18th April

¹ These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.² (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)³ And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;⁴ After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:⁵ On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,⁶ The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:⁷ Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.⁸ Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.⁹ And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:¹⁰ The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.¹¹ (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)¹² How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?¹³ Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.¹⁴ And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.¹⁵ So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.¹⁶ And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.¹⁷ Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.¹⁸ And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.¹⁹ And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.²⁰ And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.²¹ Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.²² And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.²³ And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:²⁴ And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.²⁵ And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.²⁶ Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:²⁷ And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.²⁸ Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.²⁹ Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.³⁰ The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;³¹ And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.³² Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,³³ Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.³⁴ And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,³⁵ Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers.³⁶ Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.³⁷ Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.³⁸ But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.³⁹ Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.⁴⁰ But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.⁴¹ Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.⁴² And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.⁴³ So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.⁴⁴ And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.⁴⁵ And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.⁴⁶ So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.

¹ The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.² For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.³ A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.⁴ They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.⁵ Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.⁶ Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.⁷ Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.⁸ He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.⁹ He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.¹⁰ Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.¹¹ The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.¹² When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.¹³ He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.¹⁴ Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.¹⁵ As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.¹⁶ The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.¹⁷ A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.¹⁸ Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.¹⁹ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.²⁰ A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.²¹ To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.²² He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.²³ He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.²⁴ Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.²⁵ He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.²⁶ He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.²⁷ He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.²⁸ When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

¹ Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.² (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)³ Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.⁴ When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.⁵ Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.⁶ When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.⁷ Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.⁸ His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?⁹ Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.¹⁰ But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.¹¹ These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.¹² Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.¹³ Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.¹⁴ Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.¹⁵ And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.¹⁶ Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.¹⁷ Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.¹⁸ Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:¹⁹ And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.²⁰ Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.²¹ Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.²² But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.²³ Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.²⁴ Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.²⁵ Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:²⁶ And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?²⁷ She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.²⁸ And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.²⁹ As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.³⁰ Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.³¹ The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.³² Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.³³ When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.³⁴ And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.³⁵ Jesus wept.³⁶ Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!³⁷ And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?³⁸ Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.³⁹ Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.⁴⁰ Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?⁴¹ Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.⁴² And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.⁴³ And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.⁴⁴ And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.⁴⁵ Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.⁴⁶ But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.⁴⁷ Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.⁴⁸ If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.⁴⁹ And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,⁵⁰ Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.⁵¹ And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;⁵² And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.⁵³ Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.⁵⁴ Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.⁵⁵ And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.⁵⁶ Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?⁵⁷ Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.