Bible Reading May 18-20
World English Bible
Joshua
17, 18
Jos
17:1 This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the
firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the
father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had
Gilead and Bashan.
Jos
17:2 So this was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according
to their families: for the children of Abiezer, for the children of
Helek, for the children of Asriel, for the children of Shechem, for
the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were
the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their
families.
Jos
17:3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son
of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these
are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and
Tirzah.
Jos
17:4 They came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the
son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, "Yahweh commanded
Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers." Therefore
according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them an inheritance
among the brothers of their father.
Jos
17:5 Ten parts fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and
Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;
Jos
17:6 because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his
sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of
Manasseh.
Jos
17:7 The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is
before Shechem. The border went along to the right hand, to the
inhabitants of En Tappuah.
Jos
17:8 The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the
border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.
Jos
17:9 The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the
brook. These cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh.
The border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and ended
at the sea.
Jos
17:10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's,
and the sea was his border. They reached to Asher on the north, and
to Issachar on the east.
Jos
17:11 Manasseh had three heights in Issachar, in Asher Beth Shean
and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor
and its towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and its towns, and the
inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo
and its towns.
Jos
17:12 Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't drive out the
inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that
land.
Jos
17:13 It happened, when the children of Israel had grown strong,
that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn't utterly
drive them out.
Jos
17:14 The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have
you given me just one lot and one part for an inheritance, since I am
a great people, because Yahweh has blessed me so far?"
Jos
17:15 Joshua said to them, "If you are a great people, go up to
the forest, and clear land for yourself there in the land of the
Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill country of Ephraim is
too narrow for you."
Jos
17:16 The children of Joseph said, "The hill country is not
enough for us. All the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley
have chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth Shean and its
towns, and those who are in the valley of Jezreel."
Jos
17:17 Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to
Manasseh, saying, "You are a great people, and have great power.
You shall not have one lot only;
Jos
17:18 but the hill country shall be yours. Although it is a forest,
you shall cut it down, and it's farthest extent shall be yours; for
you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of
iron, and though they are strong."
Jos
18:1 The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled
themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there.
The land was subdued before them.
Jos
18:2 Seven tribes remained among the children of Israel, which had
not yet divided their inheritance.
Jos
18:3 Joshua said to the children of Israel, "How long will you
neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your
fathers, has given you?
Jos
18:4 Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe. I will send
them, and they shall arise, walk through the land, and describe it
according to their inheritance; and they shall come to me.
Jos
18:5 They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in
his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their
borders on the north.
Jos
18:6 You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the
description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before
Yahweh our God.
Jos
18:7 For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood
of Yahweh is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of
Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward,
which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them."
Jos
18:8 The men arose and went. Joshua commanded those who went to
survey the land, saying, "Go walk through the land, survey it,
and come again to me. I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh in
Shiloh."
Jos
18:9 The men went and passed through the land, and surveyed it by
cities into seven portions in a book. They came to Joshua to the camp
at Shiloh.
Jos
18:10 Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh. There
Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their
divisions.
Jos
18:11 The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up
according to their families. The border of their lot went out between
the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Jos
18:12 Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan. The
border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up
through the hill country westward. It ended at the wilderness of Beth
Aven.
Jos
18:13 The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz
(the same is Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth
Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the
lower.
Jos
18:14 The border extended, and turned around on the west quarter
southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward;
and ended at Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), a city of
the children of Judah. This was the west quarter.
Jos
18:15 The south quarter was from the farthest part of Kiriath
Jearim. The border went out westward, and went out to the spring of
the waters of Nephtoah.
Jos
18:16 The border went down to the farthest part of the mountain that
lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley
of Rephaim northward. It went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the
side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En Rogel.
Jos
18:17 It extended northward, went out at En Shemesh, and went out to
Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim. It went down
to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
Jos
18:18 It passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward,
and went down to the Arabah.
Jos
18:19 The border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward;
and the border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south
end of the Jordan. This was the south border.
Jos
18:20 The Jordan was its border on the east quarter. This was the
inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders around it,
according to their families.
Jos
18:21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin
according to their families were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,
Jos
18:22 Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Jos
18:23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Jos
18:24 Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their
villages.
Jos
18:25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
Jos
18:26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,
Jos
18:27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
Jos
18:28 Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath,
and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the
inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Joshua
19, 20
Jos
19:1 The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to their families. Their inheritance was
in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah.
Jos
19:2 They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
Jos
19:3 Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem,
Jos
19:4 Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
Jos
19:5 Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,
Jos
19:6 Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their
villages;
Jos
19:7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages;
Jos
19:8 and all the villages that were around these cities to Baalath
Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to their families.
Jos
19:9 Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of
the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was
too much for them. Therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance
in the midst of their inheritance.
Jos
19:10 The third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to
their families. The border of their inheritance was to Sarid.
Jos
19:11 Their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to
Dabbesheth. It reached to the brook that is before Jokneam.
Jos
19:12 It turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border
of Chisloth Tabor. It went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia.
Jos
19:13 From there it passed along eastward to Gath Hepher, to
Ethkazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretches to Neah.
Jos
19:14 The border turned around it on the north to Hannathon; and it
ended at the valley of Iphtah El;
Jos
19:15 Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve
cities with their villages.
Jos
19:16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according
to their families, these cities with their villages.
Jos
19:17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of
Issachar according to their families.
Jos
19:18 Their border was to Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
Jos
19:19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,
Jos
19:20 Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,
Jos
19:21 Remeth, Engannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez.
Jos
19:22 The border reached to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh.
Their border ended at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
Jos
19:23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.
Jos
19:24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families.
Jos
19:25 Their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
Jos
19:26 Allammelech, Amad, Mishal. It reached to Carmel westward, and
to Shihorlibnath.
Jos
19:27 It turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon, and reached to
Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah El northward to Beth Emek and
Neiel. It went out to Cabul on the left hand,
Jos
19:28 and Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Sidon.
Jos
19:29 The border turned to Ramah, to the fortified city of Tyre; and
the border turned to Hosah. It ended at the sea by the region of
Achzib;
Jos
19:30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their
villages.
Jos
19:31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Jos
19:32 The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for
the children of Naphtali according to their families.
Jos
19:33 Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim,
Adaminekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakkum. It ended at the Jordan.
Jos
19:34 The border turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out from
there to Hukkok. It reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to
Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrise.
Jos
19:35 The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath,
Chinnereth,
Jos
19:36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,
Jos
19:37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,
Jos
19:38 Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh; nineteen
cities with their villages.
Jos
19:39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of
Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.
Jos
19:40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families.
Jos
19:41 The border of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Irshemesh,
Jos
19:42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
Jos
19:43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
Jos
19:44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
Jos
19:45 Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,
Jos
19:46 Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa.
Jos
19:47 The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for
the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it,
and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived
therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
Jos
19:48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Jos
19:49 So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance
by its borders. The children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua
the son of Nun in the midst of them.
Jos
19:50 According to the commandment of Yahweh, they gave him the city
which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and
he built the city, and lived there.
Jos
19:51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua
the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of
the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh
before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. So they made an
end of dividing the land.
Jos
20:1 Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
Jos
20:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Assign the
cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,
Jos
20:3 that the manslayer who kills any person accidentally or
unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge
from the avenger of blood.
Jos
20:4 He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the
entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears
of the elders of that city. They shall take him into the city with
them, and give him a place, that he may live among them.
Jos
20:5 If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not
deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his
neighbor unintentionally, and didn't hate him before.
Jos
20:6 He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the
congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that
shall be in those days. Then the manslayer shall return, and come to
his own city, and to his own house, to the city he fled from.' "
Jos
20:7 They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of
Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba
(the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
Jos
20:8 Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in
the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in
Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe
of Manasseh.
Jos
20:9 These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel,
and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any
person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of
the avenger of blood, until he stands before the congregation.
Joshua
21, 22
Jos
21:1 Then the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites came near to
Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of
fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.
Jos
21:2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying,
"Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with
their suburbs for our livestock."
Jos
21:3 The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their
inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities
with their suburbs.
Jos
21:4 The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The
children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen
cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of the
Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
Jos
21:5 The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of
the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and
out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Jos
21:6 The children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot out of the
families of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of
the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan.
Jos
21:7 The children of Merari according to their families had twelve
cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out
of the tribe of Zebulun.
Jos
21:8 The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by
lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.
Jos
21:9 They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of
the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned
by name:
Jos
21:10 and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of
the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the
first lot.
Jos
21:11 They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak
(the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs
around it.
Jos
21:12 But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb
the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Jos
21:13 To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its
suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its
suburbs,
Jos
21:14 Jattir with its suburbs, Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
Jos
21:15 Holon with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,
Jos
21:16 Ain with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth
Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
Jos
21:17 Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba
with its suburbs,
Jos
21:18 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four
cities.
Jos
21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were
thirteen cities with their suburbs.
Jos
21:20 The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the
rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of
the tribe of Ephraim.
Jos
21:21 They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of
Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its
suburbs,
Jos
21:22 Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs;
four cities.
Jos
21:23 Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon
with its suburbs,
Jos
21:24 Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four
cities.
Jos
21:25 Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs,
and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.
Jos
21:26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of
Kohath were ten with their suburbs.
Jos
21:27 They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the
Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its
suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah with
its suburbs; two cities.
Jos
21:28 Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs,
Daberath with its suburbs,
Jos
21:29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four
cities.
Jos
21:30 Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with
its suburbs,
Jos
21:31 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four
cities.
Jos
21:32 Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its
suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammothdor with its
suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
Jos
21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families
were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
Jos
21:34 To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the
Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs,
Kartah with its suburbs,
Jos
21:35 Dimnah with its suburbs, and Nahalal with its suburbs; four
cities.
Jos
21:36 Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, Jahaz with
its suburbs,
Jos
21:37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four
cities.
Jos
21:38 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs,
the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
Jos
21:39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities
in all.
Jos
21:40 All these were the cities of the children of Merari according
to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites.
Their lot was twelve cities.
Jos
21:41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession
of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.
Jos
21:42 Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It
was this way with all these cities.
Jos
21:43 So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give
to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.
Jos
21:44 Yahweh gave them rest all around, according to all that he
swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before
them. Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Jos
21:45 Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to
the house of Israel. All came to pass.
Jos
22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the
half-tribe of Manasseh,
Jos
22:2 and said to them, "You have kept all that Moses the
servant of Yahweh commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all
that I commanded you.
Jos
22:3 You have not left your brothers these many days to this day,
but have performed the duty of the commandment of Yahweh your God.
Jos
22:4 Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he
spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land
of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond
the Jordan.
Jos
22:5 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which
Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God,
to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to
him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."
Jos
22:6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to
their tents.
Jos
22:7 Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given
inheritance in Bashan; but to the other half gave Joshua among their
brothers beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them
away to their tents, he blessed them,
Jos
22:8 and spoke to them, saying, "Return with much wealth to
your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with
brass, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the spoil of
your enemies with your brothers."
Jos
22:9 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the
half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of
Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the
land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned,
according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
Jos
22:10 When they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the
land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and
the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a
great altar to look at.
Jos
22:11 The children of Israel heard this, "Behold, the children
of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have
built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region
about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the children of
Israel."
Jos
22:12 When the children of Israel heard of it, the whole
congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together
at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.
Jos
22:13 The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to
the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land
of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
Jos
22:14 and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for
each of the tribes of Israel; and they were everyone of them head of
their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
Jos
22:15 They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of
Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and
they spoke with them, saying,
Jos
22:16 "Thus says the whole congregation of Yahweh, 'What
trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel,
to turn away this day from following Yahweh, in that you have built
you an altar, to rebel this day against Yahweh?
Jos
22:17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have
not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on
the congregation of Yahweh,
Jos
22:18 that you must turn away this day from following Yahweh? It
will be, seeing that you rebel today against Yahweh, that tomorrow he
will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
Jos
22:19 However, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass
over to the land of the possession of Yahweh, in which Yahweh's
tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but don't rebel
against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building an altar other than
the altar of Yahweh our God.
Jos
22:20 Didn't Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted
thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? That man
didn't perish alone in his iniquity.' "
Jos
22:21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the
half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the
thousands of Israel,
Jos
22:22 "The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God,
Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or
if in trespass against Yahweh (don't save us this day),
Jos
22:23 that we have built us an altar to turn away from following
Yahweh; or if to offer burnt offering or meal offering, or if to
offer sacrifices of peace offerings, let Yahweh himself require it.
Jos
22:24 If we have not out of concern done this, and for a reason,
saying, 'In time to come your children might speak to our children,
saying, "What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel?
Jos
22:25 For Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you,
you children of Reuben and children of Gad. You have no portion in
Yahweh." ' So your children might make our children cease from
fearing Yahweh.
Jos
22:26 Therefore we said, 'Let's now prepare to build ourselves an
altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice;
Jos
22:27 but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our
generations after us, that we may perform the service of Yahweh
before him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with
our peace offerings;' that your children may not tell our children in
time to come, 'You have no portion in Yahweh.'
Jos
22:28 Therefore we said, 'It shall be, when they tell us or our
generations this in time to come, that we shall say, "Behold the
pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for burnt
offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you."
'
Jos
22:29 Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh, and
turn away this day from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt
offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of
Yahweh our God that is before his tabernacle!"
Jos
22:30 When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation,
even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard
the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the
children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
Jos
22:31 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of
Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh,
"Today we know that Yahweh is in the midst of us, because you
have not committed this trespass against Yahweh. Now you have
delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Yahweh."
Jos
22:32 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,
returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad,
out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of
Israel, and brought them word again.
Jos
22:33 The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of
Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to
war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad lived.
Jos
22:34 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar
"A Witness Between Us that Yahweh is God."
John 2
Joh 2:1
The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus'
mother was there.
Joh 2:2
Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the marriage.
Joh 2:3
When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no
wine."
Joh 2:4
Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does that have to do with you
and me? My hour has not yet come."
Joh 2:5
His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do
it."
Joh 2:6
Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews'
manner of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.
Joh 2:7
Jesus said to them, "Fill the water pots with water." They
filled them up to the brim.
Joh 2:8
He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler
of the feast." So they took it.
Joh 2:9
When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and
didn't know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the
water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom,
Joh
2:10 and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and
when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have
kept the good wine until now!"
Joh
2:11 This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and
revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
Joh
2:12 After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, his
brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there a few days.
Joh
2:13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem.
Joh
2:14 He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves,
and the changers of money sitting.
Joh
2:15 He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple, both
the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and
overthrew their tables.
Joh
2:16 To those who sold the doves, he said, "Take these things
out of here! Don't make my Father's house a marketplace!"
Joh
2:17 His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for
your house will eat me up."
Joh
2:18 The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show
us, seeing that you do these things?"
Joh
2:19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three
days I will raise it up."
Joh
2:20 The Jews therefore said, "Forty-six years was this temple
in building, and will you raise it up in three days?"
Joh
2:21 But he spoke of the temple of his body.
Joh
2:22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples
remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and
the word which Jesus had said.
Joh
2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast,
many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did.
Joh
2:24 But Jesus didn't trust himself to them, because he knew
everyone,
Joh
2:25 and because he didn't need for anyone to testify concerning
man; for he himself knew what was in man.
John 3
Joh 3:1
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the
Jews.
Joh 3:2
The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know
that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs
that you do, unless God is with him."
Joh 3:3
Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is
born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."
Joh 3:4
Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old?
Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"
Joh 3:5
Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born
of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!
Joh 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the
Spirit is spirit.
Joh 3:7
Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'
Joh 3:8
The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't
know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is
born of the Spirit."
Joh 3:9
Nicodemus answered him, "How can these things be?"
Joh
3:10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and
don't understand these things?
Joh
3:11 Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and
testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our
witness.
Joh
3:12 If I told you earthly things and you don't believe, how will
you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
Joh
3:13 No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of
heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
Joh
3:14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must
the Son of Man be lifted up,
Joh
3:15 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have
eternal life.
Joh
3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal
life.
Joh
3:17 For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world,
but that the world should be saved through him.
Joh
3:18 He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe
has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of
the one and only Son of God.
Joh
3:19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world,
and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works
were evil.
Joh
3:20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to
the light, lest his works would be exposed.
Joh
3:21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works
may be revealed, that they have been done in God."
Joh
3:22 After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land
of Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized.
Joh
3:23 John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was
much water there. They came, and were baptized.
Joh
3:24 For John was not yet thrown into prison.
Joh
3:25 There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's
disciples with some Jews about purification.
Joh
3:26 They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was
with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the
same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him."
Joh
3:27 John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has
been given him from heaven.
Joh
3:28 You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but,
'I have been sent before him.'
Joh
3:29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the
bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the
bridegroom's voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.
Joh
3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
Joh
3:31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth
belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from
heaven is above all.
Joh
3:32 What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one
receives his witness.
Joh
3:33 He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that
God is true.
Joh
3:34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives
the Spirit without measure.
Joh
3:35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his
hand.
Joh
3:36 One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who
disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on
him."
