against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side. "So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel. And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who shall beget children among you; and they shall be unto you as the home-born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 23And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourn eth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD. 48 Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, northward, beside Hamath; and they shall have their sides east and west: Dan, one portion. "And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side: Asher, one portion. And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side: Naphtali, one portion. And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side: Manasseh, one portion. And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side: Ephraim, one portion. And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side: Reuben, one portion. 'And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side: Judah, one portion. ye shall set apart unto the LORD shall be five and twenty thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth. And for these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering; toward the north five and twenty thousand [in length], and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length; and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof. "The sanctified portion shall be for the priests of the sons of Zadok, that have kept My charge, that went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. 12And it shall be unto them a portion set apart from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites. And answerable unto the border of the priests, the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth; all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. And they shall not sell of it, nor exchange, nor alienate the first portion of the land; for it is holy unto the LORD. 15And the five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front of the five and twenty thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for open land; and the city shall be in the midst thereof. 16And 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. "And the city shall have open land: toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall set aside, five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side unto the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. The offering that and toward the west two hundred and fifty. 18And the residue in the length, answerable unto the holy offering, shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward; and it shall be answerable unto the holy offering; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city. 19And they that serve the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall till it. 20 All the offering shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand; ye shall set apart the holy offering foursquare, with the possession of the city. west side: Issachar, one portion. 26And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side: Zebulun, one portion. 27And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side: Gad, one portion. 28And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the Brook, unto the Great Sea. 29This 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. 30 And these are the goings out of the city: on the north side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure; and the gates of the city shall be "And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the five and twenty thousand of the offering to-after the names of the tribes of Israel; ward the east border, and westward in front of the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, answerable unto the portions, it shall be for the prince; and the holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof. Thus the possession of the Levites, and the possession of the city, shall be in the midst of that which is the prince's; between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be the prince's. 23 And as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side unto the west side: Benjamin, one portion. And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side: Simeon, one portion. 25And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one; 32and at the east side four thousand and five hundred reeds; and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one; and at the south side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure; and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one; at the west side four thousand and five hundred reeds, with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one. It shall be eighteen thousand reeds round about. And the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.' הושע 1 HOSEA THE word of the LORD that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, instead of that which was said unto them: 'Ye are not My people', it shall be said unto them: 'Ye are the children of the living God.' And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up out of the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel. Say ye unto your brethren: 'Ammi'; and to your sisters: 'Ruhamah.' 'Plead with your mother, plead; For she is not My wife, neither am And let her put away her harlotries 2When the LORD spoke at first with Hosea, the LORD said unto Hosea: 'Go, take unto thee a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry; for the land doth commit great harlotry, departing from the LORD.' So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son. And the LORD said unto him: 'Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. "And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.' And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And He said unto him: 'Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have compassion upon the house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them. But I will have compassion upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.' Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son. "And He said: 'Call his name "Lo-ammi; for ye are not My people, and I will not be yours.' That is, That hath not obtained compassion. That is, Not My people. d That is, That hath obtained compassion. And her adulteries from between And make her as a wilderness, For they are children of harlotry. She that conceived them hath done For she said: 'I will go after my lovers, <That is, My perpes. That give me my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.' "Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, And I will make a wall against her, That she shall not find her paths. 'And she shall run after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them, And she shall seek them, but shall not find them; Then shall she say: 'I will go and return to my first husband; For then was it better with me than now.' 10For she did not know that it was I that gave her The corn, and the wine, and the oil, And multiplied unto her silver and gold, Which they used for Baal. "Therefore will I take back My corn in the time thereof, And My wine in the season thereof, And will snatch away My wool and My flax Given to cover her nakedness. 12 And now will I uncover her shame in the sight of her lovers, And none shall deliver her out of My hand. 13I will also cause all her mirth to cease, Her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, And all her appointed seasons. "And I will lay waste her vines and her fig-trees, Whereof she hath said: "These are my hire That my lovers have given me'; 15And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, Wherein she offered unto them, And forgot Me, saith the LORD. 16Therefore, behold, I will allure her, And bring her into the wilderness, And speak tenderly unto her. 17 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, And the valley of Achor for a door of hope; And she shall respond there, as in the days of her youth, And as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. 18And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, That thou shalt call Me Ishi, And shalt call Me no more "Baali. 19 For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, And they shall no more be mentioned by their name. 20And in that day will I make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, And with the creeping things of the ground; And I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, And will make them to lie down safely. 21 And I will betroth thee unto Me for ever; Yea, I will betroth thee unto Me in righteousness, and in justice, And in lovingkindness, and in compassion. 22 And I will betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness; And thou shalt know the LORD. • That is, Troubling. That is, My husband. That is, My master. And it shall come to pass in that day, I will respond, saith the LORD, I will respond to the heavens, And they shall respond to the earth; 24 And the earth shall respond to the corn, and the wine, and the oil; And they shall respond to Jezreel. 25 And I will sow her unto Me in the land; And I will have compassion upon her that had not obtained compassion; And I will say to them that were not My people: 'Thou art My people'; And they shall say: 'Thou art my God.' And the LORD said unto me: 'Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend and an adulteress, even as the LORD loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.' So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley; and I said unto her: "Thou shalt sit solitary for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man's wife; nor will I be thine.' 'For the children of Israel shall sit solitary many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim; "afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall come trembling unto the LORD and to His goodness in the end of days. 4 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel! For the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, | Because there is no truth, nor mercy, Nor knowledge of God in the land. 2Swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery! They break all bounds, and blood toucheth blood. "Therefore doth the land mourn, And every one that dwelleth therein doth languish, With the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven; Yea, the fishes of the sea also are taken away. 'Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; For thy people are as they that strive with the priest. "Therefore shalt thou stumble in the day, And the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; And I will destroy thy mother. "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to Me; Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children. "The more they were increased, the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame. "They feed on the sin of My people, And set their heart on their iniquity. 'And it is like people, like priest; And I will punish him for his ways, And will recompense him his doings. 10 And they shall eat, and not have enough, They shall commit harlotry, and shall not increase; Because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. That is, Whom God soweth. |