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 <div class="label">18</div><div class="p"> 1In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. 2And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. 3When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here? 4And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. 5And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. 6And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.</div><div class="p"> 7Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. 8And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? 9And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. 10When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.</div><div class="p"> 11And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war. 12And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim. 13And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.</div><div class="p"> 14Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. 15And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. 16And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. 17And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. 18And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye? 19And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? 20And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.</div><div class="p"> 21So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them. 22And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. 23And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company? 24And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? 25And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. 26And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.</div><div class="p"> 27And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. 28And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. 29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.</div><div class="p"> 30And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. 31And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.</div>
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 <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1">The Benjamites</div><div class="p"> 1And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah. 2And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months. 3And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.</div><div class="p"> 5And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. 6And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. 7And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. 8And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. 9And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.</div><div class="p"> 10But 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. 11And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 12And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. 13And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. 14And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. 15And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.</div><div class="p"> 16And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. 17And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? 18And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house. 19Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing. 20And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. 21So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.</div><div class="p"> 22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. 23And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. 24Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. 25But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. 26Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.</div><div class="p"> 27And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. 28And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. 29And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. 30And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.</div>
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 <div class="label">103</div><div class="d"> A Psalm of David.</div><div class="q1"> 1Bless the LORD, O my soul:</div><div class="q2">And all that is within me, bless his holy name.</div><div class="q1"> 2Bless the LORD, O my soul,</div><div class="q2">And forget not all his benefits:</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;</div><div class="q2">Who healeth all thy diseases;</div><div class="q1"> 4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;</div><div class="q2">Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;</div><div class="q1"> 5Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;</div><div class="q2"> So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.</div><div class="q1"> 6The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment</div><div class="q2">For all that are oppressed.</div><div class="q1"> 7He made known his ways unto Moses,</div><div class="q2">His acts unto the children of Israel.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 8The LORD is merciful and gracious,</div><div class="q2">Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.</div><div class="q1"> 9He will not always chide:</div><div class="q2">Neither will he keep his anger for ever.</div><div class="q1"> 10He hath not dealt with us after our sins;</div><div class="q2">Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 11For as the heaven is high above the earth,</div><div class="q2"> So great is his mercy toward them that fear him.</div><div class="q1"> 12As far as the east is from the west,</div><div class="q2"> So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 13Like as a father pitieth his children,</div><div class="q2"> So the LORD pitieth them that fear him.</div><div class="q1"> 14For he knoweth our frame;</div><div class="q2">He remembereth that we are dust.</div><div class="q1"> 15 As for man, his days are as grass:</div><div class="q2">As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.</div><div class="q1"> 16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;</div><div class="q2">And the place thereof shall know it no more.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 17But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him,</div><div class="q2">And his righteousness unto children's children;</div><div class="q1"> 18To such as keep his covenant,</div><div class="q2">And to those that remember his commandments to do them.</div><div class="q1"> 19The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens;</div><div class="q2">And his kingdom ruleth over all.</div><div class="q1"> 20Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength,</div><div class="q2">That do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.</div><div class="q1"> 21Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts;</div><div class="q2"> Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.</div><div class="q1"> 22Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion:</div><div class="q2">Bless the LORD, O my soul.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"> 1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 2To know wisdom and instruction;</div><div class="q2">To perceive the words of understanding;</div><div class="q1"> 3To receive the instruction of wisdom,</div><div class="q2">Justice, and judgment, and equity;</div><div class="q1"> 4To give subtilty to the simple,</div><div class="q2">To the young man knowledge and discretion.</div><div class="q1"> 5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning;</div><div class="q2">And a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:</div><div class="q1"> 6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation;</div><div class="q2">The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge:</div><div class="q2"> But fools despise wisdom and instruction.</div><div class="q1"> 8My son, hear the instruction of thy father,</div><div class="q2">And forsake not the law of thy mother:</div><div class="q1"> 9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head,</div><div class="q2">And chains about thy neck.</div><div class="q1"> 10My son, if sinners entice thee,</div><div class="q2">Consent thou not.</div><div class="q1"> 11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood,</div><div class="q2">Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:</div><div class="q1"> 12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave;</div><div class="q2">And whole, as those that go down into the pit:</div><div class="q1"> 13We shall find all precious substance,</div><div class="q2">We shall fill our houses with spoil:</div><div class="q1"> 14Cast in thy lot among us;</div><div class="q2">Let us all have one purse:</div><div class="q1"> 15My son, walk not thou in the way with them;</div><div class="q2">Refrain thy foot from their path:</div><div class="q1"> 16For their feet run to evil,</div><div class="q2">And make haste to shed blood.</div><div class="q1"> 17Surely in vain the net is spread</div><div class="q2">In the sight of any bird.</div><div class="q1"> 18And they lay wait for their own blood;</div><div class="q2">They lurk privily for their own lives.</div><div class="q1"> 19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;</div><div class="q2"> Which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.</div><div class="s2">The Cry of Wisdom</div><div class="q1"> 20Wisdom crieth without;</div><div class="q2">She uttereth her voice in the streets:</div><div class="q1"> 21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates:</div><div class="q2">In the city she uttereth her words, saying,</div><div class="q1"> 22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?</div><div class="q1">And the scorners delight in their scorning,</div><div class="q2">And fools hate knowledge?</div><div class="q1"> 23Turn you at my reproof:</div><div class="q1">Behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you,</div><div class="q2">I will make known my words unto you.</div><div class="q1"> 24Because I have called, and ye refused;</div><div class="q2">I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;</div><div class="q1"> 25But ye have set at nought all my counsel,</div><div class="q2">And would none of my reproof:</div><div class="q1"> 26I also will laugh at your calamity;</div><div class="q2">I will mock when your fear cometh;</div><div class="q1"> 27When your fear cometh as desolation,</div><div class="q2">And your destruction cometh as a whirlwind;</div><div class="q2">When distress and anguish cometh upon you.</div><div class="q1"> 28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;</div><div class="q2">They shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:</div><div class="q1"> 29For that they hated knowledge,</div><div class="q2">And did not choose the fear of the LORD:</div><div class="q1"> 30They would none of my counsel:</div><div class="q2">They despised all my reproof.</div><div class="q1"> 31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,</div><div class="q2">And be filled with their own devices.</div><div class="q1"> 32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them,</div><div class="q2">And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.</div><div class="q1"> 33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely,</div><div class="q2">And shall be quiet from fear of evil.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">2</div><div class="s2">Forgives Sin</div><div class="p"> 1And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. 3And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. 4And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. 5When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 6But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, 7Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? 8And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? 9Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? 10But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) 11I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. 12And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.</div><div class="p"> 13And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. 14And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alph&#230;us sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.</div><div class="s2">Eats With Sinners</div><div class="p"> 15And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. 16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? 17When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.</div><div class="p"> 18And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 21No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. 22And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.</div><div class="s2">In the Cornfields</div><div class="p"> 23And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. 24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? 25And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? 26How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? 27And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 28therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.</div>
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 <div class="p">17Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. 19For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. 20And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.</div><div class="p">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.</div><div class="p"> 21Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you. 22I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. 23Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. 24The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.</div><div class="p"> 25Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 26but now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: 27to God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.</div>
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