19:1When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; 19:2thou shalt set apart three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it. 19:3Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which Jehovah thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.
19:4And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; 19:5as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live: 19:6lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. 19:7Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee. 19:8And if Jehovah thy God enlarge thy border, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers; 19:9if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides these three: 19:10that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
19:11But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities; 19:12then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 19:13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
19:14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.
19:15One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established. 19:16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing, 19:17then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days; 19:18and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother; 19:19then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. 19:20And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee. 19:21And thine eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good;
For his lovingkindness endureth forever.
106:2Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah,
Or show forth all his praise?
106:3Blessed are they that keep justice,
And he that doeth righteousness at all times.
106:4Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people;
Oh visit me with thy salvation,
106:5That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation,
That I may glory with thine inheritance.
106:6We have sinned with our fathers,
We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
106:7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt;
They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses,
But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
106:8Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake,
That he might make his mighty power to be known.
106:9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up:
So he led them through the depths, as through a *wilderness.
106:10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them,
And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
106:11And the waters covered their adversaries;
There was not one of them left.
106:12Then believed they his words;
They sang his praise.
106:13They soon forgat his works;
They waited not for his counsel,
106:14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tempted God in the desert.
106:15And he gave them their request,
But sent leanness into their soul.
106:16They envied Moses also in the camp,
And Aaron the *saint of Jehovah.
106:17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
And covered the company of Abiram.
106:18And a fire was kindled in their company;
The flame burned up the wicked.
106:19They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshipped a molten image.
106:20Thus they changed their glory
For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
106:21They forgat God their Saviour,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
And terrible things by the Red Sea.
106:23Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach,
To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
106:24Yea, they despised the pleasant land,
They believed not his word,
106:25But murmured in their tents,
And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
106:26Therefore he *sware unto them,
That he would *overthrow them in the wilderness,
106:27And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations,
And scatter them in the lands.
106:28They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor,
And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
106:29Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings;
And the plague brake in upon them.
106:30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment;
And so the plague was stayed.
106:31And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness,
Unto all generations for evermore.
106:32They angered him also at the waters of *Meribah,
So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;
106:33Because they were rebellious against his spirit,
And he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
106:34They did not destroy the peoples,
As Jehovah commanded them,
106:35But mingled themselves with the nations,
And learned their works,
106:36And served their idols,
Which became a snare unto them.
106:37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
106:38And shed innocent blood,
Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan;
And the land was polluted with blood.
106:39Thus were they defiled with their works,
And played the harlot in their doings.
106:40Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people,
And he abhorred his inheritance.
106:41And he gave them into the hand of the nations;
And they that hated them ruled over them.
106:42Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
106:43Many times did he deliver them;
But they were rebellious in their counsel,
And were brought low in their iniquity.
106:44Nevertheless he regarded their distress,
When he heard their cry:
106:45And he remembered for them his covenant,
And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
106:46He made them also to be pitied
Of all those that carried them captive.
106:47Save us, O Jehovah our God,
And gather us from among the nations,
To give thanks unto thy holy name,
And to triumph in thy praise.
106:48Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel,
From everlasting even to everlasting.
And let all the people say, Amen.
*Praise ye Jehovah.
46:1Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast. 46:2They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. 46:3Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne by me from their birth, that have been carried from the womb; 46:4and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver. 46:5To whom will ye like me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? 46:6Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship. 46:7They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. 46:8Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors. 46:9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me; 46:10declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure; 46:11calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it. 46:12Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness: 46:13I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
16:1And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go ye, and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God into the earth. 16:2And the first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth; and it became a noisome and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and that worshipped his image. 16:3And the second poured out his bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living soul died, even the things that were in the sea. 16:4And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters; and it became blood. 16:5And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Righteous art thou, who art and who wast, thou Holy One, because thou didst thus judge: 16:6for they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy. 16:7And I heard the altar saying, Yea, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. 16:8And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire. 16:9And men were scorched men with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of God who hath the power over these plagues; and they repented not to give him glory. 16:10And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, 16:11and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they repented not of their works. 16:12And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river, the river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way might by made ready for the kings that come from the sunrising. 16:13And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as it were frogs: 16:14for they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth unto the kings of the whole world, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the Almighty. 16:15(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walked naked, and they see his shame.) 16:16And they gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew Har-magedon. 16:17And the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air; and there came forth a great voice out of the temple, from the throne, saying, It is done: 16:18and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men upon the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty. 16:19And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 16:20And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 16:21And great hail, every stone about the weight of a talent, cometh down out of heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof is exceeding great.