And the king of Egypt speaketh to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, (of whom the name of the one is Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah),

for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down;

And they journey from Kehelathah, and encamp in mount Shapher;

and they journey from mount Shapher, and encamp in Haradah.

'But thus thou dost to them: their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and their shrines ye cut down, and their graven images ye burn with fire;

And the sons of Israel journey and come in unto their cities on the third day -- and their cities are Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-Jearim --

and Chephar-Haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities and their villages.

and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Sons of Kirjath-Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.

Men of Kirjath-Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven hundred forty and three.

'I go before thee, and crooked places make straight, Two-leaved doors of brass I shiver, And bars of iron I cut asunder,

Pass over for thee, O inhabitant of Shaphir, Naked one of shame. Not gone out hath the inhabitant of Zaanan, The lamentation of Beth-Ezel doth take from you its standing.