13:1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 13:2When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: 13:3and the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. 13:4And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: 13:5and the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if in his eyes the plague be at a stay, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: 13:6and the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 13:7But if the scab spread abroad in the skin, after that he hath showed himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again: 13:8and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.
13:9When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; 13:10and the priest shall look; and, behold, if there be a white rising in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising, 13:11it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean. 13:12And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest; 13:13then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean. 13:14But whensoever raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. 13:15And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy. 13:16Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the priest; 13:17and the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the plague be turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean.
13:18And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed, 13:19and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then is shall be showed to the priest; 13:20and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy, it hath broken out in the boil. 13:21But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 13:22And if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. 13:23But if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
13:24Or when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a burning by fire, and the quick flesh of the burning become a bright spot, reddish-white, or white; 13:25then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin; it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning: and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. 13:26But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the skin, but be dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 13:27and the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. 13:28And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim; it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is the scar of the burning.
13:29And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard, 13:30then the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, and there be in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard. 13:31And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and there be no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days: 13:32And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the scall be not spread, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall be not deeper than the skin, 13:33then he shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more: 13:34and in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 13:35But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing, 13:36then the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean. 13:37But if in his eyes the scall be at a stay, and black hair be grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
13:38And when a man or a woman hath in the skin of the flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; 13:39then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin; he is clean.
13:40And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. 13:41And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald; yet is he clean. 13:42But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead. 13:43Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh; 13:44he is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his plague is in his head.
13:45And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. 13:46All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be.
13:47The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; 13:48whether it be in warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin; 13:49if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest. 13:50And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up that which hath the plague seven days: 13:51and he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever service skin is used for; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. 13:52And he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in woollen or in linen, or anything of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
13:53And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; 13:54then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: 13:55and the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed; and, behold, if the plague have not changed its color, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire: it is a fret, whether the bareness be within or without.
13:56And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be dim after the washing thereof, then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: 13:57and if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is breaking out: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire. 13:58And the garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.
13:59This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
A Psalm of David.
15:1Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle?
Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
15:2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness,
And speaketh truth in his heart;
15:3He that slandereth not with his tongue,
Nor doeth evil to his friend,
Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;
15:4In whose eyes a reprobate is despised,
But who honoreth them that fear Jehovah;
He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;
15:5He that putteth not out his money to interest,
Nor taketh reward against the innocent.
He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Michtam of David.
16:1Preserve me, O God; for in thee do I take refuge.
16:2O my soul, thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord:
I have no good beyond thee.
16:3As for the saints that are in the earth,
They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that give gifts for another god:
Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer,
Nor take their names upon my lips.
16:5Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup:
Thou maintainest my lot.
16:6The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;
Yea, I have a goodly heritage.
16:7I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel;
Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.
16:8I have set Jehovah always before me:
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
16:9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth;
My flesh also shall dwell in safety.
16:10For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol;
Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.
16:11Thou wilt show me the path of life:
In thy presence is fulness of joy;
In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
27:1Boast not thyself of tomorrow;
For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
27:2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
A stranger, and not thine own lips.
27:3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
27:4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;
But who is able to stand before jealousy?
27:5Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
27:6Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
27:7The full soul loatheth a honeycomb;
But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
27:8As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
So is a man that wandereth from his place.
27:9Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
So doth the sweetness of a man's friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
27:10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
27:11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
27:12A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;
But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
27:13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
27:14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It shall be counted a curse to him.
27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike:
27:16He that would restrain her restraineth the wind;
And his right hand encountereth oil.
27:17Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
27:18Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof;
And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.
27:19As in water face answereth to face,
So the heart of man to man.
27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;
And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
27:21The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
And a man is tried by his praise.
27:22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,
Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
27:23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
And look well to thy herds:
27:24For riches are not for ever:
And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
27:25The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
27:26The lambs are for thy clothing,
And the goats are the price of the field;
27:27And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,
And maintenance for thy maidens.
1:1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; 1:2Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:3We are bound to give thanks to God always to you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith growth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth; 1:4so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure; 1:5which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 1:6if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you, 1:7and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire, 1:8rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus: 1:9who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, 1:10when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day. 1:11To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and every work of faith, with power; 1:12that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.