Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Amen » A word used to reenforce a statement
and these waters which cause the curse have gone into thy bowels, to cause the belly to swell, and the thigh to fall; and the woman hath said, Amen, Amen.
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'These do stand, to bless the people, on mount Gerizzim, in your passing over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. And these do stand, for the reviling, on mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. And the Levites have answered and said unto every man of Israel -- a loud voice: read more.
Cursed is the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put it in a secret place, -- and all the people have answered and said, Amen. Cursed is He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is causing the blind to err in the way, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who doth not establish the words of this law, to do them, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed is the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put it in a secret place, -- and all the people have answered and said, Amen. Cursed is He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is causing the blind to err in the way, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who doth not establish the words of this law, to do them, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
also, my lap I have shaken, and I say, 'Thus doth God shake out every man, who doth not perform this thing, from his house, and from his labour; yea, thus is he shaken out and empty;' and all the assembly say, 'Amen,' and praise Jehovah; and the people do according to this thing.
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for as many as are promises of God, in him are the Yes, and in him the Amen, for glory to God through us;
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and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.
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he saith -- who is testifying these things -- 'Yes, I come quickly!' Amen! Yes, be coming, Lord Jesus!
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Incest » Defined and forbidden
None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I am Jehovah. The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she is thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness. The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it is the nakedness of thy father. read more.
'The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness. The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter: thou dost not uncover their nakedness; for theirs is thy nakedness. The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness. The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she is a relation of thy father. The nakedness of thy mother's sister thou dost not uncover; for she is thy mother's relation. The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she is thine aunt. The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she is thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness. The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it is thy brother's nakedness. The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they are her relations; it is wickedness. 'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.
'The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness. The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter: thou dost not uncover their nakedness; for theirs is thy nakedness. The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness. The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she is a relation of thy father. The nakedness of thy mother's sister thou dost not uncover; for she is thy mother's relation. The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she is thine aunt. The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she is thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness. The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it is thy brother's nakedness. The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they are her relations; it is wickedness. 'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.
And a man who lieth with his father's wife -- the nakedness of his father he hath uncovered -- both of them are certainly put to death; their blood is on them. And a man who lieth with his daughter-in-law -- both of them are certainly put to death; confusion they have made; their blood is on them.
As to sons of Reuben, first-born of Israel -- for he is the first-born, and on account of his profaning the couch of his father hath his birthright been given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, and he is not to be reckoned by genealogy for the birthright,
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'And a man who taketh his sister, a daughter of his father or daughter of his mother, and he hath seen her nakedness, and she seeth his nakedness: it is a shame; and they have been cut off before the eyes of the sons of their people; the nakedness of his sister he hath uncovered; his iniquity he beareth.
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'And the nakedness of thy mother's sister, and of thy father's sister, thou dost not uncover; because his relation he hath made bare; their iniquity they bear. 'And a man who lieth with his aunt, the nakedness of his uncle he hath uncovered; their sin they bear; childless they die. And a man who taketh his brother's wife -- it is impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.
'A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.
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Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. read more.
Cursed is he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed is he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
And each with the wife of his neighbour hath done abomination, And each his daughter-in-law hath defiled through wickedness, And each his sister, his father's daughter, hath humbled in thee.
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Law » Curses of, responsively read by levites and people at mount ebal and mount gerizim
'These do stand, to bless the people, on mount Gerizzim, in your passing over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. And these do stand, for the reviling, on mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. And the Levites have answered and said unto every man of Israel -- a loud voice: read more.
Cursed is the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put it in a secret place, -- and all the people have answered and said, Amen. Cursed is He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is causing the blind to err in the way, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who doth not establish the words of this law, to do them, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed is the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put it in a secret place, -- and all the people have answered and said, Amen. Cursed is He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is causing the blind to err in the way, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who doth not establish the words of this law, to do them, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
And all Israel, and its elders, and authorities, and its judges, are standing on this side and on that of the ark, over-against the priests, the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the native, half of them over-against mount Gerizim, and the half of them over-against mount Ebal, as Moses servant of Jehovah commanded to bless the people of Israel at the first. And afterwards he hath proclaimed all the words of the law, the blessing and the reviling, according to all that is written in the book of the law; there hath not been a thing of all that Moses commanded which Joshua hath not proclaimed before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the infants, and the sojourner who is going in their midst.
Sanitation » Uncleanness
Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. read more.
Cursed is he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed is he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
'And unto the sons of Israel thou dost say, Any man of the sons of Israel, and of the sojourners who is sojourning in Israel, who giveth of his seed to the Molech, is certainly put to death; the people of the land do stone him with stones; and I -- I set My face against that man, and have cut him off from the midst of his people, for of his seed he hath given to the Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary, and to pollute My holy name. 'And if the people of the land really hide their eyes from that man, in his giving of his seed to the Molech, so as not to put him to death, read more.
then I have set My face against that man, and against his family, and have cut him off, and all who are going a-whoring after him, even going a-whoring after the Molech, from the midst of their people. 'And the person who turneth unto those having familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to go a-whoring after them, I have even set My face against that person, and cut him off from the midst of his people.
then I have set My face against that man, and against his family, and have cut him off, and all who are going a-whoring after him, even going a-whoring after the Molech, from the midst of their people. 'And the person who turneth unto those having familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to go a-whoring after them, I have even set My face against that person, and cut him off from the midst of his people.
And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife -- who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour -- the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death. And a man who lieth with his father's wife -- the nakedness of his father he hath uncovered -- both of them are certainly put to death; their blood is on them. And a man who lieth with his daughter-in-law -- both of them are certainly put to death; confusion they have made; their blood is on them. read more.
And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood is on them. And a man who taketh the woman and her mother -- it is wickedness; with fire they burn him and them, and there is no wickedness in your midst. 'And a man who giveth his lying with a beast is certainly put to death, and the beast ye do slay. And a woman who draweth near unto any beast to lie with it -- thou hast even slain the woman and the beast; they are certainly put to death; their blood is on them. 'And a man who taketh his sister, a daughter of his father or daughter of his mother, and he hath seen her nakedness, and she seeth his nakedness: it is a shame; and they have been cut off before the eyes of the sons of their people; the nakedness of his sister he hath uncovered; his iniquity he beareth. And a man who lieth with a sick woman, and hath uncovered her nakedness, her fountain he hath made bare, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood, -- even both of them have been cut off from the midst of their people. 'And the nakedness of thy mother's sister, and of thy father's sister, thou dost not uncover; because his relation he hath made bare; their iniquity they bear. 'And a man who lieth with his aunt, the nakedness of his uncle he hath uncovered; their sin they bear; childless they die. And a man who taketh his brother's wife -- it is impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.
And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood is on them. And a man who taketh the woman and her mother -- it is wickedness; with fire they burn him and them, and there is no wickedness in your midst. 'And a man who giveth his lying with a beast is certainly put to death, and the beast ye do slay. And a woman who draweth near unto any beast to lie with it -- thou hast even slain the woman and the beast; they are certainly put to death; their blood is on them. 'And a man who taketh his sister, a daughter of his father or daughter of his mother, and he hath seen her nakedness, and she seeth his nakedness: it is a shame; and they have been cut off before the eyes of the sons of their people; the nakedness of his sister he hath uncovered; his iniquity he beareth. And a man who lieth with a sick woman, and hath uncovered her nakedness, her fountain he hath made bare, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood, -- even both of them have been cut off from the midst of their people. 'And the nakedness of thy mother's sister, and of thy father's sister, thou dost not uncover; because his relation he hath made bare; their iniquity they bear. 'And a man who lieth with his aunt, the nakedness of his uncle he hath uncovered; their sin they bear; childless they die. And a man who taketh his brother's wife -- it is impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.
Sexual activities » Those that commit incest
And a man who lieth with his father's wife -- the nakedness of his father he hath uncovered -- both of them are certainly put to death; their blood is on them. And a man who lieth with his daughter-in-law -- both of them are certainly put to death; confusion they have made; their blood is on them.
Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
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The word of God » The people stood and responded by saying, "amen,"
'These do stand, to bless the people, on mount Gerizzim, in your passing over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. And these do stand, for the reviling, on mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. And the Levites have answered and said unto every man of Israel -- a loud voice: read more.
Cursed is the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put it in a secret place, -- and all the people have answered and said, Amen. Cursed is He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is causing the blind to err in the way, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who doth not establish the words of this law, to do them, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed is the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put it in a secret place, -- and all the people have answered and said, Amen. Cursed is He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is causing the blind to err in the way, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who doth not establish the words of this law, to do them, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
and he taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, 'All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.'
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And Ezra openeth the book before the eyes of all the people -- for above all the people he hath been -- and at his opening it all the people have stood up, and Ezra blesseth Jehovah, the great God, and all the people answer, 'Amen, Amen,' with lifting up of their hands, and they bow and do obeisance to Jehovah -- faces to the earth.
Worship » The word of God read in public assemblies
'These do stand, to bless the people, on mount Gerizzim, in your passing over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. And these do stand, for the reviling, on mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. And the Levites have answered and said unto every man of Israel -- a loud voice: read more.
Cursed is the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put it in a secret place, -- and all the people have answered and said, Amen. Cursed is He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is causing the blind to err in the way, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who doth not establish the words of this law, to do them, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed is the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put it in a secret place, -- and all the people have answered and said, Amen. Cursed is He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is causing the blind to err in the way, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen. Cursed is he who doth not establish the words of this law, to do them, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
and he taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, 'All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.'
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till I come, give heed to the reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching;
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And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, 'By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?'
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And all Israel, and its elders, and authorities, and its judges, are standing on this side and on that of the ark, over-against the priests, the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the native, half of them over-against mount Gerizim, and the half of them over-against mount Ebal, as Moses servant of Jehovah commanded to bless the people of Israel at the first. And afterwards he hath proclaimed all the words of the law, the blessing and the reviling, according to all that is written in the book of the law; there hath not been a thing of all that Moses commanded which Joshua hath not proclaimed before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the infants, and the sojourner who is going in their midst.
And on the second day have been gathered heads of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to act wisely concerning the words of the law. And they find written in the law that Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, that the sons of Israel dwell in booths in the feast, in the seventh month, and that they proclaim and cause to pass over all their cities, (and in Jerusalem,) saying, 'Go ye out to the mount, and bring leaves of the olive, and leaves of the oil tree, and leaves of the myrtle, and leaves of the palms, and leaves of thick trees, to make booths as it is written.' read more.
And the people go out, and bring in, and make for themselves booths, each on his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water-gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim. And they make -- all the assembly of the captives of the captivity -- booths, and they sit in booths; for the sons of Israel had not done, from the days of Jeshua son of Nun, so unto that day, and there is very great joy. And he readeth in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last day, and they make a feast seven days, and on the eighth day a restraint, according to the ordinance.
And the people go out, and bring in, and make for themselves booths, each on his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water-gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim. And they make -- all the assembly of the captives of the captivity -- booths, and they sit in booths; for the sons of Israel had not done, from the days of Jeshua son of Nun, so unto that day, and there is very great joy. And he readeth in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last day, and they make a feast seven days, and on the eighth day a restraint, according to the ordinance.
in the coming in of all Israel to see the face of Jehovah in the place which He chooseth, thou dost proclaim this law before all Israel, in their ears. Assemble the people, the men, and the women, and the infants, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, so that they hear, and so that they learn, and have feared Jehovah your God, and observed to do all the words of this law; and their sons, who have not known, do hear, and have learned to fear Jehovah your God all the days which ye are living on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'
And all the people are gathered as one man unto the broad place that is before the water-gate, and they say to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, that Jehovah commanded Israel. And Ezra the priest bringeth the law before the assembly, both of men and women, and every one intelligent to hear, on the first day of the seventh month, and he readeth in it before the broad place that is before the water-gate, from the light till the middle of the day, over-against the men, and the women, and those intelligent, and the ears of all the people are unto the book of the law. read more.
And Ezra the scribe standeth on a tower of wood that they made for the purpose, and Mattithiah standeth near him, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right; and on his left Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam. And Ezra openeth the book before the eyes of all the people -- for above all the people he hath been -- and at his opening it all the people have stood up, and Ezra blesseth Jehovah, the great God, and all the people answer, 'Amen, Amen,' with lifting up of their hands, and they bow and do obeisance to Jehovah -- faces to the earth. And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, giving the people understanding in the law, and the people, are on their station, and they read in the book, in the law of God, explaining -- so as to give the meaning, and they give understanding to the convocation.
And Ezra the scribe standeth on a tower of wood that they made for the purpose, and Mattithiah standeth near him, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right; and on his left Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam. And Ezra openeth the book before the eyes of all the people -- for above all the people he hath been -- and at his opening it all the people have stood up, and Ezra blesseth Jehovah, the great God, and all the people answer, 'Amen, Amen,' with lifting up of their hands, and they bow and do obeisance to Jehovah -- faces to the earth. And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, giving the people understanding in the law, and the people, are on their station, and they read in the book, in the law of God, explaining -- so as to give the meaning, and they give understanding to the convocation.
And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem, and the king goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and every man of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from small unto great, and he readeth in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that is found in the house of Jehovah. And the king standeth by the pillar, and maketh the covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all the heart, and with all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written on this book, and all the people stand in the covenant.
And he came to Nazareth, where he hath been brought up, and he went in, according to his custom, on the sabbath-day, to the synagogue, and stood up to read; and there was given over to him a roll of Isaiah the prophet, and having unfolded the roll, he found the place where it hath been written: