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And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty.

And God opened the eyes of Balaam, and he sees the angel of the Lord withstanding him in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, and he stooped down and worshipped on his face.

And the Lord said to me, Behold, I have begun to deliver before thee Seon the king of Esebon the Amorite, and his land, and do thou begin to inherit his land.

And Moses called them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the synagogue turned towards him, and Moses spoke to them.

For he stood on the right hand of the poor, to save me from them that persecute my soul.

And the children of Benjamin went out to meet the people, and were all drawn out of the city, and began to smite and slay the people as before in the roads, whereof one goes up to Baethel, and one to Gabaa in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

and Chelcat and its suburbs; and Raab and its suburbs; four cities.

I would place it as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.

And Gedeon the son of Joas said to all the men who rose up against him, Do ye now plead for Baal, or will ye save him? whoever will plead for him, let him be slain this morning: if he be a god let him plead for himself, because one has thrown down his altar.

And the rest of the acts of Phakee, and all that he did, behold, these are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Aser according to their families, the cities and their villages.

And David said to Joab and to all the people with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament before Abenner. And king David followed the bier.

Thus let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: and they that love him shall be as the going forth of the sun in his strength.

And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive.

And the servants of David smote of the children of Benjamin, of the men of Abenner, three hundred and sixty men belonging to him.

He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.

then it shall come to pass that whosoever shall first come out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, he shall be the Lord's: I will offer him up for a whole-burnt-offering.

As for the Mighty One, his way is blameless: the word of the Lord is strong and tried in the fire: he is a protector to all that put their trust in him.

Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men.

and to those in Chebron, and to all the places which David and his men had passed through.

Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed: let the crowd of bulls with the heifers of the nations be rebuked, so that they who have been proved with silver may not be shut out: scatter thou the nations that wish for wars.

then this shall not be an abomination and offence to my lord, to have shed innocent blood without cause, and for my lord to have avenged himself: and so may the Lord do good to my lord, and thou shalt remember thine handmaid to do her good.

Behold, the days come when I will destroy thy seed and the seed of thy father's house.

I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise;

and Sekelac, and Macharim, and Sethennac,

And it was counted to him for righteousness, to all generations for ever.

The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps shall not slide.

For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God?

And Esther established it by a command for ever, and it was written for a memorial.

and the half of Galaad, and in Astaroth, and in Edrain, royal cities of Og in the land of Basan, Moses gave to the sons of Machir the sons of Manasse, even to the half-tribe sons of Machir the sons of Manasse, according to their families.

And Memphibosthe said to the king, Yea, let him take all, since my lord the king has come in peace to his house.

And, behold, Chusi came up, and said to the king, Let my lord the king hear glad tidings, for the Lord has avenged thee this day upon all them that rose up against thee.

He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.

And Gaal continued to speak and said, Behold, a people comes down westward from the part bordering on the middle of the land, and another company comes by the way of Helon Maonenim.

And after him rose up Samegar the son of Dinach, and smote the Philistines to the number of six hundred men with a ploughshare such as is drawn by oxen; and he too delivered Israel.

Gadabiel son of the Arabothaeite.

And on that day he smote some of the Philistines in Machmas; and the people were very weary.

as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it was written in the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, on which iron had not been lifted up: and he offered there whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord, and a piece offering. And Joshua wrote upon the stones a copy of the law, even the law of Moses, before the children of Israel.

Let the glory of the Lord be for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works;

And wilt thou call a cloud with thy voice, and will it obey thee with a violent shower of much rain?

For so long as the son of Jessae lives upon the earth, thy kingdom shall not be established: now then send and take the young man, for he shall surely die.

So Samuel turned back after Saul, and he worshipped the Lord.

And my seed shall serve him: the generation that is coming shall be reported to the Lord.

And Aser did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and that people became tributary to him, nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor the inhabitants of Dalaph, nor Aschazi, nor Chebda, nor Nai, nor Ereo.

And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived as long as Joshua, and all that knew all the works of the Lord which he wrought for Israel.

And Phinees the priest said to the sons of Ruben, and to the sons of Gad, and to the half of the tribe of Manasse, To-day we know that the Lord is with us, because ye have not trespassed grievously against the Lord, and because ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.

And the Words which David spoke were heard and were reported to Saul. And he took him to himself.

And the rest of the acts of Achaab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities which he built, behold, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay upon the ground: and all his servants that were standing round him rent their garments.

And the Lord delivered Lachis into the hands of Israel; and they took it on the second day, and they put the inhabitants to death with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed it, as they had done to Lebna.

And Joab arose, and came to Abessalom into the house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my field on fire?

And he brought forth the people that were in it, and put them under the saw, and under iron harrows, and axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus he did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

For thou art not man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgment.

For it is not the power of them by whom they swear: but it is the just vengeance of sinners, that punisheth always the offence of the ungodly.

Better is he that hideth his folly than a man that hideth his wisdom.

Take not pleasure in much good cheer, neither be tied to the expense thereof.

They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead.

By surfeiting have many perished; but he that taketh heed prolongeth his life.

Now Susanna was a very delicate woman, and beauteous to behold.

Take heed of a mischievous man, for he worketh wickedness; lest he bring upon thee a perpetual blot.

And thus this man died, leaving his death for an example of a noble courage, and a memorial of virtue, not only unto young men, but unto all his nation.

Fear the Lord, and honour the priest; and give him his portion, as it is commanded thee; the firstfruits, and the trespass offering, and the gift of the shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things.

Thou shalt put her on as a robe of honour, and shalt put her about thee as a crown of joy.

No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.

Let not thine hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldest repay.

Therefore now pray thou for us, because thou art a godly woman, and the Lord will send us rain to fill our cisterns, and we shall faint no more.

They shall rejoice in his commandment, and they shall be ready upon earth, when need is; and when their time is come, they shall not transgress his word.

Who hath seen him, that he might tell us? and who can magnify him as he is?

And shall know that I am the Lord their God: for I will give them an heart, and ears to hear:

I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and leave it to all ages for ever.

Miserable are they that afflicted thee, and rejoiced at thy fall.

And thou, that hast been the author of all mischief against the Hebrews, shalt not escape the hands of God.

All these trust to their hands: and every one is wise in his work.

And their sons shall take up a lament for thee, even a lamentation for Sor, saying,

He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: but he that honours him has pity upon the poor.

For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.

Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and blessed, God in the furnace, saying,

He that rejects instruction hates himself; but he that mind reproofs loves his soul.

Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in his mirth: give him no despiteful words, and press not upon him with urging him to drink.

If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

CHAPH. For he that has brought down will pity, and that according to the abundance of his mercy.

THE WORD WHICH JEREMIAS THE PROPHET spoke to Baruch son of Nerias, when he wrote these words in the book from the mouth of Jeremias, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda.

but if he should be taken, he shall repay sevenfold, and shall deliver himself by giving all his goods.

The mouth of the righteous drops wisdom: but the tongue of the unjust shall perish.

Thou didst walk in the way of thy sister; and I will put her cup into thine hands.

And they that are left in Judea shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

but they that wait on God shall renew their strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not hunger.

Procure not the reproaches of bad men, neither do thou covet their ways.

But at last such a one stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent.

and do ye pollute yourselves with the first-fruits of your gifts, in the offerings wherewith ye pollute yourselves in all your imaginations, until this day; and shall I answer you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord, I will not answer you, neither shall this thing come upon your spirit.

And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; the gate of Ruben, one, and the gate of Juda, one, and the gate of Levi, one.

For by the voice of the Lord the Assyrians shall be overcome, even by the stroke wherewith he shall smite them.

then the indignation of God rose up against them, and slew the fattest of them, and overthrew the choice men of Israel.

and a cock walking in boldly among the hens, and the goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation.

Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.

And he brought me in at the gate that looks eastward: and he measured it according to these measures:

Madebena also is amazed, and the inhabitants of Gibbir.