Bible Reading
July 14
The World English Bible
July
14
1
Chronicles 4-6
1Ch
4:1 The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and
Shobal.
1Ch
4:2 Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath; and Jahath
became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the
Zorathites.
1Ch
4:3 These were the sons of
the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of
their sister was Hazzelelponi;
1Ch
4:4 and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah.
These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of
Bethlehem.
1Ch
4:5 Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
1Ch
4:6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and
Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
1Ch
4:7 The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
1Ch
4:8 Hakkoz became the father of Anub, and Zobebah, and the families
of Aharhel the son of Harum.
1Ch
4:9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother named
him Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
1Ch
4:10 Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would
bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be
with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it not be to my
sorrow! God granted him that which he requested.
1Ch
4:11 Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who
was the father of Eshton.
1Ch
4:12 Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, and Paseah, and
Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Recah.
1Ch
4:13 The sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel:
Hathath.
1Ch
4:14 Meonothai became the father of Ophrah: and Seraiah became the
father of Joab the father of Ge Harashim; for they were craftsmen.
1Ch
4:15 The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam;
and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
1Ch
4:16 The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
1Ch
4:17 The sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and
she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
1Ch
4:18 His wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber
the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the
sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
1Ch
4:19 The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the
father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
1Ch
4:20 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon.
The sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben Zoheth.
1Ch
4:21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah,
and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of
those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
1Ch
4:22 and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who
had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. The records are ancient.
1Ch
4:23 These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and
Gederah: there they lived with the king for his work.
1Ch
4:24 The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
1Ch
4:25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
1Ch
4:26 The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his
son.
1Ch
4:27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers
didn't have many children, neither did all their family multiply like
the children of Judah.
1Ch
4:28 They lived at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
1Ch
4:29 and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
1Ch
4:30 and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
1Ch
4:31 and at Beth Marcaboth, and Hazar Susim, and at Beth Biri, and
at Shaaraim. These were their cities to the reign of David.
1Ch
4:32 Their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and
Ashan, five cities;
1Ch
4:33 and all their villages that were around the same cities, to
Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.
1Ch
4:34 Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
1Ch
4:35 and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah,
the son of Asiel,
1Ch
4:36 and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and
Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
1Ch
4:37 and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of
Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah--
1Ch
4:38 these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and
their fathers' houses increased greatly.
1Ch
4:39 They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of
the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
1Ch
4:40 They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and
quiet, and peaceable; for those who lived there before were of Ham.
1Ch
4:41 These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of
Judah, and struck their tents, and the Meunim who were found there,
and destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place;
because there was pasture there for their flocks.
1Ch
4:42 Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men,
went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah,
and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
1Ch
4:43 They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have
lived there to this day.
1Ch
5:1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the
firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright
was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy
is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
1Ch
5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the
prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
1Ch
5:3 the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu,
Hezron, and Carmi.
1Ch
5:4 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
1Ch
5:5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
1Ch
5:6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried
away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
1Ch
5:7 His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their
generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
1Ch
5:8 and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who
lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon:
1Ch
5:9 and eastward he lived even to the entrance of the wilderness
from the river Euphrates, because their livestock were multiplied in
the land of Gilead.
1Ch
5:10 In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell
by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land
east of Gilead.
1Ch
5:11 The sons of Gad lived over against them, in the land of Bashan
to Salecah:
1Ch
5:12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat
in Bashan.
1Ch
5:13 Their brothers of their fathers' houses: Michael, and
Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
1Ch
5:14 These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of
Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai,
the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
1Ch
5:15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers'
houses.
1Ch
5:16 They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all
the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.
1Ch
5:17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham
king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
1Ch
5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of
Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to
shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven
hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth to war.
1Ch
5:19 They made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and
Nodab.
1Ch
5:20 They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered
into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in
the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their
trust in him.
1Ch
5:21 They took away their livestock; of their camels fifty thousand,
and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand,
and of men one hundred thousand.
1Ch
5:22 For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. They
lived in their place until the captivity.
1Ch
5:23 The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land:
they increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon.
1Ch
5:24 These were the heads of their fathers' houses: even Epher, and
Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel,
mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.
1Ch
5:25 They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played
the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God
destroyed before them.
1Ch
5:26 The God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria,
and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried
them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe
of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to
the river of Gozan, to this day.
1Ch
6:1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1Ch
6:2 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
1Ch
6:3 The children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons of
Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
1Ch
6:4 Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became the
father of Abishua,
1Ch
6:5 and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the
father of Uzzi,
1Ch
6:6 and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became the
father of Meraioth,
1Ch
6:7 Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the
father of Ahitub,
1Ch
6:8 and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the
father of Ahimaaz,
1Ch
6:9 and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the
father of Johanan,
1Ch
6:10 and Johanan became the father of Azariah, (he it is who
executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in
Jerusalem),
1Ch
6:11 and Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became
the father of Ahitub,
1Ch
6:12 and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the
father of Shallum,
1Ch
6:13 and Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became
the father of Azariah,
1Ch
6:14 and Azariah became the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah became
the father of Jehozadak;
1Ch
6:15 Jehozadak went into captivity,
when Yahweh carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar.
1Ch
6:16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
1Ch
6:17 These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
1Ch
6:18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and
Uzziel.
1Ch
6:19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of
the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
1Ch
6:20 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
1Ch
6:21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
1Ch
6:22 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his
son,
1Ch
6:23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
1Ch
6:24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his
son.
1Ch
6:25 The sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth.
1Ch
6:26 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath
his son,
1Ch
6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
1Ch
6:28 The sons of Samuel: the firstborn Joel,
and the second Abijah.
1Ch
6:29 The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah
his son,
1Ch
6:30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
1Ch
6:31 These are they whom David set over the service of song in the
house of Yahweh, after that the ark had rest.
1Ch
6:32 They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the Tent of
Meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem:
and they waited on their office according to their order.
1Ch
6:33 These are those who waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the
Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
1Ch
6:34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the
son of Toah,
1Ch
6:35 the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son
of Amasai,
1Ch
6:36 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the
son of Zephaniah,
1Ch
6:37 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the
son of Korah,
1Ch
6:38 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son
of Israel.
1Ch
6:39 His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the
son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
1Ch
6:40 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
1Ch
6:41 the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
1Ch
6:42 the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
1Ch
6:43 the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
1Ch
6:44 On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the
son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
1Ch
6:45 the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
1Ch
6:46 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
1Ch
6:47 the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son
of Levi.
1Ch
6:48 Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service
of the tabernacle of the house of God.
1Ch
6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering,
and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place,
and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the
servant of God had commanded.
1Ch
6:50 These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,
Abishua his son,
1Ch
6:51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
1Ch
6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
1Ch
6:53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
1Ch
6:54 Now these are their dwelling places according to their
encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families
of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first
lot),
1Ch
6:55 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs
around it;
1Ch
6:56 but the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to
Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
1Ch
6:57 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron;
Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its
suburbs,
1Ch
6:58 and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,
1Ch
6:59 and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs;
1Ch
6:60 and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and
Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their
cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
1Ch
6:61 To the rest of the sons of Kohath were
given by lot, out of the family of the
tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
1Ch
6:62 To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the
tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the
tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan,
thirteen cities.
1Ch
6:63 To the sons of Merari were given
by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and
out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve
cities.
1Ch
6:64 The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with
their suburbs.
1Ch
6:65 They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and
out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of
the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.
1Ch
6:66 Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their
borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
1Ch
6:67 They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill
country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,
1Ch
6:68 and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs,
1Ch
6:69 and Aijalon with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs;
1Ch
6:70 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs,
and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons
of Kohath.
1Ch
6:71 To the sons of Gershom were given,
out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with
its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;
1Ch
6:72 and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its suburbs,
Daberath with its suburbs,
1Ch
6:73 and Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs;
1Ch
6:74 and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, and
Abdon with its suburbs,
1Ch
6:75 and Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs;
1Ch
6:76 and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its
suburbs, and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its
suburbs.
1Ch
6:77 To the rest of the Levites,
the sons of Merari, were given,
out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor with its
suburbs;
1Ch
6:78 and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the
Jordan, were given them,
out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs,
and Jahzah with its suburbs,
1Ch
6:79 and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;
1Ch
6:80 and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs,
and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
1Ch
6:81 and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
Jul.
14, 15
Acts
10
Act
10:1 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a
centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,
Act
10:2 a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who
gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed
to God.
Act
10:3 At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision
an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, "Cornelius!"
Act
10:4 He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said,
"What is it, Lord?" He said to him, "Your prayers and
your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.
Act
10:5 Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is surnamed Peter.
Act
10:6 He lodges with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the
seaside."
Act
10:7 When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called
two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who
waited on him continually.
Act
10:8 Having explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
Act
10:9 Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got
close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about
noon.
Act
10:10 He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were
preparing, he fell into a trance.
Act
10:11 He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to
him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,
Act
10:12 in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth,
wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.
Act
10:13 A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat!"
Act
10:14 But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten
anything that is common or unclean."
Act
10:15 A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has
cleansed, you must not call unclean."
Act
10:16 This was done three times, and immediately the vessel was
received up into heaven.
Act
10:17 Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision
which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by
Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the
gate,
Act
10:18 and called and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter,
was lodging there.
Act
10:19 While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him,
"Behold, three men seek you.
Act
10:20 But arise, get down, and go with them, doubting nothing; for I
have sent them."
Act
10:21 Peter went down to the men, and said, "Behold, I am he
whom you seek. Why have you come?"
Act
10:22 They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and
one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews,
was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to
listen to what you say."
Act
10:23 So he called them in and lodged them. On the next day Peter
arose and went out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa
accompanied him.
Act
10:24 On the next day they entered into Caesarea. Cornelius was
waiting for them, having called together his relatives and his near
friends.
Act
10:25 When it happened that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell
down at his feet, and worshiped him.
Act
10:26 But Peter raised him up, saying, "Stand up! I myself am
also a man."
Act
10:27 As he talked with him, he went in and found many gathered
together.
Act
10:28 He said to them, "You yourselves know how it is an
unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one
of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn't call any man
unholy or unclean.
Act
10:29 Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I
ask therefore, why did you send for me?"
Act
10:30 Cornelius said, "Four days ago, I was fasting until this
hour, and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man
stood before me in bright clothing,
Act
10:31 and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to
the needy are remembered in the sight of God.
Act
10:32 Send therefore to Joppa, and summon Simon, who is surnamed
Peter. He lodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the seaside. When
he comes, he will speak to you.'
Act
10:33 Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to
come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to
hear all things that have been commanded you by God."
Act
10:34 Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that
God doesn't show favoritism;
Act
10:35 but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness
is acceptable to him.
Act
10:36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching
good news of peace by Jesus Christ-he is Lord of all-
Act
10:37 that spoken word you yourselves know, which was proclaimed
throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which
John preached;
Act
10:38 even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy
Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who
were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
Act
10:39 We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of
the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they also killed, hanging him on a
tree.
Act
10:40 God raised him up the third day, and gave him to be revealed,
Act
10:41 not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen before
by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the
dead.
Act
10:42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that
this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the
dead.
Act
10:43 All the prophets testify about him, that through his name
everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins."
Act
10:44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit
fell on all those who heard the word.
Act
10:45 They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as
came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured
out on the Gentiles.
Act
10:46 For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying
God. Then Peter answered,
Act
10:47 "Can any man forbid the water, that these who have
received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"
Act
10:48 He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
Then they asked him to stay some days.
