The One Year Bible KJV (74 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
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 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
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 even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
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 it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
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 that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
5
 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife
was
of the daughters of Aaron, and her name
was
Elisabeth.
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 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
7
 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were
now
well stricken in years.
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 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,
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 according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
10
 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
11
 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
12
 And when Zacharias saw
him,
he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
13
 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
14
 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
15
 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
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 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
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 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
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 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
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 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
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 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
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 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
22
 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
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 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
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 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
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 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on
me,
to take away my reproach among men.
To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.
1
 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
2
 Mine enemies would daily swallow
me
up: for
they be
many that fight against me, O thou most High.
3
 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
4
 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
5
 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts
are
against me for evil.
6
 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
7
 Shall they escape by iniquity? in
thine
anger cast down the people, O God.
8
 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle:
are they
not in thy book?
9
 When I cry
unto thee,
then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God
is
for me.
10
 In God will I praise
his
word: in the L
ORD
will I praise
his
word.
11
 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12
 Thy vows
are
upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
13
 For thou hast delivered my soul from death:
wilt
not
thou deliver
my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
8
 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
1
 And
when
king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took
some
of them prisoners.
2
 And Israel vowed a vow unto the L
ORD
, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
3
 And the L
ORD
hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
4
 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
5
 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for
there is
no bread, neither
is there any
water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
6
 And the L
ORD
sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
7
 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the L
ORD
, and against thee; pray unto the L
ORD
, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
8
 And the L
ORD
said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
9
 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
10
 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
11
 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which
is
before Moab, toward the sunrising.
12
 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
13
 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which
is
in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon
is
the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14
 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the L
ORD
, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
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 and at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
16
 And from thence
they went
to Beer: that
is
the well whereof the L
ORD
spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17
 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
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 the princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by
the direction of
the lawgiver, with their staves.
And from the wilderness
they went
to Mattanah:
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 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
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 and from Bamoth
in
the valley that
is
in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
21
 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22
 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink
of
the waters of the well:
but
we will go along by the king's
high
way, until we be past thy borders.
23
 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
24
 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon
was
strong.
25
 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
26
 For Heshbon
was
the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
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 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
28
 for there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab,
and
the lords of the high places of Arnon.
29
 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
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 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which
reacheth
unto Medeba.
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 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
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 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that
were
there.
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 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
34
 And the L
ORD
said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
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 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
22:
1
 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan
by
Jericho.
2
 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3
 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they
were
many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
4
 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all
that are
round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor
was
king of the Moabites at that time.
5
 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which
is
by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
6
 come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they
are
too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail,
that
we may smite them, and
that
I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest
is
blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
7
 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
8
 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the L
ORD
shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
9
 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men
are
these with thee?
10
 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me,
saying,
11
 Behold,
there is
a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
12
 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they
are
blessed.
13
 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the L
ORD
refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
14
 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
15
 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
16
 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
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 for I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
18
 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the L
ORD
my God, to do less or more.
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 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the L
ORD
will say unto me more.
20
 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up,
and
go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.