Crossing the Read Sea

Psalm 25:12-22 

God, Redeem Your People

12
Who are they who fear the Lord?
    He will teach them the way that they should choose.

13 
They will abide in prosperity,
    and their children shall possess the land.

14 
The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him,
    and he makes his covenant known to them.

15 
My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
    for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

16 
Turn to me and be gracious to me,
    for I am lonely and afflicted.

17 
Relieve the troubles of my heart,
    and bring me out of my distress.

18 
Consider my affliction and my trouble,
    and forgive all my sins.

19 
Consider how many are my foes
    and with what violent hatred they hate me.

20 
O guard my life and deliver me;
    do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.

21 
May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
    for I wait for you.

22 
Redeem Israel, O God,
    out of all its troubles.

Bereshit (Genesis) Chapter 1

1 In the beginning of God's creation of the heavens and the earth.

2 Now the earth was astonishingly empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the water.

3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

4 And God saw the light that it was good, and God separated between the light and between the darkness.

5 And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night, and it was evening and it was morning, one day.

6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the water, and let it be a separation between water and water."

7 And God made the expanse and it separated between the water that was below the expanse and the water that was above the expanse, and it was so.

8 And God called the expanse Heaven, and it was evening, and it was morning, a second day.

9 And God said, "Let the water that is beneath the heavens gather into one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas, and God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, seed yielding herbs and fruit trees producing fruit according to its kind in which its seed is found, on the earth," and it was so.

12 And the earth gave forth vegetation, seed yielding herbs according to its kind, and trees producing fruit, in which its seed is found, according to its kind, and God saw that it was good.

13 And it was evening, and it was morning, a third day.

14 And God said, "Let there be luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to separate between the day and between the night, and they shall be for signs and for appointed seasons and for days and years.

15 And they shall be for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to shed light upon the earth." And it was so.

16 And God made the two great luminaries: the great luminary to rule the day and the lesser luminary to rule the night, and the stars.

17 And God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to shed light upon the earth.

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate between the light and between the darkness, and God saw that it was good.

19 And it was evening, and it was morning, a fourth day.

20 And God said, "Let the waters swarm a swarming of living creatures, and let fowl fly over the earth, across the expanse of the heavens."

21 And God created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that crawls, with which the waters swarmed, according to their kind, and every winged fowl, according to its kind, and God saw that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the fowl multiply upon the earth."

23 And it was evening, and it was morning, a fifth day.

24 And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kind, cattle and creeping things and the beasts of the earth according to their kind," and it was so.

25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kind and the cattle according to their kind, and all the creeping things of the ground according to their kind, and God saw that it was good.

26 And God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and they shall rule over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the heaven and over the animals and over all the earth and over all the creeping things that creep upon the earth."

27 And God created man in His image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the sky and all the living creatures that crawl on the earth."

29 And God said, "Behold, I have given you every seed bearing herb, which is upon the surface of the entire earth, and every tree that has seed bearing fruit; it will be yours for food.

30 And to all the beasts of the earth and to all the fowl of the heavens, and to everything that moves upon the earth, in which there is a living spirit, every green herb to eat," and it was so.

31 And God saw all that He had made, and behold it was very good, and it was evening and it was morning, the sixth day.

Bereshit (Genesis) Chapter 2

1 Now the heavens and the earth were completed and all their host.

2 And God completed on the seventh day His work that He did, and He abstained on the seventh day from all His work that He did.

3 And God blessed the seventh day and He hallowed it, for thereon He abstained from all His work that God created to do.

Joshua 24:14-27 

We Will Serve the Lord

14 “Now, therefore, revere the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt and serve the Lord. 15 Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods, 17 for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went and among all the peoples through whom we passed, 18 and the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”

19 But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. 20 If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good.” 21 And the people said to Joshua, “No, we will serve the Lord!” 22 Then Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve him.” And they said, “We are witnesses.” 23 He said, “Then put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.” 24 The people said to Joshua, “The Lord our God we will serve, and him we will obey.” 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day and made statutes and ordinances for them at Shechem. 26 Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak in the sanctuary of the Lord. 27 Joshua said to all the people, “See, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord that he spoke to us; therefore it shall be a witness against you if you deal falsely with your God.”

Bereshit (Genesis) Chapter 2

4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, on the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.

5 Now no tree of the field was yet on the earth, neither did any herb of the field yet grow, because the Lord God had not brought rain upon the earth, and there was no man to work the soil.

6 And a mist ascended from the earth and watered the entire surface of the ground.

7 And the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and He breathed into his nostrils the soul of life, and man became a living soul.

8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden from the east, and He placed there the man whom He had formed.

9 And the Lord God caused to sprout from the ground every tree pleasant to see and good to eat, and the Tree of Life in the midst of the garden, and the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil.

10 And a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it separated and became four heads.

11 The name of one is Pishon; that is the one that encompasses all the land of Havilah, where there is gold.

12 And the gold of that land is good; there is the crystal and the onyx stone.

13 And the name of the second river is Gihon; that is the one that encompasses all the land of Cush.

14 And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is the one that flows to the east of Assyria, and the fourth river that is the Euphrates.

15 Now the Lord God took the man, and He placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to guard it.

16 And the Lord God commanded man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat.

17 But of the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat of it, for on the day that you eat thereof, you shall surely die."

18 And the Lord God said, "It is not good that man is alone; I shall make him a helpmate opposite him."

19 And the Lord God formed from the earth every beast of the field and every fowl of the heavens, and He brought [it] to man to see what he would call it, and whatever the man called each living thing, that was its name.

Romans 5:1-10 

Christ Died for All

5 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. 8 But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. 9 Much more surely, therefore, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.

Bereshit (Genesis) Chapter 2

20 And man named all the cattle and the fowl of the heavens and all the beasts of the field, but for man, he did not find a helpmate opposite him.

21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon man, and he slept, and He took one of his sides, and He closed the flesh in its place.

22 And the Lord God built the side that He had taken from man into a woman, and He brought her to man.

23 And man said, "This time, it is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. This one shall be called ishah (woman) because this one was taken from ish (man)."

24Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

25 Now they were both naked, the man and his wife, but they were not ashamed.

Bereshit (Genesis) Chapter 3

1 Now the serpent was cunning, more than all the beasts of the field that the Lord God had made, and it said to the woman, "Did God indeed say, 'You shall not eat of any of the trees of the garden?'"

2 And the woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat.

3 But of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God said, "You shall not eat of it, and you shall not touch it, lest you die.'"

4 And the serpent said to the woman, "You will surely not die.

5 For God knows that on the day that you eat thereof, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like angels, knowing good and evil."

6 And the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise; so she took of its fruit, and she ate, and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

7 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves and made themselves girdles.

8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God going in the garden to the direction of the sun, and the man and his wife hid from before the Lord God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

9 And the Lord God called to man, and He said to him, "Where are you?"

10 And he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I am naked; so I hid."

11 And He said, "Who told you that you are naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"

12 And the man said, "The woman whom You gave [to be] with me she gave me of the tree; so I ate."

13 And the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent enticed me, and I ate."

14 And the Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed be you more than all the cattle and more than all the beasts of the field; you shall walk on your belly, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

15 And I shall place hatred between you and between the woman, and between your seed and between her seed. He will crush your head, and you will bite his heel."

16 To the woman He said, "I shall surely increase your sorrow and your pregnancy; in pain you shall bear children. And to your husband will be your desire, and he will rule over you."

17 And to man He said, "Because you listened to your wife, and you ate from the tree from which I commanded you saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed be the ground for your sake; with toil shall you eat of it all the days of your life.

18 And it will cause thorns and thistles to grow for you, and you shall eat the herbs of the field.

19 With the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, until you return to the ground, for you were taken therefrom, for dust you are, and to dust you will return."

20 And the man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all life.

21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife shirts of skin, and He dressed them.

Romans 5:11-21 

Grace Abounds Despite Our Sin

11 But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Adam and Christ

12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned— 13 for sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam, who is a pattern of the one who was to come.

15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died through the one man’s trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many. 16 And the gift is not like the effect of the one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the gift following many trespasses brings justification. 17 If, because of the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.

18 Therefore just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all. 19 For just as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. 20 But law came in, so that the trespass might increase, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so grace might also reign through justification leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Bereshit (Genesis) Chapter 3

22 Now the Lord God said, "Behold man has become like one of us, having the ability of knowing good and evil, and now, lest he stretch forth his hand and take also from the Tree of Life and eat and live forever."

23 And the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to till the soil, whence he had been taken.

24 And He drove the man out, and He stationed from the east of the Garden of Eden the cherubim and the blade of the revolving sword, to guard the way to the Tree of Life.

Bereshit (Genesis) Chapter 4

1 Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, and she said, "I have acquired a man with the Lord."

2 And she continued to bear his brother Abel, and Abel was a shepherd of flocks, and Cain was a tiller of the soil.

3 Now it came to pass at the end of days, that Cain brought of the fruit of the soil an offering to the Lord.

4 And Abel he too brought of the firstborn of his flocks and of their fattest, and the Lord turned to Abel and to his offering.

5 But to Cain and to his offering He did not turn, and it annoyed Cain exceedingly, and his countenance fell.

6 And the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you annoyed, and why has your countenance fallen?

7 Is it not so that if you improve, it will be forgiven you? If you do not improve, however, at the entrance, sin is lying, and to you is its longing, but you can rule over it."

8 And Cain spoke to Abel his brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him.

9 And the Lord said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"

10 And He said, "What have you done? Hark! Your brother's blood cries out to Me from the earth.

11 And now, you are cursed even more than the ground, which opened its mouth to take your brother's blood from your hand.

12 When you till the soil, it will not continue to give its strength to you; you shall be a wanderer and an exile in the land."

13 And Cain said to the Lord, "Is my iniquity too great to bear?

14 Behold You have driven me today off the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from before You, and I will be a wanderer and an exile in the land, and it will be that whoever finds me will kill me."

15 And the Lord said to him, "Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be wrought upon him sevenfold," and the Lord placed a mark on Cain that no one who find him slay him.

16 And Cain went forth from before the Lord, and he dwelt in the land of the wanderers, to the east of Eden.

17 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch, and he was building a city, and he called the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

18 And Irad was born to Enoch, and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehijael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lemech.

Deuteronomy 12:1-14 

Worship God in the Chosen Sanctuary

12 “These are the statutes and ordinances that you must diligently observe in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you to occupy all the days that you live on the earth.

2 “You must demolish completely all the places where the nations whom you are about to dispossess served their gods, on the mountain heights, on the hills, and under every leafy tree. 3 Break down their altars, smash their pillars, burn their sacred poles with fire, and cut down the idols of their gods, and thus blot out their name from their places. 4 You shall not serve the Lord your God in such ways. 5 But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes as his habitation to put his name there. You shall go there, 6 bringing there your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and your donations, your votive gifts, your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and flocks. 7 And you shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your households together, rejoicing in all the undertakings in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

8 “You shall not act as we are acting here today, all of us according to our own desires, 9 for you have not yet come into the rest and the possession that the Lord your God is giving you. 10 When you cross over the Jordan and live in the land that the Lord your God is allotting to you, and when he gives you rest from your enemies all around so that you live in safety, 11 then you shall bring everything that I command you to the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and your donations, and all your choice votive gifts that you vow to the Lord. 12 And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you together with your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levites who reside in your towns (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).

A Prescribed Place of Worship

13 “Take care that you do not offer your burnt offerings at any place you happen to see. 14 But only at the place that the Lord will choose in one of your tribes—there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do everything I command you.

Bereshit (Genesis) Chapter 4

19 And Lemech took himself two wives; one was named Adah, and the other was named Zillah.

20 Now Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.

21 And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who grasp a lyre and a flute.

22 And Zillah she too bore Tubal-cain, who sharpened all tools that cut copper and iron, and Tubal-cain's sister was Na'amah.

Deuteronomy 12:20-32 

Reject Unworthy Forms of Worship

20 “When the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I am going to eat some meat,’ because you wish to eat meat, you may eat meat whenever you have the desire. 21 If the place where the Lord your God will choose to put his name is too far from you, and you slaughter as I have commanded you any of your herd or flock that the Lord has given you, then you may eat within your towns whenever you desire. 22 Indeed, just as gazelle or deer is eaten, so you may eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it. 23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat. 24 Do not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water. 25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you do what is right in the sight of the Lord. 26 But the sacred donations that are due from you and your votive gifts you shall bring to the place that the Lord will choose. 27 You shall present your burnt offerings, both the meat and the blood, on the altar of the Lord your God; the blood of your other sacrifices shall be poured out beside the altar of the Lord your God, but the meat you may eat.

28 “Be careful to obey all these words that I command you, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, because you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

Warning against Idolatry

29 “When the Lord your God has cut off before you the nations whom you are about to enter to dispossess them, when you have dispossessed them and live in their land, 30 take care that you are not snared into imitating them, after they have been destroyed before you; do not inquire concerning their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also want to do the same.’ 31 You must not do the same for the Lord your God, because every abhorrent thing that the Lord hates they have done for their gods. They would even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods. 32 You must diligently observe everything that I command you; do not add to it or take anything from it.

Bereshit (Genesis) Chapter 4

23 Now Lemech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hearken to my voice; wives of Lemech, incline your ears to my words, for I have slain a man by wounding (him) and a child by bruising (him).

24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, then for Lemech it shall be seventy seven fold."

25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and she named him Seth, for God has given me other seed, instead of Abel, for Cain slew him.

26 And to Seth also to him a son was born, and he named him Enosh; then it became common to call by the name of the Lord.

Bereshit (Genesis) Chapter 5

1 This is the narrative of the generations of man; on the day that God created man, in the likeness of God He created him.

2 Male and female He created them, and He blessed them, and He named them man (Adam) on the day they were created.

3 And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and he begot in his likeness after his image, and he named him Seth.

4 And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters.

5 And all the days of Adam that he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

6 And Seth lived one hundred and five years, and he begot Enosh.

7 And Seth lived after he had begotten Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and he begot sons and daughters.

8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

9 And Enosh lived ninety years, and he begot Kenan.

10 And Enosh lived after he had begotten Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and he begot sons and daughters.

11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

12 And Kenan lived seventy years, and he begot Mahalalel.

13 And Kenan lived after he had begotten Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and he begot sons and daughters.

14 And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

15 And Mahalalel lived sixty five years, and he begot Jared.

16 And Mahalalel lived after he had begotten Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and he begot sons and daughters.

17 And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety five years, and he died.

18 And Jared lived a hundred and sixty two years, and he begot Enoch.

19 And Jared lived after he had begotten Enoch eight hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters.

20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty two years, and he died.

21And Enoch lived sixty five years, and he begot Methuselah.

22 And Enoch walked with God after he had begotten Methuselah, three hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters.

23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty five years.

24And Enoch walked with God, and he was no longer, for God had taken him.

Colossians 3:1-11 

Reject Earthly Desires

3 So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth, 3 for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.

5 Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient. 7 These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life. 8 But now you must get rid of all such things: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices 10 and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. 11 In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, enslaved and free, but Christ is all and in all!

Bereshit (Genesis) Chapter 5

25 And Methuselah lived a hundred and eighty seven years, and he begot Lamech.

26 And Methuselah lived after he had begotten Lamech, seven hundred and eighty two years, and he begot sons and daughters.

27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty nine years, and he died.

28 And Lamech lived a hundred and eighty two years, and he begot a son.

29 And he named him Noah, saying, "This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands from the ground, which the Lord has cursed."

30 And Lamech lived after he had begotten Noah, five hundred and ninety five years, and he begot sons and daughters.

31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy seven years, and he died.

32 And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Bereshit (Genesis) Chapter 6

1 And it came to pass when man commenced to multiply upon the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them.

2 That the sons of the nobles saw the daughters of man when they were beautifying themselves, and they took for themselves wives from whomever they chose.

3 And the Lord said, "Let My spirit not quarrel forever concerning man, because he is also flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years."

4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of the nobles would come to the daughters of man, and they would bear for them; they are the mighty men, who were of old, the men of renown.

5 And the Lord saw that the evil of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of his heart was only evil all the time.

6 And the Lord regretted that He had made man upon the earth, and He became grieved in His heart.

7 And the Lord said, "I will blot out man, whom I created, from upon the face of the earth, from man to cattle to creeping thing, to the fowl of the heavens, for I regret that I made them."

8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

Shmuel I (I Samuel) Chapter 20

18 And Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be remembered, for your seat will be vacant.

19 And for three days, you shall hide very well, and you shall come to the place where you hid on the day of work, and you shall stay beside the traveler's stone.

20 And I shall shoot three arrows to the side, as though I shot at a mark.

21 And behold, I shall send the youth, (saying,) 'Go, find the arrows.' If I say to the youth, 'Behold, the arrows are on this side of you,' take it and come, for it is well with you, and there is nothing the matter, as the Lord lives.

22 But, if I say thus to the youth, 'Behold, the arrows are beyond you,' go! For the Lord has sent you away.

23 And (concerning) the matter which we have spoken, I and you, behold, the Lord is between me and you forever."

24 And David hid in the field, and when it was the new moon, Saul sat down to the meal to eat.

25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, upon the seat by the wall, and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat down beside Saul, and David's place was vacant.

26 And Saul did not say anything on that day, for he thought, "It is an incident; he is not clean, for he is not clean."

27 And it was, on the morrow of the new moon, the second (day of the month), that David's place was vacant, and Saul said to Jonathan, his son, "Why has not the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?"

28 And Jonathan answered Saul, "David asked leave of me (to go) to Bethlehem.

29 And he said, 'Let me go away now, for we have a family sacrifice in the city, and he, my brother, commanded me, and now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me slip away now, and see my brothers. ' He, therefore, did not come to the king's table."

30 And Saul's wrath was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, "You son of a straying woman deserving of punishment! Did I not know that you choose the son of Jesse, to your shame and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?

31 For all the days that the son of Jesse is living on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. And now, send and take him to me, for he is condemned to death."

32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"

33 And Saul cast the spear upon him to strike him; and Jonathan knew that it had been decided upon by his father, to put David to death.

34 And Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger; and he did not eat any food on the second day of the new moon, for he was grieved concerning David, for his father had put him to shame.

35 And it was in the morning, that Jonathan went out at David's appointed time, and a small boy was with him.

36 And he said to his boy, "Run, find now the arrows which I shoot." The boy ran; and he shot the arrow to cause it to go beyond him.

37 And the lad came up to the place of the arrow, which Jonathan had shot. And Jonathan called after the lad, and said, "Isn't the arrow beyond you?"

38 And Jonathan called after the lad, "Quickly, hasten, do not stand!" And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

39 And the lad knew nothing; only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

40 And Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, "Go, bring (them) to the city."

41 The lad departed, and David arose from (a place) toward the south; and he fell upon his face to the ground three times, and prostrated himself three times. And they kissed one another, and wept one with the other, until David exceeded.

42 And Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace! (And bear in mind) that we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, 'May the Lord be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever.' "