</n> “And you shall make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.


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And you shall make for it golden wreaths twisted round about, and you shall make for it a crown of an handbreadth round about.


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And you shall make four golden rings; and you shall put the four rings upon the four parts of its feet under the crown.


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And you shall make the poles of incorruptible wood, and you shall overlay them with pure gold; and the table shall be borne with them.


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And you shall make its dishes, its censers, its bowls, and its cups, with which you shall offer drink offerings. Of pure gold shall you make them.


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<n>The Gold Lampstand</n> “And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold; you shall make the lampstand of graven work: its stem and its branches, its bowls, its <i>ornamental </i>knobs, and its lilies shall be of one piece.


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And six branches shall proceed out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.


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And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knob and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from the lampstand,


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and in the lampstand four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knobs and the flowers of the same.


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A knob under two branches out of it, and a knob under four branches out of it; so to the six branches proceeding from the lampstand; and in the lampstand four bowls fashioned like almonds.


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And you shall make its seven lamps; and you shall set on <i>it</i> the lamps, and they shall shine from one front.


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<n>The Tabernacle</n> “And you shall make the tabernacle <i>with</i> ten curtains of fine spun linen, and blue and purple, and scarlet spun <i>with</i> cherubim; you shall make them with <i>the </i>work of a weaver.


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The length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and one curtain shall be the breadth of four cubits: there shall be the same measure to all the curtains.


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And the five curtains shall be joined one to another, and <i>the other</i> five curtains shall be closely connected the one with the other.


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And you shall make for them loops of blue on the edge of one curtain, on one side for the coupling, and so shall you make on the edge of the outer curtain for the second coupling.


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Fifty loops shall you make for one curtain, and fifty loops shall you make on the part of the curtain answering to the coupling of the second, opposite <i>each other</i>, corresponding to each other at each point.


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And you shall make fifty golden rings; and you shall join the curtains to each other with the rings, and it shall be one tabernacle.


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“And you shall make for a covering of the tabernacle skins with the hair on, you shall make them eleven skins.


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The length of one skin thirty cubits, and the breadth of one skin four cubits. There shall be the same measure to the eleven skins.


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And you shall join the five skins together, and the six skins together; and you shall double the sixth skin in front of the tabernacle.


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And you shall make fifty loops on the border of one skin, which is in the midst for the joinings; and you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the second skin that joins it.


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And you shall make fifty bronze rings; and you shall join the rings by the loops, and you shall join the skins, and they shall be one.


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And you shall fix at the end that which is over in the skins of the tabernacle; the half of the skin that is left shall you fold over, according to the overplus of the skins of the tabernacle; you shall fold it over behind the tabernacle.


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A cubit on this side, and a cubit on that side of that which remains of the skins, of the length of the skins of the tabernacle: it shall be folding over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and that side, that it may cover it.


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And you shall make for a covering of the tabernacle rams' skins dyed red, and blue skins as coverings above.


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Two joints shall you make in one post, answering the one to the other: so shall you do to all the posts of the tabernacle.


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And you shall make to the twenty posts forty silver sockets; two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post on both its sides.


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and their forty silver sockets: two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post on both its sides.


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And on the back of the tabernacle at the part which is toward the <i>west</i> you shall make six posts.


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And it shall be equal below, they shall be equal toward the same part from the heads to one joining; so shall you make to both the two corners, let them be equal.


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And there shall be eight posts, and their sixteen silver sockets; two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post.


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and five bars to one post on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars to the hinder posts, on the side of the tabernacle toward the sea.


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And you shall overlay the posts with gold; and you shall make golden rings, into which you shall introduce the bars, and you shall overlay the bars with gold.


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“And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet woven, and fine linen spun: you shall make it cherubim <i>in</i> woven work.


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And you shall set it upon four posts of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold; and their tops <i>shall be</i> of gold, and their four sockets <i>shall be</i> of silver.


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And you shall put the veil on the posts, and you shall carry the ark of the Testimony in there within the veil; and the veil shall make a separation for you between the holy <i>place</i>, and the Most Holy.


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And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle; and you shall put the table on the north side of the tabernacle.


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“And you shall make a screen for the door of the tabernacle of blue, purple, and spun scarlet and fine linen spun, the work of the embroiderer.


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And you shall make for the veil five posts, and you shall overlay them with gold; and their hooks shall be gold; and you shall cast for them five bronze sockets.”


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<n>The Altar of Burnt Offering</n> “And you shall make an altar of incorruptible wood, of five cubits in the length, and five cubits in the breadth; the altar shall be square, and the height of it shall be three cubits.


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And you shall make the horns on the four corners; the horns shall be of the same piece, and you shall overlay them with brass.


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And you shall make a rim for the altar; and its covering and its cups, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pan, and all its vessels shall you make of brass.


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And you shall make for it a network of bronze; and you shall make for the network four bronze rings under the four sides.


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And you shall put them below under the rim of the altar, and the network shall extend to the middle of the altar.


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And you shall make for the altar poles of incorruptible wood, and you shall overlay them with brass.


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And you shall put the poles into the rings; and let the poles be on the sides of the altar to carry it.


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You shall make it hollow with boards. According to what was shown to you on the mount, so you shall make it.


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<n>The Court of the Tabernacle</n> “And you shall make a court for the tabernacle, curtains of the court of fine linen spun on the south side, the length of a hundred cubits for one side.


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And their pillars twenty, and twenty bronze sockets for them, and their rings and their clasps of silver.


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Thus <i>shall there be</i> to the side toward the north curtains of a hundred cubits in length; and their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty of brass, and the rings and the clasps of the pillars, and their sockets overlaid with silver.


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And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the west curtains of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten.


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And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the south, curtains of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.


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And the height of the curtains <i>shall be</i> of fifty cubits for the one side <i>of the gate</i>; their pillars three, and their sockets three.


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And <i>for</i> the second side the height of the curtains <i>shall be</i> of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.


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“And a veil for the door of the court, the height <i>of it</i> twenty cubits of blue linen, and of purple, and spun scarlet, and of fine linen spun with the art of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.


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All the pillars of the court round about overlaid with silver, and their hooks silver and their brass sockets.


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And the length of the court <i>shall be</i> a hundred <i>cubits</i> on each side, and the breadth fifty on each side, and the height five cubits of fine linen spun, and their sockets of brass.


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<n>The Oil for the Lamp</n> “And command the children of Israel, and let them take for you refined pure olive oil beaten to burn for light, that a lamp may burn continually


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in the tabernacle of the testimony, outside the veil that is before the <i>ark of the</i> Covenant, shall Aaron and his sons burn it from evening until morning, before the Lord—it is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations of the children of Israel.”


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<n>Vestments for the Priesthood</n> “And take to yourself both Aaron your brother, and his sons, even <i>those</i> of the children of Israel; so that Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons, may minister to Me.


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And speak to all those who are wise in understanding, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom and perception; and they shall make the holy apparel of Aaron for the sanctuary, in which he shall minister to Me as priest.


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And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a full-length robe, a tunic with a fringe, a turban, and a sash; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron and his sons to minister to Me as priests.


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<n>The Ephod</n> “And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.


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And the woven work of the ephod which is upon it shall be of one piece according to the work, of pure gold, blue, purple, and spun scarlet and fine twined linen.


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And you shall take the two stones, the stones of emerald, and you shall engrave on them the names of the children of Israel.


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Six names on the first stone, and the other six names on the second stone, according to their births.


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<i>It shall be</i> the work of the stone engraver's art; as the engraving of a seal you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel.


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And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod, for they are memorial stones for the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel before the Lord on his two shoulders, as a memorial for them.


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And you shall make two chains of pure gold like braided cords, and fasten the braided chains to the settings.


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<n>The Oracle of Judgment (Breastplate)</n> “And you shall make the oracle of judgment, the work of the embroiderer: in keeping with the ephod, you shall make it of gold, and blue and purple, of spun scarlet, and fine linen, spun.


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You shall make it square: it shall be double; of the length of it a span, and the breadth of a span.


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And you shall interweave with it a texture of four rows of stone; there shall be a row of stones: a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald: <i>this shall be</i> the first row.


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And the fourth row, a chrysolite, a beryl, and an onyx stone, set round with gold, bound together with gold: let them be according to their row.


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And let the stones of the names of the children of Israel be twelve according to their names, engravings as of seals: let them be for the twelve tribes each according to the name.


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“And Aaron shall take the names of the children of Israel on the breastplate of judgment on his breast, a memorial before God for him as he goes into the sanctuary. And you shall put the fringes on the breastplate of judgment; you shall put the wreaths on both sides of the breastplate, and you shall put the two circlets on both the shoulders of the ephod in front.


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And you shall put the Manifestation and the Truth on the breastplate of judgment; and it shall be on the breast of Aaron, when he goes into the holy place before the Lord; and Aaron shall bear the judgments of the children of Israel on his breast before the Lord continually.


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And the opening of it shall be in the middle having a fringe round about the opening, the work of the weaver, woven together in the joining of the same piece so that it might not tear.


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“And under the fringe of the robe below you shall make as it were pomegranates of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen spun, under the fringe of the robe round about: golden pomegranates of the same shape, and bells round about between these.


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And the sound of Aaron shall be audible when he ministers, as he goes into the sanctuary before the Lord, and as he goes out, so that he does not die.


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“And you shall make a plate <i>of</i> pure gold, and you shall engrave on it <i>like</i> the engraving of a signet: <span class='smcaps'>Holiness to the Lord</span>.


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And you shall put it on the spun blue cloth, and it shall be on the turban: it shall be in the front of the turban.


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And it shall be on the forehead of Aaron; and Aaron shall bear away the sins of their holy things, all that the children of Israel shall sanctify of every gift of their holy things, and it shall be on the forehead of Aaron continually acceptable for them before the Lord.”


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“And the fringes of the garments <i>shall be</i> of fine linen; and you shall make a tire of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer.


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“And for the sons of Aaron you shall make tunics and sashes, and you shall make headpieces for them for honor and glory.


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And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, and you shall anoint them and fill their hands; and you shall sanctify them, that they may minister to Me in the priest's office.


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And you shall make for them linen trousers to cover the nakedness of their flesh; they shall reach from the loins to the thighs.


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And Aaron shall have them, and his sons, whenever they enter into the tabernacle of witness, or when they shall advance to the altar of the sanctuary to minister, so they shall not bring sin upon themselves, lest they die: <i>it is</i> a perpetual statute for him, and for his descendants after him.”


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<n>Aaron and His Sons Consecrated</n> “And these are the things which you shall do to them: you shall sanctify them, so that they shall serve Me in the priesthood; and you shall take one young calf from the herd, and two unblemished rams;


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and unleavened loaves kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil: you shall make them of fine wheat flour.


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And you shall put them on one basket, and you shall offer them on the basket, and the young calf and the two rams.


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And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and you shall wash them with water.


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And having taken the garments, you shall put on Aaron your brother the full-length robe, the ephod, and the oracle; and you shall join for him the oracle to the ephod.


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And you shall put the turban on his head; and you shall put the plate, <i>even</i> the holy crown, on the turban.


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And you shall gird them with sashes, and put the hats upon them, and they shall have a priestly office unto Me forever; and you shall fill the hands of Aaron and the hands of his sons.


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“And you shall bring the calf to the door of the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the calf, before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness.


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And you shall take of the blood of the calf, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, but all the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the foot of the altar.


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And you shall take all the fat that is on the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and shall put them upon the altar.


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But the flesh of the calf, and his skin, and his dung, you shall burn with fire outside the camp; for it is a sin <i>offering</i>.


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And you shall divide the ram by his several limbs, and you shall wash the inward parts and the feet with water, and you shall put them on the divided parts with the head.


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And you shall offer the whole ram on the altar, a burnt offering to the Lord for a sweet-smelling aroma: it is an offering of incense to the Lord.


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“And you shall take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.


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And you shall kill it, and take its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of hisright foot, and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet.


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And you shall take of the blood from the altar, and of the anointing oil; and you shall sprinkle it upon Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons and on his sons' garments with him; and he and his garments shall be sanctified, and his sons and his sons' garments with him. But the blood of the ram you shall pour round about upon the altar.


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And you shall take from the ram its fat, both the fat that covers the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, for this is a consecration.


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And one cake <i>made</i> with oil, and one cake from the basket of unleavened bread set forth before the Lord.


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And you shall put them all on the hands of Aaron, and on the hands of his sons, and you shall separate them as a separate offering before the Lord.


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And you shall take them from their hands, and shall offer them up on the altar as a burnt offering, for a sweet-smelling aroma before the Lord: it is an offering to the Lord.


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And you shall take the breast from the ram of consecration which is Aaron's, and you shall separate it as a separate offering before the Lord, and it shall be to you for a portion.


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And you shall sanctify the separated breast and the shoulder of removal which has been separated, and which has been removed from the ram of consecration, of the portion of Aaron and of his sons.


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And it shall be a perpetual statute of the children of Israel to Aaron and his sons, for this is a separate offering; and it shall be a special offering from the children of Israel, from the peace offerings of the children of Israel, a special offering to the Lord.


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“And the garments of the sanctuary which is Aaron's shall be his son's after him, for them to be anointed in them, and to fill their hands.


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The priest (his successor from among his sons who shall go into the tabernacle of witness to minister in the holy <i>place</i>), shall put them on <i>for </i>seven days.


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And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the loaves in the basket, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness.


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They shall eat the offerings with which they were sanctified to fill their hands, to sanctify them; and a stranger shall not eat of them, for they are holy.


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And if <i>any</i> is left of the flesh of the sacrifice of consecration and of the loaves until the morning, you shall burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, for it is a holy thing.


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And thus shall you do for Aaron and for his sons according to all things that I have commanded you; seven days shall you fill their hands.


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And you shall sacrifice the calf of the sin offering on the day of purification, and you shall purify the altar when you perform consecration upon it, and you shall anoint it so as to sanctify it.


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Seven days shall you purify the altar and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy, everyone that touches the altar shall be hallowed.


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<n>The Daily Offerings</n> “And these are the offerings which you shall offer upon the altar; two unblemished lambs of a year old daily on the altar continually, a constant offering.


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And a tenth measure of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of pressed oil, and a drink offering the fourth part of a hin of wine for one lamb.


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And you shall offer the second lamb in the evening, after the manner of the morning offering, and according to the drink offering of the morning lamb; you shall offer it to the Lord for a sweet-smelling aroma,


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a perpetual sacrifice throughout your generations, at the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord; wherein I will be known to you from there, so as to speak to you.


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And I will sanctify the tabernacle of testimony and the altar, and I will sanctify Aaron and his sons, to minister as priests to Me.


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And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, to be called upon by them, and to be their God.”


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And you shall make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be of the same piece.


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And you shall overlay its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and you shall make for it a molding of gold round about.


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And you shall make under its molding two rings of pure gold; you shall make it to the two corners on the two sides, and they shall be holders for the poles, so as to bear it.


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And you shall set it before the veil that is over the ark of the Testimony, wherein I will make Myself known to you from there.


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And Aaron shall burn upon it fine compound incense every morning; whenever he trims the lamps he shall burn incense upon it.


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And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a constant incense offering always before the Lord for their generations.


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And you shall not offer strange incense upon it, <i>nor</i> and offering made by fire, <i>nor</i> a sacrifice; and you shall not pour a drink offering upon it.


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And once in the year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns, he shall purge it with the blood of purification for their generations: it is most holy to the Lord.”


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“When you take a census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall give a ransom for his soul to the Lord, then there shall not be among them a destruction in the visiting of them.


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And this is what they shall give, as many as pass the survey, half a shekel which is according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs). The half-shekel <i>shall be</i> the offering to the Lord.


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Everyone that passes the survey from twenty years old and upwards shall give the offering to the Lord.


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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half-shekel in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.


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And you shall take the money of the offering from the children of Israel, and shall give it for the service of the tabernacle of testimony; and it shall be to the children of Israel a memorial before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.”


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“Make a bronze laver, and a bronze base for it, for washing; and you shall put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and you shall pour forth water into it.


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Whenever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whenever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the burnt offerings to the Lord.


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They shall wash their hands and feet with water, whenever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness; they shall wash themselves with water, that they die not; and it shall be for them a perpetual statute, for him and his posterity after him.”


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“Also take for yourself sweet herbs, the flower of choice myrrh five hundred shekels, and the half of this two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling calamus,


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And you shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment <i>tempered</i> by the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.


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and the altar of burnt offerings and all its utensils, and the table and all its utensils, and the laver.


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And you shall sanctify them, and they shall be most holy: everyone that touches them shall be hallowed.


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And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be to you a holy anointing oil throughout your generations.


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On man's flesh it shall not be poured, and you shall not make <i>any</i> for yourselves according to this composition: it is holy, and shall be holiness unto you.


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Whosoever shall make it in like manner, and whosoever shall give of it to a stranger, shall be destroyed from among his people.’”


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<n>The Incense</n> And the Lord said to Moses, “Take for yourself sweet herbs, stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum, and transparent frankincense; there shall be and equal weight of each.


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And they shall make with it perfumed incense, tempered with the art of a perfumer, a pure holy work.


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And of these you shall beat some very fine, and you shall put it before the testimonies in the tabernacle of testimony, from where I will make Myself known to you: it shall be to you a most holy incense.


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You shall not make any for yourselves according to this composition; it shall be to you a holy thing for the Lord.


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And I have filled him <i>with</i> a divine spirit of wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge, to invent in every work,


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And I have appointed with him Aholiab the <i>son</i> of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and to everyone understanding in heart I have given understanding; and they shall make all things, as many as I have commanded you,


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the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the Covenant, and the mercy seat that is upon it, and the furniture of the tabernacle,


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and the anointing oil and the compound incense of the sanctuary; according to all that I have commanded you shall they make them.”


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“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Take heed and keep My Sabbaths; <i>for</i> they are a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord that sanctifies you.


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And you shall keep the Sabbath, because this is holy to the Lord for you; he that profanes it shall surely be put to death: everyone who shall do a work on it, that soul shall be destroyed from the midst of his people.


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Six days you shall work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath, a holy rest unto the Lord; everyone who shall do a work on the seventh day shall be put to death.


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It is a perpetual covenant between Me and the children of Israel, it is a perpetual sign with Me; for in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and on the seventh day He ceased, and rested.’”


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And He gave to Moses, when He left off speaking to him in Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone written by the finger of God.


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<n>The Golden Calf</n> And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people combined against Aaron, and said to him, “Arise and make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt—we do not know what has become of him.”


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And Aaron said to them, “Take off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives and daughters, and bring them to me.”


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And he received them from their hands, and formed them with an engraving tool; and he made the <i>people</i> a molded calf, and said, “These <i>are</i> your gods, O Israel, which have brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”


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And Aaron, having seen it, built an altar before it, and Aaron made a proclamation saying, “Tomorrow <i>is</i> a feast to the Lord.”


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And having risen early on the next day, he offered burnt offerings, and offered a peace offering; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.


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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Go quickly, descend from here, for your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have transgressed;


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they have quickly gone out of the way which you have commanded; they have made for themselves a calf, and worshipped it, and sacrificed to it, and said,


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Now therefore let Me alone, and I will be very angry with them and consume them, and I will make you a great nation.”


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And Moses prayed before the Lord God, and said, “Why, O Lord, are You very angry with Your people, whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great strength, and with Your mighty arm?


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<i>Take heed</i> lest at any time the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘With evil intent He brought them out to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from off the earth’; cease from Your wrathful anger, and be merciful to the sin of Your people,


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remembering Abraham and Isaac and Jacob Your servants, to whom You have sworn by Yourself, and have spoken to them, saying, ‘I will greatly multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven for multitude, and all this land which You spoke of to give to them, so that they shall possess it forever.”


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And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hands, tablets of stone written on both their sides: they were written within and without.


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And the tablets were the work of God, and the writing <i>was </i>the writing of God written on the tablets.


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And Joshua, having heard the voice of the people crying, said to Moses, “There is a noise of war in the camp.”


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And <i>Moses</i> said, “It is not the voice of them that begin the battle, nor the voice of them that begin <i>the cry</i> of defeat, but the voice of them that begin <i>the banquet</i> of wine that I hear.”


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And when he drew near to the camp, he saw the calf and the <i>people </i>dancing; and Moses, being very angry, cast the two tablets out of his hands and broke them to pieces under the mountain.


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And having taken the calf which they made, he consumed it with fire, and ground it very small, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel to drink it.


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And Moses said to Aaron, “What have this people done to you, that you have brought such a great sin upon them?”


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And Aaron said to Moses, “Be not angry, <i>my</i> lord, for you know the impulsiveness of this people.


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For they said to me, ‘Make us gods which shall go before us; as for this man Moses, who brought us out of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’


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And I said to them, ‘If anyone has golden ornaments, take them off’; and they gave them to me, and I cast them into the fire, and this calf came out.”


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And when Moses saw that the people were scattered (for Aaron <i>had</i> scattered them <i>so as to be</i> a rejoicing to their enemies)


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then Moses stood at the gate of the camp, and said, “Who is on the Lord's side? Let him come to me.” Then all the sons of Levi came to him.


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And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let every man put his sword on his thigh, and go through and return from gate to gate through the camp, and kill every man his brother, and every man his neighbor, and every man that is nearest to him.’”


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And the sons of Levi did as Moses spoke to them, and there fell of the people in that day to the <i>number of</i> three thousand men.


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And Moses said to them, “You have filled your hands this day to the Lord, each one on his son or on his brother, so that blessing should be given to you.”


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And it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin; and now I will go up to God, that I may make atonement for your sin.”


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And Moses returned to the Lord and said, “I pray, O Lord, this people have sinned a great sin, and they have made for themselves golden gods.


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And now if You will forgive their sin, forgive; and if not, blot me out of Your book, which You have written.”


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And now go, descend <i>from here</i>, and lead this people into the place of which I spoke to you: behold, My Angel shall go before your face; and in the day when I shall visit I will bring upon them their sin.”


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<n>The Command to Leave Sinai</n> And the Lord said to Moses, “Go forward, go up from here, you and your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, into the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I will give it to your descendants.


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And I will send at the same time My Angel before your face, and He shall cast out the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Girgashite and the Hivite and the Jebusite and the Canaanite.


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And I will bring you into a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up with you, because you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you by the way.”


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For the Lord said to the children of Israel, “You are a stiff-necked people; take heed lest I bring on you another plague and destroy you: now then put off your glorious apparel, and <i>your</i> ornaments, and I will show you what I will do to you.”


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<n>The Tent Outside the Camp</n> And Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it outside the camp, at a distance from the camp; and it was called the Tabernacle of Testimony. And it came to pass <i>that</i> everyone that sought the Lord went forth to the tabernacle which was outside the camp.


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And whenever Moses went into the tabernacle outside the camp, <i>that </i>all the people rose, everyone watching by the doors of his tent; and when Moses departed, they took notice until he entered into the tabernacle.


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And when Moses entered into the tabernacle, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and <i>God</i> talked to Moses.


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And all the people saw the pillar of the cloud standing by the door of the tabernacle, and all the people stood and worshipped, everyone at the door of his tent.


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And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as if one should speak to his friend; and he retired into the camp: but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.


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<n>Moses’ Intercession</n> And Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, Lead on this people; but You have not shown me whom You will send with me, but You have said to me, ‘I know you above all, and you have favor with Me.’


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If then I have found favor in Your sight, reveal Yourself to me, that I may see You; that I may find favor in Your sight, and that I may know that this great nation <i>is </i>Your people.”


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And how shall it be surely known, that both I and this people have found favor with You, except only if You go with us? So both I and Your people shall be glorified beyond all the nations, as many as are upon the earth.”


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And the Lord said to Moses, “I will also do for you this thing which you have spoken; for you have found grace before Me, and I know you above all.”


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And <i>God</i> said, “I will pass by before you with My glory, and I will call by My name, <span class='smcaps'>Lord</span>, before you; and I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”


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and when My glory shall pass by, then I will put you into a hole of the rock; and I will cover you over with My hand, until I have passed by.


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<n>Moses Makes New Tablets</n> And the Lord said to Moses, “Hew for yourself two tablets of stone, like the first <i>ones </i>were, and come up to Me on the mountain; and I will write upon the tablets the words which were on the first tablets, which you broke.


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And be ready by the morning, and you shall go up to Mount Sinai, and you shall stand there before Me on the top of the mountain.


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And let no one go up with you, nor be seen in all the mountain; and let not the sheep and oxen feed near that mountain.”


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And <i>Moses</i> cut out two tablets of stone, as also the first <i>ones</i> were; and Moses, having arisen early, went up to Mount Sinai, as the Lord appointed him; and Moses took the two tablets of stone.


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And the Lord passed by before his face, and proclaimed, “The Lord God, gracious and merciful, longsuffering and very compassionate, and true,


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and keeping justice and mercy for thousands, taking away iniquity and unrighteousness and sins; and He will not clear the guilty; bringing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and to the children's children, to the third and fourth generation.”


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and said, “If I have found grace in Your sight, let my Lord go with us; for the people are stiff-necked: and You shall take away our sins and our iniquities, and we shall be Yours.”


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<n>The Covenant Renewed</n> And the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I establish a covenant with you in the presence of all your people. I will do glorious things which have not been done in all the earth, or in any nation; and all the people among you shall see the works of the Lord, that they are wonderful, which I will do with you.


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Take heed to all things whatsoever <i>that </i>I command you. Behold, I cast out before your face the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hittite and the Hivite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite.


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Take heed to yourself, lest at any time you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are entering, lest it be to you a stumbling block among you.


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You shall destroy their altars, and break in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their groves, and the graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire.


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lest at any time you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they whore after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and they call you, and you should eat of their feasts,


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and you should take of their daughters to your sons, and you should give of your daughters to their sons; and your daughters should whore after after their gods, and your sons should whore after after their gods.


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“And you shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread: seven days shall you eat unleavened bread, as I have commanded you, at the season in the month of <i>the </i>new <i>grain</i>; for in the month of <i>the </i>new <i>grain</i> you came out from Egypt.


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The males <i>are</i> Mine, everything that opens the womb; every firstborn of oxen, and <i>every</i> firstborn of sheep.


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And the firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a sheep, and if you will not redeem it you shall pay a price: every firstborn of your sons shall you redeem. You shall not appear before Me empty-handed.”


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“Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. <i>There shall be</i> rest in seed time and in harvest.


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And you shall keep to Me the Feast of Weeks, the beginning of wheat-harvest; and the Feast of Ingathering in the middle of the year.


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For when I have cast out the nations from before your face, and have enlarged your coasts, no one shall desire your land, whenever you may go up to appear before the Lord your God, three times in the year.”


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“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifices with leaven, neither shall the sacrifices of the Feast of the Passover remain till the morning.


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The firstfruits of your land shall you put into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a lamb in his mother's milk.”


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And the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words for yourself, for on these words I have established a covenant with you and with Israel.”


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And Moses was there before the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water; and He wrote upon the tablets these words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.


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<n>Moses’ Face Shines</n> Now when Moses came down from the mountain (<i>there were</i> two tablets in Moses’ hand as he came down from the mountain), Moses did not know that the appearance of his face was glorified, when God spoke to him.


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And Aaron and all the elders of Israel saw Moses, and the appearance of his face was made glorious, and they feared to approach him.


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And Moses called them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the synagogue turned towards him, and Moses spoke to them.


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And afterwards all the children of Israel came to him, and he commanded them all things, whatsoever the Lord had commanded him in Mount Sinai.


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And whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak to Him, he took off the veil till he went out, and he went forth and spoke to all the children of Israel whatsoever the Lord commanded him.


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And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that it was glorified; and Moses put the veil over his face, till he went in to speak with Him.


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<n>Sabbath Regulations</n> And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said, “These are the words which the Lord has spoken, for <i>you</i> to do them:


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Six days shall you work, but on the seventh day <i>shall be</i> a rest—a holy Sabbath—a rest unto the Lord: everyone that does work on it, let him die.


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<n>Offerings for the Tabernacle</n> And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “This <i>is</i> the thing which the Lord has commanded, saying,


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‘Take of yourselves an offering for the Lord: everyone that engages in his heart shall bring the firstfruits to the Lord—gold, silver, brass,


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‘And every man that is wise in heart among you, let him come and work all things whatsoever the Lord has commanded.


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and the holy garments of Aaron the priest, and the garments in which they shall do service. And the garments of priesthood for the sons of Aaron and the anointing oil, and the compound incense.’”


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And all the congregation of the children of Israel went out from Moses. And they brought, they whose heart prompted them, and they to whomsoever it seemed good in their mind, an offering.


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And they brought an offering to the Lord for all the works of the tabernacle of witness, and all its services, and for all the robes of the sanctuary.


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And the men, even everyone to whom it seemed good in his heart, brought from the women, <i>they</i> brought seals and earrings, finger rings, necklaces and bracelets, every article of gold.


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And all as many as brought ornaments of gold to the Lord, and with whomsoever fine linen was found; and they brought skins <i>dyed</i> blue, and rams' skins dyed red.


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And everyone that offered an offering brought silver and brass, the offerings to the Lord; and <i>they</i> with whom was found incorruptible wood; and they brought <i>offerings</i> for all the works of the preparation.


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And every woman skilled in her heart to spin with her hands, brought spun <i>articles</i>, the blue, purple, scarlet and fine linen.


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And every man and woman whose mind inclined them to come in and do all the works as many as the Lord appointed them to do by Moses—<i>they</i> the children of Israel brought an offering to the Lord.


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<n>Bezalel and Aholiab</n> And Moses said to the children of Israel, “Behold, God has called by name Bezalel the <i>son</i> of Uri the <i>son of</i> Hur, of the tribe of Judah,


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to labor skillfully in all works of cunning workmanship to form the gold and the silver and the brass,


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And <i>God</i> gave increased understanding, both to him, and to Eliab the <i>son</i> of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan.


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And <i>God</i> filled them with wisdom, understanding, <i>and</i> perception, to understand to work all the works of the sanctuary, and to weave the woven and embroidered work with scarlet and fine linen, to do all work of curious workmanship <i>and</i> embroidery.


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And Bezalel performed his work, and Eliab and everyone wise in understanding, to whom was given wisdom and knowledge, to understand how to do all the works according to the holy offices, according to all things which the Lord commanded.


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And Moses called Bezalel and Eliab, and all that had wisdom, to whom God gave knowledge in <i>their</i> heart, and all who were freely willing to come forward to the works, to perform them.


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And they received from Moses all the offerings, which the children of Israel brought for all the works of the sanctuary, to do them; and they continued to receive the gifts brought, from those who brought them in the morning.


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And there came all the wise men who wrought the works of the sanctuary, each according to his own work, which they performed.


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And one said to Moses, “The people bring an abundance <i>too great</i> in proportion to all the works which the Lord has appointed <i>them</i> to do.”


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And Moses commanded, and proclaimed in the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman any longer labor for the offerings of the sanctuary”; and the people were restrained from bringing any more.


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And every wise one among those that wrought made the robes of the holy places, which belong to Aaron the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.


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And the plates were divided, the threads of gold, so as to interweave with the blue and purple, and with the spun scarlet, and the fine linen twined, they made it a woven work;


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shoulder pieces joined from both sides, a work woven by mutual twisting of the parts into one another.


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They made it of the same material according to the making of it, of gold, blue, purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, as the Lord commanded Moses.


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And they made the two emerald stones clasped together and set in gold, graven and cut after the cutting of a seal with the names of the children of Israel;


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and he put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, <i>as</i> stones of memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.


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And they made the oracle, a work woven with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.


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They made the oracle square <i>and</i> double, the length of a span, and the breadth of a span, double.


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And there was interwoven with it a woven work of four rows of stones, a series of stones, the first row, a sardius and topaz and emerald;


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and the fourth row a chrysolite and beryl and onyx, set round about with gold, and fastened with gold.


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And the stones were twelve according to the names of the children of Israel, graven according to their names like seals, each according to his own name for the twelve tribes.


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and they put the golden wreaths on the rings on both sides of the oracle, and the two wreaths into the two couplings.


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And they put them on the two circlets, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod opposite <i>each other</i> in front.


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And they made two golden rings, and put them on the two projections on the top of the oracle, and on the top of the hinder part of the ephod within.


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And they made two golden rings, and put them on both the shoulders of the ephod under it, in front by the coupling above the connection of the ephod.


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And he fastened the oracle by the rings that were on it to the rings of the ephod, which were fastened with <i>a string</i> of blue, joined together with the woven work of the ephod; that the oracle should not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.


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And the opening of the tunic in the midst woven closely together, the opening having a fringe round about, that it might not be torn.


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And they made on the border of the tunic below pomegranates as of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, purple, spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.


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And they made golden bells, and put the bells on the border of the tunic round about between the pomegranates:


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a golden bell and a pomegranate on the border of the tunic round about, for the ministration, as the Lord commanded Moses.


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and their sashes of fine linen, blue, purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses.


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And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the turban above, as the Lord commanded Moses.


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The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits: the same <i>measure</i> was to all, and the breadth of one curtain was four cubits.


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And they made the veil of blue, purple, spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, the woven work with cherubim.


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And they put it on four posts of incorruptible <i>wood</i> overlaid with gold; and their chapiters were gold, and their four sockets were silver.


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And they made the veil of the door of the tabernacle of witness of blue, purple, spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, woven work with cherubim,


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and their posts five, and the rings; and they gilded their chapiters and their clasps with gold, and they had five sockets of brass.


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And they made the court toward the south; the curtains of the court of fine linen twined, a hundred <i>cubits</i> every way,


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and on the north side a hundred every way, and on the south side a hundred every way, and their posts twenty and their sockets twenty.


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And at the second back on this side and on that by the gate of the court, curtains of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three;


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And the sockets of their pillars of brass, and their hooks of silver, and their chapiters overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the court overlaid with silver;


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and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer of blue, purple, spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court;


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and their pillars four, and their sockets four of brass, and their hooks of silver, and their chapiters overlaid with silver.


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<n>The Tabernacle of Witness</n> And this was the construction of the tabernacle of witness, accordingly as it was commanded to Moses; so that the public service should belong to the Levites, through Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.


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And Eliab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan <i>was there</i>, who was chief artificer in the woven works and needle-works and embroideries, in weaving with the scarlet and fine linen.


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and cast for it four rings: two on the one side and two on the other side, broad, so that <i>men</i> should lift it with the poles in them.


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And he made the furniture of the table, both the dishes, and the censers, and the cups, and the bowls with which he should offer drink offerings, of gold.


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and blossoms proceeding from its branches, three on this side, and three on the other, made equal to each other.


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And <i>as to</i> their lamps, which are on the ends, knobs <i>proceeded</i> from them; and sockets proceeding from them, that the lamps might be upon them; and the seventh socket, on the top of the lampstand, on the summit above, entirely of solid gold.


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He overlaid the posts <i>with silver</i>, and cast for each post golden rings, and gilded the bars with gold; and he gilded the posts of the veil with gold, and made the hooks of gold.


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He made also the rings of the tabernacle of gold; and the rings of the court, and the rings for drawing out the veil above of brass.


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He cast the silver chapiters of the tabernacle, and the bronze chapiters of the door of the tabernacle, and the gate of the court; and he made silver hooks for the posts, he overlaid them with silver on the posts.


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<n>The Bronze Altar</n> He made the bronze altar of the bronze censers, which belonged to the men engaged in sedition with the gathering of Core.


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He made all the vessels of the altar and its grate, its base, its bowls, and the bronze flesh-hooks.


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He made an appendage for the altar of network under the grate, beneath it as far as the middle of it; and he fastened to it four bronze rings on the four parts of the appendage of the altar, wide <i>enough</i> for the bars, so as to bear the altar with them.


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He made the bronze laver, and the bronze base of it of the mirrors of the women that fasted, who fasted by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, in the day in which he set it up.


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And he made the laver, that at it Moses and Aaron and his sons might wash their hands and their feet when they went into the tabernacle of witness, or whenever they should advance to the altar to do service, they washed at it, as the Lord commanded Moses.


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All the gold that was employed for the works according to all the fabrication of the holy things, was from the gold of the offerings, twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and twenty shekels according to the holy shekel.


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And the offering of silver from the men that were numbered of the congregation <i>was </i>a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, one drachma apiece, even the half shekel, according to the holy shekel.


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Everyone that passed the survey from twenty years old and upwards to the <i>number of</i> six hundred thousand, and three thousand five hundred and fifty.


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And the hundred talents of silver went to the casting of the hundred chapiters of the tabernacle, and to the chapiters of the veil;


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And the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he formed into hooks for the pillars, and he overlaid their chapiters and adorned them.


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and the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court


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round about; and the bronze appendage of the altar, and all the vessels of the altar, and all the instruments of the tabernacle of witness.


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<n>The Leftover Material</n> And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses, so they did.


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And the blue that was left, and the purple, and the scarlet they made <i>into</i> garments of ministry for Aaron, so that he should minister with them in the sanctuary;


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and they brought the garments to Moses, and the tabernacle, and its furniture, its bases and its bars and the posts;


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and the garments of the sanctuary which belong to Aaron, and the garments of his sons, for the priestly ministry;


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and the curtains of the court, and the posts, and the veil of the door of the tabernacle, and the gate of the court,


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and all the vessels of the tabernacle and all its instruments: and the skins, even rams' skins dyed red, and the blue coverings, and the coverings of the other things, and the pins, and all the instruments for the works of the tabernacle of witness.


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And Moses saw all the works; and they had done them all as the Lord commanded Moses, so had they made them; and Moses blessed them.


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and you shall bring in the table and shall set forth that which is to be set forth on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and place its lamps on it.


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And you shall place the golden altar, to burn incense before the ark; and you shall put a covering of a veil on the door of the tabernacle of witness.


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And you shall put the altar of burnt offerings by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and you shall set up the tabernacle round about, and you shall sanctify all that belongs to it round about.


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And you shall take the anointing oil, and shall anoint the tabernacle, and all things in it; and shall sanctify it, and all its furniture, and it shall be holy.


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And you shall anoint the altar of burnt offerings, and all its furniture; and you shall sanctify the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.


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And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and you shall wash them with water.


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And you shall put on Aaron the holy garments, and you shall anoint him, and you shall sanctify him, and he shall minister to Me as priest.


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And you shall anoint them as you anointed their father, and they shall minister to Me as priests; and it shall be that they shall have an everlasting anointing of priesthood, throughout their generations.”


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And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year after their going forth out of Egypt, at the new moon, that the tabernacle was set up.


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And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put on the chapiters, and put the bars into their places, and set up the posts.


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And he stretched out the curtains over the tabernacle, and put the veil of the tabernacle on it above as the Lord commanded Moses.


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And he took the testimonies, and put them into the ark; and he put the poles by the sides of the ark.


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And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and put on <i>it</i> the covering of the veil, and covered the ark of the Testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses.


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And he put the table in the tabernacle of witness, on the north side without the veil of the tabernacle.


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And he put the lampstand into the tabernacle of witness, on the side of the tabernacle toward the south.


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And he set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar; and Moses accomplished all the works.


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<n>The Cloud and the Glory</n> And the cloud covered the tabernacle of witness, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord.


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And Moses was not able to enter into the tabernacle of testimony, because the cloud overshadowed it, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord.


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And when the cloud went up from the tabernacle, the children of Israel prepared to depart with their baggage.


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For a cloud was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night before all Israel, in all their journeys.


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<n>The Burnt Offering</n> And the Lord called Moses again and spoke to him out of the tabernacle of witness, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them,


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‘If <i>any</i> man of you shall bring gifts to the Lord, you shall bring your gifts of the cattle and of the oxen and of the sheep.


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‘If his gift be a burnt offering, he shall bring an unblemished male of the herd to the door of the tabernacle of witness, he shall bring it as acceptable before the Lord.


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And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering as a thing acceptable for him, to make atonement for him.


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And they shall slay the calf before the Lord; and the sons of Aaron the priests shall bring the blood, and they shall pour the blood round about on the altar, which <i>is</i> at the doors of the tabernacle of witness.


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And the sons of Aaron the priests shall pile up the divided parts, and the head, and the fat on the wood on the fire, <i>the wood</i> which is on the altar.


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And the entrails and the feet they shall wash in water, and the priests shall put all on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a sacrifice, an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord.


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‘And if his gift <i>be</i> of the sheep to the Lord, or of the lambs, or of the kids for a burnt offering, he shall bring a male without blemish.


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And he shall lay his hand on its head; and they shall kill it by the side of the altar, toward the north before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron the priests shall pour its blood on the altar round about.


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And they shall divide it by its limbs, and its head and its fat, and the priests shall pile them up on the wood which is on the fire, on the altar.


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And they shall wash the entrails and the feet with water, and the priest shall bring all the <i>parts</i> and put them on the altar: it is a burnt offering, a sacrifice, an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord.


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‘And if he bring his gift, a burnt offering to the Lord, of birds, then shall he bring his gift of doves or pigeons.


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And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and shall wring off its head; and the priest shall put it on the altar, and shall wring out the blood at the bottom of the altar.


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And he shall take away the crop with the feathers, and shall cast it forth by the altar toward the east, to the place of the ashes.


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And he shall break it off from the wings and shall not separate it, and the priest shall put it on the altar on the wood which is on the fire: it is a burnt offering, a sacrifice, a sweet-smelling savor to the Lord.


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<n>The Grain Offering</n> ‘And if a soul bring a gift, a sacrifice to the Lord, his gift shall be fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and shall put frankincense on it: it is a sacrifice.


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And he shall bring it to the priests the sons of Aaron. And having taken from it a handful of the fine flour with the oil, and all its frankincense, then the priest shall put the memorial of it on the altar: <i>it is</i> a sacrifice, an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord.


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And the remainder of the sacrifice shall be for Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion from the sacrifices of the Lord.


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‘And if he bring as a gift a sacrifice baked from the oven, a gift to the Lord of fine flour, <i>he shall bring</i> unleavened bread kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil.


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And if your gift <i>be</i> a sacrifice from a pan, it is fine flour mingled with oil, unleavened <i>offerings</i>.


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And he shall offer the sacrifice which he shall make of these to the Lord, and shall bring it to the priest.


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And the priest shall approach the altar, and shall take away from the sacrifice a memorial of it, and the priest shall place it on the altar: a burnt offering, an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord.


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And that which is left of the sacrifice <i>shall be</i> for Aaron and his sons, most holy from the burnt offerings of the Lord.


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‘You shall not leaven any sacrifice which you shall bring to the Lord; for <i>as to</i> any leaven, or any honey, you shall not bring of it to offer a gift to the Lord.


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You shall bring them in the way of fruits to the Lord, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a sweet-smelling savor to the Lord.


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And every gift of your sacrifice shall be seasoned with salt; do not omit the salt of the covenant of the Lord from your sacrifices: on every gift of yours you shall offer salt to the Lord your God.


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And if you would offer a sacrifice of firstfruits to the Lord, <i>it shall be</i> new grains ground <i>and</i> roasted for the Lord; so shall you bring the sacrifice of the firstfruits.


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And the priest shall offer the memorial of it <i>taken</i> from the grains with the oil, and all its frankincense: it is a burnt offering to the Lord.


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<n>The Peace Offering</n> ‘And if his gift to the Lord be a peace-offering, if he should bring it of the oxen, whether it be male or whether it be female, he shall bring it unblemished before the Lord.


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And he shall lay his hands on the head of the gift, and shall slay it before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. And the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood on the altar of burnt offerings round about.


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And they shall bring of the peace-offering a burnt sacrifice to the Lord, the fat covering the belly, and all the fat on the belly;


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and the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them; he shall take away that which is on the thighs, and the fatty lobe above the liver together with the kidneys.


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And the priests the sons of Aaron shall offer them on the altar on the burnt offering, on the wood which is on the fire upon the altar: <i>it is</i> a burnt offering, an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord.


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‘And if his gift be of the sheep, a peace-offering to the Lord, male or female, he shall bring it unblemished.


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And he shall lay his hands on the head of his offering, and shall slay it by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests, the sons of Aaron, shall pour out the blood on the altar round about.


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And he shall bring of the peace-offering, a burnt sacrifice to the Lord: the fat and the hinder part unblemished he shall take away with the loins, and having taken away all the fat that covers the belly, and all the fat that is on the belly,


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and both the kidneys and the fat that is upon them, <i>and</i> that which is on the thighs, and the fatty lobe which is on the liver with the kidneys,


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the priest shall offer these on the altar: <i>it is</i> a sacrifice of sweet savor, a burnt offering to the Lord.


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And he shall lay his hands on its head; and they shall slay it before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests, the sons of Aaron, shall pour out the blood on the altar round about.


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And he shall offer of it a burnt offering to the Lord, <i>even</i> the fat that covers the belly, and all the fat that is on the belly.


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And both the kidneys, and all the fat that is upon them, that which is upon the thighs, and the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys, shall he take away.


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And the priest shall offer it upon the altar: <i>it is</i> a burnt offering, an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord. All the fat <i>belongs</i> to the Lord.


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‘<i>It is</i> a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your habitations; you shall eat no fat and no blood.’”


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“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If a soul shall sin unwillingly before the Lord, in any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which he ought not to do, and shall do some of them;


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if the anointed priest should sin so as to cause the people to sin, then shall he bring for his sin, which he has sinned, an unblemished calf of the herd to the Lord for his sin.


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And he shall bring the calf to the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord, and he shall put his hand on the head of the calf before the Lord, and shall slay the calf in the presence of the Lord.


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And the anointed priest who has been consecrated, having received of the blood of the calf, shall then bring it into the tabernacle of witness.


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And the priest shall dip his finger into the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, over against the holy veil.


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And the priest shall put of the blood of the calf on the horns of the altar of the compound incense which is before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of witness; and all the blood of the calf shall he pour out by the foot of the altar of burnt offerings, which is by the doors of the tabernacle of witness.


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and all the fat of the calf of the sin-offering shall he take off from it; the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards,


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and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is on the thighs, and the fatty lobe that is on the liver with the kidneys, them shall he take away,


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as he takes it away from the calf of the sacrifice of peace-offering, so shall the priest offer it on the altar of burnt offering.


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And <i>they shall take</i> the skin of the calf, and all his flesh with the head and the extremities and the belly and the dung,


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and they shall carry out the whole calf out of the camp into a clean place, where they pour out the ashes, and they shall consume it there on wood with fire: it shall be burned on the ashes poured out.


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‘And if the whole congregation of Israel should trespass ignorantly, and a thing should escape the notice of the congregation, and they should do one thing forbidden of any of the commands of the Lord, which ought not to be done, and should transgress;


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and the sin in which they have sinned should become known to them, then shall the congregation bring an unblemished calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and they shall bring it to the doors of the tabernacle of witness.


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And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the calf before the Lord, and they shall slay the calf before the Lord.


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And the priest shall dip his finger into some of the blood of the calf, and shall sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.


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And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of the incense of composition, which is before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of witness; and he shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offerings, which is by the door of the tabernacle of witness.


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And he shall do to the calf as he did to the calf of the sin-offering, so shall it be done; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and the trespass shall be forgiven them.


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And they shall carry forth the calf whole outside the camp, and they shall burn the calf as they burned the former calf: it is the sin-offering of the congregation.


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‘And if a ruler should sin, and break one of all the commands of the Lord his God, <i>doing that</i> which ought not to be done, unwillingly, and shall sin and trespass,


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and his trespass in which he has sinned be known to him, then shall he offer for his gift a kid of the goats, a male without blemish.


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And he shall lay his hand on the head of the kid, and they shall kill it in the place were they kill the <i>victims for</i> burnt offerings before the Lord; it is a sin-offering.


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And the priest shall put some of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and he shall pour out all its blood by the bottom of the altar of burnt offerings.


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And he shall offer up all his fat on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.


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‘And if a soul of the people of the land should sin unwillingly, in doing a thing <i>contrary to</i> any of the commandments of the Lord, which ought not to be done, and shall transgress,


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and his sin should be known to him, in which he has sinned, then shall he bring a kid of the goats, a female without blemish shall he bring for his sin, which he has sinned.


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And he shall lay his hand on the head of his sin-offering, and they shall slay the kid of the sin-offering in the place where they slay the <i>victims for</i> burnt offerings.


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And the priest shall take of its blood with his finger, and shall put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offerings; and all its blood he shall pour forth by the foot of the altar.


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And he shall take away all the fat, as the fat is taken away from the sacrifice of peace-offering, and the priest shall offer it on the altar for an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and <i>his sin</i> shall be forgiven him.


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And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin-offerings, and they shall kill it in the place where they kill the <i>victims for</i> burnt offerings.


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And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and shall put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offerings, and he shall pour out all its blood by the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.


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And he shall take away all his fat, as the fat of the lamb of the sacrifice of peace-offering is taken away, and the priest shall put it on the altar for a burnt offering to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.


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<n>The Trespass Offering</n> ‘And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and he is a witness or has seen or been conscious, if he does not report it, he shall bear his iniquity.


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That soul which shall touch any unclean thing, or carcass, or <i>that which is</i> unclean being taken of beasts, or the dead bodies of abominable <i>reptiles</i> which are unclean, or carcasses of unclean cattle,


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or should touch the uncleanness of a man, or whatever kind, which he may touch and be defiled by, and it should have escaped him, but afterwards he should know, then he shall have transgressed.


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That unrighteous soul, which determines with his lips to do evil or to do good according to whatsoever a man may determine with an oath, and it shall have escaped his notice, and he shall <i>afterwards </i>know <i>it</i>, and <i>so</i> he should sin in one of these things;


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And he shall bring for his transgressions against the Lord, for his sin which he has sinned, a ewe lamb of the flock, or a kid of the goats, for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he has sinned, and his sin shall be forgiven him.


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‘And if he cannot afford a sheep, he shall bring for his sin which he has sinned, two turtle doves or two young pigeons to the Lord: one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt offering.


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And he shall bring them to the priest, and the priest shall bring the sin-offering first; and the priest shall pinch off the head from the neck, and shall not divide the body.


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And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering on the side of the altar, but the rest of the blood he shall drop at the foot of the altar, for it is a sin-offering.


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And he shall make the second a burnt offering, as it is fit; and the priest shall make atonement for his sin which he has sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.


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‘And if he cannot afford a pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons, then shall he bring as his gift for his sin, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering; he shall not pour oil upon it, nor shall he put frankincense upon it, because it is a sin-offering.


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And he shall bring it to the priest; and the priest, having taken a handful of it, shall lay the memorial of it on the altar of burnt offerings to the Lord: it is a sin-offering.


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And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, which he has sinned in one of these things, and it shall be forgiven him; and that which is left shall be the priest's, as an offering of fine flour.’”


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“The soul which shall be really unconscious, and shall sin unwillingly in any of the holy things of the Lord, shall even bring to the Lord for his transgression, a ram of the flock without blemish, valued according to shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for his <i>transgression</i> in which he transgressed.


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And he shall make compensation for that in which he has sinned in the holy things; and he shall add the fifth part to it, and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of transgression, and <i>his sin</i> shall be forgiven him.


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“And the soul which shall sin, and do one thing <i>against</i> any of the commandments of the Lord, which it is not right to do, and has not known it, and shall have transgressed, and shall have contracted guilt,


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he shall even bring a ram without blemish from the flock, <i>valued</i> at a price of silver for his transgression to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for his trespass of ignorance, wherein he ignorantly trespassed, and he knew it not; and it shall be forgiven him.


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“The soul which shall have sinned, and willfully overlooked the commandments of the Lord, and shall have dealt falsely in the affairs of his neighbor in the matter of a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning plunder, or has in anything wronged his neighbor,


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or has found that which was lost, and shall have lied concerning it, and shall have sworn unjustly concerning <i>any</i> one of all the things, whatsoever a man may do, so as to sin hereby;


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it shall come to pass, whenever he shall have sinned, and transgressed, that he shall restore the plunder which he has seized, or <i>redress</i> the injury which he has committed, or restore the deposit which was entrusted to him, or the lost article which he has found of any kind, about which he swore unjustly, he shall even restore it in full; and he shall add to it a fifth part besides; he shall restore it to him whose it is in the day in which he happens to be convicted.


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And he shall bring to the Lord for his trespass, a ram of the flock, without blemish, of value to the amount of the thing in which he trespassed.


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And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any one of all the things which he did and trespassed in it.”


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‘This <i>is</i> the law of burnt offering; this is the burnt offering in its burning on the altar all the night till the morning; and the fire of the altar shall burn on it, it shall not be put out.


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And the priest shall put on the linen tunic, and he shall put the linen drawers on his body; and shall take away that which has been thoroughly burned, which the fire shall have consumed, even the burnt offering from the altar, and he shall put it near the altar.


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And he shall put off his robe, and put on another robe, and he shall take forth the offering that has been burned without the camp into a clean place.


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And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it and shall not be extinguished; and the priest shall burn on it wood every morning, and shall heap on it the burnt offering, and shall lay on it the fat of the peace-offering.


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‘This is the law of the sacrifice, which the sons of Aaron shall bring near before the Lord, before the altar.


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And he shall take from it a handful of the fine flour of the sacrifice with its oil, and with all its frankincense, which are upon the sacrifice; and he shall offer up on the altar a burnt offering as a sweet-smelling savor, a memorial of it to the Lord.


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And Aaron and his sons shall eat that which is left of it: it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy place, they shall eat it in the court of the tabernacle of witness.


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It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as a portion to them of the burnt offerings of the Lord: it is most holy, as the offering for sin, and as the offering for trespass.


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Every male of the priests shall eat it: it is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations of the burnt offerings of the Lord; whosoever shall touch them shall be hallowed.’”


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“This is the gift of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer to the Lord in the day in which you shall anoint him; the tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sacrifice continually, the half of it in the morning, and the half of it in the evening.


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It shall be made with oil in a frying pan; he shall offer it kneaded <i>and</i> in rolls, an offering of fragments, an offering of a sweet savor unto the Lord.


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The anointed priest who is in his place, <i>one</i> of his sons, shall offer it: it is a perpetual statute, it shall all be consumed.


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“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the sin-offering: in the place where they slay the burnt offering, they shall slay the sin-offerings before the Lord: they are most holy.


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The priest that offers it shall eat it; in a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of witness.


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Everyone that touches the flesh of it shall be holy, and on whosoever’s garment any of its blood shall have been sprinkled, whoever shall have it sprinkled, shall be washed in the holy place.


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And the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken; and if it shall have been boiled in a bronze vessel, he shall scour it and wash it with water.


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And no offerings for sin, of whose blood there shall be brought any into the tabernacle of witness to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten: they shall be burned with fire.


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<n>The Law of the Trespass Offering</n> ‘And this <i>is</i> the law of the ram for the trespass-offering: it is most holy.


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In the place where they slay the burnt offering, they shall slay the ram of the trespass-offering before the Lord, and he shall pour out the blood at the bottom of the altar round about.


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And he shall offer all the fat from it; and the loins, and all the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,


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and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, that which is upon the thighs, and the fatty lobe upon the liver with the kidney, he shall take them away.


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Every male of the priests shall eat them, in the holy place they shall eat them: they are most holy.


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As the sin-offering, so also <i>is</i> the trespass-offering. There is one law of them; the priest who shall make atonement with it, his it shall be.


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And <i>as for</i> the priest who offers a man's burnt offering, the skin of the burnt offering which he offers shall be his.


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And every sacrifice which shall be prepared in the oven, and everyone which shall be prepared on the hearth, or on a frying-pan, it is the property of the priest that offers it: it shall be his.


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And every sacrifice made up with oil, or not made up <i>with oil</i>, shall belong to the sons of Aaron, an equal portion to each.


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<n>The Law of Peace Offerings</n> ‘This <i>is</i> the law of the sacrifice of peace-offering, which they shall bring to the Lord.


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If a man should offer it for praise, then shall he bring, for the sacrifice of praise, loaves of fine flour made up with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil, and fine flour kneaded with oil.


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And he shall bring one of all his gifts, a separate offering to the Lord; it shall belong to the priest who pours forth the blood of the peace-offering.


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‘And the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering of praise shall be his, and it shall be eaten in the day in which it is offered; they shall not leave of it till the morning.


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And if it be a vow, or he offer his gift of his own will, on whatsoever day he shall offer his sacrifice, it shall be eaten, and on the next day.


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And that which is left of the flesh of the sacrifice till the third day, shall be consumed with fire.


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And if he should eat of the flesh on the third day, it shall not be accepted for him that offers: it shall not be reckoned to him, it is pollution; and whatsoever soul shall eat of it, shall bear his iniquity.


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‘And whatsoever flesh shall have touched any unclean thing, it shall not be eaten, it shall be consumed with fire; everyone that is clean shall eat the flesh.


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And whatsoever soul shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering which is the Lord's, and his uncleanness be upon him, that soul shall perish from his people.


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And whatsoever soul shall touch any unclean thing, either of the uncleanness of a man, or of unclean quadrupeds, or any unclean abominable thing, and shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering, which is the Lord's, that soul shall perish from his people.’”


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And the fat of such animals as have died of themselves, or have been seized of beasts, may be employed for any work; but it shall not be eaten for food.


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Everyone that eats fat off the beasts, from which he will bring a burnt offering to the Lord—that soul shall perish from his people.


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“You shall also speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘He that offers a sacrifice of peace-offering, shall bring his gift to the Lord also from the sacrifice of peace-offering.


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His hands shall bring the burnt offerings to the Lord; the fat which is on the breast and the lobe of the liver, he shall bring them, so as to set them for a gift before the Lord.


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and you shall give the right shoulder for a choice piece to the priest of your sacrifices of peace-offering.


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He that offers the blood of the peace-offering, and the fat, of the sons of Aaron, his shall be the right shoulder for a portion.


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For I have taken the wave-breast and shoulder of separation from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of your peace-offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons, a perpetual ordinance <i>due</i> from the children of Israel.’”


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This is the anointing of Aaron, and the anointing of his sons, <i>their portion</i> of the burnt offerings of the Lord, in the day in which He brought them forward to minister as priests to the Lord,


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as the Lord commanded to give to them in the day in which He anointed them of the sons of Israel, a perpetual statute through their generations.


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This <i>is</i> the law of the burnt offerings, and of sacrifice, and of sin-offering, and of offering for transgression, and of the sacrifice of consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace-offering;


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as the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, in the day in which He commanded the children of Israel to offer their gifts before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai.


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“Take Aaron and his sons, and his robes and the anointing oil, and the calf for the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,


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And Moses did as the Lord appointed him, and he assembled the congregation at the door of the tabernacle of witness.


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and put on him the coat, and girded him with the sash, and clothed him with the tunic, and put on him the ephod;


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and girded him according to the make of the ephod, and clasped him closely with it; and put upon it the oracle, and put upon the oracle the Manifestation and the Truth.


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And he put the turban on his head, and put upon the turban in front the golden plate, the most holy thing, as the Lord commanded Moses.


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and sprinkled of it seven times on the altar; and anointed the altar, and hallowed it, and all things on it, and the laver and its foot, and sanctified them; and anointed the tabernacle and all its furniture, and hallowed it.


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And Moses brought the sons of Aaron near, and put on them tunics and girded them with sashes, and put hats on them, as the Lord commanded Moses.


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And Moses brought near the calf for the sin-offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the calf of the sin-offering,


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and he killed it. And Moses took of the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger; and he purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement upon it.


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And Moses took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the lobe on the liver, and both the kidneys, and the fat that was upon them, and Moses offered them on the altar.


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But the calf, and his hide, and his flesh, and his dung, he burned with fire outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.


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And Moses brought near the ram for a burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, and Moses killed the ram. And Moses poured the blood on the altar round about.


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And he divided the ram by its limbs, and Moses offered the head, and the limbs, and the fat; and he washed the belly and the feet with water.


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And Moses offered up the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering for a sweet-smelling savor; it is a burnt offering to the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.


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And Moses brought the second ram, the ram of consecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, and <i>he</i> slew him;


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and Moses took of his blood, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.


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And Moses brought near the sons of Aaron; and Moses put of the blood on the tips of their right ears, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet, and Moses poured out the blood on the altar round about.


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And he took the fat, and the rump, and the fat on the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder.


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And from the basket of consecration, which was before the Lord, he also took one unleavened loaf, and one loaf made with oil, and one cake; and put <i>them</i> upon the fat, and the right shoulder;


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and put them all on the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and offered them up for a wave-offering before the Lord.


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And Moses took them at their hands, and Moses offered them on the altar, on the burnt offering of consecration, which is an aroma of sweet savor: it is a burnt offering to the Lord.


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And Moses took the breast, and separated it for a heave-offering before the Lord, from the ram of consecration; and it became Moses' portion, as the Lord commanded Moses.


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And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood that was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, and on his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.


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And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, “Boil the flesh in the tent of the tabernacle of witness in the holy place; and there you shall eat it and the loaves in the basket of consecration, as it has been appointed me, <i>the Lord</i> saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat them.’


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And you shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of witness for seven days, until the day be fulfilled, the day of your consecration; for in seven days shall he consecrate you,


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And you shall remain seven days at the door of the tabernacle of witness, day and night; you shall observe the ordinances of the Lord, so that you do not die; for so has the Lord God commanded me.”


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<n>Aaron’s Priesthood Inaugurated</n> And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel,


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and Moses said to Aaron, “Take to yourself a young calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, unblemished, and offer them before the Lord.


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And speak to the elders of Israel, saying, ‘Take one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and a young calf, and a lamb of a year old for a burnt offering, spotless,


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and a calf and a ram for a peace offering before the Lord, and fine flour mingled with oil, for today the Lord will appear among you.’”


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And they took as Moses commanded them before the tabernacle of witness, and all the congregation drew near, and they stood before the Lord.


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And Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord has spoken: do <i>it</i>, and the glory of the Lord shall appear among you.”


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And Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar, and offer your sin-offering, and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for your house; and offer the gifts of the people, and make atonement for them”; as the Lord commanded Moses.


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And the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger into the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and he poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar.


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And he offered up on the altar the fat and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver of the sin-offering, according as the Lord commanded Moses.


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And he killed the burnt offering; and the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he poured it on the altar round about.


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And they brought the burnt offering, according to its pieces; them and the head he put upon the altar.


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And he washed the belly and the feet with water, and he put them on the burnt offering on the altar.


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And he brought the gift of the people, and took the goat of the sin-offering of the people, and slew it, and purified it as also the first.


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And he brought the sacrifice and filled his hands with it, and laid it on the altar, besides the morning burnt offering.


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And he killed the calf, and the ram of the sacrifice of peace-offering of the people; and the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he poured it out on the altar round about.


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And <i>he took</i> the fat of the calf, and the hind quarters of the ram, and the fat covering the belly, and the two kidneys, and the fat upon them, and the fatty lobe on the liver.


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And Aaron separated the breast and the right shoulder as a choice-offering before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.


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And Aaron lifted up his hands on the people and blessed them; and after he had offered the sin-offering, and the burnt offerings, and the peace-offerings, he came down.


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And Moses and Aaron entered into the tabernacle of witness. And they came out and blessed all the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.


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And fire came forth from the Lord, and devoured the offerings on the altar, both the burnt offerings and the fat; and all the people saw, and were amazed, and fell upon their faces.


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<n>Nadab and Abihu Offer Profane Fire</n> And the two sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, took each his censer, and put fire in it, and threw incense on it, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which the Lord did not command them,


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And Moses said to Aaron, “This is the thing which the Lord spoke, saying, ‘I will be sanctified among them that draw near to Me, and I will be glorified in the whole congregation.’” And Aaron was pricked <i>in his heart</i>.


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And Moses called Mishael and Elisaphan, sons of Uzziel, sons of the brother of Aaron's father, and said to them, “Draw near and take your brothers from before the sanctuary out of the camp.”


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And Moses said to Aaron, and Eleazar and Ithamar his sons that were left, “You shall not uncover your heads, and you shall not tear your clothes, so that you do not die, and <i>so</i> there should be wrath on all the congregation. But your brothers, <i>even</i> all the house of Israel, shall lament for the burning, with which they were burned by the Lord.


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And you shall not go forth from the door of the tabernacle of witness, that you do not die; for the Lord's anointing oil <i>is</i> upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.


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“You shall not drink wine nor strong drink, you and your sons with you, whenever you enter into the tabernacle of witness, or when you approach the altar, so shall you not die; <i>it is</i> a perpetual statute for your generations,


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And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who survived, “Take the sacrifice that is left of the burnt offerings of the Lord, and you shall eat unleavened bread by the altar: it is most holy.


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And you shall eat it in the holy place; for this is a statute for you and a statute for your sons, of the burnt offerings to the Lord; for so it has been commanded me.


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And you shall eat the breast of separation, and the shoulder of the choice-offering in the holy place, you and your sons and your house with you; for it has been given as an ordinance for you and an ordinance for your sons, of the sacrifices of peace-offering of the children of Israel.


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They shall bring the shoulder of the choice-offering, and the breast of the separation upon the burnt offerings of the fat, to separate for a separation before the Lord; and it shall be a perpetual ordinance for you and your sons and your daughters with you, as the Lord commanded Moses.”


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And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, but it had been consumed by fire; and Moses was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron that were left, saying,


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“Why did you not eat the sin-offering in the holy place? For because it is most holy He has given you this to eat, that you might take away the sin of the congregation, and make atonement for them before the Lord.


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For the blood of it was not brought into the holy place: you shall eat it inside, before <i>the Lord</i>, as the Lord commanded me.”


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And Aaron spoke to Moses, saying, “If they have brought near today their sin-offerings, and their burnt offerings before the Lord, and these events have happened to me, and <i>yet</i> I should eat today of the sin-offerings, would it be pleasing to the Lord?”


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“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘These are the beasts which you shall eat out of all beasts that are upon the earth.


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Every beast parting the hoof and making divisions of two claws, and chewing the cud among beasts, these you shall eat.


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But of these you shall not eat, of those that chew the cud, and of those that part the hoofs, and divide claws: the camel, because it chews the cud, but does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you.


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And the hare, because it does not chew the cud, and does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you.


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And the swine, because this <i>animal</i> divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, and it does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.


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You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; these are unclean to you.


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‘And these <i>are</i> what you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all things that have fins and scales in the waters, and in the seas, and in the brooks, these you shall eat.


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And all things which have not fins or scales in the water, or in the seas, and in the brooks, of all which the waters produce, and of every soul living in the water, are an abomination; and they shall be abominations to you.


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And all things that have not fins or scales of those that are in the waters, these are an abomination to you.


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‘And these are the things which you shall abhor of birds, an they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle.


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But these you shall eat of the creeping winged animals, which go upon four feet, which have legs above their feet, to leap with on the earth.


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And these of them you shall eat: the caterpillar and his like, and the attacus and his like, and the cantharus and his like, and the locust and his like.


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<n>Unclean Animals</n> ‘And by these you shall be defiled; everyone that touches their carcasses shall be unclean till the evening.


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And everyone that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till the evening.


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And whichever among the beasts divides the hoof and makes claws, and does not chew the cud, shall be unclean to you; everyone that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till evening.


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And everyone among all the wild beasts that moves upon its four feet, which goes on all four, is unclean to you; everyone that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till evening.


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And he that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till evening: these are unclean to you.


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These are unclean to you of all the reptiles which are on the earth; everyone who touches their carcasses shall be unclean till evening.


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And on whatsoever one of their dead bodies shall fall it shall be unclean; whatever wooden vessel, or garment, or skin, or sack it may be, every vessel in which work should be done, shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean till evening; and <i>then</i> it shall be clean.


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And every earthen vessel into which one of these things shall fall, whatsoever is inside it shall be unclean, and it shall be broken.


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And all food that is eaten, on which water shall come <i>from such a vessel</i>, shall be unclean; and every beverage which is drunk in any <i>such</i> vessel shall be unclean.


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And everything on which there shall fall of their dead bodies shall be unclean; ovens and stands for jars shall be broken down: these are unclean, and they shall be unclean to you.


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Only <i>if the water be</i> of fountains of water, or a pool, or confluence of water, it shall be clean; but he that touches their carcasses shall be unclean.


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And if one of their carcasses should fall upon any sowing seed which shall be sown, it shall be clean.


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But if water be poured on any seed, and one of their dead bodies fall upon it, it is unclean to you.


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‘And if one of the cattle die, which it is lawful for you to eat, he that touches their carcasses shall be unclean till evening.


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And he that eats of their carcasses shall wash his garments, and be unclean till evening; and he that carries any of their carcasses shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean till evening.


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‘And every reptile that creeps on the earth, this shall be an abomination to you; it shall not be eaten.


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And every <i>animal</i> that creeps on its belly, and everyone that goes on four <i>feet</i> continually, which abounds with feet among all the reptiles creeping upon the earth— you shall not eat it, for it is an abomination to you.


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And you shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and you shall not be polluted with them, and you shall not be unclean by them.


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For I am the Lord your God; and you shall be sanctified, and you shall be holy, because I the Lord your God am holy; and you shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles creeping upon the earth.


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For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God; and you shall be holy, for I the Lord am holy.


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This is the law concerning beasts and birds and every living creature moving in the water, and every living creature creeping on the earth;


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to distinguish between the unclean and the clean; and between those that bring forth alive, such as should be eaten, and those that bring forth alive, such as should not be eaten.’”


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“Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, ‘Whatsoever woman shall have conceived and born a male child shall be unclean seven days, she shall be unclean according to the days of separation for her monthly courses.


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And for thirty-three days she shall continue in her unclean blood; she shall touch nothing holy, and shall not enter the sanctuary, until the days of her purification be fulfilled.


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But if she should have born a female child, then she shall be unclean fourteen days, according to the time of her monthly courses; and for sixty-six days shall she remain in her unclean blood.


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‘And when the days of her purification shall have been fulfilled for a son or a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or turtle dove for a sin-offering to the door of the tabernacle of witness, to the priest.


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And he shall present it before the Lord, and the priest shall make atonement for her, and shall purge her from the fountain of her blood; this is the law of her who bears a male or a female.


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And if she cannot afford a lamb, then shall she take two turtle doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering, and one for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be purified.’”


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“If any man should have in the skin of his flesh a bright clear spot, and there should be in the skin of his flesh a plague of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests.


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And the priest shall view the spot in the skin of his flesh; and <i>if</i> the hair in the spot be changed <i>to</i> white, and the appearance of the spot be below the skin of the flesh, it is a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look upon it, and pronounce him unclean.


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But if the spot be clear and white in the skin of his flesh, yet the appearance of it be not deep below the skin, and its hair has not changed <i>itself for</i> white hair, but it is dark, then the priest shall separate <i>him that has</i> the spot for seven days;


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and the priest shall look on the spot the seventh day; and behold, <i>if</i> the spot remains before him, <i>if</i> the spot has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall separate him the second time for seven days.


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And the priest shall look upon him the second time on the seventh day. And behold, <i>if</i> the spot is dark, <i>and</i> the spot has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is a <i>mere</i> mark, and the man shall wash his garments and be clean.


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But if the bright spot should have changed and spread in the skin, after the priest has seen him for the purpose of purifying him, then shall he appear the second time to the priest,


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and the priest shall look upon him; and behold, <i>if</i> the mark has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.


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and the priest shall look, and behold, if it is a white spot in the skin, and it has changed the hair to white, and <i>there be</i> some of the sound part of the quick flesh in the sore—


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it is leprosy advancing in the skin of the flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall separate him, because he is unclean.


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“And if the leprosy should have come out very evidently in the skin, and the leprosy should cover all the skin of the patient from the head to the feet, wherever the priest shall look;


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then the priest shall look, and behold, the leprosy has covered all the skin of the flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him clean of the plague, because it has changed all to white, it is clean.


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And the priest shall look upon the sound flesh, and the sound flesh shall prove him to be unclean; for it is unclean, it is a leprosy.


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and the priest shall see <i>him</i>, and behold, <i>if</i> the plague is turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the patient clean: he is clean.


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and there should be in the place of the ulcer a white sore, or <i>one</i> looking white and bright, or fiery, and it shall be seen by the priest;


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then the priest shall look, and behold, if the appearance be beneath the skin, and its hair has changed to white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; because it is leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.


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But if the priest look, and behold there is no white hair on it, and it is not below the skin of the flesh, and it is dark-colored; then the priest shall separate him for seven days.


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But if it manifestly spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy; it has broken out in the ulcer.


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But if the bright spot should remain in its place and not spread, it is the scar of the ulcer; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.


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“And if his flesh is <i>in a state of</i> fiery inflammation, and there should be in his skin the part which is healed of the inflammation, bright, clear, and white, suffused with red or very white;


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then the priest shall look upon him, and behold, <i>if</i> the hair being white is changed to a bright color, and its appearance is lower than the skin, it is a leprosy; it has broken out in the inflammation, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy.


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But if the priest should look, and behold, there is not in the bright spot any white hair, and it should not be lower than the skin, and it should be dark, then the priest shall separate him seven days.


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And the priest shall look upon him on the seventh day; and if the spot has spread much in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.


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But if the bright spot remain stationary, and has not spread in the skin, but <i>the sore</i> should be dark, it is a scar of inflammation; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the mark of the inflammation.


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then the priest shall look on the plague, and behold, <i>if</i> the appearance of it is beneath the skin, and in it there is thin yellowish hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scurf, it is leprosy of the head, or leprosy of the beard.


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And if the priest should see the plague of the scurf, and behold, the appearance of it is not beneath the skin, and there is no yellowish hair in it, then the priest shall set apart <i>him that has</i> the plague of the scurf for seven days.


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And the priest shall look at the plague on the seventh day; and behold, <i>if</i> the scurf has not spread, and there is no yellowish hair on it, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow under the skin;


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then the skin shall be shaven, but the scurf shall not be shaven; and the priest shall set aside the person having the scurf the second time for seven days.


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And the priest shall see the scurf on the seventh day; and behold, <i>if</i> the scurf is not spread in the skin after the man has been shaved, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow beneath the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his garments, and be clean.


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then the priest shall look, and behold, <i>if</i> the scurf has spread in the skin, the priest shall not examine concerning the yellow hair, for he is unclean.


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But if the scurf remain before <i>him</i> in its place, and a dark hair should have arisen in it, the scurf is healed: he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.


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then the priest shall look; and behold, there <i>being</i> bright spots of a bright whiteness in the skin of their flesh, it is a tetter; it burst forth in the skin of his flesh; he is clean.


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And if there should be in his baldness of head, or his baldness of forehead, a white or fiery plague, it is leprosy in his baldness of head, or baldness of forehead.


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And the priest shall look upon him, and behold, if the appearance of the plague is white or inflamed in his baldness of head or baldness in front, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of his flesh,


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<i>then </i>he is a leprous man; the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean, his plague is in his head.


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And the leper in whom the plague is, let his garments be torn, and his head uncovered; and let him have a covering put upon his mouth, and he shall be called unclean.


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All the days in which the plague shall be upon him, being unclean, he shall be <i>esteemed</i> unclean; he shall dwell apart, his place of sojourn shall be outside the camp.


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either in the warp or in the woof, or in the linen, or in the woolen threads, or in a skin, or in any workmanship of skin,


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and the plague is greenish or reddish in the skin, or in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin, it is a plague of leprosy, and he shall show it to the priest.


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And the priest shall look upon the plague, and the priest shall set apart <i>that which has</i> the plague for seven days.


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And the priest shall look upon the plague on the seventh day. And if the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in the skin, in whatsoever things skins may be used in their workmanship, the plague is a confirmed leprosy; it is unclean.


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He shall burn the garment, either the warp or woof in woolen garments or in flaxen, or in any utensil of skin, in which there may be the plague; because it is a confirmed leprosy; it shall be burned with fire.


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“And if the priest should see, and the plague has not spread in the garments, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin,


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then the priest shall give directions, and <i>one</i> shall wash that on which there may have been the plague, and the priest shall set it aside a second time for seven days.


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And the priest shall look upon it after the plague has been washed; and <i>if</i> this, even the plague, has not changed its appearance, and the plague does not spread, it is unclean; it shall be burned with fire: it is fixed in the garment, in the warp, or in the woof.


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And if the priest should look, and the spot is dark after it has been washed, he shall tear it off from the garment, either from the warp or from the woof, or from the skin.


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And if it should still appear in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of skin, it is leprosy bursting forth: that in which is the plague shall be burned with fire.


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And the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or any article of skin, which shall be washed, and the plague depart from it, shall also be washed again, and shall be clean.


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This is the law of the plague of leprosy of a woolen or linen garment, either of the warp, or woof, or any leather article, to pronounce it clean or unclean.”


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“This is the law of the leper: in whatsoever day he shall have been cleansed, then shall he be brought to the priest.


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And the priest shall come forth out of the camp, and the priest shall look, and behold, the plague of the leprosy is removed from the leper.


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And the priest shall give directions, and they shall take for him that is cleansed two clean live birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.


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And the priest shall give direction, and they shall kill one bird over an earthen vessel over running water.


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And as for the living bird he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird into the blood of the bird that was slain over running water.


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And he shall sprinkle seven times upon him that was cleansed of his leprosy, and he shall be clean; and he shall let go the living bird into the field.


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And the man that has been cleansed shall wash his garments, and shall shave off all his hair, and shall wash himself in water, and shall be clean; and after that he shall go into the camp, and shall remain out of his house for seven days.


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And it shall come to pass on the seventh day, he shall shave off all his hair, his head and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair shall he shave; and he shall wash his garments, and wash his body with water, and shall be clean.


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“And on the eighth day he shall take two lambs without spot of a year old, and one ewe lamp without spot of a year old, and three-tenths <i>of an ephah </i>of fine flour for sacrifice kneaded with oil, and one small cup of oil.


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And the priest that cleanses shall present the man under purification, and these <i>offerings</i> before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of witness.


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And the priest shall take one lamb, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the cup of oil, and set them apart for a special offering before the Lord.


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And they shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the burnt offerings, and the sin-offerings, in the holy places; for it is a sin-offering: as the trespass-offering, it belongs to the priest, it is most holy.


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And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of the person under cleansing, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.


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And he shall dip with the finger of his right hand <i>into</i> some of the oil that is in his left hand, and he shall sprinkle with his finger seven times before the Lord.


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And the remaining oil that is in his hand, the priest shall put on the tip of the right ear of him that is under cleansing, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass-offering.


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And the remaining oil that is on the hand of the priest, the priest shall put on the head of the cleansed <i>leper</i>, and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.


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And the priest shall sacrifice the sin-offering, and the priest shall make atonement for the person under purification <i>to cleanse him</i> from his sin, and afterwards the priest shall slay the burnt offering.


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And the priest shall offer the burnt offering, and the sacrifice upon the altar before the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be cleansed.


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“And if he should be poor, and cannot afford so much, he shall take one lamb for his transgression for a separate-offering, so as to make propitiation for him, and a tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a sacrifice, and one cup of oil,


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and two turtle doves, or two young pigeons, as he can afford; and the one shall be for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt offering.


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And he shall bring them on the eighth day, to purify him, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord.


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And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass-offering, and the cup of oil, and place them for a set-offering before the Lord.


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And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is under purification, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.


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And the priest shall sprinkle with the finger of his right hand some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord.


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And the priest shall put of the oil that is on his hand on the tip of the right ear of him that is under purification, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass-offering.


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And that which is left of the oil which is on the hand of the priest he shall put on the head of him that is purged, and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.


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the one for a sin-offering, the other for a burnt offering with the grain offering, and the priest shall make an atonement before the Lord for him that is under purification.


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This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, and who cannot afford the offerings for his purification.”


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“Whenever you shall enter into the land of the Canaanites, which I give you for a possession, and I shall put the plague of leprosy in the houses of the land of your possession;


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then the owner of the house shall come and report to the priest, saying, ‘I have seen a plague in the house.’


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And the priest shall give orders to remove the furniture of the house, before the priest comes in to see the plague, and <i>thus</i> none of the things in the house shall become unclean; and afterwards the priest shall go in to examine the house.


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And he shall look on the plague, and behold, <i>if</i> the plague is in the walls of the house, <i>he will see</i> greenish or reddish cavities, and the appearance of them <i>will be</i> beneath the surface of the walls.


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And the priest shall come out of the house to the door of the house, and the priest shall separate the house for seven days.


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And the priest shall return on the seventh day and view the house. And behold, <i>if</i> the plague has spread in the walls of the house,


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then the priest shall give orders, and they shall take away the stones in which the plague is, and shall cast them out of the city into an unclean place.


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And they shall scrape the house inside round about, and shall pour out the dust scraped off outside the city into an unclean place.


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And they shall take other scraped stones, and put them in the place of the <i>former</i> stones, and they shall take other plaster and plaster the house.


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“And if the plague should return again, and break out in the house after they have taken away the stones and after the house is scraped, and after it has been plastered,


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then the priest shall go in and see if the plague has spread in the house: it is a confirmed leprosy in the house, it is unclean.


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And they shall take down the house, and its timbers and its stones, and they shall carry out all the mortar outside the city into an unclean place.


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And he that sleeps in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening; and he that eats in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening.


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“And if the priest shall arrive and enter and see, and behold the plague has not at all spread in the house after the house has been plastered, then the priest shall declare the house clean, because the plague is healed.


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And he shall take to purify the house two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.


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And he shall take the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and the living bird; and shall dip it into the blood of the bird slain over running water, and with them he shall sprinkle the house seven times.


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And he shall purify the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the spun scarlet.


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And he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the field, and shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.


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and of declaring in what day it is unclean, and in what day it shall be purged: this <i>is</i> the law of the leprosy.”


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“Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, ‘Whatever man shall have a discharge out of his body, his discharge is unclean.


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And this <i>is</i> the law of his uncleanness: whoever has a discharge out of his body, this is his uncleanness in him by reason of the discharge, by which, his body is affected through the discharge. All the days of the discharge of his body, by which his body is affected through the discharge, there is his uncleanness.


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Every bed on which he that has the discharge shall happen to lie, is unclean; and every seat on which he that has the discharge may happen to sit, shall be unclean.


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And the man who shall touch his bed, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean till evening.


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And whosoever sits on the seat on which he that has the discharge may have sat, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening.


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And he that touches the skin of him that has the discharge, shall wash his garments and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean till evening.


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And if he that has the discharge should spit upon one that is clean, <i>that person</i> shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until evening.


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And every donkey’s saddle, on which the man with the discharge shall have mounted, shall be unclean till evening.


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And everyone that touches whatsoever shall have been under him shall be unclean until evening; and he that takes them up shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening.


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And whomsoever he that has the discharge shall touch, if he has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.


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And the earthen vessel which he that has the discharge shall happen to touch, shall be broken; and a wooden vessel shall be washed with water, and shall be clean.


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‘And if he that has the discharge should be cleansed of his issue, then shall he number to himself seven days for his purification; and he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be clean.


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And on the eighth day he shall take to himself two turtle doves or two young pigeons, and he shall bring them before the Lord to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall give them to the priest.


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And the priest shall offer them, one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for his discharge.


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‘And the man whose seed of copulation shall happen to go forth from him, shall then wash his whole body, and shall be unclean until evening.


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And every garment, and every skin on which there shall be the seed of copulation shall both be washed with water, and be unclean until evening.


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And a woman, if a man shall lie with her with seed of copulation-- they shall both bathe themselves in water and shall be unclean until evening.


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‘And the woman whosoever shall have an issue of blood, when her issue shall be in her body, shall be seven days in her separation; everyone that touches her shall be unclean until evening.


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And everywhere that she shall lie upon in her separation shall be unclean; and whatever she shall sit upon, shall be unclean.


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And whosoever shall touch her bed shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.


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And everyone that touches any vessel on which she shall sit, shall wash his garments and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening.


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And whether it be while she is on her bed, or on a seat which she may happen to sit upon when he touches her, he shall be unclean till evening.


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And if anyone shall lie with her, and her uncleanness be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he shall have lain shall be unclean.


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‘And if a woman have an issue of blood many days, not in the time of her separation; if the blood should also flow after her separation, all the days of the issue of her uncleanness <i>shall be</i> as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.


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And every bed on which she shall lie all the days of her flux shall be to her as the bed of her separation, and every seat whereon she shall sit shall be unclean according to the uncleanness of her separation.


