Bible Reading
May 10, 11
The World English Bible
May
10
Joshua
1, 2
Jos
1:1 Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh,
that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant, saying,
Jos
1:2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this
Jordan, you, and all this people, to the land which I give to them,
even to the children of Israel.
Jos
1:3 I have given you every place that the sole of your foot will
tread on, as I told Moses.
Jos
1:4 From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river,
the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great
sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
Jos
1:5 No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your
life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you
nor forsake you.
Jos
1:6 Be strong and of good courage; for you shall cause this people
to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
Jos
1:7 Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according
to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you. Don't turn from
it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success
wherever you go.
Jos
1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you
shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do
according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make
your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
Jos
1:9 Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage. Don't be
afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever
you go.
Jos
1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
Jos
1:11 "Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the
people, saying, 'Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass
over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your God
gives you to possess it.' "
Jos
1:12 Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the
half-tribe of Manasseh, saying,
Jos
1:13 "Remember the word which Moses the servant of Yahweh
commanded you, saying, 'Yahweh your God gives you rest, and will give
you this land.
Jos
1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock, shall live in
the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but you shall pass
over before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and
shall help them
Jos
1:15 until Yahweh has given your brothers rest, as he has given you,
and they have also possessed the land which Yahweh your God gives
them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession, and
possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the
Jordan toward the sunrise.' "
Jos
1:16 They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded
us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
Jos
1:17 Just as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen
to you. Only may Yahweh your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
Jos
1:18 Whoever rebels against your commandment, and doesn't listen to
your words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death.
Only be strong and of good courage."
Jos
2:1 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as
spies, saying, "Go, view the land, and Jericho." They went
and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and
slept there.
Jos
2:2 The king of Jericho was told, "Behold, men of the children
of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land."
Jos
2:3 The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, "Bring out the
men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they
have come to spy out all the land."
Jos
2:4 The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, "Yes,
the men came to me, but I didn't know where they came from.
Jos
2:5 It happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it
was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went, I don't know.
Pursue them quickly; for you will overtake them."
Jos
2:6 But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the
stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.
Jos
2:7 The men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as
soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
Jos
2:8 Before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof;
Jos
2:9 and she said to the men, "I know that Yahweh has given you
the land, and that the fear of you has fallen on us, and that all the
inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
Jos
2:10 For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea
before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two
kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to
Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
Jos
2:11 As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, neither did
there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh
your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
Jos
2:12 Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt
kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's
house, and give me a true token;
Jos
2:13 and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers,
and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives
from death."
Jos
2:14 The men said to her, "Our life for yours, if you don't
talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives
us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you."
Jos
2:15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her
house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.
Jos
2:16 She said to them, "Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers
find you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers
have returned. Afterward, you may go your way."
Jos
2:17 The men said to her, "We will be guiltless of this your
oath which you have made us to swear.
Jos
2:18 Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of
scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by. You shall
gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your
brothers, and all your father's household.
Jos
2:19 It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house
into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be
guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on
our head, if any hand is on him.
Jos
2:20 But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be
guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear."
Jos
2:21 She said, "According to your words, so be it." She
sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the
window.
Jos
2:22 They went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three
days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them
throughout all the way, but didn't find them.
Jos
2:23 Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain, passed
over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that
had happened to them.
Jos
2:24 They said to Joshua, "Truly Yahweh has delivered into our
hands all the land. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt
away before us."
May
11
Joshua
3, 4
Jos
3:1 Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they moved from
Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel.
They lodged there before they passed over.
Jos
3:2 It happened after three days, that the officers went through the
midst of the camp;
Jos
3:3 and they commanded the people, saying, "When you see the
ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests the Levites
bearing it, then you shall move from your place, and follow it.
Jos
3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two
thousand cubits by measure. Don't come near to it, that you may know
the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way
before."
Jos
3:5 Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves; for
tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you."
Jos
3:6 Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of
the covenant, and pass over before the people." They took up the
ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
Jos
3:7 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to magnify you
in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with
Moses, so I will be with you.
Jos
3:8 You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant,
saying, 'When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you
shall stand still in the Jordan.' "
Jos
3:9 Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Come here, and hear
the words of Yahweh your God."
Jos
3:10 Joshua said, "Hereby you shall know that the living God is
among you, and that he will without fail drive the Canaanite, and the
Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and
the Amorite, and the Jebusite out from before you.
Jos
3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth
passes over before you into the Jordan.
Jos
3:12 Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for
every tribe a man.
Jos
3:13 It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the
priests who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, rest
in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be
cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall
stand in one heap."
Jos
3:14 It happened, when the people moved from their tents to pass
over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being
before the people,
Jos
3:15 and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the
feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of the
water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of
harvest),
Jos
3:16 that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up
in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside
Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even
the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people passed over right
against Jericho.
Jos
3:17 The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh stood
firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan; and all Israel passed
over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over
the Jordan.
Jos
4:1 It happened, when all the nation had completely passed over the
Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
Jos
4:2 "Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a
man,
Jos
4:3 and command them, saying, 'Take from out of the middle of the
Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve
stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the
lodging place, where you will lodge tonight.' "
Jos
4:4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the
children of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
Jos
4:5 Joshua said to them, "Pass over before the ark of Yahweh
your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you pick up a
stone and put it on your shoulder, according to the number of the
tribes of the children of Israel;
Jos
4:6 that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask
in time to come, saying, 'What do you mean by these stones?'
Jos
4:7 then you shall tell them, 'Because the waters of the Jordan were
cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. When it passed over
the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones shall
be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.' "
Jos
4:8 The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up
twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to
Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of
Israel; and they carried them over with them to the place where they
lodged, and laid them down there.
Jos
4:9 Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the
place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant
stood; and they are there to this day.
Jos
4:10 For the priests who bore the ark stood in the middle of the
Jordan, until everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to
speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua;
and the people hurried and passed over.
Jos
4:11 It happened, when all the people had completely passed over,
that the ark of Yahweh passed over, with the priests, in the presence
of the people.
Jos
4:12 The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the
half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of
Israel, as Moses spoke to them.
Jos
4:13 About forty thousand men, ready and armed for war passed over
before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho.
Jos
4:14 On that day, Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight of all
Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of
his life.
Jos
4:15 Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
Jos
4:16 "Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony,
that they come up out of the Jordan."
Jos
4:17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, "Come up
out of the Jordan!"
Jos
4:18 It happened, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant
of Yahweh had come up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the soles
of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the
waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its
banks, as before.
Jos
4:19 The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the
first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
Jos
4:20 Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the
Jordan, in Gilgal.
Jos
4:21 He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your
children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these
stones mean?'
Jos
4:22 Then you shall let your children know, saying, 'Israel came
over this Jordan on dry land.
Jos
4:23 For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from
before you, until you had passed over, as Yahweh your God did to the
Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over;
Jos
4:24 that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Yahweh,
that it is mighty; that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.' "
May
10, 11
Luke
22
Luk
22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the
Passover, drew near.
Luk
22:2 The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him
to death, for they feared the people.
Luk
22:3 Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, who was
numbered with the twelve.
Luk
22:4 He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains
about how he might deliver him to them.
Luk
22:5 They were glad, and agreed to give him money.
Luk
22:6 He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them
in the absence of the multitude.
Luk
22:7 The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover must be
sacrificed.
Luk
22:8 He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the
Passover for us, that we may eat."
Luk
22:9 They said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare?"
Luk
22:10 He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered into the
city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him
into the house which he enters.
Luk
22:11 Tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where
is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"
'
Luk
22:12 He will show you a large, furnished upper room. Make
preparations there."
Luk
22:13 They went, found things as he had told them, and they prepared
the Passover.
Luk
22:14 When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve apostles.
Luk
22:15 He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this
Passover with you before I suffer,
Luk
22:16 for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until
it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God." Joshua 18 - 20
Luk
22:17 He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said,
"Take this, and share it among yourselves,
Luk
22:18 for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit
of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes."
Luk
22:19 He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and
gave to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you.
Do this in memory of me."
Luk
22:20 Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup
is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
Luk
22:21 But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the
table.
Luk
22:22 The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but woe
to that man through whom he is betrayed!"
Luk
22:23 They began to question among themselves, which of them it was
who would do this thing.
Luk
22:24 There arose also a contention among them, which of them was
considered to be greatest.
Luk
22:25 He said to them, "The kings of the nations lord it over
them, and those who have authority over them are called
'benefactors.'
Luk
22:26 But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let
him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who
serves.
Luk
22:27 For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who
serves? Isn't it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst of
you as one who serves.
Luk
22:28 But you are those who have continued with me in my trials.
Luk
22:29 I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me,
Luk
22:30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will
sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
Luk
22:31 The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have
you, that he might sift you as wheat,
Luk
22:32 but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn't fail. You, when
once you have turned again, establish your brothers."
Luk
22:33 He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to
prison and to death!"
Luk
22:34 He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means
crow today until you deny that you know me three times."
Luk
22:35 He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and
wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing."
Luk
22:36 Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse, let
him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell
his cloak, and buy a sword.
Luk
22:37 For I tell you that this which is written must still be
fulfilled in me: 'He was counted with the lawless.' For that which
concerns me has an end."
Luk
22:38 They said, "Lord, behold, here are two swords." He
said to them, "That is enough."
Luk
22:39 He came out, and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of
Olives. His disciples also followed him. Joshua 18 - 20
Luk
22:40 When he was at the place, he said to them, "Pray that you
don't enter into temptation."
Luk
22:41 He was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and he knelt
down and prayed,
Luk
22:42 saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from
me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."
Luk
22:43 An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.
Luk
22:44 Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like
great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
Luk
22:45 When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and
found them sleeping because of grief,
Luk
22:46 and said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that
you may not enter into temptation."
Luk
22:47 While he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who
was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He came near
to Jesus to kiss him.
Luk
22:48 But Jesus said to him, "Judas, do you betray the Son of
Man with a kiss?"
Luk
22:49 When those who were around him saw what was about to happen,
they said to him, "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?"
Luk
22:50 A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest,
and cut off his right ear.
Luk
22:51 But Jesus answered, "Let me at least do this" -and
he touched his ear, and healed him.
Luk
22:52 Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and
elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out as against
a robber, with swords and clubs?
Luk
22:53 When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch
out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of
darkness."
Luk
22:54 They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the
high priest's house. But Peter followed from a distance.
Luk
22:55 When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard,
and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.
Luk
22:56 A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and
looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him."
Luk
22:57 He denied Jesus, saying, "Woman, I don't know him."
Luk
22:58 After a little while someone else saw him, and said, "You
also are one of them!" But Peter answered, "Man, I am not!"
Luk
22:59 After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed,
saying, "Truly this man also was with him, for he is a
Galilean!"
Luk
22:60 But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you are talking
about!" Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster
crowed.
Luk
22:61 The Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered
the Lord's word, how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows
you will deny me three times."
Luk
22:62 He went out, and wept bitterly.
Luk
22:63 The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him.
Luk
22:64 Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked
him, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?"
Luk
22:65 They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.
Luk
22:66 As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the
people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and
they led him away into their council, saying,
Luk
22:67 "If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to
them, "If I tell you, you won't believe,
Luk
22:68 and if I ask, you will in no way answer me or let me go.
Luk
22:69 From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand
of the power of God."
Luk
22:70 They all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" He
said to them, "You say it, because I am."
Luk
22:71 They said, "Why do we need any more witness? For we
ourselves have heard from his own mouth!"
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“Woodpecker,” n.d.; “Downy Woodpecker,” 1999; Fergus, n.d.). They
“drill” into trees for three distinct purposes: (1) to find food; (2) to
attract potential mates; and (3) to build nests (Eckhardt, 2001). The
woodpecker’s suspension system allows it to absorb the force of
lightning-fast, repetitive strokes on tree trunks. In fact, the bird can
peck bark an estimated 20-25 times per second, and strike an estimated
8,000-12,000 times in a day (“Woodpeckers,” 2009; “How Many...?,” 2007).
structures
are required, merely an extended period of growth to lengthen an
existing structure. It is likely that in ancestral woodpecker species
which began to seek grubs deeper in trees, those woodpeckers with
mutations for increased hyoid horn growth had a fitness advantage, as
they could extend their tongue farther to reach prey. Some woodpeckers
have no need for long tongues, and thus genes which shortened the hyoid
horns were selected for. The sapsucker, for example, drills tiny holes
in trees and then uses its short tongue to eat the oozing sap on the
tree’s surface (and insects which stick to it) [2003, parenthetical item
in orig.].
st woodpecker have been doomed to death or permanent injury on the first attempt to hammer a hardwood tree?