The ordinances

Before CHRIST 574

Heb. when ye cause the land to fall.

a ch. 47. 22. b ch. 48. 8. + Heb. holiness.

e ch. 42. 20.

1 Or, void places.

4 ch. 46. 10

e ver. 1. ch. 48. 10. &c.

fch. 48. 13.

17.

A ch. 48. 15.

CHAPTER 45.

1 The portion of land for the sanctuary. 6 for the city, 7 and for the prince. 9 Ordinances for the prince.

MOB the land for inheritance, ye OREOVER, when ye shall divide shall 16 offer an oblation unto the LORD, tan holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be B ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the 3 suburbs thereof.

3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: dand in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.

5fAnd 5 the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a 7 See ch. 40. possession B for twenty chambers B. 6 And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. 7 ¶ And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.

i ch. 48. 21.

ch. 46. 18. See Jer. 22. 17. ch. 22. 27. Ich. 44. 6. Jer. 22. 3. † Heb.

expulsions.

■ Lev. 19. 35, 36.

Prov. 11. 1.

• Ex. 30. 13. Lev 27. 25. Num. 3. 47.

8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel and my princes shall no more oppress my people; 10 and the rest of the land shall they give 10 to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 'Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, 11 take away your exactions from my people ", saith the Lord GOD.

10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah 12 of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah 12 of an homer of barley:

14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part

VAR. REND.-Chap. 45. 1 V. 1. See Ex. 25. 2. 2 So Hä. Ke. Or, cubits, Bö. Ew. Hi. Thr.3 . 2. pasture-ground (Num. 35. 2). -4 V. 4. An holy, &c., shall it. 5 V. 5. Omit. 6 cells.7 V. 6. hard by. V. 7. in length it shall be answerable unto any one of the (other). 9 V. 8. For a domain shall it be unto him, for a. 10 but shall give the land. V. 9. cease to expel my people from their possessions. 12 V. 13. out of.

VAR. READ.-Chap. 45. V. I. B twenty, Sept. Hi. Ke.; see r. 3. V. 5. B for cities to dwell in, Sept. Hi. Er. Ke.

for the prince Before

of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:

CHRIST

15 And one lamb out of the flock, out, of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a of two hundred, out of the fat pastures burnt offering, and for peace offerings, and Pto make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.

16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel. 17 And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all 13 solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and 149 cleanse the sanctuary: 19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.

20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye 15 reconcile the house.

22 And upon that day shall the prince Det prepare for himself and for all the people of the land "a bullock for a sin offering. 23 And seven days of the feast he shall Lev prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a 17 kid of the goats daily for a sin offering24 And he shall prepare a meat offering a of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah 165 for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ch ephah.

25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, 18 shall he do the like in the feast of 18 the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil. CHAPTER 46.

1 Ordinances for the prince in his worship. 9 and for the people. 16 An order for the prince's inheritance. 19 The courts for bailing and baking.

2 And the prince shall enter by the way • #3 of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his barat offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

4 And the burnt offering that the prince beb shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath:

VAR. REND.13 F. 17. the appointed seasons 14 V. 18. See ch. 43. 20. 15 r. 20. make atoar for (Lev. 16. 16.16 v. 21. Lit weeks of.. shaggy buck. 18 V. 25. in the feast riz. that weeks), shall he do the like during.

VAR. READ. V. 21. B So E. Hi. with Teriza (1.); a week of, Ke. (l.)

Before day shall be six lambs without blemish, CHRIST and a ram without blemish. 574.

ech. 45. 24. ver. 7, il. + Heb.

the gift of his hand. Deut. 16. 17.

d ver. 2.

Ex. 23. 14 -17 Deut. 16. 16.

/ ver. 5.

2 ch. 44. 3. ver. 2,

A Ex. 29. 38.

5 And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs tas he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

6 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.

7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof.

9 But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the 1 solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of

Vision of the holy waters.

they shall bake the meat offering; that Before they bear them not out into the utter CHRIST court, to sanctify the people.

21 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, tin every corner of the court there+ was a court.

22 In the four corners of the court there were courts joined 5 of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.

23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about.

24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.

CHAPTER 47.

1 The vision of the holy waters. 6 The virtue of them. 13 The borders of the land. 22 The division of it by lot.

of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.

10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.

11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.

574.

Zech. 13. 1. & 14. 8. Rev. 22. 1.

of the house; and, behold, a waters issued out from under a Joel 3. 18. the threshold of the house eastward for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.

2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right 3 And when the man that had the line ch. 40. 3. in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ancles.

+ Heb. a con of his year.

† Heb.

morning.

14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offerringbing for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a petual ordinance unto the LORD.

per

15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering. 16 Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance. 17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall Lev. 25. 10. be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but ẞ his inheritance shall be his sons' for them 8. 18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession. 19 After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.

4 Again he measured a thousand, brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. 5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a 3 river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen. waters to swim in, a river that could† Heb. not be passed over.

6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the 3 river.

10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even to En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish the great sea, exceeding many. 11 But the miry places thereof and the VAR. REND.-5 V. closed courts, Ge. Ke. Chap. 47. Vs. 1, 2. Heb. shoulder.- 2 V. 2. to that which.- 3 Vs. 5, 6, 9, 12. torrent.- 4 V. 8. district (Josh. 22. 10; lit. circle). 5 Arabah (Deut. 1. 1). 6 V. 9. living soul wherewith it swarmeth.7 Lit. twin torrents. Or, double torrent, He. Ke.8 V. 11. fens.

92.

shall not be healed; CHRIST they shall be given to salt. 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, tshall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

e ver. 7.

+ Heb. shall come up. Job 8. 16. Ps. 1. 3.

Jer. 17. 8.

| Or, principal. Or, for

bruises and

LOTES.

9 Rev. 22. 2.

A Gen. 48. 5.

1 Chr. 5. 1.

ch. 48. 4, 5.

| Or, sore.

i Gen. 12. 7.

& 13. 15.

& 15. 7.

& 17. 8. & 26. 3.

13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall in herit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

Portions of the twelve tribes.

2 And by the border of Dan, from the Before east side unto the west side, a portion for CHRIST Asher.

3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.

4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.

5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.

6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.

7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.

& 28. 13.

38, 42.

ch. 48. 29. I ch. 48. 1. m Num. 34. 8

" Num. 34. 8.

⚫ 2 Sam. 8. 8.

| Or,

the middle
village.

p Num. 34.
9.

ch. 48. 1. ↑ Heb. from between.

? Num. 20.

13.

Deut. 39.51.
Ps. 81. 7.
ch. 48. 28.
Or,
Meribas.

| Or,
valley.

Or, toward Teman.

- See

16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.

17 And the border from the sea shall be P Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and 10 the north northward, and the border of 10 Hamath. ẞ And this ẞ is the north side.

18 And the east side 11 ye shall measure + from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea 11. B And this B is the east side. 19 And the south side southward, from Tamar eren to the waters of 12 strife in Kadesh 12, 13 the river to 13 the great sea. And this B is the south side southward.

20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.

21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.

22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that Ephes, 3.6. sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

NOW these are the names of the

tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus 2 northward, to the coast for these are his sides east of Hamath 3; and west 3; a portion for Dan.

VAR. REND.-9 V. 16. i.e. the middle Hazar. 10 v. 17. on the north, the border on the north shall be, Hi. Ke. V. 18. between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan: from the (north) border unto the east sea shall ye measure it, Hi. Ke-12 V. 19. Or, Meribah-Kadesh (Num. 27. 14). 13 to the torrent (Num. 34. 5), unto.- -Chap. 48. 1 V. 1. by the side, Hi. Ke. , even on the north by the side, Hi. Ke. 3, the east side (and) the west shall be his, Ew. Ke. VAR. READ. -Chap. 47. Vs. 17-19. B This, old MS. at St. Petersburg, Pesh. Ew. Hi.; comp. v. 20.

11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which on have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. 12 7 And this oblation of the land that is Or offered shall be unto them 7 a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. 13 And over against 8 the border of the 4. priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thou-i sand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.

15 And the five thousand, that are!/ch left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane € 1 place for the city, for dwelling, and for 10 suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

17 And the 10 suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hun dred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy porties shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against 8 the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.

VAR. REND.-V. 8. See ch. 45. 1. — 3 Or, 62 Ew. Hi.6 V. 10. on. v. 12. It shall ever theirs, as it were an oblation of the oblatics the land. Ve. 13, 18. hard by. F. 14. 2 Hi. Ke. - 10 Vs. 15, 17. pasture-ground. —————- UȚI. *. 19. the cultivators (i.e. husbandmen) of, Fr. Ke.

Daniel, Hananiah, &c.

Before CHRIST 574.

A ch. 45. 6.

ich. 43. 7.

& ver. 8, 10.

+ Heb. one portion.

20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand ye shall offer 13 the holy oblation foursquare, with 13 the possession of the city.

21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, 14 over against 14 the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward 14 over against 14 the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, 15 over against the portions 15 for the prince: and 16 it shall be the holy oblation; and 16 the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.

22 17 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.

23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.

24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.

25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.

26 And by the border of Issachar, from

27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion. 28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of † strife in Kadesh, and to the 18 river toward 18 the great sea.

29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord God.

Before CHRIST 574.

ch. 47. 19.
Heb.

Meribah kadesh. mch. 47. 14, 21, 22.

12, &c.

30 And these are the 19 goings out 19 of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred 20 measures. 31 And the gates of the city shall be Rev. 21. after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. 32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.

33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred 20 measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.

34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.

35 It was round about eighteen thousand 20 measures : and the name of the city from that day shall be, †P The LORD is there.

o Jer. 33. 16. † Heb. Jehovah. shammah: See Ex. 17. 15.

Judg. 6. 24.
Jer. 3. 17.
Joel 3. 21.
Zech. 2. 10.
Rev. 21. 3.
& 22.3.

Before CHRIST

1.

cir. 607.

CHAPTER 1.

1 Jehoiakim's captivity. 3 Ashpenaz taketh Daniel. Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 8 They refusing the king's portion do prosper with pulse and water. 17 Their excellency in wisdom. the third year of e 2 Kings 24. Jehoiakim king the reign of of Judah a came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king Jer. 27. 19, of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to

8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 93 Now God had 3 brought Daniel into See Gen. favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces

worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee,

Fzek. 4. 13. Hosea 9. 3.

39. 21. Ps. 106. 46. Prov. 16. 7.

f Heb. eaider.

| Or, term,

or, confintancey

Or, The

steward.

VAE. REND.-12 V. 19. cultivate it (i.e. the residue, Ke.).13 V. 20. a fourth part as the holy oblation, for, Ge. Hi. Ke.14 V. 21. in front of. 15 hard by the (other) portions (shall it be). 16 the holy oblation and. 17 V. 22. Thus. 18 v. 28. torrent 19. 30. i.e. ontskirts. 20 Va. 30, 33, 35. reeds (or, cubits, Ee. Ii.) by measure. Chap. 1. IV. 3. i.e. courtiers.- 2 nobles (Esther 1. 3).

anto.

VAR. REND.-3 V. 9. And God. V. 11, 16. Heb. the Melzar; probably an official title, perhaps the chief butler, Hang. (Theod. Amelsar or Amersar, treating what in the Hebrew appears to be the article, as part of the proper name.)

VAR. READ.-Chap. 1. V. 7. B Probably for 'Abednebo,' i.e. servant of Nebo (Isa. 46. 1): so Hi. Ke. Gr. Sehr. Lenormant, Fuller.

Nebuchadnezzar

Before CHRIST 606.

m 1 Kinga 3. 12.

James 1. 5, 17.

flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.

16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse. 17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all Acts 7. 22. learning and wisdom and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. 18 Now at the end of the days that the Num. 12.6. king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

Or. he made Daniel understand.

2 Chr. 26. 3. ch. 5. 11, 12, 14.

& 10. 1.

603. p Gen. 41. 46. ver. 5.

19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah : therefore stood they before the king. 20 And in all matters of wisdom and 91 Kin. 10.1. understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

↑ Heb.

wisdem af
under-
standing.

r ch. 6. 28.
& 10. 1.

He lived to

21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.

see that glorious time of the return of his people from the Babylonian captivity, though he did not die then. So till is used, Ps. 110. 1. & 112. 8.

ch. 4. 5.

b Esth. 6. 1. ch. 6, 18.

e Gen. 41. 8. Ex. 7. 11. ch. 5. 7.

d1 Kings 1.

31.
ch. 3. 9.
& 5. 10.
& 6. 6, 21.

2 Kings 10. 27. Ezra 6. 11. ch. 3. 29. ↑ Chald made pieces. fch. 5. 16. Or fet, ch. 5. 17. ver. 48.

↑ Chald. buy, Eph. 5. 16.

9 Esth. 4.11.

him.

2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack 3, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. 6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

95 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, 9 there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye 6 can shew me the interpretation

thereof.

10 The Chaldeans answered before the

VAR. REND.-5 V. 20. lettered men. Rather, enchanters.--Chap. 2. 1 Va. 2, 27. lettered men.2 Vs. 2, 27, enchanters.-3 V. 4. to the king; (Aramaic), Lenormant (that which follows is in Aramaic; comp. Ezra 4. 7. From this point to the end of ch. 7 the language of the original is Aramaic, called "Chaldee" in the marg. Vs. 5, 8. Or, command is gone forth from me, Ge. Hä.; is assured of me, Pesh. AE. He.-5 F. 9. If then. 6 will.

VAR. READ.-Chap. 2. V. 1. B twelfth, Ew. Her.

forgetteth his dream, ¦ king, and said, There is not a man upon Before the earth that can shew the king's matCHRIST ter: 7 therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any 8 magician, or 9 astrologer, or Chaldean. 11 And it is a 10 rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except Aver the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. 12 For this cause the king was angry! and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

14 Then Daniel † answered with coun-Chal sel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

15 He answered and said to Arioch thei king's captain, Why is the decree 11 hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 18 That they would desire mercies the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of

Babylon.

19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

20 Daniel answered and said, 'Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his :

21 And he changeth" the times and the 13 1 seasons he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: Phe giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know Chr understanding :

22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. 23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast no made known unto us the king's matter.

24 ¶ Therefore Daniel went in unto A. P rioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto ver the king the interpretation.

25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the † captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.

26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?

27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the 2 astrologers, the magicians, the 12 soothsayers, shew unto the king; 28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;