Bohairic Coptic Old Testament

and thou shalt say to the forest of Nageb, Hear the word of the Lord; thus saith the Lord, even the Lord; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame that is kindled shall not be quenched, and every face shall be scorched with it from the south to the north.

And they departed from Gelmon Deblathaim, and encamped on the mountains of Abarim, over against Nabau.

from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to the service of the works, and the charge of the things that are carried in the tabernacle of witness.

And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed.

But the Levites of the tribe of their family were not counted among the children of Israel.

And he gave their fruit to the canker worm, and their labours to the locust.

And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Elisaph the son of Raguel.

And Moses took of the half belonging to the children of Israel the fiftieth part, of men and of cattle, and he gave them to the Levites who keep the charges of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

And stone them with the stones of a multitude, and pierce them with their swords: they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and shall burn up their houses.

Fear and wrath are come upon us, suspense and destruction.

And he measured the court, the length whereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, on its four sides; and the altar in front of the house.

Yet notwithstanding thou hast not walked in their ways, neither hast thou done according to their iniquities within a little, but thou hast exceeded them in all thy ways.

And he brought me into the porch of the house; and he measured the post of the porch, the breadth was five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other side; and the breadth of the door was fourteen cubits, and the side-pieces of the door of the porch were three cubits on one side, and three cubits on the other side.

As I live, saith the Lord, this Sodom and her daughters have not done as thou and thy daughters have done.

Mine eye shall pour down torrents of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

And I will remove ungodliness out of the land, and all the women shall be instructed, and shall not do according to their ungodliness.

The sons of Nephthali according to their families; to Asiel, the family of the Asielites; to Gauni, the family of the Gaunites.

He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamores with frost.

It is God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me;

And I meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly.

And the Lord spoke to Moses in this day, saying,

And all flesh shall know that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

And thou shalt serve thine enemies, which the Lord will send forth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in the want of all things; and thou shalt wear upon thy neck a yoke of iron until he shall have destroyed thee.

From Aroer, which is on the border of the brook Arnon, even to the mount of Seon, which is Aermon.

And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped on the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho.

And all those who were appointed to be officers of thousands of the host, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, approached Moses, and said to Moses,

On the seventh day the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elisama the son of Emiud.

And they that were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of those who exceed in number among them.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And I said, Not so, O Lord God! they say to me, Is not this that is spoken a parable?

Go up to the mount Abarim, this mountain Nabau which is in the land of Moab over against Jericho, and behold the land of Chanaan, which I give to the sons of Israel:

All Araba beyond Jordan eastward under Asedoth hewn in the rock.

my deliverer from angry enemies: thou shalt set me on high above them that rise up against me: thou shalt deliver me from the unrighteous man.

To Jeser, the family of the Jeserites; to Sellem, the family of the Sellemites.

Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war with us, and not one is missing.

And Moses took the silver, the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites.

And he gave up their cattle to hail, and their substance to the fire.

He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering.

See, thou shalt not muster the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt not take their numbers, in the midst of the children of Israel.

The Lord shall bring upon thee a nation from the extremity of the earth, like the swift flying of an eagle, a nation whose voice thou shalt not understand;

And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances.

He reviewed them by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses, appointing each man severally over their respective work, and over their burdens; and they were numbered, as the Lord commanded Moses.

And they encamped by Jordan between Aesimoth, as far as Belsa to the west of Moab.

And your ungodliness shall be recompensed upon you, and ye shall bear the guilt of your devices: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

and in Babylon the slain men of all the earth shall fall.

And the length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve cubits; and they went up to it by ten steps; and there were pillars to the porch, one on this side and one on that side.

Moreover this was the sin of thy sister Sodom, pride: she and her daughters lived in pleasure, in fullness of bread and in abundance: this belonged to her and her daughters, and they helped not the hand of the poor and needy.

PHE. Mine eye is drowned with tears, and I will not be silent, so that there shall be no rest,

until the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.

Go forth of the land, ye that escape, and stay not; ye that are afar off, remember the Lord, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

And they boasted, and wrought iniquities before me: so I cut them off as I saw fit.

One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense.

He sent out against them the fury of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and affliction, a message by evil angels.

These are the families of Nephthali, according to their numbering, forty thousand and three hundred.

and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be added to thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Or, and was added to his people.

And the Lord spoke to Moses at the west of Moab by Jordan at Jericho, saying,

And do thou set the Levites over the tabernacle of witness, and over all its furniture, and over all things that are in it; and they shall do service in it, and they shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.

And we have brought our gift to the Lord, every man who has found an article of gold, whether an armlet, or a chain, or a ring, or a bracelet, or a clasp for hair, to make atonement for us before the Lord.

Remember thy words to thy servant, wherein thou hast made me hope.

He took the silver from the first-born of the sons of Israel, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the holy shekel.

a nation bold in countenance, which shall not respect the person of the aged and shall not pity the young.

He made a way for his wrath; he spared not their souls from death, but consigned their cattle to death;

And Moses gave the ransom of them that were over to Aaron and his sons, by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even every wrought article.

And in removing the tabernacle, the Levites shall take it down, and in pitching the tabernacle they shall set it up: and let the stranger that advances to touch it die.

Because ye disobeyed my word among the children of Israel, at the waters of strife of Cades in the wilderness of Sin; because ye sanctified me not among the sons of Israel.

God magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever.

This is the numbering of the children of Israel, six hundred and one thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering,

And it shall eat up the young of thy cattle, and the fruits of thy land, so as not to leave to thee corn, wine, oil, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep, until it shall have destroyed thee;

This has comforted me in mine affliction: for thine oracle has quickened me.

Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Ye are to pass over Jordan into the land of Chanaan.

We are ashamed, because we have heard our reproach; disgrace has covered our face; aliens are come into our sanctuary, even into the house of the Lord.

Also Samaria has not sinned according to half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine iniquities beyond them, and thou hast justified thy sisters in all thine iniquities which thou hast committed.

Mine eye shall prey upon my soul, because of all the daughters of the city.

TSADE. The fowlers chased me as a sparrow, all mine enemies destroyed my life in a pit without cause,

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will take vengeance upon her graven images: and slain men shall fall in all her land.

Thou therefore bear thy punishment, for that thou hast corrupted thy sisters by thy sins which thou hast committed beyond them; and thou hast made them appear more righteous than thyself: thou therefore be ashamed, and bear thy dishonour, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Thou shalt see the land before thee, but thou shalt not enter into it.

And the children of Israel shall encamp, every man in his own order, and every man according to his company, with their host.

The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from thy law.

and smote every first-born in the land of Egypt; the first-fruits of their labours in the tents of Cham.

and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering.