72 Bible Verses about Wood

And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, - of five cubits length and five cubits breadth four square, shall the altar be, and three cubits the height thereof.

And they shall make an ark of acacia wood,-two cubits and a half, the length thereof and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without, shalt thou overlay it, - and thou shalt make thereon a rim of gold, round about. And thou shalt cast for it four rings of gold, and shalt put them on the four feet thereof, - even two rings on the one side thereof, and two rings on the other side thereof.read more.
And thou shalt make staves, of acacia wood, - and shalt overlay them with gold.

And thou shalt make boards for the habitation, - of acacia wood to stand up: ten cubits, the length of the board, and a cubit and a half cubit the breadth of each board: two tenons, to each board, united one to another, - thus, shalt thou make, for all the boards of the habitation,

And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, - and shalt overlay them with copper.

And thou shalt make an altar, for burning incense, of acacia wood, shalt thou make it: a cubit, the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof four square, shall it be, - and two cubits, the height thereof, of the same, shall be the horns thereof, And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof,-and thou shalt make to it a border of gold round about.read more.
And, two rings of gold, shalt thou make to it, under the border thereof upon the two corners thereof, shalt thou make them on the two sides thereof, - so shall they become receptacles for the staves, to lift it therewith. And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, - and overlay them with gold.

And Moses spake unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel, saying, This, is the thing which Yahweh hath commanded, saying, Take ye from among you, a heave-offering to Yahweh, every one whose heart is willing shall bring it in, even the heave-offering of Yahweh, gold and silver and bronze: and blue and purple and crimson and fine linen and goat's-hair;read more.
and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers skins, and acacia wood;

And Bezaleel made the ark, of acacia wood, two cubits and a half, the length thereof and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold within and without,-and made for it a rim of gold, round about; and he cast for it four rings of gold, upon the four feet thereof, - even, two rings, on the one side thereof and, two rings, on the other side thereof;read more.
and he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold;

And he made the altar for the ascending-sacrifice of acacia wood, - five cubits, the length thereof and, five cubits, the breadth thereof foursquare, and, three cubits, the height thereof.

At that time, said Yahweh unto me - Cut thee out two tables of stone like the first, and come up unto me into the mountain, - and make thee an ark of wood; that I may write, upon the tables, the words which were on the first tables which thou brakest in pieces, - then shalt thou put them in the ark. So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut out two tables of stone like the first, - and went up the mountain, having the two tables in my hand.

But, though the priest do come, into the house, and take a view, yet lo! if the plague-mark hath not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then shall the priest pronounce the house clean, for, healed, is the plague. Then shall he take to cleanse, the house, two birds, - and cedar wood, and crimson, and hyssop; and shall kill one bird, - within an earthen vessel over living water;read more.
and take the cedar wood and the hyssop, and the crimson and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the living water, - and sprinkle the house seven times; and so cleanse the house, with the blood of the bird and with the living water, - and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop, and with the crimson; and shall let go the living bird unto the outside of the city, unto the face of the field, - so shall he put a propitiatory-covering over the house and it shall be clean.

This, shall be the law of the leper, in the day when he is declared clean, - he shall be brought in unto the priest; then shall the priest go forth unto the outside of the camp, - and the priest shall take a view, and lo! if the plague of leprosy hath been healed out of the leper,; then shall the priest give command, - and there shall be taken - for him that is to be cleansed - two living clean birds, - and cedar wood, and crimson am hyssop;read more.
and the priest shall give command, and one bird shall be slain, - within an earthen vessel over living water: as for the living bird, he shall take, it, and the cedar wood and the crimson, and the hyssop, - and shall dip them and the living bird, in the blood of the bird that hath been slain over the living water; and shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy, seven times, - and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird over the face of the field.

And Yahweh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: This, is the statute of the law, which Yahweh hath commanded, saying, - Speak unto the sons of Israel - That they bring unto thee a red heifer, without defect wherein is no blemish, and whereupon hath come no yoke. Then shall ye give her unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall take her forth unto the outside of the camp, and she shall be slain before him;read more.
and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, - and shall sprinkle towards the front of the tent of meeting: of her blood, seven times; and the heifer shall be burned up before his eyes, - her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung shall be burned up. Then shall the priest take cedar-wood and hyssop and crimson, - and east lute the midst of the burning up of the heifer. And the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water, and afterwards come into the camp, - but the priest shall be unclean until the evening, And, he that burneth her, shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, - and be unclean until the evening,

And he made, within the shrine, two cherubim of wild olive wood, - ten cubits in height;

And, the entrance of the shrine, made he with doors, of wild olive-wood, the pillars and posts being a fifth. The two doors, also were of olive-wood, and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim, and palm-trees, and festoons of flowers, and overlaid them with gold, - yea he spread out, over the cherubim and over the palm-trees, the gold. So, also, made he for the entrance of the temple, with posts of wild olive-wood, - a fourth part.read more.
And, the two doors, were of fir wood, - the two leaves of the one door, were folding, and, the two leaves of the other door, were folding. And he carved cherubim, and palm-trees, and festoons of flowers, and overlaid them with gold, smoothed out on the carved work.

And thou shalt say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest by the entrances of the sea, Thou merchant of the peoples unto many shores, - Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, O Tyre, Thou saidst, I, am the perfection of beauty! In the heart of the seas, were thy bounds, - Thy builders perfected thy beauty: With fir-trees from Senir, but they for thee all the two-decked vessels, - Cedar from Lebanon, fetched they, to make masts for thee:read more.
With oaks from Bashan, made they thine oars, - Thy benches, made they of ivory, inlaid with boxwood, From the shores of the West:

And Yahweh said unto Moses, - Say unto Aaron - Take thy staff, and stretch forth thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams over their rivers, and over their pools and over all their collections of water - that they may become blood, - so shall there be blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

And, these, unto you, shall be unclean, among the creeping things that creep upon the earth, - the weasel and the mouse, and the lizard after its kind; and the ferret and the chameleon and the wall-lizard, - and the winding lizard, and the mole. These, are they which are unclean to you among all that creep, - whosoever toucheth them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening;read more.
and, everything whereon any of them shall fall when they are dead shall be unclean - of any articles of wood, or cloth, or skin, or sackcloth, any article wherewith any work is done, - shall be put in water and shall be unclean until the evening, and then be clean,

And, whomsoever he that hath the flux toucheth, not having rinsed, his hands in water, then shall he wash his clothes, and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening, And the earthen vessel which he that hath the flux toucheth shall be broken in pieces, - and, every vessel of wood, shall be rinsed in water.

Ye, then, pitch outside the camp, for seven days, - whosoever hath killed a person and whoever hath touched the slain, cleanse yourselves (from sin) on the third day and on the seventh day ye and your captives,. Every garment also, and every article of skin and every thing made of goats-hair, and every article of wood, shall ye cleanse (from sin).

If, then, with an instrument of iron, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is, - a manslayer, shall surely die. Or if with a stone thrown by hand, where-by one might die, he smote him and he died, a manslayer, he is, - the man-slayer, shall surely die, Or, if with hand-weapon of wood, wherewith one might die, he smote him and he died a manslayer, he is, - the manslayer shall surely die.

And Ezra the scribe stood upon a lofty platform of wood, which they had made for the purpose, and there stood, beside him, Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah, on his right hand, - and, on his left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, Meshullam.

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Or, the saw, magnify itself, against him that wieldeth it? As if a rod, could wield, them who lift it up! As if a staff, could raise, what is, not wood!

Go and speak unto Hananiah saying - Thus, saith Yahweh, Yokes of wood, thou hast broken, - But thou shalt make, in their stead yokes of iron!

Son of man, What can the vine-tree be more than any other tree, - any branch which hath been found among the trees of the forest? Shall there be taken from it wood, to be made into any work? Or will men take therefrom a peg, to hang thereon any vessel?

The altar, was of wood, three cubits in height and the length thereof, two cubits and the corners thereof and the length thereof and the walls thereof were of wood, - then spake he unto me saying, This, is the table, which is before Yahweh.

But, in a great house, there are not only gold and silver vessels, but, also wooden and earthen: and, some, indeed, for honour, while, some, are for dishonour:

(For, ye, know, how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, - and how we passed through the midst of the nations which ye did pass through; and ye saw their disgusting images, and their manufactured gods, - the wood and the stone, the silver and the gold that are with them.) Lest there be among you - a man or a woman or a family or a tribe, whose heart is turning to-day, from Yahweh our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations, - lest there be among you a root fruitful of poison and wormwood;

Yahweh will bring thee and thy king whom thou wilt set up over thee, unto a nation which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, - and thou shalt serve there other gods of wood and of stone.

Then shalt thou build an altar, unto Yahweh thy God, on the top of this fort, with the pile, - and shalt take the second bullock, and cause it to go up as an ascending-sacrifice, with the wood of the sacred stem which thou shalt cut down.

and have put their gods in the fire, - for, no-gods, were, they, but the work of the hands of men - wood and stone, and so they destroyed them.

and have put their gods in the fire, - for, no-gods, were they, but the work of the hands of men wood and stone and so they destroyed them.

Unto whom then can ye liken GOD? Or, what likeness, can ye compare unto him? The image, hath been cast by an artificer, And a goldsmith, with gold, overlayeth it, - And, chains of silver, he worketh. The needy offerer, of a tree that will not rot, maketh choice, - A skilled artificer, seeketh he out for himself to construct an image that shall not totter,

As for the carpenter, - He hath stretched out a line hath drawn it with a pencil, Hath made it with carving tools, With compasses, hath rounded it, - And so hath made it after the figure of a great man, After the beauty of a son of earth, that it may remain in a house! When one was cutting him down cedars, Then took he a holm-tree and an oak, And secured them for himself, among the trees of the forest, - He planted a fir-tree and the pouring rain made it grow; So it serveth for a man to burn, And he hath taken of the branches and warmed himself, Also he kindleth a fire, and baketh bread, - Also he maketh a GOD, and hath bowed himself down, Hath made of it a carved image, and adored it:read more.
The half thereof, hath he burned in the fire, Over half thereof, he eateth flesh, He roasteth roast, that he may be satisfied, - Also he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen a blaze; And the residue thereof, Into a GOD, he maketh, Into his carved image, - Adoreth it, and boweth down and prayeth unto it, And saith Deliver me, for, my GOD, thou art! They have not taken note, neither can they perceive, - He hath besmeared - past seeing - their eyes, Past understanding, their hearts; And no one reflecteth - There is neither knowledge nor discernment - to say, Half thereof, have I burned up in the fire Moreover also I have baked, on the coals thereof, breed, I roasted flesh, and have been eating, - And of the remainder thereof, an abomination, shall I make? And, to a log of wood, shall I pay adoration? He is feeding on ashes, A deluded heart, hath turned him aside, - And he cannot deliver his own soul nor say, Is there not a falsehood in my right hand?

Assemble yourselves and come Draw near together, ye escaped of the nations, - They know not Who carry the wood of their carved image, And pray unto a GOD who cannot save.

therefore told I thee - in time past, Ere yet it came, I let thee hear, - Lest thou shouldest say Mine idol wrought them, Yea, my carved image and my molten image, commanded them!

As the shame of a thief when he is found, So, hath been put to shame, the house of Israel, - They, their kings their princes, and their priests and their prophets: Saying, to a tree, My father, art thou! And to a stone, Thou, didst give us birth, For they have turned unto me the back and not the face, - But in the time of their calamity, they will say, Arise, and save us! Where then are thy gods which thou hast made for thyself? Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy calamity, - For according to the number of thy cities, have become thy gods O Judah.

Yea though it had come to pass that through the levity of her unchastity, she had defiled the land, - and committed adultery with Stone and with Tree,

None, there is, like unto thee, O Yahweh, - Great, art, thou, And, great, is thy Name, for might. Who would not revere thee, O King of nations? For, thee, doth it beseem; Forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations And throughout all their royal estate, None, there is like unto thee. But at once, do they become brutish and stupid, - An example of utmost vanity, is, a tree!

And as for that which is rising up on your spirit, it shall mot at all come to pass, In that ye are saying Let us be like the nations Like the families of the lands, By ministering unto Wood and Stone!

Belshazzar the king, made a great feast, to a thousand of his nobles, - and, before the thousand, was drinking, wine. Belshazzar, gave word, at the flavour of the wine, to bring the vessels of gold and silver, which Nebuchadnezzar his father, had brought forth, out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, - that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, might drink therein. Then brought they the vessels of gold which had been taken out of the temple of the house of God, which was in Jerusalem, - and the king and his nobles, his wives and, his concubines, drank therein:read more.
they drank wine, - and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.

My people, of their Wood, do ask, - Let, their Staff, then tell them, - for, the spirit of unchastity, hath led them astray, and they have unchastely departed from under their God.

About the calves of Beth-aven, will the inhabitant of Samaria be concerned, - for the people thereof, have mourned over it, and, the ascetics thereof, who, over it, used to exult, shall mourn for the glory thereof, because it hath departed therefrom. Itself also, to Assyria, shall be borne along, as a present to a hostile king, - shame, shall Ephraim receive, that Israel, may be ashamed, of his own counsel.

Alas! for him who saith to wood, Awake, bestir thee! to a silent stone, he, shall teach! Though he is overlaid with gold and silver, yet, no spirit whatsoever, is in him!

And, the rest of mankind who were not slain by these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, - that they should not do homage unto the demons, nor unto the idols of gold and of silver and of copper and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

See, I have called by name, Bezaleel, son of Uri, son of Hur of the tribe of Judah; and have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and in understanding, and in knowledge and in all manner of workmanship; to devise skilful designs, to work in gold and in silver, and in bronze;read more.
and in the cutting of stones for setting, and in the carving of wood, - to work in all manner of workmanship,

And Moses said unto the sons of Israel - See! Yahweh hath called by name, - Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and filled him with the spirit of God, - in, wisdom in understanding and in knowledge, and in all manner of execution; to devise skilful designs, - to work in gold and in silver and in bronze;read more.
and in the cutting of stones for setting, and in the cutting of wood, - to work in any manner of skilful workmanship,

Now, therefore, have I sent a wise man, skilled in understanding, pertaining to Huram my father: son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a man of Tyre, skilled to work in gold and in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stones and in timber, in purple, in blue and in fine white linen, and in crimson, and to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any manner of device that may be given to him, with thy wise men, and the wise men of my lord David thy father.

Also, lots, did we cast, concerning the offering of wood among the priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring it unto the house of our God, by our ancestral houses, at times arranged, year by year, - to burn upon the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law.

So Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took his two young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the pieces of wood for an ascending-sacrifice, and mounted and went his way unto the place which God had named to him. It was, on the third day, that Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said unto his young men - Tarry by yourselves here with the ass, but I and the young man must go yonder, - that we may bow ourselves down and return unto you.read more.
So Abraham took the pieces of wood for the ascending-sacrifice, and laid them on Isaac his son, and took in his own hand the fire and the knife, and they went on their way, both of them together. Then said Isaac unto Abraham his father, then said he; My father! And he said, Behold me, my son, And he said, Behold the fire, and the pieces of wood, - but where is the lamb, for an ascending-sacrifice? And Abraham said, God, will provide for himself the lamb for an ascending-sacrifice, my son! So they went on their way, both of them, together. Then came they into the place which God had named to him, and Abraham built there the altar, and aid in order the pieces of wood, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, above the pieces of wood. And Abraham put forth his hand, and took the knife, - to slay his son. Then called out unto him the messenger of Yahweh out of the heavens, and said. Abraham, Abraham! And he said Behold me! Then he said, Do not put forth thy hand unto the young man, neither do to him - anything at all, - for, now, know I that one who reverest God, thou art, when thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! a ram, behind, caught in a thicket by his horns, and Abraham went, and took the ram, and caused him to ascend as an ascending-sacrifice instead of his son.

If an ascending-sacrifice, be his oblation - of the herd, a male without defect, shall he bring near, - unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, shall he bring it, for its acceptance, before Yahweh. Then shall he lean his hand, upon the head of the ascending-sacrifice, - and it shall be accepted for him to put a propitiatory covering over him; and he shall slay the young bullock before Yahweh, - and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall bring near the blood, and shall dash the blood against the altar round about, even the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.read more.
Then shall he flay the ascending-sacrifice, - and cut it up into its pieces. And the sons of Aaron the priest shall place fire upon the altar, - and arrange wood, upon the fire. And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall arrange the pieces, the head and the fat, - upon the wood, that is on the fire, that is on the altar. But its inwards and its legs, shall they bathe with water, - then shall the priest make, of the whole, a perfume at the altar, an ascending-sacrifice an altar-flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh. But, if of the flock, be his oblation, - of the sheep or of the goats, for an ascending-sacrifice, a male without defect, shall he bring near. And he shall slay it on the side of the altar northward, before Yahweh, - and the sons of Aaron the priests shall dash its blood against the altar round about. And he shall cut it up into its pieces, and its head, and its fat, - and the priest shall arrange them upon the wood that is on the fire, that is on the altar, But the inwards and the legs, shall he bathe in water, - then shall the priest bring near the whole and make a perfume at the altar, an ascending-sacrifice, it is an altar-flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh. But, if, of birds, be the ascending-sacrifice of his oblation unto Yahweh, then shall he bring near of the turtle-doves or of the young pigeons, his oblation. And the priest shall bring it near unto the altar shall nip off its head, and make a perfume at the altar, - and its blood shall be drained out upon the wall of the altar. Then shall he take away its crop with its plumage, - and cast it beside the altar, eastward, into the place of fat ashes; and he shall cleave it in its wings - he shall not divide it asunder, so shall the priest make a perfume therewith, at the altar, upon the wood that is on the fire, - an ascending-sacrifice, it is, an altar-flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh.

But, if a peace-offering, be his oblation, if, of the herd, he himself, be bringing near, - whether male or female, without defect, shall he bring it near before Yahweh. Then shall he lean his hand upon the head of his oblation, and slay it at the entrance of the tent of meeting, - and the sons of Aaron the priests shall dash the blood against the altar round about, Then shall he bring near out of the peace-offering, an altar-flame unto Yahweh, - the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards;read more.
and the two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them, which is upon the loins, - and the caul upon the liver, upon the kidneys, shall he remove it. Then shall the sons of Aaron make thereof a perfume at the altar, upon the ascending-sacrifice which is on the wood, which is on the fire, - an altar-flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh.

And, the waggon, entered into the field of Joshua, a man of Beth-shemesh, and stood still, there, where also, was a great stone, - so they clave into pieces the planks of the waggon, and, the kine, offered they up as an ascending-sacrifice, unto Yahweh.

Then said Araunah unto David, Let my lord the king accept it and cause to ascend what is good in his own eyes, - see! the oxen for the ascending-sacrifice, and the threshing-sledges and ox-yokes for wood. The whole, did Araunah give, as a king to a king. And Araunah said unto the king, Yahweh thy God, accept thee!

And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do what is good in his own eyes, - see! I have given the oxen for ascending-sacrifices, and, the threshing implements for wood, and the wheat for a meal-offering, - the whole, have I given.

Then said Elijah unto the people - I, am left, Yahweh's, only, prophet, - but, the prophets of Baal, are four hundred and fifty men. Let there be given us, therefore, two bullocks, and let them choose for themselves one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and lay it upon the wood, but, fire, shall they not put, - then, I, will make ready the other bullock, and place upon the wood, but, fire, will I not put. Then shall ye call on the name of your god, and, I, will call on the name of Yahweh, and it shall be, the God that respondeth by fire, he, is GOD. And all the people responded - Well spoken!

Put thou forth therefore, against the perverse house a parable, and say unto them Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh: Sot on the caldron set it on, Moreover also pour into it water: Gather the pieces thereof into it, Every good piece thigh and shoulder, With the choice of the bones, fill it: Take of the choice of the rock, Moreover also pe of bones place under it,- Bo the pieces thereof, Yea let the bones of it seethe in the midst thereof.

Without wood a fire is quenched, and, where there is no tattler, strife is hushed. Black coal to burning blocks, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man, for kindling strife.

Son of man, What can the vine-tree be more than any other tree, - any branch which hath been found among the trees of the forest? Shall there be taken from it wood, to be made into any work? Or will men take therefrom a peg, to hang thereon any vessel? Lo! into the fire, it is given up for fuel, - The two ends thereof, doth the fire devour, And the middle thereof is charred, Is it fit for any work?read more.
Lo! when it was yet whole, it could not be made into any work, - how much less when !the fire hath devoured it. and it is charred, can it still be made into any work? Therefore Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, As a vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given up to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Therefore will I set my face against them, Out of one fire, have they come forth But another fire, shall devour them, - So shall ye know that, I, am Yahweh, by my setting my face against them; I will therefore give up the land as a desolation, - because they have committed treachery, Declareth My Lord., Yahweh.

as when one entereth with his neighbour into a forest, to fell trees, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe, to cut down the tree, and the head flieth off from the handle, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die, he, shall flee into one of these cities, and live;

While the sons of Israel were in the desert, they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day. And they who found him gathering sticks, brought him near, unto Moses and unto Aaron and unto all the assembly. And they put him in ward, - because it was not clear what they should do unto him.read more.
Then said Yahweh unto Moses, The man shall be, put to death, - all the assembly, stoning him with stones, outside the camp. So then all the assembly, put him forth, outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.

Ye are stationed, to-day, all of you, before Yahweh your God, - your heads your tribes, and your elders and your officers, every man of Israel; your little ones your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, - from him that heweth thy wood unto him that draweth thy water:

Now, the inhabitants of Gibeon, heard that which Joshua had done unto Jericho and unto Ai; they, however, acted craftily, and went and started, - and took old sacks for their asses, and leathern wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; and sandals, old and patched, upon their feet, and worn-out mantles upon them, - and, all the bread of their provision, was dry and broken.read more.
So they took their journey unto Joshua, unto the camp, at Gilgal, - and said unto him, and unto the men of Israel, From a far country, are we come, Now, therefore, solemnise with us a covenant. And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, - Peradventure, in our midst, ye are dwelling, how then can we solemnise with you a covenant? And they said unto Joshua: Thy servants, we are. And Joshua said unto them: Who, are ye? And, from whence, come ye? And they said unto him - From a very far country, have thy servants come, because of the name of Yahweh thy God, - because we had heard his fame, and all that he had done in Egypt; and all that he had done unto the two kings of the Amorites who were over the Jordan, - unto Sihon, king of Heshbon, and unto Og, king of Bashan, who was in Ashtaroth. So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land spake unto us, saying - Take ye, in your hand, provision for the journey, and go your way to meet them, - then shall ye say unto them, Your servants, we are. Now, therefore, solemnise with us a covenant. This our bread, took we, hot, for our provision, out of our houses, on the day we came forth to journey unto you, - but, now, lo! it is dry, yea it is broken; and, these leathern wine bottles, which we filled new, lo! also, they are rent, - and, as for these our mantles and our sandals, they are worn out, by reason of the very long journey. So the men took of their provision, - but, the bidding of Yahweh, had they not asked. And Joshua made peace with them, and solemnised with them a covenant to let them live, - and the princes of the assembly, entered into an oath with them. And it came to pass, at the end of three days after they had solemnised with them a covenant, that they heard that, near neighbours, they were unto them, and, in their midst, they were dwelling. So the sons of Israel brake up, and came in unto their cities on the third day, - their cities, being Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. And the sons of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the assembly had sworn unto them by Yahweh, God of Israel, - but all the assembly murmured against the princes. And all the princes said unto all the assembly, We, have sworn unto them, by Yahweh, God of Israel, - now, therefore, we may not touch them. This, will we do unto them, even let them live, - lest there come on us wrath, because of the oath which we have sworn unto them. And the princes said unto them - Let them live. So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the assembly, as the princes spake unto them. And Joshua called for them, and spake unto them, saying, - Wherefore did ye deceive us, saying - We are, very far, from you, whereas, ye, in our midst, are dwelling? Now, therefore, accursed, ye are, - and ye shall not cease to be in bond-service as hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God. And they responded to Joshua, and said - Because it was, plainly told, thy servants, how that Yahweh thy God had commanded Moses his servant to give unto you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, - therefore feared we greatly, for our lives, because of you, and did this thing. Now, therefore, here we are, in thy hand, - as may be good and right in thine eyes, to do unto us, do. And he did to them so, - and rescued them out of the hand of the sons of Israel, and they slew them not. And Joshua appointed them that day to be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the assembly, - and unto the altar of Yahweh, as they are until this day, in the place which he should choose.

And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, - See, we pray thee, the place wherein we sit before thee, is too strait for us. Let us go, we pray thee, as far as the Jordan, and fetch from thence every man a single beam, and let us make us a place wherein we may sit. And he said - Go ye. Then said one - Be content, we pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he said - I myself, will go.read more.
So he went with them, - and, when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood. And it came to pass, as one was felling a branch, that, the axe-head, fell into the water, so he made outcry and said - Alas! my lord, for, it, was borrowed! And the man of God said - Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a piece of wood and cast it in thither, and the iron did swim. And he said - Take it up to thee. So he put forth his hand, and took it.

In that day, will I make the chiefs of Judah like a pan of fire among sticks, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf, so shall they devour, on the right hand and on the left, all the peoples round about; so shall Jerusalem yet, be inhabited, in her own place, as Jerusalem.

He counteth iron as broken straw, and bronze as rotten wood:

They have acted deceptively against Yahweh, And have said, Not He! Neither shall there come upon us, calamity, Nor sword nor famine, shall we see; But the prophets, shall prove to be wind, And there is no one speaking in them, - Thus, shall it be done to themselves! Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, God of hosts, Because ye have spoken this word, - Behold me! making my words in thy mouth to be fire, And, this people, - wood, So shall it devour them.

Thou therefore Son of man Take thee one stick, and write upon it For Judah, and for the sons of Israel his companions, Then take thou another stick, and write upon it For Joseph the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel his companions. Then bring them near - the one to the other - for thee into one stick,- And they shall become united in thy hand. And when the sons of thy people speak unto thee I. saying,- Wt thou not tell us what these things are to thee?read more.
speak unto them Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Lo! I, myself, am going to take the stick of Joseph. which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions, - And I will place them upon it even upon the stick of Judah. And will make of them one stick, And they shall become one in my hand. And the sticks whereon thou shalt write shall remain in thy hand before their eyes. Therefore speak thou unto them Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Lo! myself am going to take the sons of Israel, from among the nations whither they have gone, - And I will gather them from every side, And will bring them in upon their own so; And will make of them one nation in the land. among the mountains of Israel, And one king, shall they all have for king, - And they shall remain no longer two nations, Nor shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more. Neither shall they defile themselves any more With their manufactured gods or With their detestable things, or With any of their transgressions,- But I will save them out of all their dwelling- places, wherein they have sinned, And I will cleanse them And they shall become nay people, And I, will become their God. And my servant David shall be king over them, And one shepherd, shall they all have, And in my regulations, shall they walk, And my statutes, shall they observe and do them. And they shall dwell upon the land. which I gave to my servant- to Jacob, Wherein your fathers dwelt, - Yea they shall dwell thereupon. They, and their children and their children's children Unto times age-abiding, And David my servant shall be prince unto them Unto times age-abiding. And I will solemnise to them a covenant of prosperity, A covenant age-abiding, shall it be with them, - And I will place them. And multiply them, And set my sanctuary in the midst of them. Unto times age-abiding. And my habitation shall be over them, And I will become their God,- And they, shall become my people, So shall the nations know that I, Yahweh, am hallowing Israel,- When my sanctuary is in the midst of them Unto times age-abiding.