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 <div class="label">49</div><div class="s2">Jacob's Blessing</div><div class="p"> 1And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.</div><div class="q1"> 2Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob;</div><div class="q1">And hearken unto Israel your father.</div><div class="q1"> 3Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength,</div><div class="q1">The excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:</div><div class="q1"> 4Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel;</div><div class="q1">Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed;</div><div class="q1">Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.</div><div class="q1"> 5Simeon and Levi are brethren;</div><div class="q1">Instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.</div><div class="q1"> 6O my soul, come not thou into their secret;</div><div class="q1">Unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united:</div><div class="q1">For in their anger they slew a man,</div><div class="q1">And in their selfwill they digged down a wall.</div><div class="q1"> 7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce;</div><div class="q1">And their wrath, for it was cruel:</div><div class="q1">I will divide them in Jacob,</div><div class="q1">And scatter them in Israel.</div><div class="q1"> 8Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise:</div><div class="q1">Thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies;</div><div class="q1">Thy father's children shall bow down before thee.</div><div class="q1"> 9Judah is a lion's whelp:</div><div class="q1">From the prey, my son, thou art gone up:</div><div class="q1">He stooped down, he couched as a lion,</div><div class="q1">And as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?</div><div class="q1"> 10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah,</div><div class="q1">Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,</div><div class="q1">Until Shiloh come;</div><div class="q1">And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.</div><div class="q1"> 11Binding his foal unto the vine,</div><div class="q1">And his ass's colt unto the choice vine;</div><div class="q1">He washed his garments in wine,</div><div class="q1">And his clothes in the blood of grapes:</div><div class="q1"> 12His eyes shall be red with wine,</div><div class="q1">And his teeth white with milk.</div><div class="q1"> 13Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea;</div><div class="q1">And he shall be for an haven of ships;</div><div class="q1">And his border shall be unto Zidon.</div><div class="q1"> 14Issachar is a strong ass</div><div class="q1">Couching down between two burdens:</div><div class="q1"> 15And he saw that rest was good,</div><div class="q1">And the land that it was pleasant;</div><div class="q1">And bowed his shoulder to bear,</div><div class="q1">And became a servant unto tribute.</div><div class="q1"> 16Dan shall judge his people,</div><div class="q1">As one of the tribes of Israel.</div><div class="q1"> 17Dan shall be a serpent by the way,</div><div class="q1">An adder in the path,</div><div class="q1">That biteth the horse heels,</div><div class="q1">So that his rider shall fall backward.</div><div class="q1"> 18I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.</div><div class="q1"> 19Gad, a troop shall overcome him:</div><div class="q1">But he shall overcome at the last.</div><div class="q1"> 20Out of Asher his bread shall be fat,</div><div class="q1">And he shall yield royal dainties.</div><div class="q1"> 21Naphtali is a hind let loose:</div><div class="q1">He giveth goodly words.</div><div class="q1"> 22Joseph is a fruitful bough,</div><div class="q1"> Even a fruitful bough by a well;</div><div class="q1"> Whose branches run over the wall:</div><div class="q1"> 23The archers have sorely grieved him,</div><div class="q1">And shot at him, and hated him:</div><div class="q1"> 24But his bow abode in strength,</div><div class="q1">And the arms of his hands were made strong</div><div class="q1">By the hands of the mighty God of Jacob;</div><div class="q1">(From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)</div><div class="q1"> 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee;</div><div class="q1">And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee</div><div class="q1">With blessings of heaven above,</div><div class="q1">Blessings of the deep that lieth under,</div><div class="q1">Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:</div><div class="q1"> 26The blessings of thy father</div><div class="q1">Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors</div><div class="q1">Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills:</div><div class="q1">They shall be on the head of Joseph,</div><div class="q1">And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.</div><div class="q1"> 27Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf:</div><div class="q1">In the morning he shall devour the prey,</div><div class="q1">And at night he shall divide the spoil.</div><div class="s2">Death of Jacob</div><div class="p"> 28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. 29And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. 31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. 32The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. 33And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.</div>
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 <div class="label">27</div><div class="q1"> 1Boast not thyself of to morrow;</div><div class="q2">For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.</div><div class="q1"> 2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;</div><div class="q2">A stranger, and not thine own lips.</div><div class="q1"> 3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;</div><div class="q2">But a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.</div><div class="q1"> 4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous;</div><div class="q2">But who is able to stand before envy?</div><div class="q1"> 5Open rebuke is better</div><div class="q2">Than secret love.</div><div class="q1"> 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend;</div><div class="q2">But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.</div><div class="q1"> 7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb;</div><div class="q2">But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.</div><div class="q1"> 8As a bird that wandereth from her nest,</div><div class="q2">So is a man that wandereth from his place.</div><div class="q1"> 9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:</div><div class="q2">So doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.</div><div class="q1"> 10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;</div><div class="q2">Neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:</div><div class="q2"> For better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.</div><div class="q1"> 11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,</div><div class="q2">That I may answer him that reproacheth me.</div><div class="q1"> 12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself;</div><div class="q2"> But the simple pass on, and are punished.</div><div class="q1"> 13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger,</div><div class="q2">And take a pledge of him for a strange woman.</div><div class="q1"> 14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,</div><div class="q2">It shall be counted a curse to him.</div><div class="q1"> 15A continual dropping in a very rainy day</div><div class="q2">And a contentious woman are alike.</div><div class="q1"> 16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind,</div><div class="q2">And the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.</div><div class="q1"> 17Iron sharpeneth iron;</div><div class="q2">So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.</div><div class="q1"> 18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof:</div><div class="q2">So he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.</div><div class="q1"> 19As in water face answereth to face,</div><div class="q2">So the heart of man to man.</div><div class="q1"> 20Hell and destruction are never full;</div><div class="q2">So the eyes of man are never satisfied.</div><div class="q1"> 21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold;</div><div class="q2">So is a man to his praise.</div><div class="q1"> 22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,</div><div class="q2"> Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,</div><div class="q2"> And look well to thy herds.</div><div class="q1"> 24For riches are not for ever:</div><div class="q2">And doth the crown endure to every generation?</div><div class="q1"> 25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself,</div><div class="q2">And herbs of the mountains are gathered.</div><div class="q1"> 26The lambs are for thy clothing,</div><div class="q2">And the goats are the price of the field.</div><div class="q1"> 27And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,</div><div class="q2">And for the maintenance for thy maidens.</div><div class="b"></div>
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And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. 5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. 6And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. 7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. 8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. 9Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 10and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.</div><div class="s2">Jesus Before Pilate</div><div class="p"> 11And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. 12And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. 15Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. 16And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 17Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? 18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.</div><div class="p"> 19When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. 20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. 22Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. 23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.</div><div class="p"> 24When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. 25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.</div><div class="p"> 26Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. 27Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 28And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.</div><div class="p"> 29And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 30And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. 31And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. 32And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.</div><div class="s2">The Crucifixion</div><div class="p"> 33And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 35And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36And sitting down they watched him there; 37and set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.</div><div class="p"> 39And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 40and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, 42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. 45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. 46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 47Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. 48And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.</div><div class="p"> 50Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.</div><div class="p"> 54Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. 55And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 56among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.</div><div class="s2">The Burial</div><div class="p"> 57When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimath&#230;a, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58he went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.</div><div class="p"> 62Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 63saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. 64Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. 65Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. 66So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.</div>
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