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I find it strange that the Israelites so quickly thought ill of their brethren in this way, especially immediately after the first 5 verses. The altar was obviously a large structure that could be seen from a distance. Maybe it reminded them of the Tower of Babel and they were afraid that the two and a half tribes had turned so quickly to idol worship. Maybe there is a lesson for us too here. If we see our brethren behaving in a way that we feel may not be acceptable, let us be sure to investigate its motives fully before condemning it.
Peter [UK] Comment added in 2001 Reply to Peter
In contrast to the behaviour of the other tribes the two and a half tribes answer is so conciliatory - 'A soft answer turneth away wrath' (Proverbs 15:1) We could learn a lot about how we should speak with each other from this event.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Peter
SUPPORT YOUR brOTHERS.
For more than five years the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh had led Israel into their land, clearing it of the Canaanites and settling their brothers in their own towns and villages. Ruben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh had already inherited their portion of land on the other side of the Jordan, yet they crossed over, supported, and led their brothers to victory as Israel conquered the land of Canaan.
Joshua had good words of commendation for them when he said, "You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and you have obeyed me in everything I commanded. For a long time now - to this very day - you have not deserted your brothers but have carried out the mission the LORD your God gave you."
Just think, for five years or more, while they could have been establishing their own lives, properties and business, these faithful people gave it all away to help their brothers establish theirs. They considered the needs of others more important than their own and they did not desert their brothers even when it must have seemed like the campaign would never end.
Let's live like them. Let's not desert our brothers, but put their needs ahead of our own as we help each other into the promised land.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
The two and a half tribes had completed their job, and now that Israel was dwelling in the Promised Land, they were able to go back across the Jordan and occupy their inheritance. There’s a good lesson here for us: if they had been thoughtful enough to tell the rest of Israel about their plans to build an altar, then a very nasty moment could have been averted. We must be thoughtful, and consider each other.
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to David
23:11 Departure to the East of Jordan was not to be taken as an excuse for lax behaviour. Joshua commands the people to ‘Take diligent heed’ to the commandments. It would be so easy to see Jordan as a division beyond which one could do anything. Likewise we should not see distance from our brethren and sisters as an excuse for laxity.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2009 Reply to Peter
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1. Then Joshua <3091> called <7121>(8799) the Reubenites <7206>, and the Gadites <1425>, and the half <2677> tribe <4294> of Manasseh <4519>,
2. And said <559>(8799) unto them, Ye have kept <8104>(8804) all that Moses <4872> the servant <5650> of the LORD <3068> commanded <6680>(8765) you, and have obeyed <8085>(8799) my voice <6963> in all that I commanded <6680>(8765) you:
3. Ye have not left <5800>(8804) your brethren <251> these many <7227> days <3117> unto this day <3117>, but have kept <8104>(8804) the charge <4931> of the commandment <4687> of the LORD <3068> your God <430>.
4. And now the LORD <3068> your God <430> hath given rest <5117>(8689) unto your brethren <251>, as he promised <1696>(8765) them: therefore now return <6437>(8798) ye, and get <3212>(8798) you unto your tents <168>, and unto the land <776> of your possession <272>, which Moses <4872> the servant <5650> of the LORD <3068> gave <5414>(8804) you on the other side <5676> Jordan <3383>.
5. But take diligent <3966> heed <8104>(8798) to do <6213>(8800) the commandment <4687> and the law <8451>, which Moses <4872> the servant <5650> of the LORD <3068> charged <6680>(8765) you, to love <157>(8800) the LORD <3068> your God <430>, and to walk <3212>(8800) in all his ways <1870>, and to keep <8104>(8800) his commandments <4687>, and to cleave <1692>(8800) unto him, and to serve <5647>(8800) him with all your heart <3824> and with all your soul <5315>.
6. So Joshua <3091> blessed <1288>(8762) them, and sent them away <7971>(8762): and they went <3212>(8799) unto their tents <168>.
7. Now to the one half <2677> of the tribe <7626> of Manasseh <4519> Moses <4872> had given <5414>(8804) possession in Bashan <1316>: but unto the other half <2677> thereof gave <5414>(8804) Joshua <3091> among <5973> their brethren <251> on this side <5676> Jordan <3383> westward <3220>. And when Joshua <3091> sent them away <7971>(8765) also unto their tents <168>, then he blessed <1288>(8762) them,
8. And he spake <559>(8799) unto them, saying <559>(8800), Return <7725>(8798) with much <7227> riches <5233> unto your tents <168>, and with very <3966> much <7227> cattle <4735>, with silver <3701>, and with gold <2091>, and with brass <5178>, and with iron <1270>, and with very <3966> much <7235>(8687) raiment <8008>: divide <2505>(8798) the spoil <7998> of your enemies <341>(8802) with your brethren <251>.
9. And the children <1121> of Reuben <7205> and the children <1121> of Gad <1410> and the half <2677> tribe <7626> of Manasseh <4519> returned <7725>(8799), and departed <3212>(8799) from the children <1121> of Israel <3478> out of Shiloh <7887>, which is in the land <776> of Canaan <3667>, to go <3212>(8800) unto the country <776> of Gilead <1568>, to the land <776> of their possession <272>, whereof they were possessed <270>(8738), according to the word <6310> of the LORD <3068> by the hand <3027> of Moses <4872>.
10. And when they came <935>(8799) unto the borders <1552> of Jordan <3383>, that are in the land <776> of Canaan <3667>, the children <1121> of Reuben <7205> and the children <1121> of Gad <1410> and the half <2677> tribe <7626> of Manasseh <4519> built <1129>(8799) there an altar <4196> by Jordan <3383>, a great <1419> altar <4196> to see to <4758>.
11. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> heard <8085>(8799) say <559>(8800), Behold, the children <1121> of Reuben <7205> and the children <1121> of Gad <1410> and the half <2677> tribe <7626> of Manasseh <4519> have built <1129>(8804) an altar <4196> over against <4136> the land <776> of Canaan <3667>, in the borders <1552> of Jordan <3383>, at the passage <5676> of the children <1121> of Israel <3478>.
12. And when the children <1121> of Israel <3478> heard <8085>(8799) of it, the whole congregation <5712> of the children <1121> of Israel <3478> gathered themselves together <6950>(8735) at Shiloh <7887>, to go up <5927>(8800) to war <6635> against them.
13. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> sent <7971>(8799) unto the children <1121> of Reuben <7205>, and to the children <1121> of Gad <1410>, and to the half <2677> tribe <7626> of Manasseh <4519>, into the land <776> of Gilead <1568>, Phinehas <6372> the son <1121> of Eleazar <499> the priest <3548>,
14. And with him ten <6235> princes <5387>, of each <259> chief <5387> <5387> house <1004> a prince <1> throughout all the tribes <4294> of Israel <3478>; and each one <376> was an head <7218> of the house <1004> of their fathers <1> among the thousands <505> of Israel <3478>.
15. And they came <935>(8799) unto the children <1121> of Reuben <7205>, and to the children <1121> of Gad <1410>, and to the half <2677> tribe <7626> of Manasseh <4519>, unto the land <776> of Gilead <1568>, and they spake <1696>(8762) with them, saying <559>(8800),
16. Thus saith <559>(8804) the whole congregation <5712> of the LORD <3068>, What trespass <4604> is this that ye have committed <4603>(8804) against the God <430> of Israel <3478>, to turn away <7725>(8800) this day <3117> from following <310> the LORD <3068>, in that ye have builded <1129>(8800) you an altar <4196>, that ye might rebel <4775>(8800) this day <3117> against the LORD <3068>?
17. Is the iniquity <5771> of Peor <6465> too little <4592> for us, from which we are not cleansed <2891>(8694) until this day <3117>, although there was a plague <5063> in the congregation <5712> of the LORD <3068>,
18. But that ye must turn away <7725>(8799) this day <3117> from following <310> the LORD <3068>? and it will be, seeing ye rebel <4775>(8799) to day <3117> against the LORD <3068>, that to morrow <4279> he will be wroth <7107>(8799) with the whole congregation <5712> of Israel <3478>.
19. Notwithstanding <389>, if the land <776> of your possession <272> be unclean <2931>, then pass ye over <5674>(8798) unto the land <776> of the possession <272> of the LORD <3068>, wherein the LORD'S <3068> tabernacle <4908> dwelleth <7931>(8804), and take possession <270>(8734) among <8432> us: but rebel <4775>(8799) not against the LORD <3068>, nor <408> rebel <4775>(8799) against us, in building <1129>(8800) you an altar <4196> beside <1107> the altar <4196> of the LORD <3068> our God <430>.
20. Did not Achan <5912> the son <1121> of Zerah <2226> commit <4603>(8804) a trespass <4604> in the accursed thing <2764>, and wrath <7110> fell <1961>(8804) on all the congregation <5712> of Israel <3478>? and that man <376> perished <1478>(8804) not alone <259> in his iniquity <5771>.
21. Then the children <1121> of Reuben <7205> and the children <1121> of Gad <1410> and the half <2677> tribe <7626> of Manasseh <4519> answered <6030>(8799), and said <1696>(8762) unto the heads <7218> of the thousands <505> of Israel <3478>,
22. The LORD <3068> God <410> of gods <430>, the LORD <3068> God <410> of gods <430>, he knoweth <3045>(8802), and Israel <3478> he shall know <3045>(8799); if it be in rebellion <4777>, or if in transgression <4604> against the LORD <3068>, (save <3467>(8686) us not this day <3117>,)
23. That we have built <1129>(8800) us an altar <4196> to turn <7725>(8800) from following <310> the LORD <3068>, or if to offer <5927>(8687) thereon burnt offering <5930> or meat offering <4503>, or if to offer <6213>(8800) peace <8002> offerings <2077> thereon, let the LORD <3068> himself require <1245>(8762) it;
24. And if we have not rather done <6213>(8804) it for fear <1674> of this thing <1697>, saying <559>(8800), In time to come <4279> your children <1121> might speak <559>(8799) unto our children <1121>, saying <559>(8800), What have ye to do with the LORD <3068> God <430> of Israel <3478>?
25. For the LORD <3068> hath made <5414>(8804) Jordan <3383> a border <1366> between us and you, ye children <1121> of Reuben <7205> and children <1121> of Gad <1410>; ye have no part <2506> in the LORD <3068>: so shall your children <1121> make <7673> <0> our children <1121> cease <7673>(8689) from <1115> fearing <3372>(8800) the LORD <3068>.
26. Therefore we said <559>(8799), Let us now prepare <6213>(8799) to build <1129>(8800) us an altar <4196>, not for burnt offering <5930>, nor for sacrifice <2077>:
27. But that it may be a witness <5707> between us, and you, and our generations <1755> after <310> us, that we might do <5647>(8800) the service <5656> of the LORD <3068> before <6440> him with our burnt offerings <5930>, and with our sacrifices <2077>, and with our peace offerings <8002>; that your children <1121> may not say <559>(8799) to our children <1121> in time to come <4279>, Ye have no part <2506> in the LORD <3068>.
28. Therefore said <559>(8799) we, that it shall be, when they should so say <559>(8799) to us or to our generations <1755> in time to come <4279>, that we may say <559>(8804) again, Behold <7200>(8798) the pattern <8403> of the altar <4196> of the LORD <3068>, which our fathers <1> made <6213>(8804), not for burnt offerings <5930>, nor for sacrifices <2077>; but it is a witness <5707> between us and you.
29. God forbid <2486> that we should rebel <4775>(8800) against the LORD <3068>, and turn <7725>(8800) this day <3117> from following <310> the LORD <3068>, to build <1129>(8800) an altar <4196> for burnt offerings <5930>, for meat offerings <4503>, or for sacrifices <2077>, beside the altar <4196> of the LORD <3068> our God <430> that is before <6440> his tabernacle <4908>.
30. And when Phinehas <6372> the priest <3548>, and the princes <5387> of the congregation <5712> and heads <7218> of the thousands <505> of Israel <3478> which were with him, heard <8085>(8799) the words <1697> that the children <1121> of Reuben <7205> and the children <1121> of Gad <1410> and the children <1121> of Manasseh <4519> spake <1696>(8765), it pleased <3190>(8799) <5869> them.
31. And Phinehas <6372> the son <1121> of Eleazar <499> the priest <3548> said <559>(8799) unto the children <1121> of Reuben <7205>, and to the children <1121> of Gad <1410>, and to the children <1121> of Manasseh <4519>, This day <3117> we perceive <3045>(8804) that the LORD <3068> is among <8432> us, because ye have not committed <4603>(8804) this trespass <4604> against the LORD <3068>: now <227> ye have delivered <5337>(8689) the children <1121> of Israel <3478> out of the hand <3027> of the LORD <3068>.
32. And Phinehas <6372> the son <1121> of Eleazar <499> the priest <3548>, and the princes <5387>, returned <7725>(8799) from the children <1121> of Reuben <7205>, and from the children <1121> of Gad <1410>, out of the land <776> of Gilead <1568>, unto the land <776> of Canaan <3667>, to the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, and brought <7725> <0> them word <1697> again <7725>(8686).
33. And the thing <1697> pleased <3190>(8799) <5869> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>; and the children <1121> of Israel <3478> blessed <1288>(8762) God <430>, and did not intend <559>(8804) to go up <5927>(8800) against them in battle <6635>, to destroy <7843>(8763) the land <776> wherein the children <1121> of Reuben <7205> and Gad <1410> dwelt <3427>(8802).
34. And the children <1121> of Reuben <7205> and the children <1121> of Gad <1410> called <7121>(8799) the altar <4196> Ed: for it shall be a witness <5707> between us that the LORD <3068> is God <430>.
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The chapter begins by warning "the drunkards of Ephraim" (v1) who "rule the people in Jerusalem" (v14). The situation is described in Isaiah 7 where we see Syria and Ephraim plotting to place a ruler in Jerusalem.
Rob de Jongh [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2014 Reply to Rob
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1. Woe <1945> to the crown <5850> of pride <1348>, to the drunkards <7910> of Ephraim <669>, whose glorious <6643> beauty <8597> is a fading <5034>(8802) flower <6731>, which are on the head <7218> of the fat <8081> valleys <1516> of them that are overcome <1986>(8803) with wine <3196>!
2. Behold, the Lord <136> hath a mighty <2389> and strong one <533>, which as a tempest <2230> of hail <1259> and a destroying <6986> storm <8178>, as a flood <2230> of mighty <3524> waters <4325> overflowing <7857>(8802), shall cast down <3240>(8689) to the earth <776> with the hand <3027>.
3. The crown <5850> of pride <1348>, the drunkards <7910> of Ephraim <669>, shall be trodden <7429>(8735) under feet <7272>:
4. And the glorious <6643> beauty <8597>, which is on the head <7218> of the fat <8081> valley <1516>, shall be a fading <5034>(8802) flower <6733>, and as the hasty fruit <1061> before the summer <7019>; which when he that looketh <7200>(8802) upon it seeth <7200>(8799), while it is yet in his hand <3709> he eateth it up <1104>(8799).
5. In that day <3117> shall the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635> be for a crown <5850> of glory <6643>, and for a diadem <6843> of beauty <8597>, unto the residue <7605> of his people <5971>,
6. And for a spirit <7307> of judgment <4941> to him that sitteth <3427>(8802) in judgment <4941>, and for strength <1369> to them that turn <7725>(8688) the battle <4421> to the gate <8179>.
7. But they <428> also have erred <7686>(8804) through wine <3196>, and through strong drink <7941> are out of the way <8582>(8804); the priest <3548> and the prophet <5030> have erred <7686>(8804) through strong drink <7941>, they are swallowed up <1104>(8738) of <4480> wine <3196>, they are out of the way <8582>(8804) through strong drink <7941>; they err <7686>(8804) in vision <7203>, they stumble <6328>(8804) in judgment <6417>.
8. For all tables <7979> are full <4390>(8804) of vomit <6892> and filthiness <6675>, so that there is no place <4725> clean.
9. Whom shall he teach <3384>(8686) knowledge <1844>? and whom shall he make to understand <995>(8799) doctrine <8052>? them that are weaned <1580>(8803) from the milk <2461>, and drawn <6267> from the breasts <7699>.
10. For precept <6673> must be upon precept <6673>, precept <6673> upon precept <6673>; line <6957> upon line <6957>, line <6957> upon line <6957>; here a little <2191>, and there a little <2191>:
11. For with stammering <3934> lips <8193> and another <312> tongue <3956> will he speak <1696>(8762) to this people <5971>.
12. To whom he said <559>(8804), This is the rest <4496> wherewith ye may cause the weary <5889> to rest <5117>(8685); and this is the refreshing <4774>: yet they would <14>(8804) not hear <8085>(8800).
13. But the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> was unto them precept <6673> upon precept <6673>, precept <6673> upon precept <6673>; line <6957> upon line <6957>, line <6957> upon line <6957>; here a little <2191>, and there a little <2191>; that they might go <3212>(8799), and fall <3782>(8804) backward <268>, and be broken <7665>(8738), and snared <3369>(8738), and taken <3920>(8738).
14. Wherefore hear <8085>(8798) the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, ye scornful <3944> men <582>, that rule <4910>(8802) this people <5971> which is in Jerusalem <3389>.
15. Because ye have said <559>(8804), We have made <3772>(8804) a covenant <1285> with death <4194>, and with hell <7585> are we <6213>(8804) at agreement <2374>; when the overflowing <7857>(8802) scourge <7752>(8675) <7885> shall pass through <5674>(8799)(8675) <5674>(8804), it shall not come <935>(8799) unto us: for we have made <7760>(8804) lies <3577> our refuge <4268>, and under falsehood <8267> have we hid <5641>(8738) ourselves:
16. Therefore thus saith <559>(8804) the Lord <136> GOD <3069>, Behold, I lay <3245>(8765) in Zion <6726> for a foundation a stone <68>, a tried <976> stone <68>, a precious <3368> corner <6438> stone, a sure <3245>(8716) foundation <4143>: he that believeth <539>(8688) shall not make haste <2363>(8686).
17. Judgment <4941> also will I lay <7760>(8804) to the line <6957>, and righteousness <6666> to the plummet <4949>: and the hail <1259> shall sweep away <3261>(8804) the refuge <4268> of lies <3577>, and the waters <4325> shall overflow <7857>(8799) the hiding place <5643>.
18. And your covenant <1285> with death <4194> shall be disannulled <3722>(8795), and your agreement <2380> with hell <7585> shall not stand <6965>(8799); when the overflowing <7857>(8802) scourge <7752> shall pass through <5674>(8799), then ye shall be trodden down <4823> by it.
19. From the time <1767> that it goeth forth <5674>(8800) it shall take <3947>(8799) you: for morning <1242> by morning <1242> shall it pass over <5674>(8799), by day <3117> and by night <3915>: and it shall be a vexation <2113> only to understand <995>(8687) the report <8052>.
20. For the bed <4702> is shorter <7114>(8804) than that a man can stretch <8311>(8692) himself on it: and the covering <4541> narrower <6887>(8804) than that he can wrap <3664>(8692) himself in it.
21. For the LORD <3068> shall rise up <6965>(8799) as in mount <2022> Perazim <6559>, he shall be wroth <7264>(8799) as in the valley <6010> of Gibeon <1391>, that he may do <6213>(8800) his work <4639>, his strange <2114>(8801) work <4639>; and bring to pass <5647>(8800) his act <5656>, his strange <5237> act <5656>.
22. Now therefore be ye not mockers <3887>(8698), lest your bands <4147> be made strong <2388>(8799): for I have heard <8085>(8804) from the Lord <136> GOD <3069> of hosts <6635> a consumption <3617>, even determined <2782>(8737) upon the whole earth <776>.
23. Give ye ear <238>(8685), and hear <8085>(8798) my voice <6963>; hearken <7181>(8685), and hear <8085>(8798) my speech <565>.
24. Doth the plowman <2790>(8802) plow <2790>(8799) all day <3117> to sow <2232>(8800)? doth he open <6605>(8762) and break the clods <7702>(8762) of his ground <127>?
25. When he hath made plain <7737>(8765) the face <6440> thereof, doth he not cast abroad <6327>(8689) the fitches <7100>, and scatter <2236>(8799) the cummin <3646>, and cast <7760>(8804) in the principal <7795> wheat <2406> and the appointed <5567>(8737) barley <8184> and the rie <3698> in their place <1367>?
26. For his God <430> doth instruct <3256>(8765) him to discretion <4941>, and doth teach <3384>(8686) him.
27. For the fitches <7100> are not threshed <1758>(8714) with a threshing instrument <2742>, neither is a cart <5699> wheel <212> turned about <5437>(8714) upon the cummin <3646>; but the fitches <7100> are beaten out <2251>(8735) with a staff <4294>, and the cummin <3646> with a rod <7626>.
28. Bread <3899> corn is bruised <1854>(8714); because he will not ever <5331> be threshing <156>(8800) <1758>(8799) it, nor break <2000>(8804) it with the wheel <1536> of his cart <5699>, nor bruise <1854>(8799) it with his horsemen <6571>.
29. This also cometh forth <3318>(8804) from the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, which is wonderful <6381>(8689) in counsel <6098>, and excellent <1431>(8689) in working <8454>.
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This great chapter of faithful men and women is a catalogue whose faith was manifest by their works for they all did something as a consequence of their faith. Herein is the example for us to follow.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2001 Reply to Peter
FINAL PERSPECTIVE
One of the really encouraging things about Hebrews 11, is that the records of the lives that are mentioned only tells of the good things that these great people of faith did. However, if we decided to go back through the Bible and make a study of the individual lives that were mentioned, we would find that they all failed in some way - sometimes seriously; we would see quite clearly that they were just human and made mistakes just as we do. None of those weaknesses are mentioned in Hebrews 11. This is God's record of people of faith. The moments of their lives that are recorded are the times when they put all their trust in God, knowing that he would lead, deliver and reward them.
Why do I find this so encouraging? Like the people of old, I often fail to live up to the standard that I should. I sin and need God's forgiveness. Hebrews 11 tells me that God has forgiven the sin of those who went before and that if I can walk by faith as they did, God will overlook my shortcomings too. Instead of remembering how I have failed, he will remember how I have lived for him.
We all fail - God knows that. But once we are forgiven we must press on to live in faith for our God. May his memory be short for our sins and long for our faithfulness.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to Robert
GREAT HEROES OF FAITH
Two words can be used to describe great faith - confidence & certainty !
These great heroes of faith believed on Gods promises - they believed that God will perform what He promised.
When we believe that God will fulfil His promises, even though we can't always see His hand at work, then we demonstrate true faith.
John 20:29 - "blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Peter Dulis [toronto west] Comment added in 2014 Reply to Peter
v. 6 This is the application of v. 1 The assurance of things hoped for (The reward) the conviction of things not seen (Belief in the God that no man can see). To have faith you must have both. You cannot truly seek the reward without acknowledging the existing of God and you cannot believe in God if you do not honestly believe in the reward he has promised us.
Alex Browning [Kitchener-Waterloo] Comment added in 2014 Reply to Alex
v5. A suggestion: Enoch did not see a violent death because God protected him from those people who were hunting him ("he was not found" implies that people were looking for him. cp Gen 5:24 "he was not found, for God took him (Septuagint)). Since v13 "These all died in faith", includes Enoch, Enoch must have died peacefully in an unknown location sometime after being removed by God from those who sought to kill him.
Bruce Bates [Forbes Australia] Comment added in 2022 Reply to Bruce
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1. Now <1161> faith <4102> is <2076>(5748) the substance <5287> of things hoped for <1679>(5746), the evidence <1650> of things <4229> not <3756> seen <991>(5746).
2. For <1063> by <1722> it <5026> the elders <4245> obtained a good report <3140>(5681).
3. Through faith <4102> we understand <3539>(5719) that the worlds <165> were framed <2675>(5771) by the word <4487> of God <2316>, so <1519> that things which <3588> are seen <991>(5746) were <1096> <0> not <3361> made <1096>(5755) of <1537> things which do appear <5316>(5730).
4. By faith <4102> Abel <6> offered <4374>(5656) unto God <2316> a more excellent <4119> sacrifice <2378> than <3844> Cain <2535>, by <1223> which <3739> he obtained witness <3140>(5681) that he was <1511>(5750) righteous <1342>, God <2316> testifying <3140>(5723) of <1909> his <846> gifts <1435>: and <2532> by <1223> it <846> he being dead <599>(5631) yet <2089> speaketh <2980>(5731)(5625) <2980>(5719).
5. By faith <4102> Enoch <1802> was translated <3346>(5681) that he should <1492> <0> not <3361> see <1492>(5629) death <2288>; and <2532> was <2147> <0> not <3756> found <2147>(5712), because <1360> God <2316> had translated <3346>(5656) him <846>: for <1063> before <4253> his <846> translation <3331> he had this testimony <3140>(5769), that he pleased <2100>(5760) God <2316>.
6. But <1161> without <5565> faith <4102> it is impossible <102> to please <2100>(5658) him: for <1063> he that cometh <4334>(5740) to God <2316> must <1163>(5748) believe <4100>(5658) that <3754> he is <2076>(5748), and <2532> that he is <1096>(5736) a rewarder <3406> of them that diligently seek <1567>(5723) him <846>.
7. By faith <4102> Noah <3575>, being warned of God <5537>(5685) of <4012> things not <3369> <0> seen <991>(5746) as yet <3369>, moved with fear <2125>(5685), prepared <2680>(5656) an ark <2787> to <1519> the saving <4991> of his <848> house <3624>; by <1223> the which <3739> he condemned <2632>(5656) the world <2889>, and <2532> became <1096>(5633) heir <2818> of the righteousness <1343> which is by <2596> faith <4102>.
8. By faith <4102> Abraham <11>, when he was called <2564>(5746) to go out <1831>(5629) into <1519> a place <5117> which <3739> he should after <3195>(5707) receive <2983>(5721) for <1519> an inheritance <2817>, obeyed <5219>(5656); and <2532> he went out <1831>(5627), not <3361> knowing <1987>(5740) whither <4226> he went <2064>(5736).
9. By faith <4102> he sojourned <3939>(5656) in <1519> the land <1093> of promise <1860>, as <5613> in a strange country <245>, dwelling <2730>(5660) in <1722> tabernacles <4633> with <3326> Isaac <2464> and <2532> Jacob <2384>, the heirs with him <4789> of the same <846> promise <1860>:
10. For <1063> he looked for <1551>(5711) a city <4172> which hath <2192>(5723) foundations <2310>, whose <3739> builder <5079> and <2532> maker <1217> is God <2316>.
11. Through faith <4102> also <2532> Sara <4564> herself <846> received <2983>(5627) strength <1411> to <1519> conceive <2602> seed <4690>, and <2532> was delivered of a child <5088>(5627) when she was past <3844> age <2540> <2244>, because <1893> she judged <2233>(5662) him faithful <4103> who had promised <1861>(5666).
12. Therefore <1352> sprang there <1080>(5681) even <2532> of <575> one <1520>, and <2532> him <5023> as good as dead <3499>(5772), so many as <2531> the stars <798> of the sky <3772> in multitude <4128>, and <2532> as <5616> the sand <285> which <3588> is by <3844> the sea <2281> shore <5491> innumerable <382>.
13. These <3778> all <3956> died <599>(5627) in <2596> faith <4102>, not <3361> having received <2983>(5631) the promises <1860>, but <235> having seen <1492>(5631) them <846> afar off <4207>, and <2532> were persuaded of <3982>(5685) them, and <2532> embraced <782>(5666) them, and <2532> confessed <3670>(5660) that <3754> they were <1526>(5748) strangers <3581> and <2532> pilgrims <3927> on <1909> the earth <1093>.
14. For <1063> they that say <3004>(5723) such things <5108> declare plainly <1718>(5719) that <3754> they seek <1934>(5719) a country <3968>.
15. And <2532> truly <3303>, if <1487> they had been mindful <3421>(5707) of that <1565> country from <575> whence <3739> they came out <1831>(5627), they might <302> have had <2192>(5707) opportunity <2540> to have returned <344>(5658).
16. But <1161> now <3570> they desire <3713>(5734) a better <2909> country, that is <5123>(5748), an heavenly <2032>: wherefore <1352> God <2316> is <1870> <0> not <3756> ashamed <1870>(5736) to be called <1941>(5745) their <846> God <2316>: for <1063> he hath prepared <2090>(5656) for them <846> a city <4172>.
17. By faith <4102> Abraham <11>, when he was tried <3985>(5746), offered up <4374>(5754) Isaac <2464>: and <2532> he that had received <324>(5666) the promises <1860> offered up <4374>(5707) his only begotten <3439> son,
18. Of <4314> whom <3739> it was said <2980>(5681), That <3754> in <1722> Isaac <2464> shall <2564> <0> thy <4671> seed <4690> be called <2564>(5701):
19. Accounting <3049>(5666) that <3754> God <2316> was able <1415> to raise him up <1453>(5721), even <2532> from <1537> the dead <3498>; from whence <3606> also <2532> he received <2865>(5668) him <846> in <1722> a figure <3850>.
20. By faith <4102> Isaac <2464> blessed <2127>(5656) Jacob <2384> and <2532> Esau <2269> concerning <4012> things to come <3195>(5723).
21. By faith <4102> Jacob <2384>, when he was a dying <599>(5723), blessed <2127>(5656) both <1538> the sons <5207> of Joseph <2501>; and <2532> worshipped <4352>(5656), leaning upon <1909> the top <206> of his <846> staff <4464>.
22. By faith <4102> Joseph <2501>, when he died <5053>(5723), made mention <3421>(5656) of <4012> the departing <1841> of the children <5207> of Israel <2474>; and <2532> gave commandment <1781>(5662) concerning <4012> his <848> bones <3747>.
23. By faith <4102> Moses <3475>, when he was born <1080>(5685), was hid <2928>(5648) three months <5150> of <5259> his <848> parents <3962>, because <1360> they saw <1492>(5627) he was a proper <791> child <3813>; and <2532> they were <5399> <0> not <3756> afraid <5399>(5675) of the king's <935> commandment <1297>.
24. By faith <4102> Moses <3475>, when he was come <1096>(5637) to years <3173>, refused <720>(5662) to be called <3004>(5745) the son <5207> of Pharaoh's <5328> daughter <2364>;
25. Choosing <138>(5642) rather <3123> to suffer affliction <4778>(5738) with the people <2992> of God <2316>, than <2228> to enjoy the pleasures <2192>(5721) <619> of sin <266> for a season <4340>;
26. Esteeming <2233> <0> the reproach <3680> of Christ <5547> greater <3187> riches <4149> than <2233>(5666) the treasures <2344> in <1722> Egypt <125>: for <1063> he had respect <578>(5707) unto <1519> the recompence of the reward <3405>.
27. By faith <4102> he forsook <2641>(5627) Egypt <125>, not <3361> fearing <5399>(5679) the wrath <2372> of the king <935>: for <1063> he endured <2594>(5656), as <5613> seeing <3708>(5723) him who is invisible <517>.
28. Through faith <4102> he kept <4160>(5758) the passover <3957>, and <2532> the sprinkling <4378> of blood <129>, lest <3363> he that destroyed <3645>(5723) the firstborn <4416> should touch <2345>(5632) them <846>.
29. By faith <4102> they passed through <1224>(5627) the Red <2063> sea <2281> as <5613> by <1223> dry <3584> land: which <3739> the Egyptians <124> assaying <3984> to do <2983>(5631) were drowned <2666>(5681).
30. By faith <4102> the walls <5038> of Jericho <2410> fell down <4098>(5627), after they were compassed <2944>(5685) about <1909> seven <2033> days <2250>.
31. By faith <4102> the harlot <4204> Rahab <4460> perished <4881>(5639) not <3756> with them that believed not <544>(5660), when she had received <1209>(5666) the spies <2685> with <3326> peace <1515>.
32. And <2532> what <5101> shall I <3004> <0> more <2089> say <3004>(5725)? for <1063> the time <5550> would fail <1952>(5692) me <3165> to tell <1334>(5740) of <4012> Gedeon <1066>, and <5037> of Barak <913>, and <2532> of Samson <4546>, and <2532> of Jephthae <2422>; of David <1138> also <2532>, and <5037> Samuel <4545>, and <2532> of the prophets <4396>:
33. Who <3739> through <1223> faith <4102> subdued <2610>(5662) kingdoms <932>, wrought <2038>(5662) righteousness <1343>, obtained <2013>(5627) promises <1860>, stopped <5420>(5656) the mouths <4750> of lions <3023>,
34. Quenched <4570>(5656) the violence <1411> of fire <4442>, escaped <5343>(5627) the edge <4750> of the sword <3162>, out of <575> weakness <769> were made strong <1743>(5681), waxed <1096>(5675) valiant <2478> in <1722> fight <4171>, turned to flight <2827>(5656) the armies <3925> of the aliens <245>.
35. Women <1135> received <2983>(5627) their <848> dead <3498> raised to life again <1537> <386>: and <1161> others <243> were tortured <5178>(5681), not <3756> accepting <4327>(5666) deliverance <629>; that <2443> they might obtain <5177>(5632) a better <2909> resurrection <386>:
36. And <1161> others <2087> had <2983>(5627) trial <3984> of cruel mockings <1701> and <2532> scourgings <3148>, yea <1161>, moreover <2089> of bonds <1199> and <2532> imprisonment <5438>:
37. They were stoned <3034>(5681), they were sawn asunder <4249>(5681), were tempted <3985>(5681), were slain <599>(5627) with <1722> the sword <5408> <3162>: they wandered about <4022>(5627) in <1722> sheepskins <3374> and <1722> goatskins <122> <1192>; being destitute <5302>(5746), afflicted <2346>(5746), tormented <2558>(5746);
38. (Of whom <3739> the world <2889> was <2258>(5713) not <3756> worthy <514>:) they wandered <4105>(5746) in <1722> deserts <2047>, and <2532> in mountains <3735>, and <2532> in dens <4693> and <2532> caves <3692> of the earth <1093>.
39. And <2532> these <3778> all <3956>, having obtained a good report <3140>(5685) through <1223> faith <4102>, received <2865>(5668) not <3756> the promise <1860>:
40. God <2316> having provided <4265>(5671) some <5100> <0> better <2909> thing <5100> for <4012> us <2257>, that <2443> they <5048> <0> without <5565> us <2257> should <5048> <0> not <3363> be made perfect <5048>(5686).