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主の祭り

23 1-2 主はモーセに命じました。「主の祭りを毎年欠かさず守るよう、人々に言いなさい。その時には全国民が集まり、主を礼拝するのだ。 この祭りは安息日とは別のものである。毎週六日間は仕事をし、七日目は休み、集まるのは礼拝のためだけとしなさい。あとは家で静かに過ごしなさい。この安息日は、どこにいても守らなければならない。

あなたがたが毎年行う聖なる祝祭は、次のとおりである。

まず過越の祭り。これは第一の月の十四日(太陽暦では三月末)に祝う。

次は種なしパンの祭り。この祭りは過越の祭りの翌日から一週間、パン種を入れないパンを食べて祝う。 最初の日はふだんの仕事をすべて休み、礼拝のために集まる。 七日目も同様である。その間、毎日、火で焼くささげ物を神にささげる。

9-11 次は刈り入れの祭り。わたしがあなたがたに与える国で最初の収穫を上げたなら、安息日の翌日に、そのうちの一束を祭司のところに持って来なさい。祭司は、主の前でその束を揺り動かしてささげる。わたしはそれを受け取ろう。 12 同じ日に、焼き尽くすいけにえとして、一歳の傷のない雄の子羊をささげなさい。 13 穀物の供え物もいっしょにささげなさい。細かくひいた上等の小麦粉四・六リットルをオリーブ油でこね、火で焼くささげ物としなさい。わたしはそれを受け入れる。また、ぶどう酒約一リットルを飲み物の供え物としてささげなさい。 14 最初の収穫をささげ終えないうちは、どんな収穫物も食べてはならない。新麦もパンも炒り麦も食べてはならない。これは、イスラエルの代々守るべきおきてである。

15-16 七週の祭りとして、最初の収穫をささげてから五十日目に、その後の収穫の中から、新しい穀物の供え物を持って来なさい。 17 家で焼いたパンを二つ、主の前で揺り動かしてささげる。パンは、四・六リットルの小麦粉にパン種を入れて焼く。これは収穫物の初穂としてささげるのである。 18 パンとぶどう酒といっしょに、傷のない一歳の子羊七頭と若い雄牛一頭、雄羊二頭を、焼き尽くすいけにえとして主にささげる。全部を火で焼いてささげる。それがわたしの受け入れるいけにえである。 19 ほかに、罪の赦しのためのいけにえとして雄やぎ一頭を、和解のいけにえとして一歳の雄の子羊二頭をささげる。

20 収穫物の初穂としてささげたパンといっしょに、祭司はこれらのいけにえを揺り動かして主にささげる。 21 その日はすべての民が礼拝に集まる。どんな仕事もしてはならない。これは代々守るべきおきてである。 22 刈り入れのときは、畑の隅々まで刈り取ってはならない。落ち穂を拾ってはいけない。貧しい人や土地を持たない在留外国人のために残しておきなさい。

23-24 第七の月の一日(太陽暦では九月十五日)は、すべての民が礼拝に集まる聖なる記念日である。ラッパを高らかに吹き鳴らし、その時を告げなさい。 25 その日は一日、どんな仕事もしてはならない。ただ、火で焼くささげ物を主にささげなさい。

26-27 すべての民の罪を償う日はその九日後、あなたがたは主の前に集まり、めいめいの犯した罪を悔い、火で焼くささげ物をささげなければならない。 28 その日は、どんな仕事もしてはならない。主の前で罪の償いをする特別な日だからだ。 29 その日一日、罪を悔い改めて過ごさないような者はイスラエルから追放され、 30-31 その日に仕事をするような者は死刑に処せられる。これはイスラエルの永遠のおきてである。 32 その日は神聖な安息日だから、謙遜に罪を悔い改めなさい。前日の夕方から、当日の夕方まで丸一日、身を慎んで過ごしなさい。

33-34 さらに五日後の第七の月の十五日(太陽暦では九月二十九日)からは、主の前に七日間の仮庵の祭りを祝う。 35 最初の日はすべての民が仕事を休み、聖なる集会を開く。 36 祭りの七日間は毎日、火で焼くささげ物を神にささげる。八日目にもう一度、すべての民の聖なる集会を開く。その日も火で焼くささげ物をささげる。これは結びの集会で、仕事はすべて休まなければならない。

37 以上が毎年の祝祭である。その時は、すべての民が聖なる集会を開き、火で焼くいけにえをささげる。 38 これらは毎週の安息日とは別に加えられるものである。ふだんのささげ物や誓願の供え物とは別のものをささげなければならない。

39 なお、収穫の終わる時期に当たる第七の月の十五日から、この七日間の祭りを行う。祭りの最初の日と最終日は聖なる休息の日である。 40 最初の日に、実のついた果物の木の大枝と、なつめやしの木の葉、川べりにある柳などの葉の茂った大枝を持って来て〔仮小屋を作り〕、主の前で七日間、共に喜び合う。 41 この祭りは永遠のおきてである。 42 イスラエルで生まれた者はみな、この七日間を仮小屋で過ごす。 43 わたしがエジプトからあなたがたを救い出し、仮小屋に住ませたことを永遠に忘れないためだ。わたしはあなたがたの神、主である。」

44 モーセは人々に、これらの祭りを毎年欠かさず守るよう教えました。

The Appointed Festivals

23 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed festivals,(A) the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.(B)

The Sabbath

“‘There are six days when you may work,(C) but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest,(D) a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work;(E) wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.

The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread(F)

“‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:(G) The Lord’s Passover(H) begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.(I) On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread(J) begins; for seven days(K) you must eat bread made without yeast. On the first day hold a sacred assembly(L) and do no regular work. For seven days present a food offering to the Lord.(M) And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.’”

Offering the Firstfruits

The Lord said to Moses, 10 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you(N) and you reap its harvest,(O) bring to the priest a sheaf(P) of the first grain you harvest.(Q) 11 He is to wave the sheaf before the Lord(R) so it will be accepted(S) on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath. 12 On the day you wave the sheaf, you must sacrifice as a burnt offering to the Lord a lamb a year old(T) without defect,(U) 13 together with its grain offering(V) of two-tenths of an ephah[a](W) of the finest flour mixed with olive oil—a food offering presented to the Lord, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering(X) of a quarter of a hin[b] of wine.(Y) 14 You must not eat any bread, or roasted or new grain,(Z) until the very day you bring this offering to your God.(AA) This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come,(AB) wherever you live.(AC)

The Festival of Weeks(AD)

15 “‘From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks. 16 Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath,(AE) and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. 17 From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah(AF) of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits(AG) to the Lord. 18 Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings(AH)—a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 19 Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering[c] and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering. 20 The priest is to wave the two lambs before the Lord as a wave offering,(AI) together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the Lord for the priest. 21 On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly(AJ) and do no regular work.(AK) This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.

22 “‘When you reap the harvest(AL) of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.(AM) Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you.(AN) I am the Lord your God.’”

The Festival of Trumpets(AO)

23 The Lord said to Moses, 24 “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly(AP) commemorated with trumpet blasts.(AQ) 25 Do no regular work,(AR) but present a food offering to the Lord.(AS)’”

The Day of Atonement(AT)

26 The Lord said to Moses, 27 “The tenth day of this seventh month(AU) is the Day of Atonement.(AV) Hold a sacred assembly(AW) and deny yourselves,[d] and present a food offering to the Lord. 28 Do not do any work(AX) on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the Lord your God. 29 Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people.(AY) 30 I will destroy from among their people(AZ) anyone who does any work on that day. 31 You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance(BA) for the generations to come, wherever you live. 32 It is a day of sabbath rest(BB) for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath.”(BC)

The Festival of Tabernacles(BD)

33 The Lord said to Moses, 34 “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh(BE) month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles(BF) begins, and it lasts for seven days. 35 The first day is a sacred assembly;(BG) do no regular work.(BH) 36 For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly(BI) and present a food offering to the Lord.(BJ) It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.

37 (“‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing food offerings to the Lord—the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings(BK) required for each day. 38 These offerings(BL) are in addition to those for the Lord’s Sabbaths(BM) and[e] in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offerings(BN) you give to the Lord.)

39 “‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival(BO) to the Lord for seven days;(BP) the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest. 40 On the first day you are to take branches(BQ) from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees(BR)—and rejoice(BS) before the Lord your God for seven days. 41 Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 Live in temporary shelters(BT) for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters 43 so your descendants will know(BU) that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’”

44 So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed festivals of the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:13 That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms; also in verse 17
  2. Leviticus 23:13 That is, about 1 quart or about 1 liter
  3. Leviticus 23:19 Or purification offering
  4. Leviticus 23:27 Or and fast; similarly in verses 29 and 32
  5. Leviticus 23:38 Or These festivals are in addition to the Lord’s Sabbaths, and these offerings are

23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover.

And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:

11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord.

13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.

14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:

16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord.

17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.

18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the Lord.

19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.

20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest.

21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

26 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.

29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.

31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

33 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord.

35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

37 These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:

38 Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the Lord.

39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.

41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the Lord seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:

43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.

主の祭り

23 1-2 主はモーセに命じました。「主の祭りを毎年欠かさず守るよう、人々に言いなさい。その時には全国民が集まり、主を礼拝するのだ。 この祭りは安息日とは別のものである。毎週六日間は仕事をし、七日目は休み、集まるのは礼拝のためだけとしなさい。あとは家で静かに過ごしなさい。この安息日は、どこにいても守らなければならない。

あなたがたが毎年行う聖なる祝祭は、次のとおりである。

まず過越の祭り。これは第一の月の十四日(太陽暦では三月末)に祝う。

次は種なしパンの祭り。この祭りは過越の祭りの翌日から一週間、パン種を入れないパンを食べて祝う。 最初の日はふだんの仕事をすべて休み、礼拝のために集まる。 七日目も同様である。その間、毎日、火で焼くささげ物を神にささげる。

9-11 次は刈り入れの祭り。わたしがあなたがたに与える国で最初の収穫を上げたなら、安息日の翌日に、そのうちの一束を祭司のところに持って来なさい。祭司は、主の前でその束を揺り動かしてささげる。わたしはそれを受け取ろう。 12 同じ日に、焼き尽くすいけにえとして、一歳の傷のない雄の子羊をささげなさい。 13 穀物の供え物もいっしょにささげなさい。細かくひいた上等の小麦粉四・六リットルをオリーブ油でこね、火で焼くささげ物としなさい。わたしはそれを受け入れる。また、ぶどう酒約一リットルを飲み物の供え物としてささげなさい。 14 最初の収穫をささげ終えないうちは、どんな収穫物も食べてはならない。新麦もパンも炒り麦も食べてはならない。これは、イスラエルの代々守るべきおきてである。

15-16 七週の祭りとして、最初の収穫をささげてから五十日目に、その後の収穫の中から、新しい穀物の供え物を持って来なさい。 17 家で焼いたパンを二つ、主の前で揺り動かしてささげる。パンは、四・六リットルの小麦粉にパン種を入れて焼く。これは収穫物の初穂としてささげるのである。 18 パンとぶどう酒といっしょに、傷のない一歳の子羊七頭と若い雄牛一頭、雄羊二頭を、焼き尽くすいけにえとして主にささげる。全部を火で焼いてささげる。それがわたしの受け入れるいけにえである。 19 ほかに、罪の赦しのためのいけにえとして雄やぎ一頭を、和解のいけにえとして一歳の雄の子羊二頭をささげる。

20 収穫物の初穂としてささげたパンといっしょに、祭司はこれらのいけにえを揺り動かして主にささげる。 21 その日はすべての民が礼拝に集まる。どんな仕事もしてはならない。これは代々守るべきおきてである。 22 刈り入れのときは、畑の隅々まで刈り取ってはならない。落ち穂を拾ってはいけない。貧しい人や土地を持たない在留外国人のために残しておきなさい。

23-24 第七の月の一日(太陽暦では九月十五日)は、すべての民が礼拝に集まる聖なる記念日である。ラッパを高らかに吹き鳴らし、その時を告げなさい。 25 その日は一日、どんな仕事もしてはならない。ただ、火で焼くささげ物を主にささげなさい。

26-27 すべての民の罪を償う日はその九日後、あなたがたは主の前に集まり、めいめいの犯した罪を悔い、火で焼くささげ物をささげなければならない。 28 その日は、どんな仕事もしてはならない。主の前で罪の償いをする特別な日だからだ。 29 その日一日、罪を悔い改めて過ごさないような者はイスラエルから追放され、 30-31 その日に仕事をするような者は死刑に処せられる。これはイスラエルの永遠のおきてである。 32 その日は神聖な安息日だから、謙遜に罪を悔い改めなさい。前日の夕方から、当日の夕方まで丸一日、身を慎んで過ごしなさい。

33-34 さらに五日後の第七の月の十五日(太陽暦では九月二十九日)からは、主の前に七日間の仮庵の祭りを祝う。 35 最初の日はすべての民が仕事を休み、聖なる集会を開く。 36 祭りの七日間は毎日、火で焼くささげ物を神にささげる。八日目にもう一度、すべての民の聖なる集会を開く。その日も火で焼くささげ物をささげる。これは結びの集会で、仕事はすべて休まなければならない。

37 以上が毎年の祝祭である。その時は、すべての民が聖なる集会を開き、火で焼くいけにえをささげる。 38 これらは毎週の安息日とは別に加えられるものである。ふだんのささげ物や誓願の供え物とは別のものをささげなければならない。

39 なお、収穫の終わる時期に当たる第七の月の十五日から、この七日間の祭りを行う。祭りの最初の日と最終日は聖なる休息の日である。 40 最初の日に、実のついた果物の木の大枝と、なつめやしの木の葉、川べりにある柳などの葉の茂った大枝を持って来て〔仮小屋を作り〕、主の前で七日間、共に喜び合う。 41 この祭りは永遠のおきてである。 42 イスラエルで生まれた者はみな、この七日間を仮小屋で過ごす。 43 わたしがエジプトからあなたがたを救い出し、仮小屋に住ませたことを永遠に忘れないためだ。わたしはあなたがたの神、主である。」

44 モーセは人々に、これらの祭りを毎年欠かさず守るよう教えました。

The Appointed Festivals

23 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed festivals,(A) the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.(B)

The Sabbath

“‘There are six days when you may work,(C) but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest,(D) a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work;(E) wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.

The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread(F)

“‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:(G) The Lord’s Passover(H) begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.(I) On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread(J) begins; for seven days(K) you must eat bread made without yeast. On the first day hold a sacred assembly(L) and do no regular work. For seven days present a food offering to the Lord.(M) And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.’”

Offering the Firstfruits

The Lord said to Moses, 10 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you(N) and you reap its harvest,(O) bring to the priest a sheaf(P) of the first grain you harvest.(Q) 11 He is to wave the sheaf before the Lord(R) so it will be accepted(S) on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath. 12 On the day you wave the sheaf, you must sacrifice as a burnt offering to the Lord a lamb a year old(T) without defect,(U) 13 together with its grain offering(V) of two-tenths of an ephah[a](W) of the finest flour mixed with olive oil—a food offering presented to the Lord, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering(X) of a quarter of a hin[b] of wine.(Y) 14 You must not eat any bread, or roasted or new grain,(Z) until the very day you bring this offering to your God.(AA) This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come,(AB) wherever you live.(AC)

The Festival of Weeks(AD)

15 “‘From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks. 16 Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath,(AE) and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. 17 From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah(AF) of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits(AG) to the Lord. 18 Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings(AH)—a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 19 Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering[c] and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering. 20 The priest is to wave the two lambs before the Lord as a wave offering,(AI) together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the Lord for the priest. 21 On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly(AJ) and do no regular work.(AK) This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.

22 “‘When you reap the harvest(AL) of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.(AM) Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you.(AN) I am the Lord your God.’”

The Festival of Trumpets(AO)

23 The Lord said to Moses, 24 “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly(AP) commemorated with trumpet blasts.(AQ) 25 Do no regular work,(AR) but present a food offering to the Lord.(AS)’”

The Day of Atonement(AT)

26 The Lord said to Moses, 27 “The tenth day of this seventh month(AU) is the Day of Atonement.(AV) Hold a sacred assembly(AW) and deny yourselves,[d] and present a food offering to the Lord. 28 Do not do any work(AX) on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the Lord your God. 29 Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people.(AY) 30 I will destroy from among their people(AZ) anyone who does any work on that day. 31 You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance(BA) for the generations to come, wherever you live. 32 It is a day of sabbath rest(BB) for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath.”(BC)

The Festival of Tabernacles(BD)

33 The Lord said to Moses, 34 “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh(BE) month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles(BF) begins, and it lasts for seven days. 35 The first day is a sacred assembly;(BG) do no regular work.(BH) 36 For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly(BI) and present a food offering to the Lord.(BJ) It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.

37 (“‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing food offerings to the Lord—the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings(BK) required for each day. 38 These offerings(BL) are in addition to those for the Lord’s Sabbaths(BM) and[e] in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offerings(BN) you give to the Lord.)

39 “‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival(BO) to the Lord for seven days;(BP) the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest. 40 On the first day you are to take branches(BQ) from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees(BR)—and rejoice(BS) before the Lord your God for seven days. 41 Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 Live in temporary shelters(BT) for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters 43 so your descendants will know(BU) that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’”

44 So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed festivals of the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:13 That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms; also in verse 17
  2. Leviticus 23:13 That is, about 1 quart or about 1 liter
  3. Leviticus 23:19 Or purification offering
  4. Leviticus 23:27 Or and fast; similarly in verses 29 and 32
  5. Leviticus 23:38 Or These festivals are in addition to the Lord’s Sabbaths, and these offerings are

23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover.

And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:

11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord.

13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.

14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:

16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord.

17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.

18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the Lord.

19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.

20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest.

21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

26 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.

29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.

31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

33 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord.

35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

37 These are the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:

38 Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the Lord.

39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.

41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the Lord seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:

43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the Lord.

エルサレムへの最後の旅

21 エペソの長老たちと別れたあと、パウロと私たちはコスに直航し、翌日はロドス、それからパタラへと船旅を続けました。 そこで、シリヤのフェニキヤ方面に行く船に乗り替え、 キプロス島の南を通ってシリヤに向かい、いったんツロに上陸しました。ここで船の積み荷を陸上げすることになっていたからです。 上陸すると、クリスチャンを捜し出し、一週間ほどいっしょに過ごしました。この町のクリスチャンは聖霊に示されたので、どうにかしてパウロにエルサレム行きを思いとどまらせようとしました。 しかし、停泊期間も終わり、私たちは予定どおり船に戻ることになったので、人々は家族総出で、浜辺まで見送りに来ました。互いに祈り合い、別れのあいさつがすむと、 私たちは船に乗り込み、人々は家へ帰りました。

ツロの次はトレマイです。この町のクリスチャンにもあいさつをしましたが、滞在は一日だけでした。 翌日には、もうカイザリヤに着き、そこでは、最初の七人の執事の一人であった、伝道者ピリポの家に泊まりました。 ピリポには、預言する力のある未婚の娘が四人いました。

10-11 数日そこに世話になっているあいだに、やはり預言する力のあるアガボという人の訪問を受けました。この人は、わざわざユダヤから来たのです。アガボはパウロの帯を取り、それで自分の手足を縛ってから言いました。「聖霊が告げられました。『この帯の持ち主は、エルサレムでユダヤ人からこのように縛り上げられ、ローマ人に引き渡される。』」 12 これを聞いた者はみな、この町のクリスチャンも、同行していた私たちも、声をそろえてパウロに、エルサレムへは行かないでほしいと涙ながらに訴えました。

13 しかし、パウロは言いました。「なぜ泣いたり、私の心をくじいたりするのですか。私は主イエスのためなら、エルサレムで投獄されてもかまわないと、いや、殺されてもいいとさえ覚悟しています。」 14 もうこれ以上何を言ってもむだで、私たちは、「主のお心のままに」と言って、黙るほかありませんでした。

15 しばらくして私たちは、荷物をまとめてエルサレムへ出発しました。 16 カイザリヤのクリスチャンも幾人か同行し、エルサレムに着くとすぐ、古くからの仲間の一人、キプロス島出身のマナソンの家へ案内してくれました。そこに泊めてもらうことになっていたからです。 17 エルサレムのクリスチャンたちは、私たちを心から歓迎してくれました。

18 翌日、パウロは私たちを連れ、ヤコブをはじめエルサレム教会の長老たちに会いに出かけました。 19 ひと通りあいさつがすむと、パウロは、この伝道旅行で、神がどれだけ多くのことを成し遂げてくださったかを、くわしく報告しました。

20 それを聞いた人々は神をほめたたえ、パウロに言いました。「愛する兄弟(信仰を同じくする者)よ。ご存じと思いますが、何万というユダヤ人も、主イエスを信じるようになったのです。彼らはクリスチャンになっても、ユダヤ人はユダヤの伝統と慣習を守り続けるべきだと強く主張しています。 21 そこで困ったことがあるのです。あなたが外国人の中にいるユダヤ人に対して、モーセの律法やユダヤ人の慣習に反し、子どもに割礼を施すことを禁じているといううわさが、エルサレムに流れているのです。 22 どうしたものでしょうか。あなたが来たことは、必ず彼らの耳に入るでしょうし……。 23 そこで、こうしたらどうでしょう。私たちの中に、誓願を立てて頭をそる人が四人います。 24 この人たちを神殿に連れて行き、あなたもいっしょに頭をそり、彼らの費用を払ってやるのです。そうすれば、うわさが事実無根であり、あなたがユダヤ人として律法を守り、私たちと同じ考えであることがわかってもらえるでしょう。

25 もちろん、外国人のクリスチャンには、このようなユダヤの慣習を押しつけるつもりは毛頭ありません。ただ、前に手紙で知らせたように、偶像にささげた物を食べないこと、血を食べないこと、しめ殺された動物の肉は血を抜かないままで食べないこと、不品行を避けること、これだけを守ればいいのです。」

26 パウロはこの提案を受け入れ、翌日、四人の人といっしょに儀式を受けるために宮へ行き、ほかの人たちと共に、七日後に供え物をささげる誓いを立てたことを公表しました。

27 その七日間が終わろうとしていた時、小アジヤから来た数人のユダヤ人が、宮の中でパウロを見つけたのです。彼らは群衆をそそのかして襲いかかり、 28 パウロを押さえつけると大声で叫びました。「みんな、手を貸してくれ! こいつは、とんでもないやつなんだ。ユダヤ人に逆らえだの、おきてを守るなだのとふれ回っているんだ。そればかりじゃない。神殿の規則に反することも教えている。現に、外国人をこの神聖な場所に連れ込むようなまねを平気でやっているのだ。」 29 彼らはその日の早朝、パウロが、エペソから来た外国人のトロピモといっしょにいるのを見かけたので、パウロが彼を神殿に連れ込んだものと勘違いしたのです。

30 この訴えに、町中が騒ぎだしました。人々はパウロ目がけて殺到し、むりやり宮の外へ引きずり出すと、門をぴったりしめてしまいました。 31 彼らがパウロを殺そうとしていた時、ローマの守備隊司令官のもとに、エルサレムが混乱状態に陥ったという知らせが届きました。 32 司令官は、直ちに兵士と士官を率いて現場に駆けつけました。軍隊が近づいて来たので、人々はパウロをなぐるのをやめました。 33 司令官はパウロをとらえると、まず二重の鎖で縛らせ、次に、「この男は何者で、いったい何をしでかしたのか」と人々に尋ねました。 34 ところが、人々がめいめい勝手なことを叫び続けたので、さっぱり事情がつかめません。ひとまず、パウロを兵営へ連行するように命じました。 35 しかし、階段にさしかかった時には、群衆の暴行を避けるため、兵士たちはパウロをかつぎ上げなければならなくなりました。 36 群衆は、「そいつを殺せ! 殺しちまえ!」とわめきながら、押し寄せて来ました。

37-38 兵営に連れ込まれようとした時、パウロは司令官に、「お話ししたいことがあるのですが」と言いました。そのことばに司令官は驚いて、聞き返しました。「あなたはギリシヤ語が話せるのか。ではあなたは、数年前、反乱を起こし、四千人の殺し屋を引き連れて荒野へ逃亡した、あのエジプト人ではないのか。」 39 パウロは答えました。「私はキリキヤのタルソ出身のユダヤ人です。お願いです。この人たちに話をさせてください。」

パウロの釈明

40 司令官が許可したので、パウロは階段の上に立ち、身ぶりで人々を静めました。まもなくすっかり静かになったところで、パウロはヘブル語で話し始めました。

On to Jerusalem

21 After we(A) had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia,(B) went on board and set sail. After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria.(C) We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo. We sought out the disciples(D) there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit(E) they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.(F) After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

We continued our voyage from Tyre(G) and landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters(H) and stayed with them for a day. Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea(I) and stayed at the house of Philip(J) the evangelist,(K) one of the Seven. He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.(L)

10 After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus(M) came down from Judea. 11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says,(N) ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind(O) the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’”(P)

12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die(Q) in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”(R) 14 When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up(S) and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”(T)

15 After this, we started on our way up to Jerusalem.(U) 16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea(V) accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus(W) and one of the early disciples.

Paul’s Arrival at Jerusalem

17 When we arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters(X) received us warmly.(Y) 18 The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James,(Z) and all the elders(AA) were present. 19 Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles(AB) through his ministry.(AC)

20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous(AD) for the law.(AE) 21 They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses,(AF) telling them not to circumcise their children(AG) or live according to our customs.(AH) 22 What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you have come, 23 so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow.(AI) 24 Take these men, join in their purification rites(AJ) and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved.(AK) Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. 25 As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.”(AL)

26 The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.(AM)

Paul Arrested

27 When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,(AN) 28 shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”(AO) 29 (They had previously seen Trophimus(AP) the Ephesian(AQ) in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)

30 The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul,(AR) they dragged him(AS) from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. 31 While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32 He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.(AT)

33 The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound(AU) with two(AV) chains.(AW) Then he asked who he was and what he had done. 34 Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another,(AX) and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.(AY) 35 When Paul reached the steps,(AZ) the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. 36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”(BA)

Paul Speaks to the Crowd(BB)

37 As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks,(BC) he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?”

“Do you speak Greek?” he replied. 38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wilderness(BD) some time ago?”(BE)

39 Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus(BF) in Cilicia,(BG) a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.”

40 After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned(BH) to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic[a]:(BI)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 21:40 Or possibly Hebrew; also in 22:2

21 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:

And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.

Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.

And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.

And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.

And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.

And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.

16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.

17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.

18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.

19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:

21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.

22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.

23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;

24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.

26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,

28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.

31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.

33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.

35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.

36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.

37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?

39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,