Bible Reading May 15 (World English Bible)
Joshua
11, 12
Jos
11:1 It happened, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent
to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of
Achshaph,
Jos
11:2 and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country, in
the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of
Dor on the west,
Jos
11:3 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite,
and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill
country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
Jos
11:4 They went out, they and all their armies with them, many
people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with
very many horses and chariots.
Jos
11:5 All these kings met together; and they came and encamped
together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
Jos
11:6 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Don't be afraid because of them;
for tomorrow at this time, I will deliver them up all slain before
Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with
fire."
Jos
11:7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against
them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell on them.
Jos
11:8 Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck
them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to
the valley of Mizpeh eastward. They struck them until they left them
none remaining.
Jos
11:9 Joshua did to them as Yahweh told him. He hamstrung their
horses and burnt their chariots with fire.
Jos
11:10 Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck
its king with the sword: for Hazor used to be the head of all those
kingdoms.
Jos
11:11 They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the
sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed.
He burnt Hazor with fire.
Jos
11:12 Joshua captured all the cities of those kings, with their
kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly
destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded.
Jos
11:13 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel
burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that.
Jos
11:14 The children of Israel took all the spoil of these cities,
with the livestock, as spoils for themselves; but every man they
struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them.
They didn't leave any who breathed.
Jos
11:15 As Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded
Joshua. Joshua did so. He left nothing undone of all that Yahweh
commanded Moses.
Jos
11:16 So Joshua captured all that land, the hill country, all the
South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, the hill
country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;
Jos
11:17 from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in
the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. He took all their kings,
struck them, and put them to death.
Jos
11:18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
Jos
11:19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of
Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all
in battle.
Jos
11:20 For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against
Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might
have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded
Moses.
Jos
11:21 Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill
country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill
country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel: Joshua
utterly destroyed them with their cities.
Jos
11:22 There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children
of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.
Jos
11:23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh
spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel
according to their divisions by their tribes. The land had rest from
war.
Jos
12:1 Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of
Israel struck, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the
sunrise, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the
Arabah eastward:
Jos
12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the
middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, the
border of the children of Ammon;
Jos
12:3 and the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to the
sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth
Jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:
Jos
12:4 and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the
Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
Jos
12:5 and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan,
to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead,
the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Jos
12:6 Moses the servant of Yahweh and the children of Israel struck
them. Moses the servant of Yahweh gave it for a possession to the
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Jos
12:7 These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of
Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley
of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir. Joshua gave it
to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their
divisions;
Jos
12:8 in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and
in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite,
the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the
Jebusite:
Jos
12:9 the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside
Bethel, one;
Jos
12:10 the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
Jos
12:11 the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
Jos
12:12 the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
Jos
12:13 the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
Jos
12:14 the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
Jos
12:15 the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Jos
12:16 the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
Jos
12:17 the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
Jos
12:18 the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
Jos
12:19 the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
Jos
12:20 the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
Jos
12:21 the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
Jos
12:22 the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
Jos
12:23 the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim
in Gilgal, one;
Jos
12:24 the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty-one.
May 14, 15
Luke 24
Luk 24:1
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others
came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
Luk 24:2
They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
Luk 24:3
They entered in, and didn't find the Lord Jesus' body.
Luk 24:4
It happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this, behold,
two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.
Luk 24:5
Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They
said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
Luk 24:6
He isn't here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was
still in Galilee,
Luk 24:7
saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of
sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"
Luk 24:8
They remembered his words,
Luk 24:9
returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and
to all the rest.
Luk 24:10
Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James.
The other women with them told these things to the apostles.
Luk 24:11
These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn't believe
them.
Luk 24:12
But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw
the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home,
wondering what had happened.
Luk 24:13
Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named
Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
Luk 24:14
They talked with each other about all of these things which had
happened.
Luk 24:15
It happened, while they talked and questioned together, that Jesus
himself came near, and went with them.
Luk 24:16
But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
Luk 24:17
He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and
are sad?"
Luk 24:18
One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only
stranger in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things which have happened
there in these days?"
Luk 24:19
He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The
things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in
deed and word before God and all the people;
Luk 24:20
and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be
condemned to death, and crucified him.
Luk 24:21
But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and
besides all this, it is now the third day since these things
happened.
Luk 24:22
Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at
the tomb;
Luk 24:23
and when they didn't find his body, they came saying that they had
also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
Luk 24:24
Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had
said, but they didn't see him."
Luk 24:25
He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in
all that the prophets have spoken!
Luk 24:26
Didn't the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his
glory?"
Luk 24:27
Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them
in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
Luk 24:28
They drew near to the village, where they were going, and he acted
like he would go further.
Luk 24:29
They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening,
and the day is almost over." He went in to stay with them.
Luk 24:30
It happened, that when he had sat down at the table with them, he
took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave to them.
Luk 24:31
Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out
of their sight.
Luk 24:32
They said one to another, "Weren't our hearts burning within us,
while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the
Scriptures to us?"
Luk 24:33
They rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found the
eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,
Luk 24:34
saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!"
Luk 24:35
They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was
recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.
Luk 24:36
As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said
to them, "Peace be to you."
Luk 24:37
But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they
had seen a spirit.
Luk 24:38
He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in
your hearts?
Luk 24:39
See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for
a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones, as you see that I have."
Luk 24:40
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
Luk 24:41
While they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered, he said to
them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"
Luk 24:42
They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb.
Luk 24:43
He took them, and ate in front of them.
Luk 24:44
He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still
with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the
prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."
Luk 24:45
Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the
Scriptures.
Luk 24:46
He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary
for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
Luk 24:47
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his
name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Luk 24:48
You are witnesses of these things.
Luk 24:49
Behold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the
city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."
Luk 24:50
He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and
blessed them.
Luk 24:51
It happened, while he blessed them, that he withdrew from them, and
was carried up into heaven.
Luk 24:52
They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
Luk 24:53
and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
According
to evolution, man is a “Johnny-come-lately.” He is a newcomer to planet
Earth, far removed from the origin of the Universe. If the Universe was
born 14 billion years ago, as many evolutionists, theistic
evolutionists, and progressive creationists believe, man did not “come
along” until about 13.996 billion years later. If such time were
represented by one 24-hour day, and the alleged Big Bang occurred at
12:00 a.m., then man did not arrive on the scene until 11:59:58 p.m.
Man’s allotted time during one 24-hour day would represent a measly two
seconds.
Today
the church finds itself bombarded with all kinds of criticism. One of
these is the notion that Christianity owes its origins to pagan
religions. One particularly troubling issue for some Christians is the
massive amount of misinformation circulating on the Internet concerning
the various “crucified saviors” of the world. Jesus is claimed to be no
different than dozens of other saviors who were crucified for the sins
of mankind, and later resurrected. If this were true, then Jesus would
be merely a Johnny-come-lately to the religious scene, no different and
no more authoritative than Zeus, Odin, or Thor.