¹ The hand of Jehovah was upon me, and brought· me ·out in the spirit of Jehovah, and rested me in the midst of the vale and it^◦ was full of bones,

² and caused me to pass by^◦ them all around; and, behold, there were very many on the face of the vale; and behold, they were very dry.

³ And He said unto^▵ me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I said, O Lord Jehovih^*, Thou^◦ knowest.

⁴ And He said unto^▵ me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto^▵ them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.

⁵ Thus says the Lord Jehovih unto these bones; Behold, I^◦ will cause spirit to come into you, and you shall live;

⁶ and I will put^◦ sinews on you, and will bring·​·up flesh upon you, and cover over you with skin, and put^◦ spirit in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I^◦ am Jehovah.

⁷ And I prophesied as^◦ I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a voice, and behold a quaking, and the bones came·​·near, a bone to^▵ its bone.

⁸ And I saw, and behold, sinews and flesh came·​·up on them, and skin covered over them above; but there was no spirit in them.

⁹ And He said unto^▵ me, Prophesy to^▵ the spirit, prophesy, son of man, and say to^▵ the wind, Thus says the Lord Jehovih: Come from the four winds, O spirit^*, and breathe into these that were killed, and they will live.

¹⁰ And I prophesied as^◦ He commanded me, and the spirit came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a very, very great host.

¹¹ And He said to^▵ me, Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel; behold, they^◦ say, Our bones are dried·​·up, and our hope^◦ is·​·lost; for ourselves we are severed.

¹² Therefore prophesy and say unto^▵ them, Thus says the Lord Jehovih: Behold, O My people, I^◦ will open your graves, and cause you to come·​·up out·​·of your graves, and bring you onto^▵ the ground of Israel.

¹³ And you shall know that I^◦ am Jehovah, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought· you ·up out·​·of your graves,

¹⁴ and shall put^◦ My spirit in you, and you shall live, and I shall place you on your own ground; and you shall know that I^◦, Jehovah, have spoken it, and done it, says^◦ Jehovah.

¹⁵ And the word of Jehovah was unto^▵ me, saying,

¹⁶ And thou^◦, son of man, take for thyself one piece of wood, and write on it, For Judah, and for the sons of Israel his friends; then take one piece of wood, and write on it, For Joseph, the piece of wood of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his friends:

¹⁷ and bring· them ·near, one to^▵ the other^* one to thee, into one piece of wood, and they shall be one in thy hand.

¹⁸ And when^▵ the sons of thy people shall say unto^▵ thee, saying, Wilt thou not tell us what these mean to thee?

¹⁹ speak to^▵ them, Thus says the Lord Jehovih: Behold, I^◦ will take the wood of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes^◦ of Israel his friends, and will put^◦ them upon him, with^◦ the wood of Judah, and make them one piece of wood, and they shall be one in My hand.

²⁰ And the pieces of wood upon which thou writest shall be in thy hand before^▫ their eyes.

²¹ And speak to^▵ them, Thus says the Lord Jehovih: Behold, I^◦ will take the sons of Israel from among the nations, whither they be gone^◦, and will bring· them ·together all around, and bring them onto^▵ their own ground;

²² and I will make them into one nation in the land upon^◦ the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be for a king to them all; and they shall be no^◦ more^◦ two nations, neither shall they be halved any·​·more into^◦ two kingdoms any·​·more.

²³ Neither shall they make· themselves ·unclean any·​·more with their idols, nor^◦ with their detestable things, nor^◦ with any of their transgressions, but I will save them out·​·of all their dwellingplaces, wherein^◦ they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be to Me for a people, and I^◦ will be to them for a God.

²⁴ And My servant David shall be king over them, and there shall be one shepherd for them all; and they shall walk^◦ in My judgments, and keep My statutes, and do them.

²⁵ And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob My servant, wherein^◦ your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell in it, even they^◦, and their sons, and their sons’ sons to^◦ eternity; and My servant David shall be chief to them to eternity.

²⁶ And I will cut a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an eternal covenant with^◦ them; and I will give them and multiply them, and will put^◦ My sanctuary in their midst to eternity.

²⁷ And My habitation shall be over them; and I will be to them for a God and they^◦ shall be to Me for a people.

²⁸ And the nations shall know that I^◦, Jehovah, shall sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst to eternity.

¹ When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

² It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,

³ and shall tell them, "Hear, Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies: don't let your heart faint; don't be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;

⁴ for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you."

⁵ The officers shall speak to the people, saying, "What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

⁶ What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.

⁷ What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her."

⁸ The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, "What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart."

⁹ It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.

¹⁰ When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

¹¹ It shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.

¹² If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:

¹³ and when Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:

¹⁴ but the women, and the little ones, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its spoil, you shall take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.

¹⁵ Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

¹⁶ But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;

¹⁷ but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Yahweh your God has commanded you;

¹⁸ that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.

¹⁹ When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of you?

²⁰ Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it fall.