Bible Reading
May 18
The World English Bible
May
18
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
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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.
May
18, 19
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."
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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.
