Alpet 2022
King James Version
1. In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years. 2. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel who were before him. 3. Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his vassal, and paid him tribute money. 4. And the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. 5. Now the king of Assyria went throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years. 6. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. 7. For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had feared other gods, 8. and had walked in the statutes of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 9. Also the children of Israel secretly did against the LORD their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city. 10. They set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree. 11. There they burned incense on all the high places, like the nations whom the LORD had carried away before them; and they did wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger, 12. for they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, "You shall not do this thing." 13. Yet the LORD testified against Israel and against Judah, by all of His prophets, every seer, saying, "Turn from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets." 14. Nevertheless they would not hear, but stiffened their necks, like the necks of their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God. 15. And they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they followed idols, became idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them that they should not do like them. 16. So they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, made for themselves a molded image and two calves, made a wooden image and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 17. And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger. 18. Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone. 19. Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 20. And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them from His sight. 21. For He tore Israel from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, and made them commit a great sin. 22. For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them, 23. until the LORD removed Israel out of His sight, as He had said by all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away from their own land to Assyria, as it is to this day. 24. Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities. 25. And it was so, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them. 26. So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, "The nations whom you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the rituals of the God of the land; therefore He has sent lions among them, and indeed, they are killing them because they do not know the rituals of the God of the land." 27. Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, "Send there one of the priests whom you brought from there; let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the rituals of the God of the land." 28. Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. 29. However every nation continued to make gods of its own, and put them in the shrines on the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the cities where they dwelt. 30. The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31. and the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 32. So they feared the LORD, and from every class they appointed for themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places. 33. They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods––according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away. 34. To this day they continue practicing the former rituals; they do not fear the LORD, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances, or the law and commandment which the LORD had commanded the children of Jacob, whom He named Israel, 35. with whom the LORD had made a covenant and charged them, saying: "You shall not fear other gods, nor bow down to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them; 36. "but the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, Him you shall worship, and to Him you shall offer sacrifice. 37. "And the statutes, the ordinances, the law, and the commandment which He wrote for you, you shall be careful to observe forever; you shall not fear other gods. 38. "And the covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods. 39. "But the LORD your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies." 40. However they did not obey, but they followed their former rituals. 41. So these nations feared the LORD, yet served their carved images; also their children and their children’s children have continued doing as their fathers did, even to this day.
1. In the twenty–fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured, on the very same day the hand of the LORD was upon me; and He took me there. 2. In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city. 3. He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze. He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway. 4. And the man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you were brought here so that I might show them to you. Declare to the house of Israel everything you see." 5. Now there was a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man’s hand was a measuring rod six cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod. 6. Then he went to the gateway which faced east; and he went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one rod wide, and the other threshold was one rod wide. 7. Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits; and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one rod. 8. He also measured the vestibule of the inside gate, one rod. 9. Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and the gateposts, two cubits. The vestibule of the gate was on the inside. 10. In the eastern gateway were three gate chambers on one side and three on the other; the three were all the same size; also the gateposts were of the same size on this side and that side. 11. He measured the width of the entrance to the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 12. There was a space in front of the gate chambers, one cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the gate chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side. 13. Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the other; the width was twenty–five cubits, as door faces door. 14. He measured the gateposts, sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost. 15. From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits. 16. There were beveled window frames in the gate chambers and in their intervening archways on the inside of the gateway all around, and likewise in the vestibules. There were windows all around on the inside. And on each gatepost were palm trees. 17. Then he brought me into the outer court; and there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement. 18. The pavement was by the side of the gateways, corresponding to the length of the gateways; this was the lower pavement. 19. Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner court exterior, one hundred cubits toward the east and the north. 20. On the outer court was also a gateway facing north, and he measured its length and its width. 21. Its gate chambers, three on this side and three on that side, its gateposts and its archways, had the same measurements as the first gate; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty–five cubits. 22. Its windows and those of its archways, and also its palm trees, had the same measurements as the gateway facing east; it was ascended by seven steps, and its archway was in front of it. 23. A gate of the inner court was opposite the northern gateway, just as the eastern gateway ; and he measured from gateway to gateway, one hundred cubits. 24. After that he brought me toward the south, and there a gateway was facing south; and he measured its gateposts and archways according to these same measurements. 25. There were windows in it and in its archways all around like those windows; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty–five cubits. 26. Seven steps led up to it, and its archway was in front of them; and it had palm trees on its gateposts, one on this side and one on that side. 27. There was also a gateway on the inner court, facing south; and he measured from gateway to gateway toward the south, one hundred cubits. 28. Then he brought me to the inner court through the southern gateway; he measured the southern gateway according to these same measurements. 29. Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty–five cubits wide. 30. There were archways all around, twenty–five cubits long and five cubits wide. 31. Its archways faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts, and going up to it were eight steps. 32. And he brought me into the inner court facing east; he measured the gateway according to these same measurements. 33. Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; and there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty–five cubits wide. 34. Its archways faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side; and going up to it were eight steps. 35. Then he brought me to the north gateway and measured it according to these same measurements–– 36. also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways. It had windows all around; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty–five cubits. 37. Its gateposts faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side, and going up to it were eight steps. 38. There was a chamber and its entrance by the gateposts of the gateway, where they washed the burnt offering. 39. In the vestibule of the gateway were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slay the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering. 40. At the outer side of the vestibule, as one goes up to the entrance of the northern gateway, were two tables; and on the other side of the vestibule of the gateway were two tables. 41. Four tables were on this side and four tables on that side, by the side of the gateway, eight tables on which they slaughtered the sacrifices . 42. There were also four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, one cubit and a half long, one cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high; on these they laid the instruments with which they slaughtered the burnt offering and the sacrifice. 43. Inside were hooks, a handbreadth wide, fastened all around; and the flesh of the sacrifices was on the tables. 44. Outside the inner gate were the chambers for the singers in the inner court, one facing south at the side of the northern gateway, and the other facing north at the side of the southern gateway. 45. Then he said to me, "This chamber which faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple. 46. "The chamber which faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar; these are the sons of Zadok, from the sons of Levi, who come near the LORD to minister to Him." 47. And he measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, foursquare. The altar was in front of the temple.
22. After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized. 23. Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized. 24. For John had not yet been thrown into prison. 25. Then there arose a dispute between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purification. 26. And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified––behold, He is baptizing, and all are coming to Him!" 27. John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. 28. "You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before Him.’ 29. "He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled. 30. "He must increase, but I must decrease. 31. "He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. 32. "And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony. 33. "He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true. 34. "For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure. 35. "The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. 36. "He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."