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13 And he shall offer every day for a ho-out from under the threshold of the house locaust to the Lord, a lamb of the same year toward the east: for the fore-front of the without blemish: he shall offer it always in house looked toward the cast: but the wathe morning. ters came down to the right side of the 14 And he shall offer the sacrifice for it temple, to the south part of the altar. morning by morning, the sixth part of an 2 And he led me out by the way of the ephi: and the third part of a hin of oil to north gate: and he caused me to turn to the be mingled with the fine flour: a sacrifice way without the outward gate, to the way to the Lord by ordinance, continual and everlasting.

15 He shall offer the lamb, and the sacrifice, and the oil morning by morning; an everlasting holocaust.

16 Thus saith the Lord God: If the prince give a gift to any of his sons, the inheritance of it shall go to his children: they shall possess it by inheritance.

that looked toward the east and behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went out towards the east, he measured a thousand cubits: and he brought me through the water up to the ancles.

4 And again he measured a thousand: and he brought me through the water up to the knees.

17 But if he give a legacy out of his in- 5 And he measured a thousand and he heritance to one of his servants, it shall be brought me through the water up to the his until the year of release: and it shall re- loins. And he measured a thousand: and turn to the prince: but his inheritance shall it was a torrent, which I could not pass go to his sons. over: for the waters were risen so as to

18 And the prince shall not take of the make a deep torrent, which could not be people's inheritance by violence, nor of passed over.

their possession: but out of his own pos- 6 And he said to me: Surely thou hast session he shall give an inheritance to his seen, O son of man. And he brought me sons: that my people be not dispersed out and he caused me to turn to the bank every man from his possession. of the torrent.

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19 And he brought me in by the entry, 7 And when I had turned myself, behold, that was at the side of the gate, into the on the bank of the torrent were very many chambers of the sanctuary that were for the trees on both sides.

priests, which looked toward the north. 8 And he said to me: These waters that And there was a place bending to the west. issue forth toward the hillocks of sand to the 20 And he said to me: This is the place east, and go down to the plains of the dewhere the priests shall boil the sin-offering, sert, shall go into the sea, and shall go out : and the trespass-offering; where they shall and the waters shall be healed. dress the sacrifice, that they may not bring 9 And every living creature that creepit out into the outward court, and the peo-eth whithersoever the torrent shall come, ple be sanctified. shall live: and there shall be fishes in abun21 And he brought me into the outward dance after these waters shall come thither : court: and he led me about by the four and they shall be healed; and all things corners of the court: and behold, there shall live to which the torrent shall come. was a little court in the corner of the court: 10 And the fishers shall stand over these to every corner of the court there was a waters; from Engaddi even to Engallim little court. there shall be drying of nets: there shall 22 In the four corners of the court were be many sorts of the fishes thereof, as the little courts disposed, forty cubits long, and fishes of the great sea, a very great multithirty broad: all the four were of one mea-tude.

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11 But on the shore thereof, and in the 23 And there was a wall round about fenny places, they shall not be healed; becompassing the four little courts: and there cause they shall be turned into salt-pits. were kitchens built under the rows round about.

24 And he said to me: This is the house of the kitchens wherein the ministers of the house of the Lord shall boil the victims of the people.

CHAP. XLVII.

The vision of the holy waters issuing out from under the temple: the borders of the land to be divided among the twelve tribes.

12 And by the torrent on the banks thereof on both sides shall grow all trees that bear fruit: their leaf shall not fall off, and their fruit shall not fail: every month

such that flowed from the temple); but mystically, of the baptism of Christ, and of his doctrine and his grace: the trees that grow on the banks are christian virtues : the fishes are christians, that spiritually live in

AND he brought me again to the gate of and by these holy waters; the fishermen are

the house and behold, waters issued the apostles, and apostolic preachers: the fenny places, where there is no health, are such as by being out of the church are separated from these waters of life.

• Waters. These waters are not to be understood literally (for there were none

shall they bring forth first fruits; because 3 And by the border of Aser, from the the waters thereof shall issue out of the east side even to the side of the sea, one sanctuary and the fruits thereof shall be portion for Nephthali. for food, and the leaves thereof for medicine.

13 Thus saith the Lord God: This is the border, by which you shall possess the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: for Joseph hath a double portion.

14 And you shall possess it, every man in like manner as his brother: concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers and this land shall fall unto you for a possession.

4 And by the border of Nephthali, from the east side even to the side of the sea, one portion for Manasses.

5 And by the border of Manasses, from the east side even to the side of the sea, one portion for Ephraim.

6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the side of the sea, one portion for Ruben.

7 And by the border of Ruben, from the east side even to the side of the sea, one 15 And this is the border of the land: to-portion for Juda. ward the north side, from the great sea by 8 And by the border of Juda, from the the way of Hethalon, as men go to Sedada, east side even to the side of the sea, shall 16 Emath, Berotha, Sabarim, which is be-be the first-fruits which you shall set apart, tween the border of Damascus and the bor-five and twenty thousand in breadth, and in der of Emath, the house of Tichon, which length, as every one of the portions from is by the border of Auran. the east side to the side of the sea: and the

17 And the border from the sea even to sanctuary shall be in the midst thereof. the court of Enon, shall be the border of|| 9 The first-fruits which you shall set Damascus, and from the north to the north apart for the Lord, shall be the length of the border of Emath, this is the north side.five and twenty thousand, and the breadth 18 And the east side is from the midst of of ten thousand.

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Auran, and from the midst of Damascus, and 10 And these shall be the first-fruits of from the midst of Galaad, and from the the sanctuary for the priests: toward the midst of the land of Israel, Jordan making north five and twenty thousand in length, the bound to the east sea: and thus you shall measure the east side.

19 And the south side southward is from Thamar even to the waters of contradiction of Cades; and the torrent even to the great sea and this is the south side southward. 20 And the side toward the sea, is the great sea from the borders straight on, till thou come to Emath: this is the side of the

sea.

21 And you shall divide this land unto you by the tribes of Israel :

and toward the sea ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east also ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in the midst thereof.

11 The sanctuary shall be for the priests of the sons of Sadoc, who kept my ceremonies, and went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites also went astray.

12 And for them shall be the first-fruits of the first-fruits of the land holy of holies, 22 And you shall divide it by lot for an by the border of the Levites. inheritance to you, and to the strangers that 13 And the Levites in like manner shall shall come over to you, that shall beget have by the borders of the priests five and children among you and they shall be un-twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand to you as men of the same country born in breadth. All the length shall be five and among the children of Israel: they shall di-twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thouvide the possession with you in the midst of sand. the tribes of Israel.

14 And they shall not sell thereof nor 23 And in what tribe soever the stranger exchange: neither shall the first-fruits of shall be, there shall you give him possession, the land be alienated: because they are sanctified to the Lord.

saith the Lord God.

CHAP. XLVIII.

A from the borders of the north, by the

15 But the five thousand that remain in The portions of the twelve tribes, of the sanc-the breadth over-against the five and twentuary, of the city, and of the prince. The ty thousand, shall be a profane place for the dimensions and gates of the city. city for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the ND these are the names of the tribes city shall be in the midst thereof. 16 And these are the measures thereof: way of Hethalon, as they go to Emath, the on the north side four thousand and five court of Enan the borders of Damascus hundred; and on the south side four thounorthward, by the way of Emath. And sand and five hundred; and on the east from the east side thereof, to the sea shall side four thousand and five hundred; and be one portion for Dan. on the west side four thousand and five hundred.

2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side even to the side of the sea, one portion for Aser:

17 And the suburbs of the city shall be to the north two hundred and fifty, and to

the south two hundred and fifty, and to theЛthe east side to the west side, one portion east two hundred and fifty, and to the sea for Zabulon.

two hundred and fifty.

27 And by the border of Zabulon, from 18 And the residue in length by the first-the east side to the side of the sea, one porfruits of the sanctuary, ten thousand toward tion for Gad. the east, and ten thousand toward the west, shall be as the first-fruits of the sanctuary and the fruits thereof shall be for bread to them that serve the city.

19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.

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20 All the first-fruits of five and twenty thousand, by five and twenty thousand four square, shall be set apart for the first-fruits of the sanctuary, and for the possession of the city.

28 And by the border of Gad, the south side southward: and the border shall be from Thamar, even to the waters of contradiction of Cades, the inheritance overagainst the great sea.

29 This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel: and these are the portions of them, saith the Lord God. 30 And these are the goings out of the city: on the north side thou shalt measure four thousand and five hundred. 21 And the residue shall be for the prince 31 And the gates of the city according on every side of the first-fruits of the sanc-to the names of the tribes of Israel; three tuary, and of the possession of the city over-gates on the north side, the gate of Ruben against the five and twenty thousand of the one, the gate of Juda one, the gate of Levi first-fruits unto the east border: toward the one.

sea also over-against the five and twenty 32 And at the east side, four thousand thousand, unto the border of the sea, shall and five hundred; and three gates, the gate likewise be the portion of the prince and of Joseph one, the gate of Benjamin one, the first-fruits of the sanctuary, and the the gate of Dan one.

sanctuary of the temple shall be in the 33 And at the south side, thou shalt meamidst thereof. sure four thousand and five hundred; and

22 And from the possession of the Le-three gates, the gate of Simeon one, the vites, and from the possession of the city gate of Issachar one, the gate of Zabulon which are in the midst of the prince's por-one. tions: what shall be to the border of Juda, 34 And at the west side, four thousand and to the border of Benjamin, shall also and five hundred; and their three gates, belong to the prince. the gate of Gad one, the gate of Aser one, the gate of Nephthali one.

23 And for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, one portion for Benjamin.

35 Its circumference was eighteen thousand; and the name of the city from that

24 And over-against the border of Ben-day, The Lord is there.* jamin, from the east side to the west side, one portion for Simeon.

25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, one portion for Issachar.

The Lord is there. This name is here given to the city, that is, to the church of Christ: because the Lord is always with her till the end of the world. St. Matthew

26 And by the border of Issachar, from xxviii. 20.

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PROPHECY OF DANIEL.

Daniel, whose name signifies the judgment || of God, was of the royal blood of the kings of Juda; and one of those that were first of all carried away into captivity. He was so renowned for wisdom and knowledge, that it became a proverb among the Babylonians, as wise as Daniel, (Ezech. xxviii. 3.) And his holiness was so great from his very childhood, that at the time when he was as yet but a young man, he is joined by the Spirit of God with Noe and Job, as three persons most eminent for virtue and sanctity, Ezech. xiv. He is not commonly numbered by the Hebrews among the pro

phets because he lived at court, and in high station in the world: but if we consider his many clear predictions of things to come, we shall find that no one better deserves the name and title of a prophet; which also has been given him by the Son of God himself, Matt. xxiv. Mark xiii. Luke xxi.

CHAP. I.

Daniel and his companions are taken into the palace of the king of Babylon: they abstain from his meat and wine, and succeed better with pulse and water. Their excellence in wisdom.

N the third year of the reign of Joakim

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15 And after ten days their faces appearking of Juda, Nabuchodonosor king of ed fairer and fatter than all the children that Babylon came to Jerusalem, and besieged ate of the king's meat.

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16 So Malasar took their portions, and

2 And the Lord delivered into his hands the wine that they should drink and he Joakim the king of Juda, and part of the gave them pulse.

vessels of the house of God: and he carried 17 And to these children God gave knowthem away into the land of Sennaar, to the ledge, and understanding in every book, house of his god:* and the vessels he and wisdom: but to Daniel the understandbrought into the treasure-house of his god. ing also of all visions and dreams.

3 And the king spoke to Asphenez the 18 And when the days were ended, after master of the eunuchs, that he should bring which the king had ordered that they should in some of the children of Israel, and of the be brought in, the prince of the eunuchs king's seed, and of the princes, brought them in before Nabuchodonosor. 4 Children in whom there was no blem- 19 And when the king had spoken to ish, well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, them, there were not found among them all acute in knowledge, and instructed in sci- such as Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azaence, and such as might stand in the king's rias: and they stood in the king's presence. palace; that he might teach them the learn- 20 And in all matters of wisdom and uning, and the tongue of the Chaldeans. derstanding, that the king inquired of them, 5 And the king appointed them a daily he found them ten times better than all the provision, of his own meat, and of the diviners, and wise men, that were in all his wine of which he drank himself, that being kingdom. nourished three years, afterwards they might stand before the king.

6 Now there were among them of the children of Juda, Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias.

7 And the master of the eunuchs gave them names: to Daniel, Baltassar; to Ananias, Sidrach: to Misael, Misach: and to Azarias, Abdenago.

21 And Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.

CHAP. II.

Daniel, by divine revelation, declares the dream of Nabuchodonosor, and the interpretation of it. He is highly honoured by the king.

N the second years of the reign of Nabu.

8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that dream; and his spirit was terrified; and he would not be defiledt with the king's his dream went out of his mind.

table, nor with the wine which he drank: 2 Then the king commanded to call toand he requested the master of the eunuchs |gether the diviners, and the wise men, and that he might not be defiled. the magicians, and the Chaldeans, to de9 And God gave to Daniel grace and clare to the king his dreams: so they came. mercy in the sight of the prince of the and stood before the king. 3 And the king said to them: I saw a 10 And the prince of the eunuchs said to dream: and being troubled in mind I know Daniel: I fear my Lord the king, who hath not what I saw.

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appointed you meat and drink; who if he 4 And the Chaldeans answered the king should see your faces leaner than those of in Syriac: O king, live for ever: tell to thy the other youths your equals, you shall en-servants thy dream; and we will declare the danger my head to the king. interpretation thereof.

11 And Daniel said to Malasar, whom the 5 And the king answering said to the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Chaldeans: The thing is gone out of my Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias: mind: unless you tell me the dream, and 12 Try, I beseech thee, thy servants for the meaning thereof, you shall be put to ten days and let pulse be given us to eat, death, and your houses shall be confiscated. and water to drink: 6 But if you tell the dream, and the mean13 And look upon our faces, and the ing of it, you shall receive of me rewards, faces of the children that eat of the king's and gifts, and great honour: therefore tell meat and as thou shalt see, deal with thy me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

servants.

14 And when he had heard these words, he tried them for ten days.

* His god. Bel or Belus, the principal idol of the Chaldeans.

7 They answered again, and said: Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation of it.

The second year, viz. from the death of Be defiled, &c. viz. either by eating his father Nabopolassar: for he had reigned meat forbidden by the law, or which had before as partner with his father in the embefore been offered to idols.

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The Chaldeans. That is, the astrologers, that pretended to divine by stars.

8 The king answered, and said: I know of thee, for thou hast made known to us for certain that you seek to gain time; since the king's discourse. you know that the thing is gone from me.

24 After this Daniel went in to Arioch, to 9 If therefore you tell me not the dream, whom the king had given orders to destroy there is one sentence concerning you, that the wise men of Babylon: and he spoke you have also framed a lying interpretation, and full of deceit, to speak before me till the time pass away. Tell me therefore the dream, that I may know that you also give a true interpretation thereof.

thus to him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will tell the solution to the king.

25 Then Arioch in haste brought in Daniel to the king, and said to him: I have 10 Then the Chaldeans answered before found a man of the children of the captivithe king, and said: There is no man upon ty of Juda, that will resolve the question to earth that can accomplish thy word, O the king.

king: neither doth any king, though great 26 The king answered, and said to Danand mighty, ask such a thing of any diviner, iel, whose name was Baltassar: Thinkest or wise man, or Chaldean. thou indeed that thou canst tell me the dream that I saw, and the interpretation

11 For the thing that thou askest, O king, is difficult: nor can any one be found that thereof? can shew it before the king, except the 27 And Daniel made answer before the gods, whose conversation is not with men.king, and said: The secret that the king 12 Upon hearing this, the king in fury, desireth to know, none of the wise men, or and in great wrath, commanded that all the the philosophers, or the diviners, or the wise men of Babylon should be put to death. soothsayers can declare to the king. 13 And the decree being gone forth, the wise men were slain: and Daniel and his companions were sought for, to be put to death.

14 Then Daniel inquired concerning the law and the sentence, of Arioch the general of the king's army, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon.

28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth mysteries, who hath shewn to thee, O king Nabuchodonosor, what is to come to pass in the latter times. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:

29 Thou, O king, didst begin to think in thy bed, what should come to pass hereaf15 And he asked him that had received ter: and he that revealeth mysteries shewthe orders of the king, why so cruel a sen-ed thee what shall come to pass. tence was gone forth from the face of the 30 To me also this secret is revealed, not king. And when Arioch had told the mat-by any wisdom that I have more than all ter to Daniel, men alive; but that the interpretation might 16 Daniel went in and desired of the be made manifest to the king, and thou king, that he would give him time to re-mightest know the thoughts of thy mind. solve the question, and declare it to the 31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold, king. there was as it were a great statue: this 17 And he went into his house, and told statue, which was great and high, tall of the matter to Ananias, and Misael, and Aza-stature, stood before thee: and the look rias his companions: thereof was terrible.

18 To the end that they should ask mercy at the face of the God of heaven concerning this secret; and that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

19 Then was the mystery revealed to Daniel by a vision in the night and Daniel blessed the God of heaven,

20 And speaking he said: Blessed be the name of the Lord from eternity and for evermore: for wisdom and fortitude are his.

32 The head of this statue was of fine gold; but the breast and the arms of silver; and the belly and the thighs of brass;

33 And the legs of iron; the feet part of iron, and part of clay.

34 Thus thou sawest, till a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands: and it struck the statue upon the feet thereof, that were of iron and of clay, and broke them in pieces.

21 And he changeth times and ages; the silver, and the gold broken to pieces to35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, taketh away kingdoms, and establisheth them; giveth wisdom to the wise, and gether, and became like the chaff of a sumknowledge to them that have understand-mer's threshing-floor: and they were carried away by the wind: and there was no ing: place found for them: but the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

22 He revealeth deep and hidden things, and knoweth what is in darkness: and light is with him.

23 To thee, O God of our fathers, I give 36 This is the dream: we will also tell thanks, and I praise thee: because thou the interpretation thereof before thee, O hast given me wisdom and strength: and king.

now thou hast shown me what we desired 37 Thou art a king of kings; and the

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