¹These are the journeys of the children of Israel, who went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. ²Now Moses wrote down the starting points of their journeys at the command of the Lᴏʀᴅ. And these are their journeys according to their starting points: ³They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the children of Israel went out with boldness in the sight of all the Egyptians. ⁴For the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lᴏʀᴅ had killed among them. Also on their gods the Lᴏʀᴅ had executed judgments. ⁵Then the children of Israel moved from Rameses and camped at Succoth. ⁶They departed from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness. ⁷They moved from Etham and turned back to Pi Hahiroth, which is east of Baal Zephon; and they camped near Migdol. ⁸They departed from before Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, went three days’ journey in the Wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah. ⁹They moved from Marah and came to Elim. At Elim were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there. ¹⁰They moved from Elim and camped by the Red Sea. ¹¹They moved from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin. ¹²They journeyed from the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah. ¹³They departed from Dophkah and camped at Alush. ¹⁴They moved from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. ¹⁵They departed from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai. ¹⁶They moved from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah. ¹⁷They departed from Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. ¹⁸They departed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. ¹⁹They departed from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez. ²⁰They departed from Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah. ²¹They moved from Libnah and camped at Rissah. ²²They journeyed from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah. ²³They went from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. ²⁴They moved from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. ²⁵They moved from Haradah and camped at Makheloth. ²⁶They moved from Makheloth and camped at Tahath. ²⁷They departed from Tahath and camped at Terah. ²⁸They moved from Terah and camped at Mithkah. ²⁹They went from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. ³⁰They departed from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. ³¹They departed from Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan. ³²They moved from Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Hagidgad. ³³They went from Hor Hagidgad and camped at Jotbathah. ³⁴They moved from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. ³⁵They departed from Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber. ³⁶They moved from Ezion Geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. ³⁷They moved from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the boundary of the land of Edom. ³⁸Then Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of the Lᴏʀᴅ, and died there in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month. ³⁹Aaron was one hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor. ⁴⁰Now the king of Arad, the Canaanite, who dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. ⁴¹So they departed from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. ⁴²They departed from Zalmonah and camped at Punon. ⁴³They departed from Punon and camped at Oboth. ⁴⁴They departed from Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim, at the border of Moab. ⁴⁵They departed from Ijim and camped at Dibon Gad. ⁴⁶They moved from Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim. ⁴⁷They moved from Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. ⁴⁸They departed from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. ⁴⁹They camped by the Jordan, from Beth Jesimoth as far as the Abel Acacia Grove in the plains of Moab. ⁵⁰Now the Lᴏʀᴅ spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, saying, ⁵¹“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ⁵²then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all their high places; ⁵³you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell in it, for I have given you the land to possess. ⁵⁴And you shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance; there everyone’s inheritance shall be whatever falls to him by lot. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers. ⁵⁵But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell. ⁵⁶Moreover it shall be that I will do to you as I thought to do to them.’ ”

¹A Contemplation of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. ²I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, ³Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. ⁴We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lᴏʀᴅ, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. ⁵For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; ⁶That the generation to come might know them, The children who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their children, ⁷That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments; ⁸And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not set its heart aright, And whose spirit was not faithful to God. ⁹The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle. ¹⁰They did not keep the covenant of God; They refused to walk in His law, ¹¹And forgot His works And His wonders that He had shown them. ¹²Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. ¹³He divided the sea and caused them to pass through; And He made the waters stand up like a heap. ¹⁴In the daytime also He led them with the cloud, And all the night with a light of fire. ¹⁵He split the rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink in abundance like the depths. ¹⁶He also brought streams out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers. ¹⁷But they sinned even more against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness. ¹⁸And they tested God in their heart By asking for the food of their fancy. ¹⁹Yes, they spoke against God: They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? ²⁰Behold, He struck the rock, So that the waters gushed out, And the streams overflowed. Can He give bread also? Can He provide meat for His people?” ²¹Therefore the Lᴏʀᴅ heard this and was furious; So a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also came up against Israel, ²²Because they did not believe in God, And did not trust in His salvation. ²³Yet He had commanded the clouds above, And opened the doors of heaven, ²⁴Had rained down manna on them to eat, And given them of the bread of heaven. ²⁵Men ate angels’ food; He sent them food to the full. ²⁶He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens; And by His power He brought in the south wind. ²⁷He also rained meat on them like the dust, Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas; ²⁸And He let them fall in the midst of their camp, All around their dwellings. ²⁹So they ate and were well filled, For He gave them their own desire. ³⁰They were not deprived of their craving; But while their food was still in their mouths, ³¹The wrath of God came against them, And slew the stoutest of them, And struck down the choice men of Israel. ³²In spite of this they still sinned, And did not believe in His wondrous works. ³³Therefore their days He consumed in futility, And their years in fear. ³⁴When He slew them, then they sought Him; And they returned and sought earnestly for God. ³⁵Then they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer. ³⁶Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth, And they lied to Him with their tongue; ³⁷For their heart was not steadfast with Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant. ³⁸But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, And did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, And did not stir up all His wrath; ³⁹For He remembered that they were but flesh, A breath that passes away and does not come again. ⁴⁰How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, And grieved Him in the desert! ⁴¹Yes, again and again they tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel. ⁴²They did not remember His power: The day when He redeemed them from the enemy, ⁴³When He worked His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan; ⁴⁴Turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, that they could not drink. ⁴⁵He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them. ⁴⁶He also gave their crops to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust. ⁴⁷He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore trees with frost. ⁴⁸He also gave up their cattle to the hail, And their flocks to fiery lightning. ⁴⁹He cast on them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, By sending angels of destruction among them. ⁵⁰He made a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the plague, ⁵¹And destroyed all the firstborn in Egypt, The first of their strength in the tents of Ham. ⁵²But He made His own people go forth like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock; ⁵³And He led them on safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies. ⁵⁴And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain which His right hand had acquired. ⁵⁵He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents. ⁵⁶Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies, ⁵⁷But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were turned aside like a deceitful bow. ⁵⁸For they provoked Him to anger with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images. ⁵⁹When God heard this, He was furious, And greatly abhorred Israel, ⁶⁰So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men, ⁶¹And delivered His strength into captivity, And His glory into the enemy’s hand. ⁶²He also gave His people over to the sword, And was furious with His inheritance. ⁶³The fire consumed their young men, And their maidens were not given in marriage. ⁶⁴Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows made no lamentation. ⁶⁵Then the Lᴏʀᴅ awoke as from sleep, Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine. ⁶⁶And He beat back His enemies; He put them to a perpetual reproach. ⁶⁷Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, ⁶⁸But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved. ⁶⁹And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has established forever. ⁷⁰He also chose David His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds; ⁷¹From following the ewes that had young He brought him, To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance. ⁷²So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

¹O Lᴏʀᴅ, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. ²For You have made a city a ruin, A fortified city a ruin, A palace of foreigners to be a city no more; It will never be rebuilt. ³Therefore the strong people will glorify You; The city of the terrible nations will fear You. ⁴For You have been a strength to the poor, A strength to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, A shade from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. ⁵You will reduce the noise of aliens, As heat in a dry place; As heat in the shadow of a cloud, The song of the terrible ones will be diminished. ⁶And in this mountain The Lᴏʀᴅ of hosts will make for all people A feast of choice pieces, A feast of wines on the lees, Of fat things full of marrow, Of well-refined wines on the lees. ⁷And He will destroy on this mountain The surface of the covering cast over all people, And the veil that is spread over all nations. ⁸He will swallow up death forever, And the Lᴏʀᴅ God will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the Lᴏʀᴅ has spoken. ⁹And it will be said in that day: “Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the Lᴏʀᴅ; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.” ¹⁰For on this mountain the hand of the Lᴏʀᴅ will rest, And Moab shall be trampled down under Him, As straw is trampled down for the refuse heap. ¹¹And He will spread out His hands in their midst As a swimmer reaches out to swim, And He will bring down their pride Together with the trickery of their hands. ¹²The fortress of the high fort of your walls He will bring down, lay low, And bring to the ground, down to the dust.

¹Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. ²Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. ³And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. ⁴Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. ⁵And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. ⁶Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. ⁷Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. ⁸He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. ⁹Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. ¹⁰In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. ¹¹For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, ¹²not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous. ¹³Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. ¹⁴We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. ¹⁵Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. ¹⁶By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. ¹⁷But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? ¹⁸My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. ¹⁹And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. ²⁰For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. ²¹Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. ²²And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. ²³And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. ²⁴Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.