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But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.
Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.
And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.
To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
