them an inheritance, says the Lord children of Israel, as the Levites erred. God. 12 And the first-fruits shall be given to them out of the first-fruits of the land, even a most holy portion from the borders of the Levites. 13 And the Levites shall have the part, next to the borders of the priests, in length twenty-five thousand, and in breadth ten thousand: the whole length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand. 14 No part of it shall be sold, nor measured as for sale, neither shall the first-fruits of the land be taken away: for they are holy to the Lord. 15 But concerning the five the palace, or, + Or, sea + wall. 48. And these are the names of the tribes from the northern corner, on + Or, end. the side of the descent that draws a line to the entrance of Emath the palace of Elam, the border of + Heb. Hazar- Damascus northward on the enan. Alex. side of Emath the palace; court of Enan. and they shall have the eastern parts as far as the sea, for Dan, one portion. And from the borders of Dan eastward as far as the west seacoast, for Asser, one. 3 And from the borders of Asser, from the eastern thousand that remain in the breadth parts as far as the west in the five and twenty thousand, they coasts. coasts, for Nephthalim, one. shall be a suburb to the More . And from the borders of Nephthalim, city for dwelling, and for outwork of a from the cast as far as the west coasts, a space before it: and the city shall be for Manasse, one. 5 And from the in the midst thereof. 16 And these borders of Manasse, from the eastern shall be its dimensions; from the northparts as far as the west coasts, for ern side four thousand and five hunEphraim, one. 6 And from the bor-dred, and from the southern side four ders of Ephraim, from the eastern thousand and five hundred, and from parts to the west coasts, for Ruben, one. And from the borders of Ruben, from the eastern parts as far as the west coasts, for Juda, one. 8 And from the borders of Juda, from the eastern parts shall be the offering of first-fruits, in breadth twenty-five thousand reeds, and in length as one of the portions measured from the east even to the western parts: and the sanc-length that is next to the first-fruits of tuary shall be in the midst of them. the holy portion shall be +Gr. plural. 9 As for the first-fruits which they ten thousand eastward, and ten thou+ Lit. separate. shall offer to the Lord, it sand westward: and they shall be the shall be in length twenty-five thousand, first-fruits of the sanctuary; and the and in breadth twenty-five thousand. fruits thereof shall be for se. the land. 10 Out of this shall be the first-fruits of bread to them that labour for the city. the holy things to the priests, north-19 And they that labour for the city ward, five and twenty-thousand, and shall labour for it out of all the tribes Alex. + in towards the west, ten thou- of Israel. 20 The whole + sc. of land. sand, and southward, five offering shall be a square of Gr.first-fruits. breadth.' and twenty thousand: and twenty-five thousand by twenty-five the mountain of the sanctuary, shall thousand: ye shall separate again part be in the midst of it, for the priests, of it, the first-fruits of the sanctuary, for the consecrated sons of Sadduc, from the possession of the city. who keep the charges of the house, who erred not in the error of the length.' + Alex. +'in 11 the eastern side four thousand and five hundred, and from the western side they shall measure four thousand five hundred. 17 And there shall be a space to the city northward two hundred and fifty, and southward two hundred and fifty, and castward two hundred and fifty, and westward two hundred and fifty. 18 And the remainder of the 21 And the prince shall have the remainder on this side and on that side a space for a from the first-fruits of the sanctuary, [ Barimoth Cades, for inheritance, to + More lit. and there shall be a posses- the great sea. 29 This is the + Gr. of. possession, &c. sion of the city, for five and land, which ye shall divide by lot to twenty thousand cubits in length, to the tribes of Israel, and these are their the eastern and western borders, for portions, says the Lord God. five and twenty thousand to the western borders, next to the portions of the prince; and the first-fruits of the holy things and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst of it. 22And there shall be a portion taken from the Levites, from the possession of the city in the midst of the princes between the borders of Juda and the borders of Benjamin, and it shall be the portion of the princes. 23 And as for the rest of the tribes, from the eastern parts as far as the western, Benjamin shall have one portion. 24 And from the borders of Benjamin, from the eastern parts to the western, Symeon, one. 25 And from the borders of Symeon, from the eastern parts to the western, Issachar, one. 30 And these are the goings out of the city northward, four thousand and five hundred by measure. 31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; the gate of Ruben, one, and the gate of Juda, one, and the gate of Levi, one. 32 And eastward four thousand and five hundred; and three gates; the gate of Joseph, one, and the gate of Benjamin, one, and the gate of Dan, one. 33 And southward, four thousand and five hundred by measure: and three gates; the gate of Symeon, one, and the gate of Issachar, one, and the gate of Zabulon, one. 34 And westward, four thousand and five hundred by measure: and three gates; the gate of Gad, one, and the gate of Asser, one, and the gate of Nephthalim, 35 The circumference, her name eighteen thousand mea- gives both sures: and the name of the renderings. city, from the day that it shall be finished, 'shall be the name thereof. 26 And from the borders of Issachar, from the eastern parts to the western, Zabulon, one. 27 And from the borders of Zabulon, from the east to the western parts, Gad, one. 28 And one. from the borders of Gad, 'from the eastern to the south-western parts; his coasts shall even be from Thaman, and the water of + Alex. 'from the eastern.' 857 +Or, reeds. Jehovah Shammah, the Lord is there,' read shall be.' Alex. DANIEL. 4 CHAPTER I. VERSES 1-18. 10 And 1. IN the third year of the reign of of the eunuchs that he might not deJoakim king of Juda came Nabu- file himself. Now God had brought chodonosor king of Babylon to Jeru- Daniel into favour and compassion salem, and besieged it. 2 And the with the chief of the eunuchs. Lord gave into his hand Joakim king the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, of Juda, and part of the vessels of the I fear my lord the king, who has house of God: and he brought them appointed your meat and your drink, + Gr. of. into the land of Sennaar 'to lest he see your countenances gloomy the house of his god; and he brought in comparison of the young men your the vessels into the treasure-house of equals; so shall ye endanger my head his god. And the king told Aspha- to the king. And Daniel said to nez his chief eunuch, to bring in some Amelsad, whom the chief of the of the captive children of Israel, and eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, of the seed of the kingdom, and of the Ananias, Misael, and Azarias, 12 Prove + Heb. word. *princes; young men in now thy servants ten days; and let whom was no blemish, and beautiful them give us pulse, and +Gr. lit. of in appearance, and skilled in all wis- let us eat, and let us drink seeds. dom, and possessing knowledge, and water. 13 And let our countenances acquainted with prudence, and who be seen by thee, and the countenances had ability to stand in the house before of the children that eat at the king's the king, and the king gave command-table: and deal with thy servants acment to teach them the learning and cording as thou shalt see. 14 And he language of the Chaldeans. And the hearkened to them, and proved them king appointed them a daily portion ten days. 15 And at the end of the ten from the king's table, and from the days their countenances appeared fairer wine which he drank; and gave orders and stouter in flesh than the children to nourish them three years, and that that fed at the king's table. afterwards they should stand before the Amelsad took away their Gr. seeds. king. Now these were among them supper and the wine of their drink, of the children of Juda, Daniel, and and gave them *pulse. Ananias, and Azarias, and Misael. 17 And as for these four children, 7 And the chief of the eunuchs gave God gave them understand- +Alex. to these them names: to Daniel, Baltasar; and ing and prudence in all four children. to Ananias, Sedrach; and to Misael, learning and wisdom: and Daniel had Misach; and to Azarias, Abdenago. understanding in all visions and dreams. 8 And Daniel purposed in his heart, 18 And at the end of the days, after that he would not defile himself with which the king had given orders to the king's table, nor with the wine of bring them in, then the chief of the his drink: and he entreated the chief eunuchs brought them in before Na 6 + 16 So buchodonosor. 19 And the king spoke | shall have past: tell me my dream, with them; and there were not found and I shall know that ye will also deout of them all any like Daniel, and clare to me the interpretation thereof. Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias: and 10 The Chaldeans answered before the they stood before the king. 20 And in king, and said, There is no man upon every matter of wisdom and know- the earth, who shall be able to make ledge wherein the king questioned known the king's matter: forasmuch them, he found them ten times wiser as no great king or ruler asks such a than all the enchanters and sorcerers question of an enchanter, magician, or that were in all his kingdom. 21 And Chaldean. For the question which Daniel continued till the first year of the king asks is difficult, and there is king Cyrus. no one else who shall answer it before the king, but the gods, whose dwelling is not with any flesh. 12 Then the king in rage and anger commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13 So the decree went forth, and they began to slay the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to slay them. 14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the royal guard, see note on who was gone my forth to kill the wise men of Babylon; saying, 15 Chief magistrate of the king, wherefore has the peremptory command proceeded from the king? So Aríoch made known the matter to Daniel. 16 And Daniel entreated the king to give him time and that he might thus declare to the king the interpretation of it. 17 So Daniel went into his house, and made known the matter to Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias, his friends. 18 And they sought mercies. from the God of heaven concerning this mystery; that Daniel and his friends might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. + 2. In the second year of his reign Nabuchodonosor dreamed a dream, and his spirit was amazed, and his sleep departed from him. 2 And the king gave orders to call the enchanters, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to declare to the king his dreams. And they came and stood before the king. And the king said to them, I have dreamed, and + Gr. amazed. spirit was troubled to know the dream. And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, saying, O king, live for ever: do thou tell the dream to thy servants, and we will declare the interpretation. 5 The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing has departed from me: if ye do not make known to me the dream and the interpretation, ye shall be destroyed, and your houses shall be spoiled. But if ye make known to me the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and presents and much honour: only tell me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. 7 They answered the second time, and said, Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare the interpretation. And the king answered and said, I verily know that ye are *trying to gain time, because ye see that the thing has gone from me. If then ye do not tell me the dream, I know that ye have concerted to utter before me a false and corrupt tale, until the time + Gr. redeem ing time; or, watching to buy it. See Eph. 5. 16. 6 859 8 Gen. 39. 1. 19 Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night: and Daniel blessed the God of heaven, 20 and said, May the name of God be blessed from everlasting and to everlasting: for wisdom and understanding are his. 21 And he changes times and seasons: he appoints kings, and removes them, giving wisdom to the wise, and prudence to them that have understanding: 22 he reveals deep and secret matters; knowing what is in 56 + a cloud of darkness, and the light is with him. I was of fine gold, its hands and breast 23 I give thanks to thee, and praise and arms of silver, its belly and thighs thee, O God of my fathers, for thou of brass, 33 its legs of iron, its feet, part hast given me wisdom and power, and of iron and part of earthenware. 34 Thou hast made known to me the things sawest until a stone was cut out of a which we asked of thee; and thou mountain without hands, and it smote hast made known to me the king's the image upon its feet of iron and vision. 24 And Daniel came to Arioch, earthenware, and utterly reduced them whom the king had appointed to de- to powder. 35 Then once for all the stroy the wise men of Babylon, and earthenware, the iron, the brass, the said to him; Destroy not the wise men silver, the gold, were ground to powof Babylon, but bring me in before der, and became as chaff +Or, dust, or, the king, and I will declare the inter- from the summer threshing- dust. pretation to the king. 25 Then Arioch floor; and the violence of the wind in haste brought in Daniel before the carried them away and no place was king, and said to him, I have found a found for them: and the stone which man of the children of the captivity of had smitten the image became a great Judea, who will declare the interpre- mountain, and filled all the earth. tation to the king. 26 And the king 36 This is the dream; and we will tell answered and said to Daniel, whose the interpretation thereof before the name was Baltasar, Canst thou declare king. 37 Thou, O king, art a king of to me the dream which I saw, and the kings, to whom the God of heaven has interpretation thereof? 27 And Daniel given a powerful and strong and answered before the king, and said, honourable kingdom, 38 in every place The mystery which the king asks the where the children of men dwell: and explanation of is not in the power of he has given into thine hand the wild the wise men, magicians, enchanters, beasts of the field, and the birds of the or soothsayers to declare to the king. sky and the fish of the sea, and he has 28 But there is a God in heaven reveal-made thee lord of all. 39 Thou art the ing mysteries, and he has made known to king Nabuchodonosor what things must come to pass in the last days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are as follows, Ŏ king: 29 thy thoughts upon thy bed arose as to what must come to pass hereafter: and he that reveals mysteries has made known to thee what must come to pass. 30 Moreover, this mystery has not been revealed to me by reason of wisdom which is in me beyond all others living, but for the sake of making known the interpretation to the king, that thou mightest know the thoughts of thine heart. + Lit. one 31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold *an image: that image was image. great, and the appearance of it excellent, standing before thy face; and the form of it was terrible. 32 It was an image, the head of which head of gold. And after thee shall |