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And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God was waving over the face of the waters.


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


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And God said, Let there be an expansion in the midst of the waters, and let it divide between waters and waters.


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And God made the expansion, and divided between the waters which were under the expansion and the waters which were above the expansion: and it was so.


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And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land be visible: and it was so.


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And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together 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 grass, herbs yielding seed, fruittrees yielding fruit after their kind, in which its seed is upon the earth: and it was so.


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And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees yielding fruit, in which its seed is after their kind: and God saw that it was good.


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And God said, Let there be lights in the expansion of the heaven to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years;


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And let them be for lights in the expansion of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it was so.


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And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.


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And to rule by day and by 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 abundantly moving creatures that have life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open expansion of the heaven.


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And God created the great seamonsters, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind: and God saw that it was good.


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And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the fowl multiply on the earth.


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And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.


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And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind: and God saw that it was good.


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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and they shall have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.


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And God created man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.


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And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.


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And God said, Behold I have given unto you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree on which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food.


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And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heaven, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, <i>I have given</i> every green herb for food: and it was so.


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And God saw every thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And it was evening and it was morning, the sixth day.


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And God had finished on the seventh day his work which he had made, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.


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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because thereon he had rested from all his work which God had created in making it.


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These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, on the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.


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And every plant of the field was not yet on the earth, and every herb of the field had not yet grown; for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and man was not yet there to till the ground.


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And the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.


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And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden to the eastward, and he put there the man whom he had formed.


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And the Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasant to the sight 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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And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it was parted, and became four principal streams.


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The name of the first is Pishon, the same which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.


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And the name of the third river is Hiddekel, the same which floweth towards the east of Assyria; and the fourth river is the Euphrates.


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But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for on the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.


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And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help suitable for him.


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And the Lord God had formed out of the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heaven, and he brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man would call every living creature, that should be its name.


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And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the heaven, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help suitable for him.


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And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof.


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And the Lord God formed the rib which he had taken from the man into a woman, and brought her unto the man.


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And the man said, This time it is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; this shall be called Woman, <i>Ishah,</i> because out of Man <i>Ishi</i> was this one taken.


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Therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they become one flesh.


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Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made; and he said unto the woman, Hath God indeed said, Ye 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 hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.


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For God doth know, that, on the day ye eat thereof, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as God, knowing good and evil.


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And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.


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And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they felt that they were naked; and they sewed figleaves together, and made themselves aprons.


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And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.


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And he said, Thy voice I heard in the garden; and I was afraid, because I am naked; and I hid myself.


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And he said, Who told thee that thou art naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?


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And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.


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And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:


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And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt wound his heel.


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Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and <i>the suffering of</i> thy conception; in pain shalt thou bring forth children; and for thy husband shall be thy desire, but he shall rule over thee.


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And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed be the ground for thy sake; in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.


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In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground, for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.


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And the man called his wifes name Eve <i>Chavvah</i>; because she was the mother of all living <i>Chay</i>.


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And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever


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Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.


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So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flaming sword which revolveth, to guard the way to the tree of life.


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And the man knew Eve his wife: and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.


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


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And it came to pass in process of time, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground and offering unto the Lord.


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And Abelhe also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fattest thereof; and the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering;


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But unto Cain and to his offering he had no respect; and it was very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance fell.


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If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou canst rule over it.


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And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.


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And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel they brother? and he said, I know not; am I my brothers keeper?


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And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brothers blood from thy hand:


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When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength unto thee; fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be on the earth.


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Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and if I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, it will come to pass, that every one that findeth me will slay me.


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And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a sign unto Cain, that any one finding him should not kill him.


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


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And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begat Mechujael: and Mechujael begat Methushael; and Methushael begat Lemech.


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And Zillah, she also bore Tubalcain, an artificer in every article of copper and iron; and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.


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And Lemech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lemech, hearken unto my speech; for I have slain a man to my own wounding, and a youngman to my hurt.


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And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and called his name Sheth <i>Seth</i>; for God <i>said she</i> hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.


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And to Sheth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.


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This is the book of the generations of Adam. On the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him:


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Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, on the day when they were created.


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And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his likeness, after his image; and called his name Sheth.


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And the days of Adam after he had begotten Sheth were eight hundred years; and he begat sons and daughters.


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And Sheth lived after he had begotten Enosh eight hundred and seven years; and he begat sons and daughters.


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And Enosh lived after he had begotten Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years; and he begat sons and daughters.


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And Kenan lived after he had begotten Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years; and he begat sons and daughters


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And Mahalalel lived after he had begotten Jared eight hundred and thirty years; and he begat sons and daughters.


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And Enoch walked with God after he had begotten Methushelah three hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.


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And Methushelah lived after he had begotten Lemech seven hundred eighty and two years; and he begat sons and daughters.


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And he called his name Noach, <i>Noah,</i> saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.


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And Lemech lived after he had begotten Noah five hundred ninety and five years; and begat sons and daughters.


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And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,


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That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair; and they took themselves wives of all whom they chose.


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And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive for the sake of man, for that he is but flesh; yet his days <i>of grace</i> shall be a hundred and twenty years.


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The giants were on the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these became the mighty men, who were of old the men of renown.


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And God saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.


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And the Lord said, I will destroy the man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man and beast, and the creeping things and the fowls of the heaven; for it repenteth me that I have made them.


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These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just, perfect man in his generation; Noah walked with God.


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And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.


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And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them, and I will destroy them with the earth.


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Make thee an ark of gopherwood, rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.


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And this is the manner in which thou shalt make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.


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A window shalt thou make to the ark, and thou shalt finish it above, to be one cubit broad, and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.


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And as regards myself, behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under the heavens; every thing that is on the earth shall perish.


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But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons wives with thee.


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And of every living thing, of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee: male and female shall they be.


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Of the fowls after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.


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And thou, for thy part, take unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be unto thee, and unto them for food.


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And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy household into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.


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Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven pairs of each, the male and his female; and of beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female.


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Also of the fowls of the heaven, seven pairs of each, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.


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For after only seven days more, I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights: and I will blot out every living substance that I have made from off the face of the earth.


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And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.


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Of the clean beasts, and of the beasts that are not clean, and of the fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,


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One pair of each went in unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.


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In the six hundredth year of Noahs life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this same day, were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.


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On that selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;


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They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird, every thing that hath wings.


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And they went in unto Noah into the ark, one pair of each, of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.


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And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and then the Lord shut him in.


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And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.


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And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark floated along upon the face of the waters.


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And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that are under the whole heavens were covered.


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And all flesh perished that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man.


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And it swept off every living substance which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and fowls of the heaven; and they were swept from the earth; and Noah only was left, together with those that were with him in the ark.


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And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were assuaged;


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The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped; and the rain from heaven was restrained.


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And the waters returned from off the earth, gradually returning; and the waters were abated after the end of the hundred and fifty days.


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And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.


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And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen;


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And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made;


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And he sent forth a raven which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.


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He then sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.


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But the dove found no restingplace for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him unto the ark; for there was water on the face of the whole earth; then he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her into the ark.


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And the dove came in to him at the time of the evening; and, lo, an oliveleaf plucked off was in her mouth; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.


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And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned not again unto him any more.


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And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.


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And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth perfectly dried up.


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Every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, bring forth with thee; that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.


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Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.


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And Noah built an altar unto the Lord, and he took of every clean cattle, and of every clean fowl, and offered burntofferings on the altar.


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And the Lord smelled the sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for the sake of man; although the imagination of mans heart is evil from his youth: neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.


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All the while the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.


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And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.


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And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the heaven; whatever is that moveth upon the earth, and all the fishes of the sea, are delivered into your hand.


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Every moving thing that liveth shall be yours for food; even as the green herbs have I given you all things.


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Your blood, however, on which your lives depend, will I require: at the hand of every beast will I require it; and at the hand of man, at the hand of every mans brother will I require the life of man.


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And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you, from all those that go out of the ark, for every beast of the earth.


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And I will establish my covenant with you; and all flesh shall not be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there be any more a flood to destroy the earth.


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And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations.


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And it shall come to pass, that, when I bring a cloud over the earth, and the bow shall be seen in the cloud,


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I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.


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And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature, of all flesh, that is upon the earth.


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And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.


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And the sons of Noah that went forth from 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 told it his two brothers without.


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And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon the shoulders of both of them, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned backward, and they saw not their fathers nakedness.


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May God enlarge the boundaries of Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be a servant unto them.


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Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons born after the flood.


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From these were separated the isles of the nations in their lands, every one after his tongue: after their families, in their nations.


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And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, Sabtah and Raamah, and Sabtecha; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.


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He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.


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And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.


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And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.


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And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gazzah; as thou goest unto Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboyim, even unto Lesha.


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These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, in their nations.


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But unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, were children born.


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And unto Eber were born two sons; the name of one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided; and his brothers name was Joktan.


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These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.


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These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations; and from these were the nations separated on the earth after the flood.


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


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And they said to one another, Go to, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And thus the brick served them for stone, and slime served them for mortar.


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And they said, Go to, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower, the top of which may reach unto heaven; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.


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And the Lord said, Behold, it is one people, and they have all one language, and this is the first thing they undertake to do; and now shall they not be restrained in all which they have imagined to do?


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Go to, let us go down, and confound there their language, that they may not understand one anothers speech.


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So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.


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Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth; and from there did the Lord scatter them abroad over the face of all the earth.


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These are the generations of Shem: Shem, when a hundred years old, begat Arpachshad, two years after the flood.


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And Arpachshad lived after he had begotten Shelach four hundred and three years; and begat sons and daughters.


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And Shelach lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years; and begat sons and daughters.


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And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years; and begat sons and daughters.


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And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years; and begat sons and daughters.


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And Nachor lived after he had begotten Terach a hundred and nineteen years; and begat sons and daughters.


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Now these are the generations of Terach: Terach begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.


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And Abram and Nachor took themselves wives; the name of Abrams wife was Sarai; and the name of Nachors wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Yiscah.


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And Terach took Abram his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, his sons son, and Sarai his daughterinlaw, the wife of his son Abram; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Charan, and dwelt there.


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Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and out of thy birthplace, and from thy fathers house, unto the land that I will show thee.


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And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:


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And I will bless those that bless thee, and him that curseth thee, will I curse; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.


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So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him, and Lot went with him; and Abram was seventy and five years old at his departure out of Charan.


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And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers son, and all their substance that they had acquired, and the persons that they had obtained in Charan; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and they came into the land of Canaan.


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And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the plain of Moreh; and the Canaanite was then in the land.


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And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar unto the Lord, who had appeared unto him.


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And he removed from there unto the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east; and he built there an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.


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And there arose a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.


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And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a woman of handsome appearance:


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And it may come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say, This is his wife; and they may kill me, but thee they will save alive.


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Say then, I pray thee, thou art my sister, that it may go well with me for thy sake, and my soul live because of thee.


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And it came to pass, when Abram was come into Egypt, that the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.


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The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaohs house.


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And he did well to Abram for her sake; and he received sheep, and oxen, and heasses, and menservants, and maidservants, and sheasses, and camels.


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And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done unto me? Why didst thou not tell me that she is thy wife?


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Why saidst thou, She is my sister? and so I took her to me for a wife; now, therefore, behold, here is thy wife, take her, and go thy way.


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And Pharaoh commanded some men concerning him, who accompanied him and his wife, and all that he had.


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And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.


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And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai;


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Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first; and Abram called there on the name of the Lord.


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And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.


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And there arose a strife between the herdmen of Abrams cattle, and the herdmen of Lots cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.


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And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are near relatives.


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Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right, then I will go to the left.


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And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere; before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, <i>it was</i> like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, till thou comest unto Zoar.


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Then Lot chose himself all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves the one from the other.


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Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tents, till close to Sodom.


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And the Lord said unto Abram, after Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thy eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;


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And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth; so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.


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Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it.


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Then Abram pitched his tent, and came and dwelt in the grove of Mamre, which is in Hebron; and he built there an altar unto the Lord.


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And it came to pass, in the day of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim;


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That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.


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And in the fourteenth year came Kedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and they smote the Rephaim in Ashterothkarnayim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shavehkiriathayim,


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And they returned and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Emorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.


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And then went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela, <i>the same is Zoar;</i>and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;


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With Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and with Tidal king of Goyim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.


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And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell therein; and they that remained fled to the mountain.


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And there came one that had escaped, and told it to Abram the Hebrew; but he dwelt in the grove of Mamre the Emorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and these were confederates of Abram.


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And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants; born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them into Dan.


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And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.


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And he brought back all the goods; and he also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and also the women, and the people.


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And the king of Sodom went out to meet him <i>after his return from smiting Kedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him</i> at the valley of Shaveh, which is the kings dale.


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And Malkizidek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was a priest of the most high God.


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And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth.


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And blessed he the most high God, who hath delivered thy enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.


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And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,


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That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine; lest thou shouldst say, I have made Abram rich:


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Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamrethese may take their portion.


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After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not Abram; I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceedingly great.


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And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?


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And behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This one shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thy heir.


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And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward the heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them; and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.


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And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give unto thee this land, to inherit it.


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And he said unto him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a shegoat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.


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And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide.


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And when the sun was about going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror, dark and great, fell upon him.


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And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land which is not theirs, and they will make them serve, and they will afflict them four hundred years.


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And also that nation whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they go out with great substance.


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Yet the fourth generation shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Emorites will not be full until then.


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And it came to pass, when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold a smoking furnace, and a burning flame, which passed between those pieces.


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On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;


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Now Sarai, Abrams wife, bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian handmaid, whose name was Hagar.


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And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in, I pray thee, unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.


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And Sarai, Abrams wife, took Hagar, the Egyptian, her maid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.


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And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became of little esteem in her eyes.


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And Sarai said unto Abram, I suffer wrong through thee; I have placed my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became of little esteem in her eyes; may the Lord judge between me and thee.


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But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.


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And an angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.


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And he said, Hagar, Sarais maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, From the face of my mistress Sarai I am fleeing.


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And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.


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And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.


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And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and wilt bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.


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And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every mans hand against him; and in the presence of all his brethren shall he dwell.


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And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her, Thou art an allseeing God; for she said, Have I not also seen here a vision after he appeared to me?


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And when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be thou perfect.


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As for me, behold my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt become the father of a multitude of nations.


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Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.


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And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will cause thee to become nations; and kings shall come out of thee.


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And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and between thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant: to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.


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And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou sojournest, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.


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And God said unto Abraham, But thou, for thy part, shalt keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, in their generations.


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This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and between you, and between thy seed after thee: Every manchild among you shall be circumcised.


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And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and this shall serve as the token of the covenant between me and you.


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And at eight days old shall every manchild in your generations be circumcised among you, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, who is not of thy seed.


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He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised; and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.


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And any uncircumcised male, who circumciseth not the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.


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And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.


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And I will bless her, and give thee also a son of her; yea I will bless her, and she shall become a mother of nations; kings of people shall spring from her.


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Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed; and he said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?


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And God said, Truly, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, for his seed after him.


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And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make of him a great nation.


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But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.


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And Abraham now took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abrahams house; and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on the selfsame day, as God had spoken unto him.


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And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.


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And the Lord appeared unto him in the grove of Mamre; while he was sitting at the door of the tent in the heat of the day.


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And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three men stood near him; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the door of the tent, and bowed himself to the ground;


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And he said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in thy eyes, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant.


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And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your heart, after that ye may pass on; since ye have once passed by your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast spoken.


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And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.


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And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man, and he hastened to dress it.


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And he took cream and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.


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And he said, I will certainly return unto thee at this time next year: and lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it at the door of the tent, which was behind him.


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Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in years; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.


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Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord also being old!


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And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, since I am old?


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Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, at this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.


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Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid; but he said, Nay; indeed thou didst laugh.


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And the men rose up from there and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.


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Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?


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For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, that they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice; in order that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken concerning him.


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And the Lord said, Because the cry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous:


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I will go down now, and see if they have done according to the cry against them, which is come unto me, destruction <i>shall come upon them</i>; and if not, I will know it.


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And the men turned their faces from there, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.


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Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt thou then also destroy and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are therein?


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Far be it from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be this from thee; shall the Judge of all the earth not exercise justice?


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And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then will I spare all of the place for their sake.


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And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes:


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Peradventure there will lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt thou then destroy all the city for the <i>lack of</i> these five? And he said, I will not destroy, if I find there forty and five.


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And he spoke yet again unto him, and said, Peradventure there will be found there forty. And he said, I will not do it for the sake of the forty.


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And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there will be found there thirty. And he said, I will not do it, if I find there thirty.


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And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there will be found there twenty. And he said, I will not destroy for the sake of the twenty.


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And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure there will be found there ten. And he said, I will not destroy, for the sake of the ten.


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And the Lord went away, when he had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned unto his place.


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And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom; and when Lot saw them he rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face to the ground.


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And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servants house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye can rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.


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And he pressed upon them greatly, and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they did eat.


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But before they had lain down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:


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And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men who came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.


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Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes, only unto these men do nothing, since they have once come under the shadow of my roof.


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And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one man came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge; now will we deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed sorely upon the man Lot, and they came near to break the door.


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And the men that were at the entrance of the house they smote with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the entrance.


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And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? a soninlaw, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring out of this place.


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For we will destroy this place, because the cry against them is waxed great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.


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And Lot went out and spoke unto his sonsinlaw, who were to marry his daughters, and said, Arise, get yourselves out of this place, for the Lord will destroy this city; but he seemed as one that jesteth in the eyes of his sonsinlaw.


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And as the morning dawn arose, the angels urged Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be consumed for the iniquity of the city.


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And while he yet lingered, the men laid hold of his hand, and of the hand of his wife, and of the hand of his two daughters, because the Lord desired to spare him; and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.


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And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life, look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.


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Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy eyes, and thou hast magnified thy kindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me, and I die.


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Behold now, this city is near to flee thereunto, and it is little; oh, let me, I pray thee, escape thither, <i>as it is but little,</i> that my life may be saved.


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And he said unto him, See, I have favored thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, of which thou hast spoken.


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Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither. Therefore was the name of the city called Zoar.


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And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.


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And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, smoke went up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace.


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And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot away out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.


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And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he, and his two daughters.


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And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the country to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:


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Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.


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And they made their father drink wine that night; and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father, and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.


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And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father; let us make him drink wine this night also, and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.


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And they made their father drink wine that night also; and the younger arose, and lay with him, and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.


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And the firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab; the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.


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And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.


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And Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in Gerar.


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And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister; and Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.


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But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou shalt die for the sake of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a mans wife.


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But Abimelech had not come near to her; and he said, Lord, wilt thou then slay also a righteous nation?


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Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself, said, He is my brother; in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.


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And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I also well know that thou hast done this in the integrity of thy heart; therefore did I also withhold thee from sinning against me; for this cause I suffered thee not to touch her.


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And now restore the mans wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for thee, that thou mayest live; and if thou restore her not, know thou, that thou shalt surety die, thou and all that are thine.


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And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly afraid.


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Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and in what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? deeds that ought not to be done thou hast done unto me.


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And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will slay me for the sake of my wife.


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And yet indeed she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.


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And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my fathers house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.


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And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife.


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And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, this is to thee a covering of the eyes unto all that are with thee; and with all others thou canst thus justify thyself.


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And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants, so that they could bear children.


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For the Lord had fast closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abrahams wife.


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And Sarah conceived, and bore unto Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.


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And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarai should have given children suck? yet I have born a son in his old age.


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And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.


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Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, with Isaac.


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And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy eyes because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah may say unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.


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And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it onto her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and wandered astray in the wilderness of Beersheba.


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And she went, and seated herself down at some distance, a good way off, about a bowshot; for she said, I cannot look on when the child dieth; so she sat at a distance, and lifted up her voice, and wept.


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And God heard the voice of the lad; and an angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad, there where he is.


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And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water: and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.


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And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, spoke unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:


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Now therefore swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my sons son; <i>but</i> according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, shalt thou do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.


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And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelechs servants had violently taken away.


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And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me; nor have I heard of it except this day.


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And he said, For these seven ewelambs shalt thou take from my hand, that they may be a witness unto me that I have dug this well.


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Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba; then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.


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And Abraham planted an orchard in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the God of everlasting.


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And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and he said unto him, Abraham, and he said, Behold, here am I.


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And he said: Take now thy son, thy only one, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burntoffering upon one of the mountains which I tell thee of.


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And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burntoffering, and arose, and went unto the place of which God had told him.


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And Abraham said unto his young men, abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder, and we will worship, and then come again to you.


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And Abraham took the wood for the burntoffering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.


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And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father, and said, My father; and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, here is the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burntoffering?


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And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burntoffering, my son; so they went both of them together.


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And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built there an altar, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar above the wood.


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But the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.


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And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou the least unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing that thou hast not withheld thy son, thy only one, from me.


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And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, there was a ram that was afterward caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burntoffering in the stead of his son.


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And Abraham called the name of that place, Adonaiyireh: as it is said to this day, On the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.


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And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, since, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thy only one:


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That I will greatly bless thee, and I will exceedingly multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;


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And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because that thou hast obeyed my voice.


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And Abraham returned unto his young men; and they rose up, and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt in Beersheba.


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And it came to pass after these things, that it was told to Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also, hath born children unto Nachor thy brother;


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And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebach, and Gacham, and Thachash, and Maachah.


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And the lifetime of Sarah was a hundred and twentyseven years; <i>these</i> were the years of the life of Sarah.


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And Sarah died in Kiryatharba, the same in Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.


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A stranger and a sojourner I am with you; give me a possession for a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.


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Hear us, my lord; a prince of God thou art among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, so that thou mayest bury thy dead.


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And he spoke with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and intercede for me with Ephron the son of Zochar,


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That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which is his, which is at the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me, for a possession as a buryingplace amongst you.


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And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those that went in at the gate of his city, saying,


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Nay, my lord, hear me: the field I give to thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it to thee; in the presence of the sons of my people do I give it to thee; bury thy dead.


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And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wouldst only hear me; I will give the money for the field, take it off me, and I will bury my dead there.


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My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? only bury thy dead.


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And Abraham understood the meaning of Ephron; and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant.


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And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all its borders round about, were made sure


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Unto Abraham for a bought possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.


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And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.


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And the field, with the cave that is therein, was made sure unto Abraham for a possession as a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.


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And Abraham said unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:


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And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.


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And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I then bring thy son again unto the land from which thou camest?


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The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my fathers house, and from the land of my birth, and who spoke unto me, and who swore unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land: he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from there.


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But if the woman should not be willing to follow thee, then shalt, thou be clear from this my oath: only my son thou shalt not bring thither again.


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


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And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed, with all kinds of precious things of his master in his hand; and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nachor.


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And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, at the time that the women go out to draw water.


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And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and deal kindly with my master Abraham.


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Behold, I stand by the well of water: and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.


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And let it come to pass that the maiden to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and to thy camels also will I give drink, be the one thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shown kindness unto my master.


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And it came to pass, before he had yet finished speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Nachor, Abrahams brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.


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And the maiden was of a very handsome appearance, a virgin, neither had any man known her; and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.


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And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water out of thy pitcher.


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And she said, Drink, my lord; and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him to drink.


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And when she had finished giving him drink, she said, Also for thy camels will I draw water, until they have finished drinking.


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And she hastened, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.


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And the man was wondering at her; remaining silent, to discover whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.


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And it came to pass, as the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden earring, half a shekel in weight, and two bracelets for her hands, ten gold shekels in weight;


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And he said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee; is there room in thy fathers house for us to stay this night in?


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And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not withdrawn his mercy and his truth from my master; I being on the way, which the Lord hath led me, to the house of the brethren of my master.


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And this came to pass, when he saw the earring and the bracelets upon his sisters hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man unto me; and he came unto the man; and, behold, he was standing by the camels at the well.


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And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? while I have prepared the house and room for the camels.


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And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels; and he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were with him.


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And there was set food before him to eat; but he said, I will not eat, until I have spoken my words. And he said, Speak on.


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And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.


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And Sarah my masters wife bore a son to my master after she was become old: and he hath given unto him all that he hath.


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And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:


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And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I have walked will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; that thou mayest take a wife for my son from my kindred, and from my fathers house.


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Then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they do not give thee one, <i>then</i> shalt thou be clear from my oath.


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And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if thou wouldst but prosper my way on which I am going.


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Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall be the young woman who cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water out of thy pitcher to drink;


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And she say to me, Both drink thou, and also for thy camels will I draw: this shall be the wife whom the Lord hath destined for my masters son.


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And before I had yet finished speaking to my own heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water; and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.


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And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and also to thy camels I will give drink; and I drank, and she made the camels drink also.


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And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nachors son, whom Milcah bore unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.


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And I bowed down my head, and prostrated myself before the Lord; and I blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take the daughter of my masters brother for his son.


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And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right, or to the left.


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Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing hath proceeded from the Lord; we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.


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Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be the wife of thy masters son, as the Lord hath spoken.


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And it came to pass, when Abrahams servant heard their words, that he prostrated himself to the earth unto the Lord.


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And the servant brought forth vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; and precious things he gave to her brother and to her mother.


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And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried the night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.


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And her brother and her mother said, Let the maiden abide with us, a year or ten months; after that she shall go.


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And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.


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And thereupon they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abrahams servant, and his men.


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And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of myriads, and let thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them.


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And Rebekah arose with her maidens, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man; and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.


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And Isaac was gone out to meditate in the field toward evening; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, camels were coming.


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And she said unto the servant, Who is yonder man that walketh in the field toward us? And the servant said, This is my master; therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.


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And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mothers death.


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And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Chanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.


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


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And these are the days of the years of Abrahams life which he lived, one hundred seventy and five years.


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Then Abraham departed this life, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.


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And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zochar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;


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The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, with Sarah his wife.


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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 Lachairoi.


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Now theses are the generations of Ishmael, Abrahams son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarahs handmaid, bore unto Abraham.


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And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebayoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,


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


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And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty and seven years: and he departed this life and died; and was gathered unto his people.


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And they dwelt from Chavilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: he dwelt in the presence of all his brethren.


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And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian, to himself as wife.


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And Isaac entreated the Lord in behalf of his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.


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And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why did I desire this? And she went to inquire of the Lord.


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And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.


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And after that came his brother out, his hand holding on to Esaus heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.


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And the boys grew up: and Esau was an expert hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.


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And Esau said to Jacob, Let me swallow down, I pray thee, some of that yonder red pottage, for I am faint; therefore was his name called Edom.


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And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die; and what profit then can the right of firstborn be to me?


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And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore unto him, and he sold his right of firstborn unto Jacob.


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Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he did eat and drink, and he rose up, and went his way; thus Esau despised the birthright.


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And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham; and Isaac went unto Abimelech, the king of the Philistines, unto Gerar.


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And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.


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Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, will I give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father;


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And I will cause thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and I will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves.


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Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.


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And the men of the place asked <i>him</i> concerning his wife; and he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, <i>said he,</i> the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she is of a handsome appearance.


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And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech, the king of the Philistines, looked out at a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.


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And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I thought, Perhaps I may die for her.


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And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? How easily might one of the people have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldst have brought guiltiness upon us.


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And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.


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Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold: so the Lord blessed him.


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And he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants; and the Philistines envied him.


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


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And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.


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And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaacs herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Essek; because they strove with him.


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And he removed from there, and dug another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rechoboth, and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall increase in the land.


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And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father; fear not, for I am with thee, and I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for the sake of Abraham my servant.


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And he built there an altar, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched there his tent: and the servants of Isaac dug there a well.


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Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Achuzzath his friend, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.


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And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing that ye do hate me, and have sent me away from you?


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And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with thee; and we said, Let there be now an oath between us and thee; and we will make a covenant with thee;


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That thou shalt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now one blessed of the Lord.


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And they rose up betimes in the morning, and they swore one to the other; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.


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And it came to pass the same day, that Isaacs servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and they said unto him, We have found water.


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And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri, the Hittite, and Bahsemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.


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And it came to pass, when Isaac was old, and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.


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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me some venison;


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And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.


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And Rebekah heard as Isaac was speaking to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.


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And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,


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Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat and bless thee before the Lord before my death.


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Go, I pray thee, to the flock, and fetch me from there two good kids; and I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth:


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And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat; for the sake that he may bless thee before his death.


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And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:


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Peradventure my father will feel me, and I shall then seem to him as a deceiver; and I would bring upon me a curse, and not a blessing.


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And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go fetch them to me.


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And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.


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And Rebekah took the goodly garments of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and clothed therewith Jacob her younger son;


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And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done as thou didst speak to me: arise I pray thee, sit here and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.


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And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it before me.


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And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be truly my son Esau or not.


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And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father, and he felt him; and he said, The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.


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And he recognized him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esaus hands: so he blessed him.


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And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my sons venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat, and he brought him wine, and he drank.


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And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is the smell of the field which the Lord hath blessed.


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And may God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine;


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Nations shall serve thee, and people bow down to thee; be lord over thy brethren, and thy mothers sons shall bow down to thee; cursed be they that curse thee, and blessed be they that bless thee.


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And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarcely gone out from the presence of his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.


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And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his sons venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.


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And Isaac trembled greatly, exceedingly, and said, Who was it? where is he that had hunted venison, and brought it me, and I ate of all before thou camest, and blessed him? yea, he shall also remain blessed.


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When Esau heard the words of his father, he uttered a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, also me, my father.


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And he said, Hath he been therefore named Jacob, because he hath supplanted me these two times? my right of firstborn he took away; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing: and he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me.


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And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I endowed him: and what can I do now for thee, my son.


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And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou then but one blessing, my father? bless me, also me, my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.


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And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and <i>blessed</i> by the dew of heaven from above;


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And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thy brother shalt thou serve; and it shall come to pass, that when thou shalt have the dominion, thou canst break his yoke from off thy neck.


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And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father will be at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.


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And Rebekah was informed of the words of Esau her elder son: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau doth comfort himself, with regard to thee, purposing to kill thee.


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Until thy brothers anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then will I send, and fetch thee from there; why should I be deprived of both of you at once in one day?


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And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife from the daughters of Heth, such as these, from the daughters of the land, what good will life do me?


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And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.


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Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father; and take thyself from there a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mothers brother.


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And God, the Almighty, bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a multitude of people;


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And may he give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojourn, which God gave unto Abraham.


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And Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went to Padanaram, unto Laban, the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.


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And when Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take himself from there a wife; and in blessing him had given him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;


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And Esau went unto Ishmael, and took Machalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abrahams son, the sister of Nebayoth in addition to his wives, to himself as wife.


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And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it for his pillow, and laid himself down in that place.


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And he dreamed, and behold a ladder was set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, angels of God were ascending and descending on it.


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And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;


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And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and in thee and thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.


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And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done what I have spoken to thee of.


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And Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is present in this place; and I knew it not.


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And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.


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And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.


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And Jacob made a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me on this way which I am going, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,


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And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be Gods house; and of all that thou wilt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.


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And he looked, and behold there was a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and the stone upon the mouth of the well was great.


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And there all the flocks were wont to assemble; and they rolled then the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep; and they put the stone again upon the mouth of the well in its place.


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And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.


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And he said, Lo, the day is yet long, it is not time that the cattle should be driven home; water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.


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And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, then do they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; and we water the sheep.


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And while he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her fathers sheep; for she was a shepherdess.


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And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the sheep of Laban his mothers brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the flock of Laban his mothers brother.


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And Jacob told Rachel that he was her fathers brother, and that he was Rebekahs son: and she ran and told her father.


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And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sisters son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.


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And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.


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And Laban then said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldst thou therefore serve me for naught? tell me, what shall thy wages be?


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


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And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.


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And Jacob served for Rachel seven years; and they seemed unto him but a few days, through the love he had to her.


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And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.


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And it came to pass that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did I not serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou deceived me?


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And Laban said, It is not done so in our place, to give in marriage the younger before the firstborn.


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Fulfill the week of this, and we will give thee this one also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.


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And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week of the first; and he gave him Rachel his daughter for a wife.


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And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah; and he served with him yet seven other years.


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And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely, the Lord hath looked upon my affliction, because now my husband will love me.


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And she conceived again and bore a son; and she said, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath given me this one also; and she called his name Simeon.


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And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons; therefore was his name called Levi.


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And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, This time will I praise the Lord; therefore she called his name Judah: and she left off bearing.


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And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, and if not, I die.


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And Jacobs anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in Gods stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?


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And she said, Behold, <i>here is</i> my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.


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And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.


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And Rachel said, Contests of God have I contended with my sister, I have also prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.


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When Leah now saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for wife.


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And Leah said, To my happiness; for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.


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And Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and he brought them unto Leah his mother; then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, <i>some</i> of thy sons mandrakes.


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And she said unto her, Is it not enough that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldst thou also take away my sons mandrakes? And Rachel said, Therefore shall he be with thee tonight for thy sons mandrakes.


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And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Unto me thou must come in; for surely I have obtained thee as a reward with my sons mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.


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And Leah said, God hath given me my reward, because I have given my maid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.


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And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons; and she called his name Zebulun.


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And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto my own place, and to my country.


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Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go; for thou knowest my service with which I have served thee.


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And Laban said unto him, If I could but find favor in thy eyes; I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake:


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For it was a little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased into a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming; and now when shall I provide also for my own house?


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And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me the least; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:


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I will pass through all thy flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted lamb, and every brown lamb among the sheep, and whatever is spotted and speckled among the goats; and such shall be after this my reward.


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And my righteousness shall testify for me in time to come, when it shall come with my reward before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.


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And he removed on that day the hegoats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the shegoats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had some white on it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.


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And he put a space of three days journey between himself and Jacob; and Jacob fed the flocks of Laban that were left.


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And Jacob took himself rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and peeled thereon white streaks, laying bare the white which was on the rods.


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And he set the rods which he had peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink, just before the flocks, and where they conceived, when they came to drink.


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And these lambs did Jacob separate, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked, and whatever was brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not with Labans cattle.


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And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.


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But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in; so the feebler belonged to Laban, and the stronger to Jacob.


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And the man increased exceedingly, and he had many flocks, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.


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And he heard the words of Labans sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our fathers, and of that which was our fathers hath he gotten all this wealth.


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And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy birthplace; and I will be with thee.


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And he said unto them, I see your fathers countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.


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And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times: but God suffered him not to do me evil.


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If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages: then bore all the flocks speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy reward; then bore all the flocks ringstreaked.


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And it came to pass at the time that the flocks conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.


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And he said, Lift up now thy eyes and see, all the rams which leap upon the flocks are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban doth unto thee.


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I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou madest unto me a vow: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy birth.


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And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our fathers house?


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Were we not counted of him as strangers? for he hath sold us; and he hath quite consumed also our money.


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For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our childrens; now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.


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And he led away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his acquiring, which he had gotten in Padanaram, to go to Isaac his father into the land of Canaan.


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And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, by not letting him know that he was going to flee.


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And he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.


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And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him a seven days journey; and he overtook him at the mount of Gilead.


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And God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.


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Then Laban overtook Jacob; now Jacob had pitched his tent on the mount, and Laban with his brethren pitched on the mount of Gilead.


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And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and led away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword.


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Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and why didst thou not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?


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And <i>why</i> hast thou not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now thou hast acted foolishly in so doing.


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It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.


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And now, thou wouldst needs be gone, because thou greatly longedst after thy fathers house; <i>yet</i> wherefore hast thou stolen my gods.


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And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid, for I said, Peradventure thou wouldst take by force thy daughters from me.


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With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live; before our brethren seek out thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee; but Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.


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And Laban went into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two maidservants; but he found nothing; he then went out of the tent of Leah, and entered into Rachels tent.


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Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the saddlecushion of the camel, and sat upon them; and Laban searched all the tent, and found nothing.


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And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me; and thus he searched, but found not the images.


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Now Jacob became wroth, and quarrelled with Laban; and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?


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Although thou hast searched all my goods, what hast thou found of all the articles of thy household? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge between us both.


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These twenty years have I been with thee: thy ewes and thy shegoats have not cast their young; and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.


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That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I had to bear the loss of it, of my hand didst thou require it, whatever was stolen by day, or stolen by night.


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<i>Where</i> I was in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes.


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These twenty years have I been in thy house; I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flocks: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.


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Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst now sent me away empty; my affliction and the labor of my hands God hath seen, and decided yesternight.


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And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine; but as to my daughters, what can I do unto them this day, or unto their children whom they have born?


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And now, come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.


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And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap; and they ate there upon the heap.


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And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day; therefore called he its name Galed;


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And Mitzpah; for he said, The Lord shall watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from the other;


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If thou shouldst afflict my daughters, or if thou shouldst take other wives besides my daughters, when there is no man with us: see, God is witness between me and thee.


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And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast up between me and thee;


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Witness be this heap and witness be this pillar, that I will not pass by this heap, and that thou shalt not pass unto me by this heap and this pillar, for evil.


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The God of Abraham and the God of Nachor shall judge between us, the God of their father; but Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.


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Then Jacob slew some cattle upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread; and they did eat bread, and tarried all night on the mount.


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And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them; and Laban departed, and returned unto his own place.


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And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is a host of God; and he called the name of that place Machanayim.


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


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And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord, to Esau, Thus hath said thy servant Jacob, With Laban have I sojourned, and stayed until now.


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And I have acquired oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants; and I send now to tell my lord, to find grace in thy eyes.


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And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.


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Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and he felt distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two bands.


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And he said, If Esau should come to the one band and smite it, then the other band which is left may escape.


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And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy birthplace, and I will deal well with thee:


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I am not worthy of all the kindness, and of all the truth, which thou hast shown unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.


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Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, the mother with the children.


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And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.


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And he lodged there that same night; and he took of that which he carried with him a present for Esau his brother:


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And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said unto his servants, Pass on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.


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And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother should meet thee, and ask thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither art thou going? and for whom are these before thee?


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Then shalt thou say, They belong to thy servant, to Jacob; it is a present sent unto my lord, to Esau; and, behold, also, he is himself behind us.


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And so he commanded also the second, also the third, as also all that followed the droves, saying, After this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.


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And say ye moreover, Behold, also thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will receive me kindly.


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And he rose up that night, and he took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Yabbok.


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And when he saw that he could net prevail against him, he struck against the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacobs thigh was put out of joint, as he was wrestling with him.


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And he said, Let me go, for the day hath dawned. And he said, I will not let thee go until thou hast blessed me.


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And he said, Not Jacob shall any more be called thy name, but Israel; for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.


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And Jacob asked him, and said, tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.


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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen an angel of God face to face, and my life hath been preserved.


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Therefore do the children of Israel not eat the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he struck against the hollow of Jacobs thigh on the sinew that shrank.


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And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.


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And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.


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And he himself passed on before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.


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And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.


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And Leah also with her children came near, and they bowed themselves; and after that came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.


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And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I have met? And he said, To find grace in the eyes of my lord.


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And Jacob said, This must not be, I pray thee; if I have but found grace in thy eyes, then do thou receive my present at my hand; since I have seen thy face, it is as though I had seen the face of an angel, and because thou hast received me kindly.


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Take, I pray thee, my present that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have a plenty of all. And he urged him, and he took it.


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And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are a charge on me: and if they should overdrive them one day, all the flock would die.


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Let my lord, I pray thee, pass on before his servant: and I will lead on slowly, according to the cattle that goeth before me and the children may be able to travel, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.


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And Esau said, Let me, I pray thee, leave with thee some of the people that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me only final grace in the eyes of my lord.


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And Jacob journeyed to Succoth and built himself a house, and for his cattle he made booths; therefore he called the name of the place Succoth.


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And Jacob came in good health to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and he encamped before the city.


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And he bought the parcel of the field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Chamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred kessitah.


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And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had born unto Jacob, went out to look about among the daughters of the land.


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And Shechem the son of Chamor the Hivite, the prince of the country, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and did her violence.


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And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the maiden, and spoke kindly unto the maiden.


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And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.


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And the sons of Jacob came from the field when they heard it, and the men were grieved, and it excited their anger greatly; because he had wrought a disgraceful thing in Israel to lie with the daughter of Jacob, and this ought not to be done.


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And Chamor spoke with them, saying, The soul of Shechem my son longeth for your daughter; give her, I pray you, unto him for wife.


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And intermarry with us; your daughters ye shall give unto us, and our daughters ye may take unto yourselves.


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And with us shall ye dwell; and the land shall be open before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and acquire possessions therein.


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And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brother, Let me but find grace in your eyes, and whatever ye may say unto me, I will give.


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Ask of me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give, just as ye may say unto me; but give me the maiden for wife.


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And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Chamor his father with cunning, and spoke; because he had defiled Dinah their sister.


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And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that would be a reproach unto us.


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But on this condition will we consent unto you; if ye will become as we are, that every male of you be circumcised:


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Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters unto us; and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.


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But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter, and go our way.


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And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacobs daughter; and he was the most honored of all the house of his father.


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And Chamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying,


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These men are peaceably inclined with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; and the land, behold, it is large enough on all sides before them; their daughters we will take unto us for wives, and our daughters we will give unto them.


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Only with this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.


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Their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs will they not be ours? only let us consent unto them, that they may dwell with us.


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And unto Chamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and all the males were circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.


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And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinahs brothers, took each his sword, and came upon the city unresisted and slew all the males.


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And they slew Chamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword; and they took Dinah out of Shechems house, and went out.


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They took their sheep and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field.


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And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives they took captive, and spoiled; and all that was in the house.


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And Jacob said unto Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to cause me to be hated among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and as I am but few in number, they may gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I would be destroyed, I and my house.


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And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar unto the God that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.


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Then said Jacob unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments.


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And let us arise, and go up to Bethel: and I will make there an altar unto the God who answered me on the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.


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And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.


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And they journeyed; and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.


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


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And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.


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And Deborah Rebekahs nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and he called its named Allonbachuth.


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And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob; thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.


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And God said unto him, I am God the Almighty; be fruitful and multiply; a nation and an assemblage of nations shall spring from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.


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And the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, to thee will I give it; and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.


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And Jacob set up a pillar at the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.


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And they journeyed from Bethel: and there was yet some distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.


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And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for this child also is a son for thee.


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And it came to pass, as her soul was departing, <i>for she died</i> that she called his name Benoni; but his father called him Benjamin.


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And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his fathers concubine; and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.


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The sons of Leah, Jacobs firstborn, Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.


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And the sons of Zilpah, Leahs handmaid, Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Padanaram.


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And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, the city of Arba, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.


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And Isaac departed this life, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.


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Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;


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And Aholibamah bore Yeush, and Yalam, and Korach: these are the sons of Esau, that were born unto him in the land Canaan.


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And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had gotten in the land of Canaan; and went into another country from the face of his brother Jacob.


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For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land of their sojourning could not bear them, because of their cattle.


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These are the names of Esaus sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bahsemath the wife of Esau.


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And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esaus son: and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek; these were the sons of Adah, Esaus wife.


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And these are the sons of Reuel: Nachath, and Zerach, Shammah, and Mizzah; these were the sons of Bahsemath, Esaus wife.


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And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esaus wife: and she bore to Esau Yeush, and Yalam, and Korach.


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These are the dukes of the sons of Esau; the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,


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Duke Korach, duke Gatam, duke Amalek; these are the dukes of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.


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And these are the sons of Reuel Esaus son: duke Nachath, duke Zerach, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah; these are the dukes of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bahsemath, Esaus wife.


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And these are the sons of Aholibamah, Esaus wife: duke Yeush, duke Yalam, duke Korach; these are the dukes of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esaus wife.


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These are the sons of Seir the Chorite, who inhabited the land: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,


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And Dishon, and Etzer, and Dishan; these are the dukes of the Chorites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.


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And these are the children of Zibeon: both Ajah, and Anah; this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.


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Duke Dishon, duke Etzer, duke Dishan; these are the dukes of the Chorites, after their dukes in the land of Seir.


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And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.


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And Chusham died, and there reigned in his stead Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab; and the name of his city was Avith.


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And Baalchanan the son of Achbor died, and there reigned in his stead Hadar, and the name of his city was Pau; and his wifes name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.


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And these are the names of the dukes of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: duke Timna, duke Alvah, duke Yetheth,


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Duke Magdiel, duke Iram; these are the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: this is Esau the father of the Edom.


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These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers; and he was as a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his fathers wives; and Joseph brought evil reports of them unto his father.


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Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colors.


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And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.


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And, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also remained standing upright; and, behold, your sheaves placed themselves round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.


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And his brothers said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.


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And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers; and he said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.


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And he told it to his father, and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall we indeed come, I and thy mother, and thy brothers, to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth.


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And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brothers feed <i>the flocks</i> in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.


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And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brothers, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him from the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.


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And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering astray in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?


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And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.


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And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.


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And now, come and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.


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And when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hand; and he said, Let us not put him to death.


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And Reuben said unto them, Do not shed blood; but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hand upon him; in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back again to his father.


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And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brothers, that they stript Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;


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And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead; and their camels were bearing spicery, and balm, and lotus, going to carry it down to Egypt.


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And Judah said unto his brothers, What profit will it be if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?


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Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let our hand not be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers hearkened to him.


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And when the Midianitish men, merchants, passed by, they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.


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And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: acknowledge, we pray thee, whether it be thy sons coat or not.


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And he recognized it, and said, it is my sons coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is surely torn in pieces.


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And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I must go down unto my son, mourning, into the grave; thus his father wept for him.


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And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaohs, the captain of the guards.


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And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and he pitched his tent with a certain Adullamite whose name was Chirah.


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


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And she again bore another son; and she called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.


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And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brothers wife, and take her, as her brotherinlaw, and raise up seed to thy brother.


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Onan thus knew that the seed should not be his, and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brothers wife, that he spilled it on the ground, so as not to give seed unto his brother.


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Then said Judah to Tamar his daughterinlaw, Remain a widow at thy fathers house, till Shelah my son be grown; for he thought, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brothers have done. And Tamar went and dwelt in her fathers house.


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And many days had elapsed when the daughter of Shua, Judahs wife, died; and after Judah was comforted, he went up unto his sheepshearers, he and his friend Chirah the Adullamite, to Timnah.


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And it was told unto Tamar, saying, Behold, thy fatherinlaw goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.


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And she put her widows garments off from her, and covered herself with a vail, and concealed her face, and seated herself at the crossroad, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him for wife.


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And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; <i>for he knew not that she was his daughterinlaw.</i> And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?


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And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, If thou wilt give me a pledge, till thou send it.


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And he said, What is the pledge which I shall give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy scarf, and thy staff that is in thy hand. And he gave them unto her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.


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And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.


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And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to take the pledge out of the womans hand; but he found her not.


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Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was at the crossroad on the highway? And they said, There hath been no harlot in this neighborhood.


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And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place have said, There hath been no harlot in this place.


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And Judah said, Let her keep it, lest we be put to shame; behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.


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And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told to Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughterinlaw hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by prostitution. And Judah said, Lead her forth, and let her be burnt.


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When she was led forth, she sent to her fatherinlaw, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Acknowledge, I pray thee, to whom belong these, the signet, the scarf, and staff.


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And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her not again any more.


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And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.


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And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold his brother came out; and she said, How hast thou broken forth! this breach is upon thee: therefore his name was called Perez.


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And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zerach.


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And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guards, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down thither.


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


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And when his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hand:


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Joseph found grace in his eyes, and he served him; and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.


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And it came to pass from the time he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptians house for the sake of Joseph; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.


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And he left all that he had in Josephs hand; and he troubled himself not about aught he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was handsome in form and handsome in appearance.


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And it came to pass after these things, that his masters wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.


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But he refused, and said unto his masters wife, Behold, Thy master troubleth himself not about what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath into my hand;


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There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great evil, and sin against God?


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And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, and he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her;


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That it came to pass one particular day, that he went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.


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And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me; and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and ran out into the street.


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That she called unto the men of her house, and spoke unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in unto us a Hebrew man to have his sport with us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:


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And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and ran out into the street.


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And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to have his sport with me.


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And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled forth.


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And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke unto him, saying, After this manner hath thy servant done to me; that his wrath was kindled.


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And Josephs master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the kings prisoners were imprisoned: and he was there in the prison.


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But the Lord was with Joseph, and caused him to find kindness, and gave him favor in the eyes of the superintendent of the prison.


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And the superintendent of the prison committed into Josephs hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, was done through him.


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The superintendent of the prison looked not after the least that was under his hand, because the Lord was with him; and that which he did, the Lord made to prosper.


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And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker committed an offense, against their lord the king of Egypt.


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And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.


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And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guards, into the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.


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And the captain of the guards charged Joseph with them, and he served them; and they continued a season in ward.


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And they dreamed a dream, both of them, each his dream in one night, each in accordance with the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison.


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And he asked the officers of Pharaoh that were with him in ward in his lords house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly today?


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And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none to interpret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it to me, I pray you.


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The chief of the butlers then told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;


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And on the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded, shot forth its blossoms, and on its clusters the grapes became ripe:


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And Pharaohs cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them out into Pharaohs cup, and I placed the cup into Pharaohs hand.


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Within yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thy office; and thou shalt place Pharaohs cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.


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Therefore if thou thinkest on me when it shall be well with thee, then show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house;


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For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I not done the least that they should put me into the dungeon.


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And when the chief of the bakers saw that he had well interpreted, he said unto Joseph, I also <i>saw</i> in my dream, and, behold, I had three baskets with fine bread on my head:


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And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats, used as food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket from my head.


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Within yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and will hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.


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And it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaohs birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief of the butlers and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants.


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And he restored the chief of the butlers unto his butlership; and he placed the cup in Pharaohs hand;


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And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.


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And, behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, of good appearance and fat in flesh; and they fed in the meadow.


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And, behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, illfavored and lean in flesh; and they stood by the other cows upon the brink of the river.


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And the illfavored and leanfleshed cows did eat up the seven wellfavored and fat cows. And Pharaoh awoke.


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And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up on one stalk, rank and good.


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And the seven thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.


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And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret the same unto Pharaoh.


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Then spoke the chief of the butlers unto Pharaoh, saying, My faults I must call to remembrance this day:


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Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guards, me and the chief of the bakers;


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And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each in accordance with the interpretation of his dream.


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And there was with us a Hebrew lad, a servant to the captain of the guards; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each according to his dream did he interpret.


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And it came to pass, just as he had interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto my office, and him he hanged.


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Then Pharaoh sent and had Joseph called, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his garments, and came in unto Pharaoh.


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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.


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And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me; God will give an answer for the peace of Pharaoh.


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And, behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, fat in flesh and good in shape; and they fed in the meadow;


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And, behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very illshaped and lean in flesh; I never saw any like these in all the land of Egypt for ugliness;


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And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but their appearance was still as bad as at the beginning. And I awoke.


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And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could tell it to me.


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And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, the dream of Pharaoh is one, that which God is about to do, he hath told to Pharaoh.


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And the seven thin and illfavored cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears, blasted with the east wind, shall be seven years of famine.


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This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he hath shown unto Pharaoh.


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And there shall arise seven years of famine after them, when all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of 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 that famine following it; for it shall be very grievous.


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And as it respecteth that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is firmly resolved on by God, and God hasteneth to bring it to pass.


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Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part <i>of the produce</i> of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty.


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And let them gather up all the food of those good years that are coming, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, as food in the cities, and keep the same.


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And that food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land be not cut off through the famine.


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And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?


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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Inasmuch as God hath caused thee to know all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou:


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Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people be ruled, only in regard to the throne will I be greater than thou.


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And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Josephs hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a golden chain about his neck;


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And he caused him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bend the knee: and he placed him <i>thus</i> over all the land of Egypt.


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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh; but without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.


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And Pharaoh called Josephs name Zaphenathpaneach; and he gave him Assenath the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On, for wife. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.


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And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh the king of Egypt; and Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.


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And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field of the city, which was round about it, laid he up in the same.


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And Joseph heaped up corn as the sand of the sea, very much; until he left off numbering, for it was without number.


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And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Assenath the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore unto him.


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And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Menasseh: For God <i>said he</i> hath made me forget all my toil, and all my fathers house.


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And the name of the second he called Ephraim; For God <i>said he</i> hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.


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And the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all the countries, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.


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And when all the land of Egypt also felt hunger, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.


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And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, wherein corn was, and sold unto the Egyptians; for the famine grew strong in the land of Egypt.


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And all the countries came into Egypt to buy corn of Joseph; because the famine was sore in all the countries.


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And when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look at one another?


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And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; get you down thither, and buy for us provision from there, that we may live, and not die.


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But Benjamin, Josephs brother, Jacob sent not with his brothers; for he said, Lest mischief befall him.


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And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.


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And Josephhe was the governor over the land, it was he that sold corn to all the people of the land; and Josephs brothers came, and bowed themselves down before him with the face to the earth.


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And Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them; but made himself strange unto them and spoke roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.


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And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed concerning them, and he said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land are ye come.


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And they said, We, thy servants, are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.


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Hereby shall ye be proved: By the life of Pharaoh, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.


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Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether the truth be with you; and if not, by the life of Pharaoh, ye are surely spies.


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If ye be true men, let one of your brothers remain imprisoned in the house of your confinement; but ye, go, carry home what you have bought for the want of your household.


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But your youngest brother bring unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.


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And they said to one another, Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.


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And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not say unto you, thus, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? and behold, his blood also is now required.


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And he turned himself away from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and spoke with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.


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And Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every mans money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and he did unto them thus.


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And one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn: when he espied his money, for, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.


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And he said unto his brothers, My money hath been restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?


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And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and they told him all that had befallen them; saying,


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The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us as though we were espying the country.


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We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; the one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.


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And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brothers here with me, and <i>the food for</i> the want of your households take ye and be gone;


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And bring your youngest brother unto me; then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men; your brother I will give up to you, and in the land ye shall be allowed to traffic.


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And it came to pass as they were emptying their sacks, that, behold, every mans bundle of money was in his sack: and when they saw the bundles of their money, they and their father, they were afraid.


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And Jacob their father said unto them, Me ye have bereaved of my children: Joseph is gone, and Simeon is gone, and Benjamin ye will take away; all these things are against me.


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And Reuben said unto his father, thus, Two of my sons shalt thou slay, if I bring him not to thee; deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him back to thee.


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And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left: and if mischief befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.


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And it came to pass, when they had completely eaten up the provisions which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.


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And Judah said unto him, thus, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.


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But if thou sendest him not, we will not go down; for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.


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And Israel said, Wherefore have ye dealt so ill with me, as to tell the man that ye have yet another brother?


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And they said, The man inquired particularly concerning us, and our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we possibly know that he would say, Bring down your brother?


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And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, as also our little ones.


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I will be surety for him; from my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then shall I have sinned against thee all the days.


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And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this: take of the best products of the land in your vessels, and carry down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and lotus, pistachionuts and almonds;


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And twofold money take in your hand; and the money that was put back in the mouth of your sacks, you must carry back in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight;


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And may God the Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away to you your other brother, and Benjamin. And I, if I am to be bereaved, let me be bereaved.


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And the men took that present; and twofold money they took in their hand, as also Benjamin; and they rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.


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And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the superintendent of his house, Bring these men into the house, and slay, and make ready; for with me shall these men dine at noon.


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And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Josephs house: and they said, Because of the money that came back in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, together with our asses.


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And they came near to the man who was appointed over Josephs house, and they spoke with him at the door of the house.


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And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every mans money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in its full weight; and we have brought it back in our hand.


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And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food; we know not who hath put our money in our sacks.


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And he said, Peace be to you, fear not; your God, and the God of your father, hath given you a treasure in your sacks; your money hath come to me. And he brought Simeon out unto them.


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And the man brought the men into Josephs house; and he gave them water, and they washed their feet, and he gave provender to their asses.


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And they made ready the present before Joseph came home at noon; for they had heard that they should eat bread there.


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And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.


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And he asked them after their welfare, and said, Is your old father well, of whom ye spoke? is he yet alive?


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And they answered, Thy servant, our father, is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and prostrated themselves.


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And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mothers son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom ye spoke unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.


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And Joseph hastened away, for his affection toward his brother became enkindled, and he sought to weep; and he entered into his chamber and wept there.


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And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves; and for the Egyptians, who did eat with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians may not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.


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And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his prior birth, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marveled one at the other.


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And he sent portions unto them from before him; but Benjamins portion exceeded the portions of all of them fivefold. And they drank, and were merry with him.


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And he commanded the superintendent of his house, saying, Fill the sacks of these men with food, as much as they can carry, and put every mans money in the mouth of his sack.


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And my cup, the silver cup, thou shalt put in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and the money for his corn. And he did according to the word of Joseph which he had spoken.


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They were gone out of the city, not yet far off, when Joseph said unto the superintendent of his house, Up, follow after the men; and when thou hast overtaken them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye returned evil for good?


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Is not this out of which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.


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And they said unto him, Wherefore will my lord speak such words as these? God forbid that thy servants should do any thing like this.


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Behold the money, which we found in the mouth of our sacks, we brought back unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lords house silver or gold?


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With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die; and we also will be bondmen unto thy lord.


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And he said, Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; but ye shall be blameless.


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And they made haste, and every one of them took down his sack to the ground, and every one opened his sack.


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And he searched, at the eldest he began, and at the youngest he left off; and the cup was found in Benjamins sack.


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And Judah and his brothers came into Josephs house, and he was yet there; and they fell down before him on the ground.


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And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? knew ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?


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And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we justify ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold we are servants unto my lord, both we, as also he in whose hand the cup was found.


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And he said, God forbid that I should do this: the man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, go you up in peace unto your father.


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Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Pardon, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lords ears, and let not thy anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh.


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And we said unto my lord, We have an old father, and a little child born in his old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.


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And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, he would die.


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And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall not see my face any more.


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And it came to pass, when we came up unto thy servant my father, that we told him the words of my lord.


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And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we cannot see the mans face, except our youngest brother be with us.


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And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he hath been torn to pieces; and I have not seen him up to this time.


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And if ye take this one also from me, and mischief befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.


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And now, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lads life;


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It will come to pass, that when he seeth that the lad is not with us, he will die: and thy servants would thus bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.


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For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I have sinned against my father all the days.


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Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad as bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers.


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For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? I should perhaps be compelled to witness the evil which would come on my father.


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Then could Joseph not refrain himself before all those that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there remained no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brothers.


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And Joseph said unto his brothers, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brothers could not answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.


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And Joseph said unto his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you; and they came near; and he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.


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But now be not grieved, nor be angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for in order to preserve life did God send me before you.


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For these two years hath the famine been already in the land; and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvesting.


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And God hath thus sent me before you to prepare for you a permanence on the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.


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So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God; and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and a lord for all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.


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Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus hath said thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt; come down unto me, tarry not.


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And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that is thine.


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And I will maintain thee there; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.


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And, behold, your own eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.


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And ye shall tell my father of all my honor in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall hasten and bring down my father hither.


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And the report thereof was heard in Pharaohs house, saying, Josephs brothers are come; and it was pleasing in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants.


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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brothers, This do ye; load your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;


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And take your father and your households, and come unto me; and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.


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And thou art commanded, This do ye, take unto yourselves out of the land of Egypt wagons for your little ones, and for your wives, and take up your father, and come.


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And do ye feel no concern on account of your household goods; for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.


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And the children of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command of Pharaoh; and he gave them provision for the way.


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To all of them he gave to each changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.


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And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the best things of Egypt, and ten sheasses laden with corn and bread and other food for his father, for the journey.


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And he accompanied his brothers on the way, and they departed: and he said unto them, Do not fall out by the way.


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And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive; and that he is governor over all the land of Egypt. But his heart remained cold, for he believed them not.


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But when they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him: the spirit of Jacob their father revived.


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And Israel commenced his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.


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And God spoke unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.


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And he said, I am God, the God of thy father; fear not to go down into Egypt; for a great nation will I make of thee there:


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I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon thy eyes.


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And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.


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And they took their cattle and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt; Jacob, and all his seed with him:


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His sons, and his sons sons with him, his daughters, and his sons daughters, and all his seed he brought with him into Egypt.


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And these are the names of the children of Israel, that came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: the firstborn of Jacob, Reuben.


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And the sons of Simeon: Yemuel, and Yamin, and Ohad, and Yachin, and Zochar, and Shaul the son of the Canaanitish woman.


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And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerach; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Perez were Chezron and Chamul.


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These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Padanaram, with Dinah his daughter: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.


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And the sons of Asher: Yimnah, and Yishvah, and Yishvi, and Beriah, and Serach their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Cheber, and Malkiel.


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These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and she bore these unto Jacob, sixteen souls.


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And there were born unto Joseph in the land of Egypt Menasseh and Ephraim, whom Assenath the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On, bore unto him.


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And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Echi, and Rosh, Muppim and Chuppim, and Ard.


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These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bore these unto Jacob, in all seven souls.


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All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides the wives of Jacobs sons, were in all sixty and six souls.


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And the sons of Joseph, who were born him in Egypt, were two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were seventy.


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And Judah he sent before him unto Joseph, to direct him beforehand unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.


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And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and when he obtained sight of him, he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.


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And Joseph said unto his brothers, and unto his fathers house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brothers and my fathers house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;


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And the men are shepherds, for they have been owners of cattle; and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, they have brought along.


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That ye shall say, Owners of cattle have thy servants been from our youth even until now, both we, as also our fathers; in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.


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Then came Joseph and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.


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And Pharaoh said unto his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, as also our fathers.


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They said moreover unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; because there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan; and now let thy servants dwell, we pray thee, in the land of Goshen.


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The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land let thy father and brothers dwell; let them dwell in the land of Goshen; and if thou knowest that there are among them men of activity, then appoint them rulers over my cattle.


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And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.


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And Joseph assigned places of residence for his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.


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And Joseph supplied his father, and his brothers, and all his fathers household, with bread, in proportion to their families.


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And there was no bread in all the land: for the famine was very sore; and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.


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And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaohs house.


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And when the money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread, for why should we die in thy presence, since the money is all gone?


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And Joseph said, Give up your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if the money be all gone.


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And they brought their cattle unto Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks of sheep, and for the herds of cattle, and for the asses; and he supplied them with bread for all their cattle for that year.


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And when that year was ended, they came unto him in the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money with our herds of cattle hath entirely passed into the possession of my lord; there is naught left in sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our land.


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Wherefore shall we die before thy eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread; and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not rendered desolate.


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And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaohs.


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And as for the people, he removed them to the cities, from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other end thereof.


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Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them by Pharaoh, and they ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them: therefore they did not sell their land.


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Then said Joseph unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and sow ye the land.


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And it shall come to pass in the harvest times, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh; and four parts shall be your own, for the seed of the field, and for your food, and for those belonging to your households, and for food for your little ones.


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And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us but find grace in the eyes of my lord, and we will be Pharaohs servants.


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And Joseph made it a statute unto this day over the land of Egypt, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests alone became not Pharaohs.


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And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.


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And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty and seven years.


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And when the time of Israel drew near that he was to die, he sent to call his son Joseph, and said unto him, if now I have found grace in thy eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh; and deal with me in kindness and truth; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.


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But when I shall lie with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.


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And he said, Swear unto me; and he swore unto him; and Israel bowed himself upon the head of the bed.


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And it came to pass after these things, that some one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick; and he took his two sons with him, Menasseh and Ephraim.


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And some one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph is coming unto thee; and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.


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And Jacob said unto Joseph, God, the Almighty, appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,


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And he said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and I will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.


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And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, shall be mine; Ephraim and Menasseh shall be unto me as Reuben and Simeon.


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And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, after the name of their brothers shall they be called in their inheritance.


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And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when yet there was some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there on the way of Ephrath, the same is Bethlechem.


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And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.


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Now the eyes of Israel were dim through age, he could not see; and he brought them near unto him, and he kissed them, and embraced them.


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And Israel said unto Joseph, To see thy face I had not hoped; and lo, God hath shown me also thy seed.


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And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.


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And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israels left, and Menasseh in his left hand toward Israels right, and brought them near unto him.


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And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraims head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Menassehs head; he laid his hands wittingly; although Menasseh was the firstborn.


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And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who fed me from my first being unto this day,


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The angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be called on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.


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And when Joseph saw that his father would lay his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he took hold of his fathers hand, to remove it from the head of Ephraim unto the head of Menasseh.


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And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn, put thy right hand upon his head.


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And his father refused, and said, I know, my son, I know, he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.


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And he blessed them that day, saying, With thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Menasseh: and so he set Ephraim before Menasseh.


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And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die; but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers


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Moreover I have given unto thee one portion above thy brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Emorite with my sword and with my bow.


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And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.


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Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power <i>should be thine</i>.


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Unstable as water, thou shalt not have the excellence; because thou wentest up to thy fathers bed; then defiledst thou the one who ascended my couch.


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Into their secret shall my soul not come; unto their assembly my spirit shall not be united; for in their anger they slew the man, and in their selfwill they lamed the ox.


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Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.


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Judah, thou art the one thy brothers shall praise, thy hand shall be on the neck of thy enemies; thy fathers children shall bow down unto thee.


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Like a lions whelp, O Judah, from the prey, my son, thou risest: he stoopeth down, he croucheth as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him up?


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The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet; until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.


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He bindeth unto the vine his foal, and to the vinebranch his asss colt; he washeth his garments in wine, and in the blood of grapes his clothes;


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Zebulun shall dwell at the margin of the seas; and he shall be at the haven of ships; and his border shall be near to Zidon.


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And when he saw the restingplace that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant, he bent his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.


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Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder on the path, that biteth the horse in the heels, so that his rider falleth backward.


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But his bow abode in strength, and his arm and his hands remained firm; from the hands of the mighty God of Jacob, from there thou becamest the shepherd, the stone of Israel.


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From the God of thy father, who will help thee; and from the Almighty, who will bless thee, with blessings of heaven above, with blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, with blessings of the breasts, and of the womb;


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With the blessings of thy father that have excelled the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: these shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brothers.


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Benjamin shall be as a wolf that rendeth: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at evening he shall divide the spoil.


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All these are the tribes of Israel, twelve in number; and this is what their father spoke unto them, and wherewith he blessed them; every one according to his proper blessing blessed he them.


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And he charged them and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people; bury me near my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,


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In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which field Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession as a buryingplace,


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(There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah,)


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And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed; and he departed this life, and was gathered unto his people.


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And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.


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And they fulfilled for him forty days: for so they fulfill the days of those that are embalmed; and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.


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And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,


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My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die; in my grave, which I have dug for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me: now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and I will bury my father, and return again.


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And Joseph went up to bury his father, and there went up with him all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,


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And all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and his fathers house; only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left behind in the land of Goshen.


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And they came to the thrashingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and they held there a great and very sore lamentation; and he made for his father a mourning of seven days.


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And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the thrashingfloor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians; wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizrayim, which is beyond the Jordan.


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And his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which field Abraham bought for a possession, as a buryingplace, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.


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And Joseph returned unto Egypt, he, and his brothers, and all that were gone up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.


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And when Josephs brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, Peradventure Joseph may now hate us: and then he would certainly requite us all the evil which we have done unto him.


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So shall ye say unto Joseph, O forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy brothers, and their sin; for evil have they done unto thee: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father; and Joseph wept when they spoke unto him.


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And his brothers also went and fell down before him; and they said, Behold, we will be thy servants.


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But as for you, though ye thought evil against me, God meant it unto good; in order to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save alive a numerous people.


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Now therefore fear ye not, I will support you, and your little ones; and he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them.


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And Joseph saw of Ephraim children of the third generation; the children also of Machir the son of Menasseh were brought up upon Josephs knees.


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And Joseph said unto his brothers, I shall die; but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he hath sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.


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And Joseph caused the children of Israel to swear, saying, God will surely visit you, and then shall ye carry up my bones from here.


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So Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.


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Now these are the names of the children of Israel, that came into Egypt with Jacob, every man and his household they came.


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And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; together with Joseph who was already in Egypt.


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And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.


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And he said unto his people: Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and mightier than we.


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Come, let us deal wisely with them lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there happen to be a war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and depart out of the land.


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And they set over taskmasters, to afflict them with their burdensome labors; and they built treasure cities, for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.


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But in the measure that they afflicted them, so they multiplied and so they spread out; and they felt abhorrence because of the children of Israel.


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And they made their lives bitter with hard labor, in mortar, and in bricks, and in all manner of labor in the field; in all their service, wherein they made them labor with rigor.


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And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah;


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And he said: When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, ye shall look upon the birth; if it be a son, then shall ye kill him; but if it be a daughter, then may she live.


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But the midwives feared God, and they did not as the king of Egypt had commanded them, but saved the menchildren alive.


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And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and he said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the menchildren alive?


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And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively; ere the midwife cometh in unto them they are delivered.


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And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.


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And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.


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And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him a box of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it amidst the flags by the brink of the river.


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And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the side of the river; and when she saw the box among the flags, she sent her maid and fetched it.


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And she opened it, and saw the child, and, behold, it was a weeping boy; and she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews children.


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Then said his sister to Pharaohs daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse for thee the child?


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And Pharaohs daughter said unto her, Take away this child, and nurse him for me, and I will give thee thy wages; and the woman took the child, and nursed him.


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And the child grew up, and she brought him unto Pharaohs daughter, and he became to her as a son; and she called his name Moses; and she said, Because out of the water have I drawn him.


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And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdensome labors; and he saw an Egyptian man smiting a Hebrew man, one of his brethren.


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And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one by, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.


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And when he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men were striving together; and he said unto him that was in the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?


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And he said, Who made thee a chief and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou hast killed the Egyptian! And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is become known.


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And Pharaoh heard this thing, and he sought to slay Moses; but Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and tarried in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.


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Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their fathers flock.


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And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses arose and helped them, and watered their flock.


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And they said, An Egyptian man delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds; and he also drew water for us, and watered the flock.


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And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? wherefore have ye left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.


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And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a stranger in a foreign land.


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And it came to pass in this long time, that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried; and their complaint came up unto God by reason of the bondage.


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And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.


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And Moses was keeping the flock of Jithro his fatherinlaw, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock far away into the desert, and came to the mountain of God, to Choreb.


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And an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a thornbush; and he looked, and, behold, the thornbush was burning with fire, but the thornbush was not consumed.


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And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see God called unto him out of the midst of the thornbush, and said, Moses, Moses; and he said, Here am I.


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And he said, Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.


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And he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look up to God.


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And the Lord said, I have truly seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard its cry by reason of its taskmasters; yea, I know its sorrows;


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And I am come down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring it up out of that land unto a land, good and large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Emorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.


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Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.


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And now then go, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, and thou shalt bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.


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And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?


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And he said, Because I will be with thee; and this shall be unto thee the token, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.


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And Moses said unto God, Behold, if I come unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they then say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?


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And God said unto Moses, I will be that I will be: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I will be hath sent me unto you.


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And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Everlasting One, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.


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Go, and assemble the elders of Israel, and say unto them, The Everlasting One, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely taken cognizance of you and of that which is done to you in Egypt:


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And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Emorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.


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And they will hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Everlasting One, the God of the Hebrews hath met with us; and now let us go, we beseech thee, a three days journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.


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And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof; and after that he will let you go.


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And I will give this people favor in the eyes of the Egyptians; and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:


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But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments; and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall empty out Egypt.


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And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.


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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 before it.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thy hand, and grasp it by the tail; and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a staff in his hand.


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In order that they may believe that there hath appeared unto thee the Everlasting One, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.


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And the Lord said farthermore unto him, Do put thy hand into thy bosom: and he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, white as snow.


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And he said, Put thy hand again into thy bosom: and he put his hand again into his bosom; and when he pulled it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.


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And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.


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And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, and will not hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou shalt take out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.


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And Moses said unto the Lord, Pardon, O Lord, I am not a man of words, neither yesterday, nor the day before, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am heavy of speech, and heavy of tongue.


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And the Lord said unto him, Who hath given a mouth to man? or who maketh him dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I the Lord?


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And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron, thy brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well; and also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.


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And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and I will teach you what ye shall do.


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And he shall speak for thee unto the people; and he shall be, yea he shall be to thee as a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as a God.


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And Moses went and returned to Jether his fatherinlaw, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive; and Jithro said to Moses, Go in peace.


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And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead who sought thy life.


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And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt; and Moses took the staff of God in his hand.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, regard well all the wonders which I have put in thy hand, and do them before Pharaoh; but I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.


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And I said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and thou refusest to let him go; so, behold, I will slay thy son, thy firstborn.


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Then took Zipporah a sharp instrument, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody relative art thou to me.


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And then he withdrew from him; when she said, A bloody relative, but only in respect of the circumcision.


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And the Lord said to Aaron, Go to meet Moses, into the wilderness; and he went and met him by the mount of God, and kissed him.


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And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord wherewith he had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.


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And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses; and he did the signs before the eyes of the people.


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And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.


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And after that Moses and Aaron went in, and said unto Pharaoh, Thus hath said the Everlasting One, the God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.


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And Pharaoh said, Who is the Everlasting, whose voice I am to obey, to let Israel go? I know not the Everlasting, nor will I let Israel go.


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And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, a three days journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with the pestilence, or with the sword.


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And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, hinder the people from their works? get you unto your own affairs.


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And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye disturb them in the pursuit of their labors.


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Ye shall no more give the people straw to make the bricks, as yesterday and the day before; they themselves shall go and gather themselves straw.


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And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall impose upon them, ye shall not diminish aught thereof; for they are idle: therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.


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Let the work be made to lie heavily upon the men, that they may have enough to do therein; and that they may not pay attention to false words.


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And the taskmasters of the people and its officers went out, and they said to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you any straw.


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Go ye, get yourselves straw from wherever ye can find it; yet not the least shall be taken off from your work.


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And the people scattered themselves abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.


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And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Fulfill your works, every day its due portion, just as when there was straw.


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And the officers of the children of Israel, whom the taskmasters of Pharaoh had set over them, were beaten, as these said, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick as heretofore, both yesterday and today?


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And the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?


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Straw is not given unto thy servants, and, Make bricks, say they to us: and, behold, thy servants are beaten, and thy people are treated as sinners.


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And now go, work, and straw shall not be given you; yet the required number of bricks shall ye deliver.


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And the officers of the children of Israel saw themselves in the evil necessity to say, Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, every day of its task.


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And they said unto them, May the Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.


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And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou let so much evil come upon this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?


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For, since I came unto Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done more evil to this people; but thou hast in nowise delivered thy people.


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Then said the Lord unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand shall he send them away, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.


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And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God, the Almighty, but by my name The Eternal was I not made known to them.


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And as I did also establish my covenant with them, to give unto them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they sojourned:


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So have I also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians compel to labor; and I have remembered my covenant.


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Therefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Eternal, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will release you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:


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And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you for a God; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.


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And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I did lift up my hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am the Lord.


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And Moses spoke thus unto the children of Israel; but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.


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Go in, speak unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, that he shall let the children of Israel go out of his land.


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And Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me: how then shall Pharaoh hear me, whereas I am of uncircumcised lips?


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And the Lord spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to bring forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.


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These are the heads of their family divisions: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Chanoch, and Pallu, Chezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.


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And the sons of Simeon: Yemuel, and Yamin, and Ohad, and Yachin, and Zochar, and Shaul the son of the Canaanitish woman; these are the families of Simeon.


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And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kehath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty and seven years.


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And the sons of Kehath: Amram, and Yizhar, and Chebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kehath were one hundred and thirty and three years.


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And the sons of Merari: Machli and Mushi; these are the families of Levi according to their generations.


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And Amram took himself Yochebed his aunt for wife; and she bore unto him Aaron and Moses; and the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty and seven years.


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And Aaron took himself Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nachshon, for wife; and she bore unto him Nadab, and Abihu, Elazar, and Ithamar.


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And Elazar the son of Aaron took himself one of the daughters of Putiel for wife; and she bore unto him Phinehas: these are the heads of the divisions of the Levites according to their families.


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These are Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt according to their armies.


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These are they that spoke to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, to bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt: these are Moses and Aaron.


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Then spoke the Lord unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord; speak thou unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt all that I speak unto thee.


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And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?


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And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.


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Thou shalt speak all that I shall command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send away 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 my wonders in the land of Egypt.


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And Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my armies, my people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by means of great judgments.


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And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth my hand over Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from the midst of them.


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If Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a miracle for yourselves: then shalt thou say unto Aaron, Take thy staff and cast it down before Pharaoh; it shall become a serpent.


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And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as the Lord had commanded; and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.


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Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did with their secret arts in like manner.


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And they cast down every man his staff, and they became serpents; but Aarons staff swallowed up their staves.


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Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt place thyself opposite to him by the brink of the river; and the staff which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand.


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And thou shalt say unto him, The Eternal, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, thou wouldst not hear, up to this time.


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Thus hath said the Lord, By this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the staff that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.


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And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loath to drink water from the river.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, and over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, that they become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, also in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.


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And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord had commanded; and he lifted up <i>his hand</i> with the staff, and smote the waters that were in the river, before the eyes of Pharaoh, and before the eyes of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.


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And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.


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And the magicians of Egypt did so with their secret arts: and the heart of Pharaoh remained hardened, and he did not hearken unto them; as the Lord had spoken.


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And all the Egyptians dug in the neighborhood of the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.


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<n>(7:26)</n> And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.


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<n>(7:28)</n> And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, and they shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy sleepingchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and among thy people, and into thy ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs;


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<n>(7:29)</n> And upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants, shall the frogs come up.


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<n>(8:1)</n> And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thy hand with thy staff over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause the frogs to come up over the land of Egypt.


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<n>(8:2)</n> And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.


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<n>(8:3)</n> And the magicians did so with their secret arts, and brought up the frogs over the land of Egypt.


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<n>(8:4)</n> Then did Pharaoh call for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto the Lord.


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<n>(8:5)</n> And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Arrogate thyself glory over me: for what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and from thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?


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<n>(8:6)</n> And he said, For tomorrow; and he said, Be it according to thy word; in order that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God.


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<n>(8:7)</n> And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; only in the river shall they remain.


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<n>(8:8)</n> And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses cried unto the Lord on account of the frogs which he had inflicted on Pharaoh.


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<n>(8:9)</n> And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields.


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<n>(8:11)</n> But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had spoken.


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<n>(8:12)</n> And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy staff, and smite the dust of the earth, and it shall become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.


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<n>(8:13)</n> And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and smote the dust of the earth, and the lice were thus on man, and on beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.


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<n>(8:14)</n> And the magicians did so with their secret arts to bring forth the lice, but they could not; so were the lice upon man and upon beast.


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<n>(8:15)</n> Then said the magicians unto Pharaoh, This is a finger of God; but Pharaohs heart remained hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had spoken.


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<n>(8:16)</n> And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and place thyself before Pharaoh; lo, he goeth forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.


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<n>(8:17)</n> For if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send against thee, and against thy servants, and against thy people, and into thy houses various wild beasts: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of the wild beasts, and also the ground whereon they dwell.


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<n>(8:18)</n> And I will distinguish on that day the land of Goshen, in which my people abideth, so that no wild beasts shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.


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<n>(8:19)</n> And I will put a distinction between my people and thy people; tomorrow shall this sign be.


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<n>(8:20)</n> And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous multitude of beasts into the house of Pharaoh, and into the house of his servants; and in all the land of Egypt, the land was laid waste by reason of the wild beasts.


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<n>(8:21)</n> And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.


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<n>(8:22)</n> And Moses said, It is not proper to do so; for the abomination of the Egyptians must we sacrifice to the Eternal our God: lo, if we should sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, would they not stone us?


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<n>(8:23)</n> A three days journey will we go into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, just as he may say unto us.


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<n>(8:24)</n> And Pharaoh said, I will surely let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Eternal your God in the wilderness; only do not go very far away: entreat for me.


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<n>(8:25)</n> And Moses said, Behold, I am going out from thee, and I will entreat the Lord, and the wild beasts shall depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more, so as not to let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.


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<n>(8:27)</n> And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the wild beasts from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and speak to him, Thus hath said the Eternal, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.


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Behold, the hand of the Lord will be sent against thy cattle which is in the field, against the horses, against the asses, against the camels, against the oxen, and against the sheep; a very grievous pestilence.


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And the Lord will distinguish between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and not one head shall die of all that belongeth to the children of Israel.


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And the Lord did this thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel there died not one.


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And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there had not died of the cattle of the Israelites even one; but the heart of Pharaoh remained hardened, and he did not let the people go.


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And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take unto yourselves your hands full of soot of the furnace, and let Moses throw it heavenward before the eyes of Pharaoh.


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And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall become upon man and beast an inflammation, producing boils, throughout all the land of Egypt.


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And they took the soot of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it up heavenward; and it became an inflammation, producing boils, upon man, and upon beast.


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And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the inflammation; for the inflammation was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.


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And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and place thyself before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus hath said the Eternal, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.


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For at this time I send all my plagues against thy heart, and against thy servants, and against thy people; in order that thou mayest know that there is none like me on all the earth.


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For even now I might have stretched out my hand, and I might have smitten thee and thy people with the pestilence; and thou wouldst have been cut off from the earth;


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But for this cause have I allowed thee to remain, in order to show thee my power; and in order that they may proclaim my name throughout all the earth.


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Behold, then will I let rain, about this time tomorrow, a very grievous hail, the like of which hath not been in Egypt since the day of its foundation even until now.


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And now send, and bring under shelter thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; <i>for</i> every man and beast that shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought into the house, upon them shall the hail come down, and they shall die.


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He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses;


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thy hand toward heaven, and there shall be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, in the land of Egypt.


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And Moses stretched forth his staff toward heaven; and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran down to the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.


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And there was hail, and fire was flaming up amidst the hail, very grievous, the like of which had not been in all the land of Egypt, since it had become a nation.


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And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and every herb of the field did the hail smite, and every tree of the field did it break.


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And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and he said unto them, I have sinned this time; the Eternal is the righteous, and I and my people are the wicked.


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Entreat the Lord that there may be no more of the thunders of God, and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall no longer stay here.


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And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands unto the Lord: the thunders shall cease, and the hail shall not be any more; in order that thou mayest know how that to the Lord belongeth the earth.


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And Moses went away from Pharaoh out of the city, and spread out his hands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured out upon the earth.


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And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, and the hail, and the thunders had ceased, he sinned yet farther, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.


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And the heart of Pharaoh remained hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go; as the Lord had spoken by the hand of Moses.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, in order that I might display these my signs in the midst of them:


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And in order that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy sons son, the wonders which I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have shown among them; and ye shall know now that I am the Lord.


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And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Eternal, the God of the Hebrews, How long yet wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.


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And they shall cover the face of the earth, so that one shall not be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which escaped, which hath been left unto you from the hail, and they shall eat off every tree which groweth for you out of the field:


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And thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians shall be full of them; such as neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers fathers have seen, since the day of their being upon the earth, until this day; and he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.


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And the servants of Pharaoh said unto him, How long shall this man be unto us for a snare? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?


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And Moses was brought back with Aaron unto Pharaoh; and he said unto them, Go ye, serve the Lord your God; who all are they that shall go?


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And Moses said, With our young and with our old will we go; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we are to hold a feast unto the Lord.


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And he said unto them, So be the Lord with you, as I will let you go, together with your little ones: look, surely your intentions are evil.


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Not so; go now ye men, and serve the Lord, for this you desire: and they were driven out from Pharaohs presence.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, and they shall come up over the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the earth, all that the hail hath left.


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And Moses stretched forth his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord urged an east wind over the land all that day, and all the night; when it was morning, the east wind bore along the locusts.


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And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the boundaries of Egypt; in very large masses; before them there were no such locusts as they, and after them there will not be any such.


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And they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the earth was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there was not left any green thing on the trees, or on the herbs of the field, throughout all the land of Egypt.


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Then made Pharaoh haste to call for Moses and Aaron; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.


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And now forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me only this death.


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And the Lord turned a very strong west wind, which bore away the locusts, and cast them into the Red Sea; there was not left one locust in all the boundary of Egypt.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, and there shall be darkness over the land of Egypt, and it shall be a darkness of the night.


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And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:


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They saw not one another, neither did they rise, any one from his place, for three days; but for all the children of Israel there was light in their dwellings.


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And Pharaoh called for Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; only your flocks and your herds shall remain behind: also your little ones may go with you.


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And Moses said, Even thou also must give into our hand sacrifices and burntofferings, that we may sacrifice <i>them</i> unto the Eternal, our God.


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And also our cattle must go with us, there shall not be left behind a single hoof, for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we cannot know with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither.


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And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee away from me; take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for on the day thou seest my face thou shalt die.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; after that he will let you go hence: when he doth let you go, he shall surely thrust you out altogether from here.


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Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold.


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And the Lord gave the people favor in the eyes of the Egyptians; also the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the eyes of Pharaohs servants, and in the eyes of the people.


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And there shall die every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that is to sit upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and every firstborn of cattle.


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And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, the like of which hath never been, and the like of which will not be any more.


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But against any of the children of Israel not a dog shall move his tongue, neither against man nor beast; in order that ye may know how that the Lord doth distinguish between the Egyptians and Israel.


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And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow themselves down unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that followeth thee; and after that I will go out: and he went out from Pharaoh in a burning anger.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you; in order that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.


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And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.


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This month shall be unto you the chief of months: the first shall it be unto you of the months of the year.


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Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, On the tenth day of this month they shall take to themselves every man a lamb for every family, a lamb for every house:


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And if the household be too small for a lamb, then shall he take it with his neighbor who is next unto his house, according to the number of the souls; every man according to what he eateth shall ye make a count for the lamb.


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A lamb without blemish, a male of the first year shall ye have; from the sheep, or from the goats may ye take it.


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And ye shall have it in keeping until the fourteenth day of the same month; and then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it toward evening.


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And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two sideposts and on the upper doorpost, in the houses, wherein they shall eat it.


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And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted by the fire, with unleavened bread; together with bitter herbs shall they eat it.


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You shall not eat of it raw, nor in any wise sodden with water; but roasted by the fire; its head with its legs, and with its entrails.


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And ye shall not let any thing of it remain until morning; and that which remaineth of it until morning ye shall burn with fire.


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And thus shall ye eat it, With your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste, it is passover unto the Lord.


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And I will pass through the land of Egypt in this night, and I will smite every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt will I execute judgments: I am the Lord.


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And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and there shall be no plague against you to destroy, when I smite <i>others</i> in the land of Egypt.


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And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall celebrate it as a feast unto the Lord; throughout your generations, as an ordinance for ever shall ye celebrate it.


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Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; but on the first day ye shall have put away leaven out of your houses; for whosoever eateth leavened bread, that soul shall be cut off from Israel, from the first day until the seventh day.


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And on the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done on them, save what is eaten by every man, that only may be prepared by you.


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And ye shall observe the unleavened bread; for on this selfsame day have I brought forth your armies out of the land of Egypt; therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations as an ordinance for ever.


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In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, shall ye eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at evening.


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Seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses; for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or one born in the land.


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And Moses called for the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and kill the passover sacrifice.


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And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two sideposts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out frown the door of his house until the morning.


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And the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two sideposts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite.


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And it shall come to pass, when ye be come into the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.


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That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the passover unto the Lord, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and our houses he spared; and the people bent the head and bowed themselves.


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And the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.


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And it came to pass at midnight, that the Lord smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that was to sit on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.


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And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not some one dead.


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And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Eternal, as ye have spoken.


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And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to make haste to send them away out of the land; for they said, We are all dying.


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And the people took up their dough before it was yet leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.


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And the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses; and they had asked of the Egyptians vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments.


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And the Lord had given the people favor in the eyes of the Egyptians, so that they gave unto them what they required; and they emptied out Egypt.


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And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, beside children.


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And they baked of the dough, which they had brought forth out of Egypt, unleavened cakes, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared any provisions for themselves.


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Now the time of the residence of the children of Israel, which they dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.


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And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, and it happened even on the selfsame day, that all the armies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.


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A night to be observed was this unto the Lord to bring them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night holy to the Lord, to be observed by all the children of Israel in their generations.


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And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: No stranger shall eat thereof.


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But every mans servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.


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In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house; and no bone shall ye break in it.


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And when a stranger sojourneth with thee, and will prepare the passover to the Lord, let his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and prepare it, and he shall be as one that is born in the land; but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.


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And it came to pass on the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.


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Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.


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And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, on which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from here: and no leavened bread shall be eaten.


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And it shall be, when the Lord doth bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Emorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he hath sworn unto thy fathers to give unto thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt perform this service in this month.


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Unleavened bread shall be eaten these seven days; and there shall not be seen with thee any leavened bread, neither shall there be seen with thee any leaven in all thy boundaries.


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And thou shalt tell thy son on that day, saying, This is done for the sake of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.


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And it shall be unto thee for a sign upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thy eyes, in order that the law of the Lord may be in thy mouth; for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee forth out of Egypt.


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And it shall be, when the Lord doth bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he hath sworn unto thee and to thy fathers, and giveth it to thee,


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That thou shalt set apart all that openeth the womb unto the Lord; and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou shalt have, the males, shall belong to the Lord.


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And every firstling of an ass shalt thou redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then shalt thou break its neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.


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And it shall be, when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;


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And it came to pass, when Pharaoh obstinately refused to let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast; therefore do I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children must I redeem.


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And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thy eyes; that by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.


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And it came to pass, when Pharaoh let the people go, that God did not lead them the way through the land of the Philistines, because it was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt.


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But God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.


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And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had caused the children of Israel to swear, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall then carry up my bones away hence with you.


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And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give light to them; that they might go by day and by night:


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He took not away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.


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Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihachiroth, between Migdol and the sea; in front of Baalzephon; opposite to this shall ye encamp by the sea.


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And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.


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And I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, that he shall follow after them; and I will get myself honor on Pharaoh, and on all his host; and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord; and they did so.


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And it was told to the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed with respect to the people, and they said, What is this which we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?


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And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.


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And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with a high hand.


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And the Egyptians pursued after them, and they overtook them encamping by the sea, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, beside Pihachiroth, before Baalzephon.


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And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they were greatly afraid; and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord.


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And they said unto Moses, Is it because there were no graves in Egypt, that thou hast taken us away to die in the wilderness? what is this which thou hast done to us, to bring us forth out of Egypt?


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Is not this the word that we spoke unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.


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And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will do for you today; for as ye have seen the Egyptians today, ye shall not see them again any more for ever.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward;


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But do thou lift up thy staff, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it; and the children of Israel shall go through the midst of the sea on dry ground.


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And I, behold, I will harden the heart of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get myself honor on Pharaoh, and on all his host, on his chariots, and on his horsemen.


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And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have got myself honor on Pharaoh, on his chariots, and on his horsemen.


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And the angel of God, that went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them;


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And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness <i>to the first</i>, but it gave light by night <i>to these</i>: and the one came not near unto the other all the night.


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And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord drove back the sea with a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.


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And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them, on their right hand, and on their left.


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And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them, all Pharaohs horses, his chariots, and his horsemen, to the midst of the sea.


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And it came to pass in the morning watch, that the Lord looked unto the camp of the Egyptians with the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and brought into confusion the camp of the Egyptians;


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And he took off the wheels of their chariots, and caused them to move onward with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, and the waters shall return over the Egyptians, over their chariots, and over their horsemen.


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And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned, when the morning appeared, to its strength; while the Egyptians were fleeing against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.


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And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen with all the host of Pharaoh that came after them into the sea: there remained of them not even one.


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But the children of Israel walked upon dry ground in the midst of the sea; and the waters were unto them a wall on their right hand, and on their left.


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Thus the Lord saved Israel on that day out of the land of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the shore of the sea.


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And Israel saw that great power which the Lord had shown on the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and then believed in the Lord, and in Moses his servant.


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Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and thus did they say, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.


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My strength and song is the Lord, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will declare his praise, the God of my father, and I will exalt him.


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The chariots of Pharaoh and his host hath he hurled into the sea; and the chosen of his captains are sunk in the Red Sea.


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Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power; thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.


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And in the greatness of thy excellency hast thou overthrown those that rose up against thee; thou didst send forth thy wrath, it consumed them as stubble.


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And with the breath of thy nostrils the waters were heaped up together, the floods stood upright as a wall; congealed were the depths in the heart of the sea.


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The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.


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Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the mighty? who is like unto thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?


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Thou leadest forth in thy kindness the people thou hast redeemed; thou guidest it in thy strength unto the habitation of thy holiness.


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Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thy arm they shall be still as a stone: till thy people pass over, O Lord, till this people pass over, which thou hast purchased.


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Thou wilt bring them, and plant them on the mountain of thy inheritance, the place, O Lord, which thou hast wrought for thy residence, the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.


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For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again upon them the waters of the sea; but the children of Israel went on dry ground through the midst of the sea.


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Then took Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.


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And Miriam began her song to them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.


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And Moses caused Israel to depart from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.


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And they came to Marah; but they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore they called its name Marah.


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And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord showed him a tree, which he cast into the waters, and the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them.


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And he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and wilt keep all his statutes: I will put none of those diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians; for I the Lord am thy physician.


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And they came to Elim, and there were twelve wells of water, and seventy palmtrees: and they encamped there by the water.


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And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.


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And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:


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And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpot, when we ate bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.


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Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will let rain for you bread from heaven; and the people shall go out and gather a certain portion every day, in order that I may prove it, whether it will walk in my law, or not.


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And it shall come to pass, on the sixth day, when they prepare what they shall have brought in, that it shall be twice as much as they shall gather daily.


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And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At evening, then shall ye know that it is the Lord who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:


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And in the morning, then shall ye see the glory of the Lord; since he heareth your murmurings against the Lord; and what are we, that ye should murmur against us?


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And Moses said, When the Lord giveth you in the evening flesh to eat, and bread in the morning to the full; since the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him:what are we then? not against us are your murmurings, but against the Lord.


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And Moses said unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the Lord; for he hath heard your murmurings.


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And it came to pass, as Aaron was speaking unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they turned round toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.


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I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, Toward evening ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Eternal your God.


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And it came to pass, that at evening the quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew round about the camp.


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And when the layer of dew was gone up, behold, there was upon the face of the wilderness something fine in grains, small as the hoarfrost, on the ground.


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And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna, for they knew not what it was; and Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.


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This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating: an omer for every head, according to the number of your persons that every man hath in his tent, shall ye take.


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And when they measured it with an omer, he that had gathered much had nothing over, and he that had gathered little had no lack: every man according to his eating, had they gathered.


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But they hearkened not unto Moses; but some men left of it until morning, and it bred worms, and stank; and Moses was wroth with them.


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And so they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating; and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.


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And it came to pass on the sixth day, that they gathered twofold bread, two omers for every one; all the rulers of the congregation came and told it to Moses.


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And he said unto them. This is what the Lord hath spoken, A rest, a holy rest is unto the Lord tomorrow: that which ye will bake bake today, and what ye will seethe seethe today; and all the remaining lay up for you to be kept until the morning.


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And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses had bidden; and it did not stink, nor was there any worm therein.


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And Moses said, Eat it today; for a sabbath is this day unto the Lord: today ye will not find it in the field.


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And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather; but they found nothing.


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See, that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day bread for two days; remain ye, every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.


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And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna, <i>Man</i>; and it was like corianderseed, white, and its taste was like wafers made with honey.


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And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, One omerfull of it is to be kept for your generations; in order that they may see the bread which I gave you to eat in the wilderness, when I brought you forth out of the land of Egypt.


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And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a flask, and put therein an omerfull of manna, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations.


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And the children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; the manna they did eat, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.


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And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeyings, by the order 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 quarrelled with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink; and Moses said unto them, Why will ye quarrel with me? why will ye tempt the Lord?


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And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, For what purpose is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill me and my children and my cattle with thirst?


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And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? but little is wanting and they will stone me.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee some of the elders of Israel; and thy staff, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go.


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Behold, I will be standing before thee there upon the rock at Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come out from it water, and the people shall drink; and Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel.


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And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah; because of the quarrelling of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is then the Lord among us, or not?


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And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose for us men, and go out, fight with Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.


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And Joshua did as Moses had said to him, to fight with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Chur went up to the top of the hill.


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And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, that Amalek prevailed.


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But when the hands of Moses became heavy, they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Chur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens.


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And he said, Because the Lord hath sworn on his throne, that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.


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And Jithro, the priest of Midian, Moses fatherinlaw, heard all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, that the Lord had brought forth Israel out of Egypt.


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Then took Jithro, the fatherinlaw of Moses, Zipporah, the wife of Moses, after he had sent her back,


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And her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a stranger in a foreign land:


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And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.


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And Jithro, the fatherinlaw of Moses, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses, unto the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mount of God.


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And he sent word unto Moses, I thy fatherinlaw Jithro am coming unto thee, with thy wife, and her two sons with her.


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And Moses went out to meet his fatherinlaw, and bowed himself, and kissed him; and they asked each other after their welfare; and they went into the tent.


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And Moses told his fatherinlaw all which the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians on account of Israel, all the hardship which had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord had delivered them.


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And Jithro rejoiced over all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, that he had delivered it out of the hand of the Egyptians.


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And Jithro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.


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Now I know that the Eternal is great above all gods; for by the very thing wherein they sinned presumptuously was punishment brought upon them.


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And Jithro, the fatherinlaw of Moses, offered a burntoffering and sacrifices unto God; and Aaron came, with all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with the fatherinlaw of Moses, before God.


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And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood around Moses from the morning unto the evening.


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And the fatherinlaw of Moses saw all that he did to the people; and he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people standeth around thee from morning until evening?


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When they have a matter of dispute, they come unto me; and I judge between one and the other, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.


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Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou wilt not be able to perform it by thyself alone.


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Now hearken unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and may God be with thee, Be thou for the people a mediator with God, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God.


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And thou shalt explain to them the statutes and the laws; and thou shalt make them know the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.


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Moreover, thou shalt select out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating <i>their own</i> gain; and place these over them, as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.


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And let them judge the people at all times; and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves: so shall it be easier for thee, when they shall bear with thee.


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If thou wilt do this thing, and God commandeth it thee, then wilt thou be able to endure; and also the whole of this people will come to its place in peace.


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And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and placed them as heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.


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And they judged the people at all times; any difficult cause they brought unto Moses, but every small cause they judged themselves.


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In the third month, after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.


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For they had departed from Rephidim, and they came to the desert of Sinai, and encamped in the wilderness; and Israel encamped there opposite the mount.


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And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him from the mount, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel.


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Ye have yourselves seen what I have done unto the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles wings, and brought you unto myself.


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Now therefore, if you will truly obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then shall ye be unto me a peculiar treasure above all nations; for all the earth is mine:


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And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation; these are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.


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And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before them all these words which the Lord had commanded him.


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And all the people answered unanimously, and said, all that the Lord hath spoken will we do; and Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, I will come unto thee in a thick cloud, for the sake that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and that also in thee they shall believe for ever; and Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes.


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And they shall be ready against the third day; for on the third day will the Lord come down, before the eyes of all the people, upon mount Sinai.


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And thou shalt set bounds unto the people, round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, nor touch the border of it; whosoever toucheth the mount shall surely be put to death.


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Yet not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live; when the trumpet soundeth long, they may come up to the mount.


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And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people: and they washed their clothes.


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And it came to pass on the third day when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a heavy cloud was upon the mount, and the voice of the cornet was exceedingly loud; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled.


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And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they placed themselves at the foot of the mount.


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And mount Sinai smoked in every part, because the Lord had descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.


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And the voice of the cornet went on, and waxed louder and louder; Moses spoke, and God answered him with a loud voice.


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And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount; and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount, and Moses went up.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them might perish.


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And the priests also, who come near to the Lord, shall sanctify themselves; lest the Lord break forth among them.


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And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai; for thou hast charged us, saying, Set bounds about the mount and sanctify it.


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And the Lord said unto him, Go, get thee down, and then shalt thou come up, thou, and Aaron with thee; but the priests and the people shall not break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth among them.


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Thou shalt not make unto thyself any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.


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Thou shalt not bow thyself down to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;


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Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.


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But the seventh day is the sabbath in honor of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt not do any work, neither thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;


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For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.


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Honor thy father and thy mother; in order that thy days may be prolonged upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.


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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors house. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbors.


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And all the people perceived the thunders, and the lightnings, and the sound of the cornet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they removed trembling, and stood afar off.


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And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.


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And Moses said unto the people, Fear not; for in order to prove you, did God come, and in order that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that from heaven I have spoken with you.


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Ye shall not make any thing with me; gods of silver, and gods of gold ye shall not make unto yourselves.


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An altar of earth shalt thou make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burntofferings, and thy peaceofferings, thy sheep, and thy oxen; in every place where I shall permit my name to be mentioned, I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.


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And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.


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If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.


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If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he was the husband of a woman, then shall his wife go out with him.


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If his master should give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters: the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out by himself.


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And if the servant should plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:


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Then shall his master bring him unto the judges, and he shall bring him to the door, or unto the doorpost; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him till the jubilee.


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If she please not her master, to whom he hath assigned her, then shall he aid her to be redeemed: unto a strange nation he shall have no power to sell her, seeing he hath dealt faithlessly with her.


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And if he should assign her unto his son, then shall he do unto her after the right of the daughters.


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If he take himself another wife, her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.


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And if he did not lie in wait, but God let it come into his hand, then will I appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.


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But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile, from my altar shalt thou take him, that he may die.


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And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, and he be found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.


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And if men strive together, and one smite the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:


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If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his crutch, then shall he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.


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And if a man smite his servant or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand, it shall be surely avenged.


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If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her children depart from her, and yet no farther mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, <i>with a fine,</i> according as the husband of the woman will lay upon him; and he shall pay this by the decision of the judges.


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And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.


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And if he strike out his manservants tooth, or his maidservants tooth, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.


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If an ox gore a man or a woman, that he die: then shall the ox be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.


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But if the ox were wont to gore in time past, and warning have been given to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, and he killeth a man or a woman: the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also should of right be put to death;


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But there shall be laid on him a sum of money in atonement, and he shall give the ransom of his life whatsoever may be laid upon him.


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If the ox gore a manservant or a maidservant, thirty shekels of silver shall he give to his master, and the ox shall be stoned.


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And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein:


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The owner of the pit shall make it good, he shall make restitution in money unto the owner thereof; and the dead beast shall be his.


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And if one mans ox hurt the ox of another, that he die: then shall they sell the live ox, and divide his money; and the dead ox also they shall divide.


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But if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in: he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall belong to him.


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<n>(21:37)</n> If a man steal an ox or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it: five oxen shall he restore for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep.


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<n>(22:1)</n> If a thief be found while breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.


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<n>(22:2)</n> If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; he shall make full restitution; if he have nothing, then shall he be sold for his theft.


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<n>(22:3)</n> If the thing stolen be actually found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall restore double.


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<n>(22:4)</n> If a man cause a field or vineyard to be eaten off, and he let his beasts enter, and they feed in another mans field; with the best of his own field, and with best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.


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<n>(22:5)</n> If a fire break out, and meet with thorns, so that stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed thereby, he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.


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<n>(22:6)</n> If a man do deliver unto his neighbor money or vessels to keep, and it be stolen out of the mans house: if the thief be found, he shall pay double.


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<n>(22:7)</n> If the thief be not found, then shall the master of the house be brought unto the judges, <i>to swear</i> that he have not stretched out his hand against his neighbors goods.


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<n>(22:8)</n> For all manner of trespass, for ox, for ass, for lamb, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, of which he can say, This is it, before the judges shall come the cause of both parties, and he, whom the judges may condemn, shall pay double unto his neighbor.


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<n>(22:9)</n> If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a lamb, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:


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<n>(22:10)</n> Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he have not stretched out his hand against his neighbors goods; and the owner of it shall accept this, and he shall not make it good.


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<n>(22:12)</n> If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it as evidence; that which was torn he shall not make good.


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<n>(22:13)</n> And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make it good.


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<n>(22:14)</n> But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hired thing, the loss is included in its hire.


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<n>(22:15)</n> And if a man seduce a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.


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<n>(22:16)</n> If her father refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.


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<n>(22:19)</n> He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, shall be utterly destroyed.


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<n>(22:20)</n> And a stranger thou shalt not vex, and shalt not oppress him; for strangers ye were in the land of Egypt.


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<n>(22:22)</n> If thou afflict him in any wise; <i>for if he cry at all unto me, I will surely hear his cry:</i>


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<n>(22:23)</n> My wrath shall wax hot, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.


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<n>(22:24)</n> If thou lend money to my people, to the poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a lender of money; thou shalt not lay upon him usury.


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<n>(22:25)</n> If thou take at all thy neighbors raiment in pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by the time the sun goeth down;


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<n>(22:26)</n> For it is his only covering, it is his raiment for his skin; wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.


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<n>(22:28)</n> The first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors, shalt thou not delay to offer; the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.


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<n>(22:29)</n> In like manner shalt thou do with thy ox, with thy sheep; seven days it shall be with its dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.


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<n>(22:30)</n> And holy men shall ye be unto me: and flesh that is torn of beasts in the field, shall ye not eat; to the dogs shall ye cast it.


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Thou shalt not receive a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.


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Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause, to incline after many, to wrest judgment.


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If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to unload him, <i>thou must not do so, but</i> thou shalt surely unload with him.


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Keep thyself far from a false speech; and him who hath been declared innocent and righteous thou shalt not slay; for I will not justify the wicked.


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And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth the clearsighted, and perverteth the words of the righteous.


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And a stranger shalt thou not oppress; for ye know well the spirit of the stranger, seeing ye yourselves were strangers in the land of Egypt.


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But the seventh year shalt thou let it rest and lie still; that the needy of thy people may eat <i>of it</i>; and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat: in like manner shalt thou deal with thy vineyard, and with thy olive tree.


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Six days shalt thou do thy work, and on the seventh day shalt thou rest; that thy ox and thy ass may repose, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.


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And in all things that I have said unto you be on your guard; and of the name of other gods ye shall make no mention, it shall not be heard out of thy mouth.


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The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month of Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty.


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And the feast of harvest, of the firstfruits of thy labors, which thou hast sown in thy field: and the feast of ingathering, at the conclusion of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field.


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Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my festive sacrifice remain until morning.


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The first of the firstfruits of thy land shalt thou bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mothers milk.


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Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee on the way, and to bring thee unto the place which I have prepared.


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Beware of him, and obey his voice, disobey him not; for he will not pardon your transgression, because my name is in him.


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But if thou wilt carefully hearken to his voice, and do all that I shall speak: then will I be an enemy unto thy enemies, and afflict those that afflict thee.


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For my angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Emorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.


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Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their deeds; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and completely break down their statuary images.


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And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will remove sickness from the midst of thee.


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There shall be no one casting her children, nor a barren woman, in thy land; the number of thy days I will make full.


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My terror will I send before thee, and will bring in confusion all the people to which thou shalt come; and I will make all thy enemies turn their back unto thee.


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And I will send hornets before thee, and they shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.


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I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.


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Little by little will I drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased and canst possess the land.


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And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river; for I will deliver into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and thou shalt drive them out before thee.


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They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me; for thou mightest <i>be led to</i> serve their gods, and this would surely be a snare unto thee.


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And unto Moses he said, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and ye shall bow yourselves down afar off.


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And Moses alone shall come near unto the Lord, but they shall not come nigh; and the people shall not go up with him.


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And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the laws of justice; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, all the words which the Lord hath spoken will we do.


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And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord, and he rose up early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.


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And he then sent the young men of the children of Israel, and they offered burntofferings, and sacrificed peaceofferings unto the Lord, of oxen.


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And Moses took the half of the blood, and put it in basins; and the <i>other</i> half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.


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And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people; and they said, all that the Lord hath spoken will we do and obey.


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And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.


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And they saw the God of Israel; and the place under his feet was like a paved work of brilliant sapphire, and like the color of heaven in clearness.


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And against the nobles of the children of Israel he stretched not forth his hand; and they saw <i>the glory of</i> God, and did eat and drink.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, come up to me to the mount, and remain there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, with the law, and the commandment which I have written, to teach them.


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And unto the elders he said, Tarry ye for us here, until the time we come again unto you; and, behold, Aaron and Chur are with you, whoever may have any cause to be decided, let him come unto them.


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And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and he called unto 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 like a devouring fire on the top of the mount, before the eyes of the children of Israel.


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And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and ascended the mount; and Moses was on the mount forty days and forty nights.


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Speak unto the children of Israel, that they may bring me an offering; from every man whose heart prompteth him thereto shall ye take my offering.


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In accordance with all that I show thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.


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And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.


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And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it; and thou shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.


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And thou shalt cast for it four rings of gold, and put them on the four corners thereof; namely, two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.


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And thou shalt place the staves into the rings, upon the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.


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And thou shalt make a cover of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.


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And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, on the two ends of the cover.


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And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end; from the cover itself shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.


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And the cherubim shall be spreading forth their wings on high, overshadowing the cover with their wings, with their faces turned one to the other; toward the cover shall the faces of the cherubim be directed.


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And thou shalt put the cover above upon the ark; and in the ark shalt thou put the testimony which I will give unto thee.


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And I will meet with thee there, and I will speak with thee from above the cover, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, all that which I will command thee unto the children of Israel.


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Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood; two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.


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And thou shalt make unto it a rim of a hands breadth round about; and thou shalt make a golden crown on its rim round about.


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And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and thou shalt put the rings on the four corners that are on its four feet.


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And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold; and the table shall be borne with them.


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And thou shalt make its dishes, and its spoons, and its supporters, and its purifying tubes, wherewith <i>the bread</i> is to be covered: of pure gold shalt thou make them.


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And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made; its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be out of one piece with it.


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And six branches shall come out of its sides; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side.


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Three bowls, almondshaped, shall be on one branch, with a knob and a flower; and three bowls, almondshaped, on the other branch, with a knob and a flower: so on the six branches that come out of the candlestick.


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And on the candlestick itself shall be four bowls, almondshaped, <i>with</i> its knobs and its flowers.


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And there shall be a knob under the two branches that come out of the same, and a knob under the two branches that come out of the same, and a knob under the two branches that come out of the same; for the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.


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Their knobs and their branches shall be out of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of beaten work of pure gold.


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And thou shalt make its seven lamps; and when they light its lamps, it shall give light toward the body of it.


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The tabernacle also shalt thou make of ten curtains, of twisted linen thread, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim, of weavers work shalt thou make them.


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The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: there shall be one measure for all the curtains.


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Five of the curtains shall be coupled together, one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled, one to another.


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And thou shalt make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain which is on the outside in the <i>one</i> coupling; and the like shalt thou make on the edge of the curtain which is the outmost in the second coupling.


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Fifty loops shalt thou make on the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling; the loops shall be fixed opposite each other.


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And thou shalt make fifty hooks of gold; and thou shalt couple the curtains together one unto the other with the hooks, and the tabernacle shall thus be one piece.


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And thou shalt make curtains of goats hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shalt thou make the same.


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The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: there shall be one measure for the eleven curtains.


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And thou shalt couple five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves; and thou shalt double the sixth curtain toward the front side of the tabernacle.


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And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is the outmost in the <i>one</i> coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second coupling.


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And thou shalt make fifty hooks of copper; and thou shalt put the hooks into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one piece.


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And the part hanging over in the excess of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain which is over, shall hang down over the back part of the tabernacle.


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And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side in the excess in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall be hanging down over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.


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And thou shalt make a cover for the tent of rams skins dyed red, and a cover of badgers skins above.


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Ten cubits shall be the length of each board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of each one board.


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There shall be two tenons for every board, fitted in, one against the other: the like shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.


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And forty sockets of silver shalt thou make under the twenty boards; two sockets under the one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under the other board for its two tenons.


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And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board.


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And they shall be closely fitting together beneath, and they shall be closely joined together on the top by means of one ring: thus shall it be for both of them; for the two corners shall they be.


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And so they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board.


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And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the back wall, westward;


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And the boards thou shalt overlay with gold, and their rings thou shalt make of gold, as receptacles for the bars; and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.


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And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle, according to the fashion thereof, which thou hast been shown on the mount.


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And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen, of weavers work shall it be made, with cherubim.


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And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks also shall be of gold; upon four sockets of silver.


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And thou shalt hang up the vail under the hooks; and thou shalt bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the holy of holies.


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And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle, toward the south; and the table thou shalt put on the north side.


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And thou shalt make a hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; the work of the embroiderer.


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And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, their hooks also shall be of gold; and thou shalt cast for them five sockets of copper.


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And thou shalt make the altar of shittim wood: five cubits long, and five cubits broad, a foursquare shall the altar be, and three cubits shall be its height.


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And thou shalt make its horns on its four corners, from itself shall its horns be; and thou shalt overlay it with copper.


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And thou shalt make its pots to receive its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its forks, and its firepans; all its vessels thou shalt make of copper.


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And thou shalt make for it a grating, of a network of copper; and thou shalt make upon the net four rings of copper, on its four corners.


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And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, and the net shall reach even to the half of the altar.


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And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, when they bear it.


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And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side, on the right, the hangings for the court, of twisted linen, shall be a hundred cubits in length, for the one side.


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And its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty sockets of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.


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And likewise for the north side in the length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits in length, and its pillars twenty with their twenty sockets of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.


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And <i>for</i> the breadth of the court on the west side shall be fifty cubits of hangings; their pillars shall be ten, and their sockets ten.


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And fifteen cubits of hangings shall be on the one wing; their pillars shall be three and their sockets three.


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And on the other wing shall be fifteen cubits of hangings; their pillars shall be three, and their sockets three.


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And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen, the work of the embroiderer; with four pillars for the same, and their four sockets.


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All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of copper.


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The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty by fifty, and the height five cubits, of twisted linen, and the sockets for the same of copper.


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All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of copper.


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And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure olive oil, beaten out, for the lighting, to cause a light to burn always.


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In the tabernacle of the congregation, without the vail, which is before the testimony, shall Aaron with his sons arrange it <i>for</i> from the evening to the morning, before the Lord; as a statute for ever unto their generations, on behalf of the children of Israel.


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And thou shalt let come near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may be a priest unto me; Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Elazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.


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And thou shalt speak unto all that are wisehearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make garments for Aaron, to sanctify him, that he may be a priest unto me.


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And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a checkered coat, a mitre, and a girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and for his sons, to be a priest unto me.


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And they shall make the ephod, of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet yarn, and twisted linen, of weavers work.


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Two shoulderpieces shall it have joined at the two edges thereof; by which it shall be joined together.


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And the belt for girding, which is upon it, shall be of the same make, out of the same piece with itself; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen.


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Six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, according to the order of their birth.


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With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engraving of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel; fitted in settings of gold shalt thou make them.


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And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulderpieces of the ephod as stones of memorial unto the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial.


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And two chains of pure gold, with knots at the ends, of wreathed work shalt thou make them, and thou shalt fasten the wreathed chains to the casings.


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And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment, of weavers work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and of twisted linen, shalt thou make it.


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And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row, a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this shall be the first row.


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And the fourth row, a chrysolite, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be fitted in golden casings when they are set in.


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And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; <i>engraved</i> with the engraving of a signet, every one according to his name, shall they be for the twelve tribes.


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And thou shalt make on the breastplate chains with knots at the ends, of wreathed work, of pure gold.


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And thou shalt make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.


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And thou shalt put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings, on the ends of the breastplate.


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And the <i>other</i> two ends of the two wreathed chains thou shalt fasten on the two casings, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod on the outside thereof.


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And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them on the two ends of the breastplate on its border, which is on the opposite side of the ephod, inward.


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And thou shalt make two more rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two shoulderpieces of the ephod underneath, toward its front part, close by its seam, above the girdle of the ephod.


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And they shall fasten the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may remain on the girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.


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And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually.


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And thou shalt put into the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be upon Aarons heart, when he goeth in before the Lord; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.


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And there shall be an opening in the top of it, in the midst thereof; it shall have a binding of woven work, round about its opening, as it is on the opening of a habergeon, so shall it be thereon, that it be not rent.


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And thou shalt make on its lower hem pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, round about its lower hem; and bells of gold between them round about:


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A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, on the lower hem of the robe round about.


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And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministereth; and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in into the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not.


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And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engraving of a signet, Holy unto the Lord.


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And thou shalt fasten it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the mitre; upon the front of the mitre shall it be.


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And it shall be upon Aarons forehead; and Aaron shall atone for the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be upon his forehead always, that they may be received in favor before the Lord.


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And thou shalt make the coat of linen checkered, and thou shalt make a mitre of linen, and a girdle shalt thou make of embroiderers work.


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And for Aarons sons shalt thou make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles; and bonnets thou shalt make for them, for glory and for ornament.


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And thou shalt clothe therewith Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and thou shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may be priests unto me.


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And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs shall they reach.


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And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die; a statute for ever shall it be for him and for his seed after him.


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And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to become priests unto me: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,


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And unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes, mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers, anointed with oil; of fine wheaten flour shalt thou make them.


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And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them near in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.


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And Aaron and his sons shalt thou bring near unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.


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And thou shalt take the garments, and clothe Aaron with the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the girdle of the ephod:


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And thou shalt gird them with the girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind the bonnets on them; and the priests office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thus shalt thou consecrate Aaron and his sons.


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And thou shalt cause the bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock.


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And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and all the remaining blood shalt thou pour out beside the bottom of the altar.


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And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the midriff above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.


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But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire, without the camp: it is a sinoffering.


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And the one ram shalt thou take; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram.


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And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it upon the altar round about.


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And the ram shalt thou cut in pieces, and wash his inwards, and his legs, and put them with his pieces, and with his head.


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And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar, it is a burntoffering unto the Lord; it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.


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And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram.


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Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of Aarons right ear, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.


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And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle them upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, together with his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.


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And thou shalt take from the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the midriff above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration;


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And one loaf of bread, and one cake of the oiled bread, and one wafer, out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord.


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And thou shalt put all this upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons; and thou shalt make with them a waving before the Lord.


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And thou shalt then take them from their hands, and burn them upon the altar upon the burntoffering; for a sweet savor before the Lord, it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.


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And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of the consecration that belongeth to Aaron, and make therewith a waving before the Lord; and it shall belong to thee as thy portion.


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And thou shalt sanctify the breast which hath been waved, and the shoulder which hath been lifted up, which was waved, and which was heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, of that which belongeth to Aaron, and of that which belongeth to his sons:


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That they shall belong to Aaron and to his sons, as a statute forever, from the children of Israel; for it is a heaveoffering; and a heaveoffering it shall remain from the children of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peaceofferings, as their heaveoffering unto the Lord.


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And the holy garments belonging to Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to anoint them therein, and to consecrate them therein.


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Seven days shall that one of his sons put them on who is to be priest in his place, who is to go into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the sanctuary.


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And Aaron with his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.


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And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate them and to sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.


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And if aught of the flesh of the consecration sacrifice, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then shalt thou burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.


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And thou shalt do unto Aaron, and to his sons thus, all as I have commanded thee; seven days shalt thou consecrate them.


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And a bullock shalt thou offer every day for a sinoffering as an atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, in as much as thou makest an atonement upon it; and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.


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Seven days shalt thou make an atonement upon the altar and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.


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And this is what thou shalt offer upon the altar: Two sheep of the first year for every day, continually.


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And a tenth part of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drinkoffering, shall be for the one sheep.


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And the other sheep shalt thou offer toward evening; according to the meatoffering of the morning, and according to its drinkoffering shalt thou do unto it, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.


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A continual burntoffering throughout your generations <i>shall this be</i> at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord; where I will meet with you, to speak unto thee there.


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And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: and both Aaron and his sons will I sanctify, that they may he priests unto me.


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And they shall know that I am the Eternal, their God, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am the Lord their God.


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A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be its height; from itself shall its horns be.


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And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.


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And two rings of gold shalt thou make for it beneath its crown, on its two corners shalt thou make them, upon both its sides; and they shall be as receptacles for the staves to bear it by means of them.


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And thou shalt put it before the vail that is before the ark of the testimony, before the mercyseat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.


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And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of spices; every morning when he dresseth the lamps, shall he burn it.


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And when Aaron lighteth the lamps toward evening, shall he burn it; a perpetual incense before the Lord, throughout your generations.


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Ye shall not offer thereon any strange incense, or burntsacrifice, or meatoffering; and a drinkoffering shall ye not pour thereon.


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And Aaron shall make an atonement upon its horns once in a year; with the blood of the sinoffering of the day of atonement, once in the year, shall he make atonement upon it, throughout your generations; it is most holy unto the Lord.


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When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel of those who are to be numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when they number them; that there be no plague among them, when they number them.


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This shall they give, every one that passeth among those that are numbered, Half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs to the shekel; the half of the shekel shall be the tribute to the Lord.


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Every one that passeth among those that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give the tribute unto the Lord.


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The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half of a shekel, as a tribute unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.


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And thou shalt take the money of the atonement from the children of Israel, and shalt employ it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and it shall be unto the children of Israel as a memorial before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.


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Thou shalt also make a laver of copper, with its foot of copper, to wash withal: and thou shalt set it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put therein water.


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When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, shall they wash themselves with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto the Lord.


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And they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not; and it shall be to them a statute for ever, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.


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And thou, take unto thyself principal spices: of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon, its half shall be two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,


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And thou shalt make of it an oil of holy anointing, a mixture, compounded after the art of the apothecary: an oil of holy anointing shall it be.


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And unto the children of Israel shalt thou speak, saying, An oil of holy anointing shall this be unto me throughout your generations.


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Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, and after its proportion shall ye not make any thing like it; it is holy, and holy shall it be unto you.


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Whosoever compoundeth the like of it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall be cut off from his people.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee spices, balm, and onycha, and galbanum, spices, with pure frankincense: of each shall there be an equal weight.


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And thou shalt make it an incense, a mixture after the art of the apothecary, well mingled together, pure and holy.


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And thou shalt pour some of it fine, and offer of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee; most holy shall it be unto you.


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And as for the incense which thou shalt make, according to its proportion, shall ye not make any unto yourselves: holy shall it be unto thee for the Lord.


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And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,


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And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in the carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship.


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And behold, I have also given with him Aholiab, the son of Achissamach, of the tribe of Dan, and in the heart of all that are wisehearted have l put wisdom; and they shall make all that I have commanded thee;


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The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the cover that is thereupon, and all the vessels of the tabernacle;


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And the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense;


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And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister therein;


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And the anointing oil, and the incense of spices for the holy place: all as I have commanded thee shall they do.


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And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Above all, my sabbaths shall ye keep; for a sign it is between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord who doth sanctify you.


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And ye shall keep the sabbath, for it is holy unto you; every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth any work thereon, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.


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Six days may work be done; but on the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work on the sabbathday, shall surely be put to death.


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And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.


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Between me and the children of Israel it shall be a sign for ever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed:


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And he gave unto Moses, when he had finished speaking with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, inscribed with the finger of God.


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And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people assembled themselves together around Aaron, and they said unto him, Up, make us gods, that shall go before us; for of this man Moses, who hath brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.


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And Aaron said unto them, Take out the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.


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And all the people took out the golden earrings, which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.


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And he took them from their hand, and fashioned it in a mould, and he made of it a molten calf; and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.


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And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron called out, and said, A feast unto the Lord is tomorrow.


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And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burntofferings, and brought near peaceofferings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.


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And the Lord spoke unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, hath become corrupt:


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They have turned aside quickly from the way which I have commanded them; they have made themselves a molten calf: and they have bowed themselves to it, and have sacrificed unto it, and have said, These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.


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And now let me alone, and my wrath shall wax hot against them, and I will make an end of them; and I will make of thee a great nation.


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Thereupon Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Why, O Lord, shall thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with a mighty hand?


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Wherefore should the Egyptians say thus, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to destroy them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent thee of the evil decreed against thy people.


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Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou didst swear by thy own self, and speak unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.


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And Moses turned about, and went down from the mount with the two tables of the testimony in his hand: tables inscribed on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they inscribed.


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And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved upon the tables.


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And Joshua heard the noise of the people in its shouting, and he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.


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And he said, It is not the voice of a shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of a cry for defeat; the noise of singing do I hear.


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And it came to pass, when he came nigh unto the camp, and he saw the calf, and the dancing: that the anger of Moses waxed hot, and he cast from his hands the tables, and broke them at the foot of the mount.


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And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in fire, and ground it to a powder, and he strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.


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And Moses said unto Aaron, What hath this people done unto thee, that thou hast brought upon it so great a sin?


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And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my Lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that it is bent on mischief.


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And they said unto me, Make us gods that shall go before us; for of this man Moses, who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what hath become of him.


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And I said unto them, Who hath any gold? They took it off themselves and gave it to me, and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.


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And Moses saw the people that it had become unruly; for Aaron had made it unruly for a disgrace among their opponents.


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Moses then placed himself in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoever is on the Lords side, let him come unto me! and there assembled themselves unto him all the sons of Levi.


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And he said unto them, Thus hath said the Eternal, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword by his side, and go ye hither and thither, from gate to gate in the camp, and slay ye every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his relative.


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And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people on that day about three thousand men.


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And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord, yea even every man on his son, and on his brother; and to bestow upon you this day a blessing.


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And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I may obtain an atonement for your sin.


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And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people hath sinned a great sin, and they have made themselves gods of gold.


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Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin; but if not, blot me out, I pray thee, from thy book which thou hast written.


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And now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee; behold, my angel shall go before thee; but on the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, go up from here, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it; 


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And I will send before thee an angel; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Emorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; 


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Unto a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in the midst of thee, because thou art a stiffnecked people; lest I consume thee on the way.


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And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no man did put his ornaments on him.


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For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people; should I go up one moment in the midst of thee, I would consume thee; now therefore put off thy ornaments from thee, and I shall know what I will do unto thee.


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The children of Israel then stripped themselves of their ornaments <i>they wore</i> from <i>the time they were at</i> mount Horeb.


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And Moses took the tent, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it, Tabernacle of the congregation; and it came to pass, that every one who sought <i>instruction of</i> the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.


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And it came to pass, that when Moses went out unto the tent, all the people would rise up, and stand every man at the door of his tent, and look after Moses, until he was gone into the tent.


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And it came to pass, that as Moses entered into the tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the tent, and spoke with Moses.


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And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the tent: then all the people rose up and prostrated themselves, every man at the door of his tent.


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And the Lord spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend; and then he returned into the camp; but his servant, Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tent.


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And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people; but thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me: and yet thou hast said, I have chosen thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my eyes.


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Now, therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy eyes, do make me know thy way, that I may know thee, in order that I may find grace in thy eyes; and consider that this nation is thy people.


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For wherein shall it be known in any wise that I have found grace in thy eyes, I with thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be distinguished, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Also this thing that thou hast spoken will I do; for thou hast found grace in my eyes, and I have chosen thee by name.


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And he said, I will cause all my goodness to pass before thy face, and I will proclaim, by name, the Lord before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy.


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And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in the cleft of the rock, and I will cover thee with my hand, until I have passed by.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thyself two tables of stone like unto the first; and I will write upon these tables the words which were on the first tables, which thou didst break.


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And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount.


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And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks or herds feed near this mount.


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And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him; and he took in his hand the two tables of stone.


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And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord is the immutable, eternal Being, the omnipotent God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in beneficence and truth;


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Keeping mercy unto the thousandth <i>generation</i>, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the childrens children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.


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And he said, If now I have found grace in thy eyes, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go among us; even because it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon thou our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thy heritage.


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And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people will I perform wonders, such as have not been done on all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people amongst whom thou art shall see the work of the Lord; for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.


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Observe thou that which I command thee this day; behold, I will drive out before thee the Emorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.


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Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land against which thou goest up, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee;


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But their altars shall ye destroy, and their statues shall ye break, and their groves shall ye cut down.


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Make thou then no covenant with the inhabitants of the land; lest that, if they go astray after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, any one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;


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And lest thou take of his daughters unto thy sons; and when his daughters go astray after their gods, they make thy sons also go astray after their gods.


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The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I have commanded thee, in the time of the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib thou wentest forth out of Egypt.


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All that openeth the womb is mine; and every firstling that is a male among thy cattle, whether ox or lamb.


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But the firstling of an ass shalt thou redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck; all the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou redeem; and none shall appear before me empty.


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Six days thou mayest work, but on the seventh day shalt thou rest: even in ploughing time and in harvest shalt thou rest.


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And the feast of weeks shalt thou observe, with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest; and the feast of ingathering at the closing of the year.


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For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders; yet shall no man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear in the presence of the Lord thy God thrice in the year.


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Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall be left unto the morning the sacrifice of the feast of the passover.


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The first of the firstfruits of thy land shalt thou bring unto the house of the Lord thy God: thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mothers milk.


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And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thee down these words; for after the tenor of these words have I made with thee a covenant and with Israel.


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And he remained there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; bread he did not eat, and water he did not drink; and he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.


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And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai, with the two tables of the testimony in Moses hand, when be came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone, because he had spoken with him.


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And Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and, behold, the skin of his face shone: and they were afraid to come nigh unto him.


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But Moses called unto them, and then returned unto him Aaron and all the princes of the congregation: and Moses spoke to them.


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And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he commanded them all that which the Lord had spoken with him on mount Sinai.


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But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out; and then he came out, and spoke unto the children of Israel that which he had been commanded.


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And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses face shone: and Moses put the vail again over his face, until he went in to speak with him.


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And Moses gathered together all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them, These are the things which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them.


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Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doth work thereon shall be put to death.


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And Moses said unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, as followeth, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying,


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Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord; whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord: Gold, and silver, and copper,


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The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its hooks, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;


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And the altar of incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the incense of spices, and the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle;


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The altar of burntoffering, with its grating of copper, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its foot;


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The cloths of service, to do service therewith in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in as priests.


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And they came, every man whose heart stirred him up; and every one whom his spirit made willing, brought the Lords offering for the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.


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And they came, the men with the women; whoever was willinghearted, brought bracelets, and earrings, and fingerrings, and tablets, all kinds of ornaments of gold, and every man that offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.


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And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and linen thread, and goats hair, and rams skins dyed red, and badgers skins, brought them.


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Every one that did offer an offering of silver and copper brought it as the Lords offering; and every one with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.


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And all the women that were wisehearted spun with their hands, and they brought that which they had spun, of the blue, and of the purple, and of the scarlet yarn, and of the linen thread.


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And the princes brought the onyx stones, and the stones for setting, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;


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Every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded to be made, by the hand of Moses, even that brought the children of Israel as a freewill offering unto the Lord.


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And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Chur, of the tribe of Judah;


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And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;


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And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in the carving of wood, to make any manner of work of art.


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And to teach hath he put in his heart, both to him, and to Aholiab, the son of Achissamach, of the tribe of Dan.


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He hath filled them with wisdom of heart, to execute all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the designing weaver, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet yarn, and in linen thread, and of the weaver, of those that do every species of work, and of those that devise works of art.


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And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every wisehearted man, in whom the Lord hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to do every manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall make all, just as the Lord hath commanded.


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And Moses called for Bezalel and Aholiab, and every wisehearted man in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, every one whose heart stirred him up to come near unto the work to do it:


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And they received from Moses the whole of the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it; and these brought unto him yet more freewill offerings morning after morning.


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And then came all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, every man from his own work which they were doing.


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And they said unto Moses, thus, The people bring more than is required for the service of the work, which the Lord hath commanded to make.


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And Moses gave the command, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary: so the people were restrained from bringing <i>more</i>.


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And all the wisehearted men, among those who wrought the work, made the tabernacle of ten curtains; of twisted linen thread, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn; with cherubim, of weavers work, made he them.


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The length of each curtain was twentyeight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: there was one measure for all the curtains.


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And he coupled together five of the curtains one to another: and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.


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And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, which was the outside in the coupling: the like he made on the border of the curtain, which was the outmost on the second coupling.


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Fifty loops made he on the one curtain, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain which was in the second coupling: the loops were fixed opposite to each other.


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And he made fifty hooks of gold; and he coupled the curtains together one unto the other with the hooks, and the tabernacle became thus one piece.


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And he made curtains of goats hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains made he the same.


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The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of each curtain: there was one measure for the eleven curtains.


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And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was the outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain of the second coupling.


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And he made a covering for the tent of rams skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers skins above.


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Ten cubits was the length of each board, and one cubit and a half was the breadth of each one board.


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There were two tenons for every board, fitted in, one against the other: the like made he for all the boards of the tabernacle.


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And forty sockets of silver made he under the twenty boards; two sockets under the one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under the other board for its two tenons.


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And they were closely fitting beneath, and they were closely joined together on the top, by means of one ring; thus he did to both of them, for both the corners.


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And so there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two sockets under every board.


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And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the back wall, westward.


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And he made the middle bar to pass through the midst of the boards from the one end to the other end.


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And the boards he overlaid with gold, and their rings he made of gold, as receptacles for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.


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And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; of weavers work made he it, with cherubim.


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And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, their hooks also were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.


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And he made a hanging for the door of the tabernacle, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; the work of the embroiderer;


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And its five pillars with their hooks: and he overlaid their tops and made their fillets with gold; and their five sockets were of copper.


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And Bezalel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.


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And he cast for it four rings of gold, for the four corners thereof; even two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.


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And he made a cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half was its length, and one cubit and a half its breadth.


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One cherub was on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end; out of the cover itself made he the cherubim on the two ends thereof.


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And the cherubim were spreading forth their wings on high, overshadowing with their wings the cover, with their faces one to the other; toward the cover were the faces of the cherubim directed.


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And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;


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And he made unto it a rim of a hands breadth round about, and made a golden crown on its rim round about.


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And he cast for it four rings of gold, and he put the rings on the four corners, that were on the four feet thereof.


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And he made the vessels which were upon the table, its dishes, and its spoons, and its purifying tubes, and the supporters wherewith <i>the bread</i> was covered, of pure gold.


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And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick, its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, were out of one piece with it.


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And six branches were coming out of its sides; three branches of the candlestick out of its one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof.


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Three bowls, almondshaped, were on one branch, with a knob and a flower; and three bowls, almondshaped, were on the other branch, with a knob and a flower; so on the six branches that were coming out of the candlestick.


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And a knob was under two branches that came out of the same, and a knob under two branches that came out of the same, and a knob under two branches that came out of the same, for the six branches that proceeded out of it.


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Their knobs and their branches were out of one piece with it; all of it was one piece of beaten work, of pure gold.


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And he made the altar of incense of shittim wood: its length was a cubit, and its breadth a cubit; it was foursquare, and two cubits was its height; from itself were its horns.


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And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns: and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.


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And two rings of gold he made for it beneath its crown, on its two corners, upon both its sides, as receptacles for the staves to bear it by means of them.


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And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of spices, according to the work of the apothecary.


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And he made the altar of burntoffering of shittim wood: five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth; it was foursquare, and three cubits was its height.


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And he made its horns on its four corners, from itself were its horns; and he overlaid it with copper.


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And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, and the forks, and the firepans: all its vessels made he of copper.


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And he made for the altar a grating, a network of copper, under its compass beneath, even unto the half of it.


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And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it by means of them; hollow, of boards, made he it.


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And he made the laver of copper, and its foot of copper, of the mirrors of the assembled women who had assembled in troops at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.


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And he made the court: on the south side, on the right, the hangings of the court were of twisted linen, of one hundred cubits;


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Their pillars were twenty, with their twenty sockets of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.


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And for the north side one hundred cubits; their pillars were twenty, with their twenty sockets of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.


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And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars were ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.


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Hangings of fifteen cubits, were on the one wing: their pillars were three, and their sockets three.


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And for the other wing, on both sides of the gate of the court, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars were three, and their sockets three.


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And the sockets for the pillars were of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets, of silver; and the overlaying of their tops was of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.


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And the hanging for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; and twenty cubits was the length, and the height, in the breadth, was five cubits, answering to the hangings of the court.


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And the pillars for the same were four, with their four sockets of copper; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their fillets, of silver.


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These are the accounts <i>of the articles furnished</i> for the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of the testimony, which were counted, according to the order of Moses, the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron, the priest.


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And Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Chur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And with him was Aholiab the son of Achissamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skilful weaver, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet yarn, and in linen thread.


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All the gold that was applied to the work in all the work of the sanctuary, to wit, the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.


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And the silver of those that were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:


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A bekah for every head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.


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And the hundred talents of silver served to cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail: one hundred sockets to the hundred talents, a talent for every socket.


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And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their tops and filleted them.


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And he made therewith the sockets of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar of copper, and the grating of copper for it, and all the vessels of the altar;


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And the sockets of the court round about, and the socket of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.


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And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, they made the cloths of service, to do the service in the holy place; and they made the holy garments which were for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And they did heat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet yarn, and in the linen, with weavers work.


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And the belt for girding it on, that was upon it, was of the same piece with itself, of the same make: of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And they wrought the onyx stones enclosed in casings of gold, engraved with the engraving of a signet, after the names of the children of Israel.


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And he put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial to the children of Israel; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And he made the breastplate with weavers work, like the work of the ephod: of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen.


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It was foursquare, double did they make the breastplate: it was a span in length, and a span in breadth, double.


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And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row, a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this was the first row.


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And the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper: they were fitted in golden casings when they were set in.


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And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, <i>engraved</i> with the engraving of a signet, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes.


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And they made two casings of gold, and two golden rings; and they put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.


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And the two ends of the two wreathed chains they fastened on the two casings, and they put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, on the outside thereof.


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And they made two golden rings, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its border, which was on the opposite side of the ephod, inward.


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And they made two more golden rings, and put them on the two shoulderpieces of the ephod underneath, toward its front part, close by its seam, above the girdle of the ephod.


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And they fastened the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might remain on the girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And there was an opening in the midst of the robe, as the opening of a habergeon, with a binding round about the opening, that it should not be rent.


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And they made upon the lower hem of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, twisted.


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And they made bells of pure gold; and they put the bells between the pomegranates upon the lower hem of the robe, round about, between the pomegranates;


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A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the lower hem of the robe, to minister therein; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And the mitre of linen, and the goodly bonnets of linen, and linen breeches of twisted linen thread.


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And the girdle of twisted linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of the embroiderer; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engrafting of a signet, Holy to the Lord.


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And they put on it a lace of blue, to place it upon the mitre above; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation; and the children of Israel had made it in accordance with all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so had they made it.


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And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all its vessels, its hooks, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets,


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And the covering of rams skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers skins, and the vail of the separation:


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The pure candlestick, with its lamps, the lamps to be set in order thereupon, and all its vessels, and the oil for the lighting,


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And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the incense of spices, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle;


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The copper altar, and the grating of copper which belonged to it, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its foot;


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The hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, and the hanging for the courtgate, its cords, and its pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation;


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The cloths of service to do the service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister therein.


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And Moses did look over all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.


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On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.


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And thou shalt bring in the table, and arrange the order of the showbread upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.


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And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony; and thou shalt put up the hanging at the door to the tabernacle.


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And thou shalt set the altar of burntoffering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.


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And thou shalt set the laver between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.


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And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein; and thou shalt hallow it, with all its vessels, and it shall be holy.


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And thou shalt anoint the altar of burntoffering, and all its vessels; and thou shalt sanctify the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.


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And thou shalt bring near Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.


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And thou shalt clothe Aaron with the holy garments; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may be a priest unto me.


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And thou shalt anoint them, as thou hast anointed their father, that they may be priests unto me; and this shall be, that their anointing shall be unto them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.


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And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.


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And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and placed its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and reared up its pillars.


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And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent over it above; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and placed the staves on the ark; and he put the mercyseat upon the ark above.


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And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the separation, and made therewith a separation for the ark of the testimony; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And he put the table in the tabernacle of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle, northward, without the vail.


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And he placed the candlestick in the tabernacle of the congregation, opposite the table, on the side of the tabernacle, southward.


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And the altar of burntoffering he placed by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation; and he offered upon it the burntoffering and the meatoffering; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, for washing.


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When they went in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed themselves; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and put up the hanging of the gate of the court; and so did Moses finish the work.


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And the cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.


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And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation; because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.


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And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel were wont to go onward in all their journeyings.


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For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and a fire was by night on it, before the eyes of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeyings.


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And the Lord called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,


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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any one of you wish to bring an offering unto the Lord: of the cattle, either of the herds, or of the flocks, shall ye bring your offering.


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If his offering be a burntsacrifice of the herds, then shall he offer a male without blemish: unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation shall he bring it, that it may be favorably received for him before the Lord.


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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burntoffering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.


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And he shall kill the young steer before the Lord: and the sons of Aaron the priests shall bring near the blood, and they shall sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.


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And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire;


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And the sons of Aaron the priests shall lay in order the parts, the head, and the fat, upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar;


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But its inwards and its legs shall he wash in water; and the priest shall burn the whole on the altar, as a burntsacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord.


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And if his offering be of the flocks, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burntsacrifice: then shall he offer a male without blemish as the same.


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And he shall kill it on the side of the altar, northward, before the Lord; and the sons of Aaron the priests shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about.


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And he shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat; and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar;


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But the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water; and the priest shall bring near the whole, and burn it upon the altar; it is a burntsacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord.


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And if of fowls be the burntsacrifice for his offering to the Lord: then shall he bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.


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And the priest shall bring it near unto the altar, and pinch off its head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out on the wall of the altar.


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And he shall remove its crop with its feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, at the place of the ashes.


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And he shall cleave it by its wings, but shall not divide it asunder; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is on the fire: it is a burntsacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord.


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And when any person wish to offer a meatoffering unto the Lord: then shall his offering be of fine flour; and he shall pour upon it oil, and put thereon frankincense;


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And he shall bring it to one of the sons of Aaron the priest; and he shall take therefrom his handful of its flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, as an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord.


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And what is left of the meatoffering shall belong to Aaron and to his sons: it is a most holy thing, from the fireofferings of the Lord.


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And if thou bring an oblation of a meatoffering baked in the oven, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened cakes mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.


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And if thy oblation be a meatoffering baked in a pan, it shall be made of fine flour mingled with oil, unleavened.


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And if thy oblation be a meatoffering baked in the deep pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.


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And thou shalt bring the meatoffering, which shall be made of these things, unto the Lord; and the offerer shall present it unto the priest, who shall bring it near unto the altar.


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And the priest shall take up from the meatoffering its memorial, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord.


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And that which is left of the meatoffering shall belong to Aaron and his sons: it is a most holy thing, from the fireofferings of the Lord.


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No meatoffering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be prepared leavened; for of whatever is leaven, or of any honey, ye shall not sacrifice an offering made by fire unto the Lord.


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As an oblation of the firstfruits shall ye offer them unto the Lord: but on the altar shall they not come for a sweet savor.


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And every oblation of thy meatoffering shalt thou season with salt; and thou shalt not suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meatoffering: with all thy offerings shalt thou offer salt.


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And if thou offer a meatoffering of the firstfruits unto the Lord: of ripe ears of corn dried by the fire, of pounded corn out of full ears, shalt thou offer the meatoffering of thy firstfruits.


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And the priest shall burn its memorial, from its pounded corn, and from its oil, with all its frankincense; it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.


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And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peaceoffering, if he offer it of the herds, whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.


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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.


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And he shall offer the sacrifice of the peaceoffering, as a fireoffering unto the Lord, the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,


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And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is on the flanks, and the midriff above the liver, with the kidneys, shall he remove it.


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And Aarons sons shall burn it on the altar, upon the burntoffering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord.


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And if of the flocks be his offering for a sacrifice of peaceoffering unto the Lord, male or female, without blemish, shall he offer it.


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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about.


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And he shall offer the sacrifice of the peaceoffering, as a fireoffering unto the Lord, the best part thereof, the whole rump, hard by the backbone shall he take it off; and the fat that covereth 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, which is on the flanks, and the midriff above the liver, with the kidneys, shall he remove it.


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And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord.


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And he shall lay his hand upon its head, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about.


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And he shall offer thereof his offering, as a fireoffering unto the Lord, the fat that covereth 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, which is on the flanks, and the midriff above the liver, with the kidneys shall he remove it.


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And the priest shall burn them upon the altar; as the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savor, is all the fat unto the Lord.


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A perpetual statute shall it be for your generations throughout all your dwellings: no fat nor blood shall ye eat.


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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any person do sin through ignorance against any of the prohibitions of the Lord which ought not to be done, and do any of them;


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If the anointed priest do sin to bring guiltiness on the people: then shall he bring near for his sin, which he hath committed, a young bullock without blemish, unto the Lord, for a sinoffering.


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And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord; and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before the Lord.


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And the anointed priest shall take some of the bullocks blood, and bring it into the tabernacle of the congregation:


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And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood; and he shall sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the vail of the sanctuary.


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And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of the incense of spices before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and all the <i>remaining</i> blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the bottom of the altar of burntoffering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.


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And all the fat of the bullock of the sinoffering shall he take off from the same: the fat that covereth 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, which is on the flanks, and the midriff above the liver, with the kidneys, shall he remove it;


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As it is taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peaceoffering; and the priest shall burn the same upon the altar of burntoffering.


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And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,


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Even the whole bullock, shall he carry forth without the camp, unto a clean place, to where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire; upon where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.


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And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and a thing be hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of all the prohibitions of the Lord which ought not to be done, and they become guilty;


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When now the sin becometh known, through which they have sinned: then shall the congregation offer a young bullock for a sinoffering, and shall bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.


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And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord; and they shall kill the bullock before the Lord.


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And the anointed priest shall bring some of the bullocks blood into the tabernacle of the congregation:


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And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, before the vail.


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And some of the blood shall be put upon the horns of the altar which is before the Lord, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and all the <i>remaining</i> blood shall he pour out at the bottom of the altar of burntoffering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.


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And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock of the sinoffering; so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven unto them.


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And he shall carry forth the bullock to without the camp, and burn him as he burnt the first bullock; it is a sinoffering of the congregation.


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If a ruler should sin, and do any one of the prohibitions of the Lord his God which ought not to be done, through ignorance, and become guilty;


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If now his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: he shall bring as his offering, a goat, a male, without blemish;


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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it on the place where they kill the burntoffering before the Lord; it is a sinoffering.


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And the priest shall take some of the blood of the sinoffering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burntoffering; and <i>the remainder of</i> its blood shall he pour out at the bottom of the altar of burntoffering.


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And all its fat shall he burn upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peaceoffering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven unto him.


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And if any person of the common people should sin through ignorance, by his doing any one of the prohibitions of the Lord, which ought not to be done, and become guilty;


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If now his sin, which he hath committed, come to his knowledge: then shall he bring as his offering, a goat, a female, without blemish, for his sin which he hath committed;


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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sinoffering, and slay the sinoffering on the place of the burntoffering.


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And the priest shall take some of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burntoffering; and all the <i>remaining</i> blood thereof shall he pour out at the bottom of the altar.


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And all the fat thereof shall he remove, as the fat is removed from off the sacrifice of peaceoffering; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor unto the Lord: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven unto him.


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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sinoffering, and slay it for a sinoffering on the place where they kill the burntoffering.


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And the priest shall take some of the blood of the sinoffering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burntoffering; and all the <i>remaining</i> blood thereof shall he pour out at the bottom of the altar:


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And all the fat thereof shall he remove, as the fat of the sheep is removed from the sacrifice of the peaceoffering; and the priest shall burn the same upon the altar, upon the offerings made by fire unto the Lord; and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven unto him.


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And if any person sin, because he heareth the voice of adjuration, and he is a witness, since he hath either seen or knoweth something; if he do not tell it, and thus bear his iniquity;


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Or if there be a person who toucheth any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of an unclean creeping thing, and it escape his recollection; but <i>he becometh aware that</i> he is unclean, and hath <i>thus</i> incurred guilt;


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Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness of the kind it be by which he can be defiled, and it escape his recollection; but he becometh aware of it, and <i>that</i> he hath <i>thus</i> incurred guilt;


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Or if any person swear, by pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good <i>to himself</i>, in whatsoever it be that a man pronounceth with an oath, and it escape his recollection; but he becometh aware of it that he hath incurred guilt by any one of these:


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And it shall be, if he have incurred guilt by any one of these <i>things,</i> that he shall confess that concerning which he hath sinned;


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And he shall bring his trespassoffering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath committed, a female from the flocks, a sheep or a goat, for a sinoffering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.


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And if his means be not sufficient for a sheep, then shall he bring as his offering <i>for the trespass</i> which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the Lord; one for a sinoffering, and the other for a burntoffering.


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And he shall bring them unto the priest, and he shall offer that which is for the sinoffering first, and pinch off its head by the back of its neck, but shall not divide it asunder:


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And he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sinoffering upon the wall of the altar: and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar; it is a sinoffering.


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And the second shall he prepare as a burntoffering, according to the prescribed order; and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven unto him.


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But if his means be not sufficient for two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then shall he bring as his offering for that which he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sinoffering; he shall not put upon it any oil, nor shall he put thereupon any frankincense; for it is a sinoffering.


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And he shall bring it to the priest; and the priest shall take from it his handful, as its memorial, and burn it on the altar, upon the fireofferings of the Lord: it is a sinoffering.


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And the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin that he hath committed in one of these, and it shall be forgiven unto him; and it shall belong to the priest, as the meatoffering.


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If any person commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, against the holy things of the Lord: then shall he bring as his trespassoffering unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, in value of two shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespassoffering.


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And that, in which he hath sinned against the holy thing, shall he pay, and shall add its fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest; and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespassoffering, and it shall be forgiven unto him.


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And if any person sin, and commit any one of the prohibitions of the Lord which ought not to be done; and he know not whether he have incurred guilt, and so bear his iniquity:


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Then shall he bring a ram without blemish out of the flocks, of the usual value, for a trespassoffering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin of ignorance, wherein he hath erred and knoweth it not, and it shall be forgiven unto him.


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<n>(5:21)</n> If any person sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord; if he, namely, lie unto his neighbor in that which was delivered to him to keep, or in a loan, or in a thing taken away by violence, or if he have withheld the wages of his neighbor;


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<n>(5:22)</n> Or if he have found something which was lost, and lie concerning it, and swear falsely; in any one of all these which a man can do, to sin thereby:


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<n>(5:23)</n> Then shall it be, when he hath sinned and is conscious of his guilt, that he shall restore what be hath taken violently away, or the wages which he hath withheld, or that which was delivered to him to keep, or the lost thing which he hath found,


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<n>(5:24)</n> Or any one thing about which he may have sworn falsely; and he shall restore it in its principal, and the fifth part thereof shall he add thereto; unto him to whom it appertaineth shall he give it, on the day when he confesseth his trespass.


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<n>(5:25)</n> And his trespassoffering shall he bring unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flocks, of the usual value, for a trespassoffering, unto the priest:


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<n>(5:26)</n> And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord, and it shall be forgiven unto him, for any one thing of all that he may have done to trespass thereby.


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<n>(6:2)</n> Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burntoffering: It is the burntoffering, which shall be burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning on it.


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<n>(6:3)</n> And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and he shall lift up the ashes which the fire hath made by consuming the burntoffering on the altar, and he shall place them beside the altar.


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<n>(6:4)</n> And he shall take off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes to without the camp, unto a clean place.


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<n>(6:5)</n> And the fire upon the altar shall be burning on it, it shall not be put out, and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning: and he shall lay in order upon it the burntoffering, and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peaceofferings.


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<n>(6:7)</n> And this is the law of the meatoffering: <i>one of</i> the sons of Aaron shall bring it near before the Lord, in front of the altar.


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<n>(6:8)</n> And he shall lift up from it his handful, of the flour of the meatoffering, and of its oil, and all the frankincense which is upon the meatoffering, and he shall burn it upon the altar, for a sweet savor, as its memorial, unto the Lord.


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<n>(6:9)</n> And what is left thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: unleavened shall it be eaten in a holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation shall they eat it.


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<n>(6:10)</n> It shall not be baked leaven; as their portion have I given it from my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sinoffering, and as is the trespassoffering.


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<n>(6:11)</n> all the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as a fixed portion for ever in your generations from the fireofferings of the Lord: every one that toucheth the same shall be holy.


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<n>(6:13)</n> This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord on the day when he is anointed: the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meatoffering perpetually; half of it in the morning, and the other half of it in the evening.


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<n>(6:14)</n> In a pan, with oil, shall it be made, well sodden shalt thou bring it; twice baked, a meatoffering of broken pieces, shalt thou offer it for a sweet savor unto the Lord.


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<n>(6:15)</n> And the priest that shall be anointed in his stead among his sons shall offer it: it is a statute for ever, unto the Lord; it shall be wholly burnt.


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<n>(6:18)</n> Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sinoffering: On the place where the burntoffering is killed shall the sinoffering be killed before the Lord; it is most holy.


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<n>(6:19)</n> The priest who maketh atonement with its blood shall eat it: in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.


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<n>(6:20)</n> Whatsoever may touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and if there should be sprinkled any of its blood upon a garment, whatever it hath been sprinkled on shalt thou wash out in a holy place.


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<n>(6:21)</n> And any earthen vessel wherein it may have been boiled shall be broken: and if it have been boiled in a copper vessel, it shall be both scoured and rinsed with water.


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<n>(6:23)</n> And every sinoffering whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to make atonement therewith in the holy place, shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt in fire.


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On the place where they kill the burntoffering shall they kill the trespassoffering; and the blood thereof shall be sprinkled upon the altar round about.


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And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is on the flanks, and the midriff above the liver, with the kidneys shall he remove the same:


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And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the Lord; it is a trespassoffering.


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As the sinoffering is, so is the trespassoffering; there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith, his shalt it be.


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And the priest that offereth any mans burntoffering,the skin of the burntoffering which he hath offered shall belong to this priest alone.


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And every meatoffering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the deep pan, and in the flat pan, shall belong to the priest that offereth it alone.


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And every meatoffering which is mingled with oil, or dry, shall belong to all the sons of Aaron, to one as much as the other.


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And this is the law of the sacrifice of peaceoffering, which one may happen to offer unto the Lord.


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If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then shall he offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and fine flour, well sodden, made into cakes mingled with oil.


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Together with cakes of leavened bread shall he bring his offering, with the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peaceoffering.


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And he shall offer thereof one out of every oblation for a heaveoffering unto the Lord; to the priest that sprinkleth the blood of the peaceofferingto him shall it belong.


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And the flesh of the sacrifice of his thanksgivingpeaceoffering shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.


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But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also shall what is left thereof be eaten.


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And if the intention was to eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peaceoffering on the third day, it shall not be favorably received; to him who offereth it shall it not be accounted; it shall be an abomination, and the person that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.


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And the flesh, that toucheth any unclean thing, shall not be eaten, with fire shall it be burnt: and as for the flesh, every one that is clean may eat thereof.


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But the person that eateth the flesh of the sacrifice of peaceoffering, that pertaineth unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, even that person shall be cut off from his people.


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And any person that toucheth any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peaceoffering, which pertaineth unto the Lord, even that person shall be cut off from his people.


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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Every manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat shall ye not eat.


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And the fat of a beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn by beasts, may be used for any manner of work, but ye shall in no wise eat of it.


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For whosoever eateth the fat of the cattle, of which one can offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, even the person that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.


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Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, in any of your dwellings, whether it be of fowl or of cattle.


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Whatsoever person it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that person shall be cut off from his people.


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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peaceoffering unto the Lord shall bring his oblation unto the Lord from the sacrifice of his peaceoffering.


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His own hands shall bring it, as the fireofferings of the Lord: the fat with the breast shall he bring, the breast that it may be waved for a waveoffering before the Lord.


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And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar; but the breast shall belong to Aaron and to his sons.


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And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for a heaveoffering, of the sacrifices of your peaceofferings.


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The one that offereth the blood of the peaceofferings and the fat, among the sons of Aaron, shall have the right shoulder for his part.


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For the breast which hath been waved and the shoulder which hath been lifted up have I taken from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peaceofferings; and I have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons as a fixed portion for ever from the children of Israel.


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This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, from the fireofferings of the Lord, on the day when he brought them near to become priests unto the Lord;


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Which the Lord commanded to give unto them, on the day that he anointed them, from the children of Israel, as a fixed portion for ever throughout their generations.


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This is the law of the burntoffering, of the meatoffering, and of the sinoffering, and of the trespassoffering, and of the consecrationoffering, and of the sacrifice of the peaceoffering;


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Which the Lord commanded Moses on mount Sinai, on the day that be commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.


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Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock for the sinoffering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;


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And all the congregation shalt thou assemble together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.


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And Moses did as the Lord had commanded him; and the assembly came together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.


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And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put upon him the ephod, and he girded him with the belt of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.


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And he put the mitre upon his head; and he placed upon the mitre, toward the front thereof, the golden plate, the holy crown; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.


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And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times; and he anointed the altar and all its vessels, also the laver and its foot, to sanctify them.


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And Moses brought near the sons of Aaron, and clothed them with coats, and girded them with girdles, and bound the bonnets on them; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And he brought near the bullock of the sinoffering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sinoffering.


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And some one slew him; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and the <i>remaining</i> blood he poured out at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make henceforth atonement upon it.


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And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the midriff of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burnt them upon the altar.


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But the bullock, and his hide, and his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And he brought near the ram of the burntoffering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.


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And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burntsacrifice for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And he brought near the other ram, the ram of consecration; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.


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And some one slew him; and Moses took some of his blood, and put it upon the tip of Aarons right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.


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And he brought near Aarons sons, and Moses put some of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.


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And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the midriff of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder;


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And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and he put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder;


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And he placed the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and made with them a waving before the Lord.


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And Moses then took these things from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burntoffering: they were a consecrationoffering for a sweet savor, a fireoffering were they unto the Lord.


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And Moses took the breast, and made therewith a waving before the Lord; from the ram of consecration was it given to Moses as his portion; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And Moses took some of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled the same upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and his sons with sanctified upon the garments of him; and he Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.


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And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil ye the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; and there shall ye eat it with the bread that is in the basket of the consecration; as I have commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.


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And from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation shall ye not go forth seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end; for seven days shall your consecration last.


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And at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation shall ye abide day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the Lord, that ye die not; for so have I been commanded.


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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 he said unto Aaron, Take unto thyself a young calf for a sinoffering, and a ram for a burntoffering, without blemish, and bring them near before the Lord.


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And unto the children of Israel shalt thou speak, saying, Take ye a hegoat for a sinoffering; and a calf and a sheep, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burntoffering;


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Also a bullock and a ram for peaceofferings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and a meatoffering mingled with oil; for this day the Lord will appear unto you.


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And they brought that which Moses had commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.


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And Moses said, This thing which the Lord hath commanded shall ye do: and then will the glory of the Lord appear unto you.


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And Moses said unto Aaron, Draw near unto the altar, and prepare thy sinoffering, and thy burntoffering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people; and prepare the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord hath commanded.


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And Aaron drew near unto the altar; and he slew the calf of the sinoffering, which was for himself.


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And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar; and the <i>remaining</i> blood he poured out at the bottom of the altar.


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And the fat, and the kidneys, and the midriff from the liver of the sinoffering, he burnt upon the altar; as the Lord had commanded Moses.


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And he slew the burntoffering; and the sons of Aaron presented unto him the blood, and he sprinkled it upon the altar round about.


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And the burntoffering they presented unto him, in its proper pieces, together with the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.


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And he brought near the peoples offering; and he took the goat of the sinoffering which belonged to the people, and slew it, and made atonement with its blood, as the first.


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And he brought near the meatoffering, and he filled his hand thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burntsacrifice of the morning.


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He slew also the bullock and the ram, the sacrifice of peaceoffering which belonged to the people: and the sons of Aaron presented unto him the blood, and he sprinkled it upon the altar round about,


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Also the fat of the bullock, and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the midriff of the liver;


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And with the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron made a waving before the Lord; as Moses had commanded.


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And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and came down after he had offered the sinoffering, and the burntoffering, and peaceofferings.


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And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came then out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people.


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And there came forth a fire from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burntoffering and the fat; and when all the people saw this, they shouted, and fell on their faces.


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And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each his censer, and they put therein fire, and put thereon incense: and they brought near before the Lord a strange fire, which he had not commanded them.


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Then said Moses unto Aaron, This is what the Lord hath spoken, saying, On those who are near unto me will I be sanctified, and before all the people will I be glorified: and Aaron held his peace.


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And Moses called unto Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary to without the camp.


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And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Elazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, The hair of your head you shall not let grow long, and your garments you shall not rend, that ye die not, and that he be not wroth upon the whole congregation; but your brethren, the whole house of Israel, may bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled.


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And from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation shall ye not go out, lest ye die; for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you; and they did according to the word of Moses.


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Wine or strong drink shalt thou not drink, neither thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.


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So that ye may be able to distinguish between the holy and the unholy, and between the unclean and the clean;


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And that ye may be able to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.


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And Moses spoke unto Aaron, and unto Elazar and unto Ithamar his sons, that were left, Take ye the meatoffering that is left of the fireofferings of the Lord, and eat it unleavened beside the altar; for it is most holy.


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And ye shall eat it in a holy place, because it is thy fixed portion, and the fixed portion of thy sons, from the fireofferings of the Lord; for so have I been commanded.


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And the breast which hath been waved and the shoulder which hath been lifted up, shall ye eat in a clean place, thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee; for as thy fixed portion, and the fixed portion of thy sons, have they been given from the sacrifices of peaceofferings of the children of Israel.


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The shoulder which is waved and the breast which is lifted up, shall they bring with the fat of the fireoffering, to make therewith a waving before the Lord: and then shall it be thine, and thy sons with thee, as a fixed portion for ever; as the Lord hath commanded.


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And the goat of the sinoffering Moses sought diligently, and behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Elazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who had been left, and said,


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Wherefore have ye not eaten the sinoffering in the holy place, seeing that it is most holy, and that he hath given it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?


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Behold, its blood was not brought within the holy place: ye should then have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.


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And Aaron spoke unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sinoffering, and their burntoffering before the Lord; and things as these have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sinoffering today, would it have been pleasing in the eyes of the Lord?


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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.


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Whatsoever divideth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.


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But these shall ye not eat, of those that chew the cud, or of those that divide the hoof: the camel; because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.


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And the swine; because he divideth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, but he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean unto you.


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These may ye eat, of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them may ye eat.


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But all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of whatever moveth in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, shall be an abomination unto you:


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And an abomination shall they remain unto you; of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination.


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And these shall ye have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: The eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey,


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Yet these may ye eat, among all the flying insects that walk on four feet, which have springlegs above their feet, to leap therewith upon the earth.


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These of them may ye eat: The locust after its kind, and the solam after its kind, and the chargol after its kind, and the chagab after its kind.


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And through these shall ye be rendered unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening;


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And whosoever beareth aught of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.


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Every species of beast, which divideth the hoof and is not clovenfooted nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you: every one that toucheth the same shall be unclean.


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And all that walk upon their paws, among all manner of beasts that walk on four feet, are unclean unto you; whosoever toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.


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And he that beareth their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: unclean shall they be unto you.


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And these shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: The weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,


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These shall be unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.


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And every thing upon which any part of them, when they are dead, doth fall, shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, every vessel wherewith any work can be done, must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening, when it shall be clean.


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And every earthen vessel whereinto any part of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and itself shall ye break.


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All kinds of food which may be eaten, on which water cometh, shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk, shall be rendered unclean in every vessel.


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And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth, shall be unclean; an oven, or ranges for pots, shall be broken down, they are unclean; and unclean shall they be unto you.


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Nevertheless, a fountain, or pit, receptacles for water, shall be clean; but he that toucheth their carcass shall be unclean.


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But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcass fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.


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And if any cattle die, which is allowed to you as food: he that toucheth its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.


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And he that eateth of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening; he also that beareth its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.


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Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon four feet, down to whatsoever hath many feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, shall ye not eat; for they are an abomination.


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Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.


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For I am the Lord your God; ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.


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For I am the Lord that have brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.


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This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:


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To distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.


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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a male child: then shall she be unclean seven days, even as in the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.


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And thirty and three days shall she then continue in the blood of her purification; any thing hallowed shall she not touch, and into the sanctuary shall she not come, until the days of her purification be at an end.


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But if she bear a female child, then shall she be unclean two weeks as in her separation; and sixty and six days shall she continue in the blood of the purification.


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And at the completion of the days of her purification, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a sheep of the first year for a burntoffering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sinoffering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest.


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And he shall bring it near before the Lord, and make an atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood: this is the law for her that hath given birth to a male or to a female.


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And if her means will not suffice for a lamb, then shall she take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, the one for a burntoffering, and the other for a sinoffering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.


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If a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a swelling, a rising, or a bright spot, and it might become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy: then shall he be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests.


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And if the priest shall see the plague in the skin of the flesh, and the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh: it is a plague of leprosy; and <i>so soon as</i> the priest shall see him, he shall pronounce him unclean.


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But if it be a white bright spot in the skin of his flesh, and its appearance be not deeper than the skin, and the hair be not turned white: then shall the priest shut up the plague seven days.


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And the priest shall see him on the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague have remained unchanged in its appearance, the plague have not spread in the skin: then shall the priest shut him up seven days more.


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And the priest shall see him again on the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be somewhat pale, and the plague have not spread in the skin: then shall the priest pronounce him clean; it is a rising, and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.


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But if the rising should spread abroad in the skin, after he hath been seen by the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen again by the priest.


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And if the priest see that, behold, the rising have spread abroad in the skin, then shall the priest pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.


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And the priest shall see, and, behold, if there be a white swelling in the skin, and the hair in it have turned white, or there be a trace of healthy flesh in the swelling:


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It is an inveterate leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.


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And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of <i>him that hath</i> the plague from his head even to the feet, so far as the eyes of the priest can see:


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If now the priest should see, that, behold, the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce the plague clean; it is all turned white, he is clean.


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And the priest shall see the healthy flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean; the healthy flesh is unclean, it is the leprosy.


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And if the priest see him, and, behold, the plague be turned into white: then shall the priest pronounce the plague clean, he is clean.


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And if there be on the place of the inflammation a white swelling, or a white and dark red bright spot, he shall be shown to the priest;


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And if the priest see, and, behold, its appearance be lower than the skin, and the hair thereof have been turned white: then shall the priest pronounce him unclean, it is the plague of leprosy broken out in the inflammation.


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But if the priest see it, and, behold, there be no white hair therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, and it be pale: then shall the priest shut him up seven days.


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And if it now spread abroad in the skin, then shall the priest pronounce him unclean: it is the plague <i>of leprosy</i>.


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But if the bright spot remain in its place, and spread not, it is a scar of the inflammation; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.


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Or if there be a person in whose skin there is a place burnt by fire, and the mark of the burning become a bright spot, white and dark red, or white;


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And if the priest see it, and, behold, the hair in the bright spot have been turned white, and its appearance be deeper than the skin: it is leprosy, broken out in the firewound; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, it is the plague of leprosy.


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But if the priest see it, and, behold, there be in the bright spot no white hair, and it be not lower than the skin, and it be pale: then shall the priest shut him up seven days.


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And the priest shall see him on the seventh day: if now it have spread abroad in the skin, then shall the priest pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.


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And if the bright spot remain in its place, <i>and</i> it have not spread abroad in the skin, and it be pale: it is a swelling of the firewound; and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is a scar of the firewound.


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Then shall the priest see the plague; and, behold, if its appearance be deeper than the skin, and there be in it a yellow thin hair: then shall the priest pronounce him unclean, it is a dry scall, it is the leprosy of the head or of the beard.


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And if the priest see the plague of the scall, and, behold, its appearance be not deeper than the skin, and there be no black hair in it: then shall the priest shut up the plague of the scall seven days.


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And the priest shall see the plague on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scall have not spread, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall be not deeper than the skin:


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Then shall he be shaved, but the scall he shall not shave; and the priest shall shut up the scall seven days more.


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And the priest shall see the scall on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scall have not spread in the skin, and its appearance be not deeper than the skin: then shall the priest pronounce him clean, and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.


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Then shall the priest see him; and, behold, if the scall have spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean.


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But if the scall have remained stationary in its color, and black hair have grown up therein: the scall is then healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.


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And if there be a man or a woman having in the skin of their flesh bright spots, white bright spots;


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And if the priest do see, and, behold, there are in the skin of their flesh bright spots, pale and white: it is a freckly eruption grown in the skin; he is clean.


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But if there be on the bald head, or the bald forehead, an eruption, white and dark red: it is the leprosy sprung up on his bald head, or his bald forehead.


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And the priest shall see him; and, behold, if the swelling of the eruption be white and dark red on his bald head, or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of the leprosy on the <i>other parts of the</i> skin of the flesh:


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He is a leprous man, he is unclean; the priest shall pronounce him unclean; his plague is on his head.


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And the leper on whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head shall be bare, and he shall cover himself up to his upper lip, and, Unclean, unclean, shall he call out.


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All the days whereon the plague which rendereth unclean is on him, he shall be unclean; alone shall he dwell; without the camp shall his habitation be.


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And if there be a garment on which there arise a plague of leprosy, whether it be on a woollen garment, or on a linen garment;


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Whether it be on the warp, or on the woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether on a skin, or on any thing made of skin;


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And the plague be dark green or dark red, on the garment, or on the skin, or on the warp, or on the woof, or on any article made of skin: it is the plague of leprosy; and it shall be shown unto the priest.


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And if he see the plague on the seventh day, that the plague have spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, or in any article that is made of skin: the plague is a corroding leprosy; it is unclean.


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And he shall then burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any article of skin, whereon the plague is; for it is a corroding leprosy, in fire shall it be burnt.


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And if the priest shall see, and, behold, the plague have not spread on the garment, either on the warp, or on the woof, or on any article of skin:


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Then shall the priest command that they wash the thing whereon the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more.


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And if the priest see, after the plague hath been washed, and, behold, the plague have not changed its color, and the plague have not spread: it is unclean, in fire shalt thou burn it; it is a decay on its inside or on its outside.


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And if the priest see, and, behold, the plague have become pale after its having been washed: then shall he tear it out from the garment, or from the skin, or from the warp, or from the woof.


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And if it appear again on the garment, either on the warp, or on the woof, or on any instrument of skin: it is a growing plague; with fire shalt thou burn that whereon the plague is.


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And the garment, either the warp or the woof, or every instrument of skin, which thou shalt wash, and the plague depart therefrom, shall be washed the second time, when it shall be clean.


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This is the law of the plague of leprosy on a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or any article of skin, to pronounce it clean, or unclean.


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This shall be the law of the leper on the day of his being cleansed: He shall be brought unto the priest.


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And the priest shall go forth to without the camp; and if the priest see, and, behold, the plague of leprosy be healed on the leper:


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Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two healthy, clean birds, and cedar wood, and a string of scarlet yarn, and hyssop.


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And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water.


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As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the string of scarlet yarn, and the hyssop, and he shall dip these and the living bird into the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:


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And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times; and when he hath cleansed him, he shall let the living bird fly forth into the open field.


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And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, and he shall be clean, and after that he may come into the camp; but he shall tarry outside of his tent seven days.


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And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave off all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair shall he shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, he shall also wash his flesh in water, when he shall be clean.


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And on the eighth day he shall take two sheep without blemish, and one ewe of the first year without blemish, and threetenth parts of fine flour for a meatoffering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.


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And the priest who cleanseth shall cause the man that is to be made clean, and these things, to stand before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:


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And the priest shall take the one sheep, and offer the same for a trespassoffering, with the log of oil; and he shall make with them a waving before the Lord.


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And he shall slay the sheep on the place where the sinoffering and the burntoffering are killed, in the holy place; for as the sinoffering so doth the trespassoffering belong to the priest: it is most holy.


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And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespassoffering; and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.


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And the priest shall dip his finger of the right hand in the oil that is in his left hand, and he shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord.


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And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespassoffering.


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And what is left of the oil that is in the priests hand, he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall <i>thus</i> make an atonement for him before the Lord.


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And the priest shall prepare the sinoffering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward shall he kill the burntoffering:


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And the priest shall offer the burntoffering and the meatoffering upon the altar; and the priest shall <i>thus</i> make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.


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But if he be poor, and his means do not suffice, then shall he take one sheep for a trespassoffering to be waved, to make an atonement for him; and onetenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for a meatoffering, and a log of oil;


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And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, for which his means suffice; and one shall be a sinoffering, and the other a burntoffering.


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And he shall bring them on the eighth day of his being cleansed unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the Lord.


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And the priest shall take the sheep of the trespassoffering, and the log of oil; and the priest shall make with them a waving before the Lord.


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And he shall kill the sheep of the trespassoffering; and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespassoffering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.


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And the priest shall sprinkle with his finger of the 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 in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot; upon the place of the blood of the trespassoffering;


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And what is left of the oil that is in the priests hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord.


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And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, from what his means enable him <i>to bring</i>;


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Even what his means enable him, the one for a sinoffering, and the other for a burntoffering, with the meatoffering: and the priest shall <i>thus</i> make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed, before the Lord.


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This is the law of him on whom is the plague of leprosy, whose means are not sufficient when he is cleansed.


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When ye come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy on a house of the land of your possession:


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Then shall he that owneth the house come and tell the priest, saying, Something like a leprosy hath shown itself to me in the house.


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And the priest shall command that they clear out the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all be not made unclean that is in the house: and after this shall the priest go in to see the house.


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And he shall view the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house, in depressions, dark green or dark red, and their appearance be deeper than the wall:


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Then shall the priest go out of the house to the door of the house, and lock up the house seven days.


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And the priest shall come again on the seventh day; and if he see, that, behold, the plague have spread in the walls of the house:


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Then shall the priest command that they break out the stones on which the plague is; and they shall cast them forth without the city on an unclean place.


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And the house he shall cause to be scraped within round about; and they shall pour out the rubbish that they have scraped off without the city on an unclean place.


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And they shall take other stones, and put them into the place of these stones; and other mortar shall he take, and shall plaster the house.


