H1121Then the childrenH7205of ReubenH1121and the childrenH1410of GadH2677and the halfH7626tribeH4519of ManassehH6030answered[H8799] H1696, and said[H8762] H7218unto the headsH505of the thousandsH3478of Israel,
G1161ButG37sanctify[G5657] G2962the LordG2316GodG1722inG5216yourG2588heartsG1161: andG2092be readyG104alwaysG4314toG627give an answerG3956to every manG154that asketh[G5723] G5209youG3056a reasonG4012ofG1680the hopeG1722that is inG5213youG3326withG4240meeknessG2532andG5401fear:
G5620WhereforeG3450, myG27belovedG80brethrenG2077, letG3956everyG444manG2077be[G5749] G5036swiftG1519toG191hear[G5658] G1021, slowG1519toG2980speak[G5658] G1021, slowG1519toG3709wrath:
G1161ButG4074PeterG756rehearsed the matter from the beginning[G5671] G1620, and expounded[G5710] G2517it by orderG846unto themG3004, saying[G5723] ,
H1035But thou, BethlehemH672EphratahH6810, though thou be littleH505among the thousandsH3063of JudahH3318, yet out of thee shall he come forth[H8799] H4910unto me that is to be ruler[H8802] H3478in IsraelH4163; whose goings forthH6924have been from of oldH3117, from everlastingH5769 .
H5401Every man shall kiss[H8799] H8193his lipsH7725that giveth[H8688] H5228a rightH1697answer.
H7725He that answereth[H8688] H1697a matterH8085before he heareth[H8799] H200it, it is follyH3639and shame unto him.
H4633The preparationsH3820of the heartH120in manH4617, and the answerH3956of the tongueH3068, is from the LORD.
H7390A softH4617answerH7725turneth[H8686] H2534away wrathH6089: but grievousH1697wordsH5927stir up[H8686] H639anger.
H5912Did not AchanH1121the sonH2226of ZerahH4603commit[H8804] H4604a trespassH2764in the accursed thingH7110, and wrathH1961fell[H8804] H5712on all the congregationH3478of IsraelH376? and that manH1478perished[H8804] H259not aloneH5771in his iniquity.
H3068The LORDH410GodH430of godsH3068, the LORDH410GodH430of godsH3045, he knoweth[H8802] H3478, and IsraelH3045he shall know[H8799] H4777; if it be in rebellionH4604, or if in transgressionH3068against the LORDH3467, (save[H8686] H3117us not this day,)
