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the prince. rand; and in it shall be the sanctuary] 14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, and the most holy place. the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth 4 The holy portion of the land shall part of a bath out of the corn, which is be for the priests the ministers of the a homer of ten baths; for ten baths sanctuary, which shall come near to fɑre a homer:

minister unto the Lond; and it shall 15 And one lamb out of the flock be a place for their houses, aud a holy font of two hundred, out of the fat pas place for the sanctuary. tures of Israel; for a meat-offering, 5 And the five and twenty thousand and for a burat-offering, and for peaceof length, and the ten thousand of [offerings, to make reconciliation for breadth, shall also the Levites, the them, saith the Lord Gon. ministers of the house, have for them- 16 All the people of the land shall selves, for a possession for twenty give this oblation for the prince in Is chambers. rael.

6 And ye shall appoint the posses17 And it shall be the prince's part sion of the city, five thousand broad, to give burnt-offerings, and meat-offerand five and twenty thousand long, ings, and drink-offerings, in the feasts, over against the oblation of the holy and in the new moous, and in the sabportion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

baths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel; he shall prepare the sin-offering, and the meat-offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace-offering to make reconciliation for the hous

7 T Aud a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the of Israel. city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.

18 Thus saith the Lord Gop; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:

19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering, and put it 8 In the land shall be his possession upon the posts of the house, and upon in Israel and my princes shall no the four corners of the settle of the more oppress my peopie; and the rest faltar, and upon the posts of the gate of the land shall they give to the [of the inter court.

house of Israel according to their 20 And so thou shalt do the seventh tribes. day of the month for every one that 9 Thus saith the Lord God; Let erreth, and for him that is simple: so it suffice you, O princes of Israel: re-shall ye reconcile the house. move violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.

10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the terith part of a homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. 22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself, and for all the people of the land, a bullock for a sin-offering.

23 And seven days of the feast he' shall prepare a burnt-offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin

12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels,five and twen-offering. ty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneli.

13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of a nomer of wheat, and ye shall give the Mixth part of an ephah of a homer of barley:

24 And be shall prepare a meat-of fering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and hin of oil for an ephah.

25 In the seventh month, in the fif teenth day of the mouth, shall be do the like in the feast of the seven days,

Ordinances for the

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CHAP. XLVI.

CHAP. XLVI.

prince and people Eccording to the sin-offering,according] 11 And in the feasts and in the coto the burnt-offering, and according to lemnities the meat offering shall be an the meat-offering, and according to the ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, aud a bin of oil to an ephah. HUS saith the Lord God; The 12 Now when the prince shall pre THUS gate of the inner court that look-pare a voluntary burnt-offering ot eth toward the east shall be shut the peace-offerings voluntarily unto the six working days; but on the sabbath Lono, one shall then open him the it shall be opened, and in the day of gate that looketh toward the east, and the new moon it shall be opened. 2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offerings and bis peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he eball go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the

evening.

3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the subbaths and in the new moons.

4 And the burnt-offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath-day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.

5 And the meat-offering shall be an epbalı for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and hip of oil to an ephalı.

be shall prepare his burut-offering and his peace-offerings, as be did on the sabbath-day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burntoffering unto the Lond of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.

14 And thou shalt prepare a meatoffering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat-offering continual. ly by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD.

15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat-offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.

16 1 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession

6 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock_without by inheritance. blemish, and six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish.

17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it 7 And he shall prepare a meat-offer-shall be his to the year of liberty; ing, an ephah for a bullock, and an after it shall return to the prince: but epbah for a ram, and for the lambs ac-his inheritance shall be his sons' for cording as his hand shall attain unto, them. and a hin of oil to an ephah.

S And when the price shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof

18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's iulieritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their pos session; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

19 T After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there 10as a place on the two sides westward.

9 T But when the people of the land shall come before the Lond in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate where 20 Then said he unto me, This is the by he came in, but shall go forth over place where the priests shall boil the against it. trespass offering and the sin offering, 10 And the prince in the midst of where they shall bake the meat-ollerthem, when they go in, shall go in;ing; that they bear them not out intɔ and when they go forth, shall go forth. the outer court, to sanctify the people

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the hily waters. 21 Then he brought me forth into the, into the ees; which being brought outer court, and caused me to pass by forth into the sea, the waters shall be the four corners of the court; and be healed. hold, in every corner of the court there

wus a court.

24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.

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9 Aud it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. 10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it, from Engedi eveu unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets: their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding

many.

11 But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be heal ed, they shall be given to salt.

12 And by the river, upon the bank

CHAP. XLVIL FTERWARD he brought me a gain unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house east-thereof, on this side and on that side, ward: for the forefront of the house shall grow all trees for meat, whose stood toward the east, and the waters leat shall not fade, neither shall the came down from under, from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar

2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the outer gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

3 And when the man that had the line in lus hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits,and be brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ancles.

fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

13 T Thus saith the Lord God, This shall be the border whereby ye shall inberit the land, according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shail have two portions.

14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another; concerning the which I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers; and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.

4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he 15. And this shall be the border of the measured a thousand, and brought me land toward the north side, from the through; the waters were to the loins.great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men 5 Afterward he measured a thousand, go to Zedad;

and it was a river that 1 could not 16 Hamath, Berotrah, Sibraim, pass over: for the waters were risen, which is between the border of Dawaters to swim in, a river that couldmascus and the border of Hamath not be passed over. Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast

6 T And he said unto me, Son of man, of Hauran. bast thou seen this? Then he brought| 17 And the border from the sea shall me, and caused me to return to the be Hazar-enan, the border of Danias brink of the river. [cus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north site.

7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the 18. And the east side ye shall measure other. from Hauran, and from Damascus,and 9 Then said he unto me, These wa-from Gilead, and from the land of Is ters issue out toward the east country, rael by Jordan, from the border unto und go down into the desert, and go, the east sça. And this is the east side.

The portion of

CHAP. XLVIII

the twelve tribes. 19 And the south side southward, unto the Lond shall be of five and from Tamar even to the waters of twenty thousand in length, and of tea strife in Kadesh, the river to the great thousand in breadth. gea. And this is the south side southward.

10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward 20 The west side also shall be the the north five and twenty thousand in great sea from the border, till a man length, and toward the west ten thoucome over against Hamath. This is sand in breadth, and toward the east the west side. ten thousand in breadth, and toward

21 So shall ye divide this land unto the south five and twenty thousand in you according to the tribes of Israel.length; and the sanctuary of the Lond 22 ¶ And it shall come to pass, that shall be in the midst thereof. ye shall divide it by lot for an inheri 11 It shall be for the priests that are tance unto you, and to the strangers sanctified of the sons of Zadok ; which that sojourn among you, which shall have kept my charge, which went not beget children aniong you; and they astray when the children of lerael shall be unto you as bʊru in the coun-[went astray, as the Levites went try among the children of Israel; they astray. shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

12. And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.

23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inherit- 13 And over against the border of ance, saith the Lord God. the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand,and the breadth ten thousand.

NOW

CHAP. XLVIII.

OW these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast to the way of Hethlon,as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward,to the coast of Hamath; for these are bis sides east and west: a portion for the Lonn.

Dan.

14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the first fruits of the land; for it is holy unto

15 ¶ And the five thousand, that are 2 And by the border of Dan, from left in the breadth over against the five the east side unto the west side, a por- and twenty thousand, shall be a protion for Asher. fane place for the city, for dwelling. 3 And by the border of Asher, from and for suburbs: aud the city shall be the east side even unto the west side, in the midst thereof, a portion for Naphtali.

16 And these shall be the measures

4 And by the border of Naphtali, thereof; the north side four thousand from the cast side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.

And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.

and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thou sand and five hundred.

6 And by the border of Ephraim,| 17 And the suburbs of the city shall from the east side even unto the west be toward the north two hundred and side, a portion for Reuben. fifty, and toward the south two hun7 And by the border of Reuben, from dred and fifty, and toward the east two the east side unto the west side,a por-hundred and fifty,and toward the west tion for Judab. two hundred and fifty.

8 And by the border of Judah, 18 And the residue in length over from the east side unto the west side, against the oblation of the holyportion shall be the offering which ye shall shall be ten thousand eastward, and offer of five and twenty thousand ten thousand westward; and it sball reeds in breadth, and in length as one be over against the oblation of the holy of the other parts, from the east side portion; and the increase thereof shall unto the west side; and the sanctuary be for food unto them that serve the cuall be in the midst of it. city.

9 The oblation that ye shall offer 19 And they that serve the city tha!!

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DANIEL.

captivity. Eerve it out of all the tribes of Israel. 27 And by the border of Zebulun, 20 All the oblation shall be five and from the east side unto the west side, twenty thousand by five and twenty Gad a portion.

thousand ye shall offer the holy ob- 28 And by the border of Gad, at the iation four-square, with the possession south side southward, the border shall of the city. be even from Tamar unto the waters

21 T And the residue shall be forthejof strife in Kadesh, and to the river prince, on the one side and on the toward the great sea.

other of the holy oblation, and of the 29 This is the land which ye shall possession of the city, over against the divide by lot unto the tribes of Israe' five and twenty thousand of the obla-for inheritance, and these are their tion toward the east border,and west-portions, saith the Lord God. ward over against the five and twenty 30 1 And these are the goings out of thousand toward the west border,over the city on the north side, four thou against the portions,for the prince: and sand and five hundred measures.

it shall be the holy oblation; and the 31 And the gates of the city shall be· sanctuary of the house shall be in the after the names of the tribes of Israel: midst thereof. three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.

32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred, and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, oue gate of Benja min, one gate of Dan.

22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the porder of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince. 23 As for the rest of the tribes,from 33 And at the south side four thouthe east side unto the west side Benja-sand and five hundred measures, and min shall have a portion. three gates; one gate of Simeon, one 24 And by the border of Benjamin, gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun from the east side unto the west side, 34 At the west side four thousand Simeon shall have a portion. and live hundred, with their three 25 And by the border of Simeon,from gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of the east side unto the west side, Issa-Asher, one gate of Naphtali. char a portion. 35 lt was round about eighteen thou sand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be,The LORD jis there.

26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.

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CHAP. I.

and understanding science, and such N the third year of the reign of Jeas had ability in them to stand in the bojakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

2 And the LORD gave Jehoiakim 5 And the king appointed them a king of Judah into his hand, with part daily provision of the king's neat, of the vessels of the house of God, and of the wine which he drank: so which he carried into the land of Shi-jnourishing them three years, that at nar to the house of his god; and he the end thereof they might stand bebrought the vessels into the treasure-fore the king. house of his god.

6 Now among these were of the chil 3 T And the king spake unto Ashpe-dren of Judah, Daniel, Hananiab, az the master of his eunuchs, that he Mishael, and Azariah : should bring certain of the children of 7 Unto whom the prince of the Israel, and of the king's seed, and of eunuchs gave names; for he gave unthe princes; to Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; 4 Children in whom was no blemish, and to Hananiah, of Shadrach ; and to but well-favoured, and skilful in all Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, of Abed nego.