18:1The priests the Levites, even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and his inheritance. 18:2And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them. 18:3And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. 18:4The first-fruits of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. 18:5For Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever.
18:6And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah shall choose; 18:7then he shall minister in the name of Jehovah his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before Jehovah. 18:8They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. 18:9When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 18:10There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, 18:11or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 18:12For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 18:13Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God. 18:14For these nations, that thou shalt dispossess, hearken unto them that practise augury, and unto diviners; but as for thee, Jehovah thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
18:15Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; 18:16according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 18:17And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken. 18:18I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 18:19And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
18:20But the prophet, that shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die. 18:21And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? 18:22when a prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Jehovah hath not spoken: the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him.
105:1Oh give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name;
Make known among the peoples his doings.
105:2Sing unto him, sing praises unto him;
*Talk ye of all his marvelous works.
105:3Glory ye in his holy name:
Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.
105:4Seek ye Jehovah and his strength;
Seek his face evermore.
105:5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done,
His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
105:6O ye seed of Abraham his servant,
Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
105:7He is Jehovah our God:
His judgments are in all the earth.
105:8He hath remembered his covenant for ever,
The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
105:9The covenant which he made with Abraham,
And his oath unto Isaac,
105:10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute,
To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
105:11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan,
The *lot of your inheritance;
105:12When they were but a few men in number,
Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.
105:13And they went about from nation to nation,
From one kingdom to another people.
105:14He suffered no man to do them wrong;
Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
105:15Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones,
And do my prophets no harm.
105:16And he called for a famine upon the land;
He brake the whole staff of bread.
105:17He sent a man before them;
Joseph was sold for a servant:
105:18His feet they hurt with fetters:
*He was laid in chains of iron,
105:19Until the time that his word came to pass,
The word of Jehovah tried him.
105:20The king sent and loosed him;
Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
105:21He made him lord of his house,
And ruler of all his substance;
105:22To bind his princes at his pleasure,
And teach his elders wisdom.
105:23Israel also came into Egypt;
And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
105:24And he increased his people greatly,
And made them stronger than their adversaries.
105:25He turned their heart to hate his people,
To deal subtly with his servants.
105:26He sent Moses his servant,
And Aaron whom he had chosen.
105:27They set among them *his signs,
And wonders in the land of Ham.
105:28He sent darkness, and made it dark;
And they rebelled not against his words.
105:29He turned their waters into blood,
And slew their fish.
105:30Their land swarmed with frogs In the chambers of their kings.
105:31He spake, and there came swarms of flies,
And lice in all their borders.
105:32He gave them hail for rain,
And flaming fire in their land.
105:33He smote their vines also and their fig-trees,
And brake the trees of their borders.
105:34He spake, and the locust came,
And the grasshopper, and that without number,
105:35And did eat up every herb in their land,
And did eat up the fruit of their ground.
105:36He smote also all the first-born in their land,
The *chief of all their strength.
105:37And he brought them forth with silver and gold;
And there was *not one feeble person among his tribes.
105:38Egypt was glad when they departed;
For the fear of them had fallen upon them.
105:39He spread a cloud for a covering,
And fire to give light in the night.
105:40They asked, and he brought quails,
And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
105:41He opened the rock, and waters gushed out;
They ran in the dry places like a river.
105:42For he remembered his holy word,
And Abraham his servant.
105:43And he brought forth his people with joy,
And his chosen with singing.
105:44And he gave them the lands of the nations;
And they took the labor of the peoples in possession:
105:45That they might keep his statutes,
And observe his laws.
*Praise ye Jehovah.
45:1Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: 45:2I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron; 45:3and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that it is I, Jehovah, who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel. 45:4For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. 45:5I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me; 45:6that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else. 45:7I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things. 45:8Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it. 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? 45:10Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou? 45:11Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me. 45:12I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded. 45:13I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward, saith Jehovah of hosts. 45:14Thus saith Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. 45:15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. 45:16They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols. 45:17But Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end. 45:18For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else. 45:19I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. 45:20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. 45:21Declare ye, and bring it forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me. 45:22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else. 45:23By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. 45:24Only in Jehovah, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all they that were incensed against him shall be put to shame. 45:25In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
15:1And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having seven plagues, which are the last, for in them is finished the wrath of God. 15:2And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire; and them that come off victorious from the beast, and from his image, and from the number of his name, standing by the sea of glass, having harps of God. 15:3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages. 15:4Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteous acts have been made manifest.
15:5And after these things I saw, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: 15:6and there came out from the temple the seven angels that had the seven plagues, arrayed with precious stone, pure and bright, and girt about their breasts with golden girdles. 15:7And one of the four living creatures gave unto the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and none was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels should be finished.